linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 04/10] x86/resctrl: Add comments on RFTYPE flags hierarchy

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Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2023 21:51:50 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Moger, Babu" <babu.moger@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 04/10] x86/resctrl: Add comments on RFTYPE flags
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On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 02:39:30PM -0500, Moger, Babu wrote:
> User visible files are already documented in resctrl.rst file.
> 
> Understanding of these flags are mostly required for programmers. Users
> don't need to know all these internal flags. That is why it is listed in here.

You can have a section in resctrl.rst called "Implementation notes" or
so. This way you have it all in one file instead of having programmers
grep the whole tree for info.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette