linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] x86/cache: Updates for 4.10

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFwekvKTgaDB4R7XW=SWwW4PULzf7BZBycq+iKqdKSj2fQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:26:50 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] x86/cache: Updates for 4.10

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 1:53 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> This update provides the support for Intel Cache Allocation Technology, a
> cache partitioning mechanism.

Ugh, this is some funky stuff. And it's entirely x86-specific, with a
rather odd special filesystem interface.

It looks pretty self-contained (good), but it also looks majorly
strange. I will have to think about this. What are the main/expected
users?

                Linus