linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: avoid confusion over the new RESCTRL config prompt

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Date:   Sat, 2 Feb 2019 01:06:15 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        "Chatre, Reinette" <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: avoid confusion over the new RESCTRL config prompt

On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 07:18:35PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> For now.  But very soon we will also have ARM_CPU_RESCTRL, and some of
> this code will become generic.  Will we need an arch-independent name for the
> bits of code shared by arm and x86?

Yes. The idea still is to have the arch-specific stuff under
X86_CPU_RESCTRL and ARM_CPU_RESCTRL respectively, and the arch-agnostic
pieces under CPU_RESCTRL.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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