linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/21] x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Add tasks file support

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1707061423320.3798@vshiva-Udesk>
Date:   Thu, 6 Jul 2017 14:25:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Shivappa Vikas <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
cc:     Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        ravi.v.shankar@...el.com, vikas.shivappa@...el.com,
        tony.luck@...el.com, fenghua.yu@...el.com, andi.kleen@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/21] x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Add tasks file support



On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Jun 2017, Vikas Shivappa wrote:
>> @@ -866,6 +866,7 @@ struct task_struct {
>>  #endif
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_RDT
>>  	int				closid;
>> +	u32				rmid;
>
> Can you please make a preparatory change which makes closid an u32 as well?
> We should have done that in the first place, but in hindsight we are always
> smarter...

ok makes sense. Will fix. Think Fenghua or David had suggested this but i 
missed.

Thanks,
Vikas

>
> Thanks,
>
> 	tglx
>