linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V1 12/13] selftests/resctrl: Dynamically select buffer size for CAT test

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Message-ID: <50e8e1a1-f7ef-2ea8-178e-49adf3373e23@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:19:00 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>,
        shuah@...nel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        tony.luck@...el.com, babu.moger@....com, james.morse@....com,
        ravi.v.shankar@...el.com, fenghua.yu@...el.com, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 12/13] selftests/resctrl: Dynamically select buffer
 size for CAT test

Hi Sai,

On 3/6/2020 7:40 PM, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:
> Presently, while running CAT test case, if user hasn't given any input for
> '-n' option, the test defaults to 5 bits to determine the buffer size that
> is used during test. Instead of statically running always with 5 bits,
> change it such that the buffer size is always half of the cache size.

This seems more appropriate as a preparation patch to not have to make
so many changes on top of the earlier patches included in this series.

Reinette