linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] x86/intel_rdt: Add two new resources for L2 Code and Data Prioritization (CDP)

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Message-ID: <51487a82-19a4-4a7c-5041-eb287914f3f7@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:22:43 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "Shivappa, Vikas" <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>,
        Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        "Prakhya, Sai Praneeth" <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>,
        "Chatre, Reinette" <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] x86/intel_rdt: Add two new resources for L2 Code and
 Data Prioritization (CDP)

On 12/20/2017 02:57 PM, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
> 
> L2 data and L2 code are added as new resources in rdt_resources_all[]
> and data in the resources are configured.
> 
> When L2 CDP is enabled, the schemata will have the two resources in
> this format:
> L2DATA:l2id0=xxxx;l2id1=xxxx;....
> L2CODE:l2id0=xxxx;l2id1=xxxx;....

Hi,

What do the xxxx represent?

Thanks.

> Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)


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~Randy