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Date:	Tue, 4 Aug 2015 15:03:24 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>
Cc:	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
	matt.fleming@...el.com, will.auld@...el.com,
	glenn.p.williamson@...el.com, kanaka.d.juvva@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] x86/intel_rdt: Add new cgroup and Class of service
 management

Hello, Vikas.

On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 11:50:16AM -0700, Vikas Shivappa wrote:
> I will make this more clear in the documentation - We intend this cgroup
> interface to be used by a root or superuser - more like a system
> administrator being able to control the allocation of the threads , the one
> who has the knowledge of the usage and being able to decide.

I get that this would be an easier "bolt-on" solution but isn't a good
solution by itself in the long term.  As I wrote multiple times
before, this is a really bad programmable interface.  Unless you're
sure that this doesn't have to be programmable for threads of an
individual applications, this is a pretty bad interface by itself.

> There is already a lot of such usage among different enterprise users at
> Intel/google/cisco etc who have been testing the patches posted to lkml and
> academically there is plenty of usage as well.

I mean, that's the tool you gave them.  Of course they'd be using it
but I suspect most of them would do fine with a programmable interface
too.  Again, please think of cpu affinity.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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