linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 21/24] selftests/resctrl: Read in less obvious order to defeat prefetch optimizations

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Message-ID: <7446607a-5049-59ec-08b7-e9ecc9d22c44@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 2 Jun 2023 07:39:32 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Shaopeng Tan (Fujitsu)" <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>
CC:     "linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 21/24] selftests/resctrl: Read in less obvious order to
 defeat prefetch optimizations

Hi Ilpo,

On 6/2/2023 6:51 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> It will probably take some time... Should I send a v3 with only the fixes 
> and useful refactors at the head of this series while I try to sort these 
> problems with the test changes out?

This sounds good to me. This series is already at 24 patches so I think that
splitting the redesign of the CAT test from the other fixes would indeed make
this work easier to parse.

Thank you

Reinette