linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v15-RFC 3/8] x86/resctrl: Prepare for non-cache-scoped resources

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Message-ID: <ZcZ1hxQTjyCoQr5F@agluck-desk3>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 10:57:11 -0800
From: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
To: "Moger, Babu" <babu.moger@....com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
	Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>,
	James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
	Jamie Iles <quic_jiles@...cinc.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Drew Fustini <dfustini@...libre.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15-RFC 3/8] x86/resctrl: Prepare for non-cache-scoped
 resources

On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 09:28:35AM -0600, Moger, Babu wrote:
> Hi Tony,
> 
> On 1/30/24 16:20, Tony Luck wrote:
> > Not all resources are scoped in line with some level of hardware cache.
> 
> same level?

No. "same" isn't what I meant here. If I shuffle this around:

	Not all resources are scoped to match the scope of a hardware
	cache level.

Is that more clear?


-Tony