linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 04/13] x86/cpufeatures: Add Bandwidth Monitoring Event Configuration feature flag

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Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2023 22:07:20 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Moger, Babu" <babu.moger@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 04/13] x86/cpufeatures: Add Bandwidth Monitoring
 Event Configuration feature flag

On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 01:49:09PM -0600, Moger, Babu wrote:
> All the QoS(or RDT) features are visible so far. If we make them visible,
> users can easily figure out if this specific feature is supported or not.

What would be the actual, real-life use case where the presence of those flags
in /proc/cpuinfo is really needed?

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    Boris.

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