linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 01/13] x86/resctrl: Rename and move rdt files to new directory

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Message-ID: <20181126190544.GL4843@zn.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:05:44 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 01/13] x86/resctrl: Rename and move rdt files to new
 directory

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 10:31:02AM -0800, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Is this talking about renaming /sys/fs/resctrl?
> 
> If so NAK to that. It is ABI now. Lots of scripts depend
> on that name.

No no, that is cast in stone. The kernel source dir is called "resctrl"
now too:

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl

so even less confusion.

:)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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