linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/intel_rdt: Implement "update" mode when writing schemata file

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Date:   Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:18:56 -0700
From:   Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/intel_rdt: Implement "update" mode when writing
 schemata file

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 10:51:58AM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> From: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> 
> The schemata file can have multiple lines and it is cumbersome to
> update from shell scripts.

"from shell scripts" makes people a bit confused. Not just shell scripts,
C or Java code also can be cumbersome to update the file, right?

> +Reading/writing the schemata file
> +---------------------------------
> +Reading the schemata file will show the state of all resources
> +on all domains. When writing you only need to specify those values
> +which you wish to change.  E.g.

User can still write all values including not changed and change just
like 4.10 does. We may say "When writing you can either write all values
or only need to specify those values which you wish to change."?

Thanks.

-Fenghua