linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/12] x86/rdt: Add rdt common/cqm compile option

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1701170924560.16222@vshiva-Udesk>
Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:25:27 -0800 (PST)
From:   Shivappa Vikas <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
cc:     Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>,
        vikas.shivappa@...el.com, davidcc@...gle.com, eranian@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
        mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, ravi.v.shankar@...el.com,
        tony.luck@...el.com, fenghua.yu@...el.com, andi.kleen@...el.com,
        h.peter.anvin@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] x86/rdt: Add rdt common/cqm compile option



On Mon, 16 Jan 2017, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jan 2017, Vikas Shivappa wrote:
>> Add a compile option INTEL_RDT which enables common code for all
>> RDT(Resource director technology) and a specific INTEL_RDT_M which
>> enables code for RDT monitoring. CQM(cache quality monitoring) and
>> mbm(memory b/w monitoring) are part of Intel RDT monitoring.
>
> If we handle this with its own config option, can you please make this
> thing modular? There is no point to have this compiled in and wasting
> memory if it's not supported by the CPU.

will fix, can change this  as a module...

Thanks,
Vikas

>
> Thanks,
>
> 	tglx
>