linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] selftests/resctrl: Extend CPU vendor detection

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Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:38:30 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] selftests/resctrl: Extend CPU vendor detection



On 3/23/2022 1:09 AM, Shaopeng Tan wrote:
> Currently, the resctrl_tests only has a function to detect AMD vendor.
> Since when the Intel Sub-NUMA Clustering feature is enabled,
> Intel CMT and MBM counters may not be accurate,
> the resctrl_tests also need a function to detect Intel vendor.
> And in the future, resctrl_tests will need a function to detect different
> vendors, such as Arm.
> 
> Extend the function to detect Intel vendor as well. Also,
> this function can be easily extended to detect other vendors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>

Thank you

Reinette