linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 03/46] x86/intel: add CONFIG_INTEL_RDT

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Date:   Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:38:00 -0700
From:   David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
        Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@...il.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 03/46] x86/intel: add CONFIG_INTEL_RDT_M configuration flag

New flag for building drivers for Intel RDT Monitoring
(currently CMT, future: MBM).

This driver may be converted to module once the hooks in
perf cgroup are discussed.

Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 770fb5f..d31825d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -419,6 +419,18 @@ config INTEL_RDT_A
 
 	  Say N if unsure.
 
+config INTEL_RDT_M
+	bool "Intel Resource Director Technology Monitoring support"
+	default n
+	depends on PERF_EVENTS && X86 && CPU_SUP_INTEL
+	---help---
+	  Select to enable resource monitoring which is a sub-feature of
+	  Intel Resource Director Technology(RDT). More information about
+	  RDT can be found in the Intel x86 Architecture Software
+	  Developer Manual.
+
+	  Say N if unsure.
+
 if X86_32
 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
 	bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020