linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] ACPI HMAT memory sysfs representation

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Message-ID: <9015e51a-3584-7bb2-cc5e-25b0ec8e5494@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:21:00 -0800
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Rafael Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] ACPI HMAT memory sysfs representation

On 11/22/18 10:42 PM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> Are we willing to go in the direction for inclusion of a new system
> call, subset of it appears on sysfs etc ? My primary concern is not
> how the attribute information appears on the sysfs but lack of it's
> completeness.

A new system call makes total sense to me.  I have the same concern
about the completeness of what's exposed in sysfs, I just don't see a
_route_ to completeness with sysfs itself.  Thus, the minimalist
approach as a first step.