linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/resctrl: Don't try to free nonexistent RMIDs

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:54:31 +0100
From: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
To: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>, Babu Moger <Babu.Moger@....com>,
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	D Scott Phillips OS <scott@...amperecomputing.com>,
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	"Shaopeng Tan (Fujitsu)" <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>,
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	Xin Hao <xhao@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>, dfustini@...libre.com,
	amitsinght@...vell.com, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
	Rex Nie <rex.nie@...uarmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/resctrl: Don't try to free nonexistent RMIDs

Hi,

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 10:08:47AM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> On 6/18/24 9:16 AM, Dave Martin wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Either way, I don't think this impacts the tested-ness of this patch,
> > but please shout if you have concerns.
> > 
> 
> I agree. The submission stated that it was tested on x86
> "for the monitors-present case". When booting with
> "rdt=!cmt,!mbmtotal,!mbmlocal" (as I did in my test) resctrl
> is not able to discover monitoring support and it
> thus tested the "monitors _not_ present case".
> 
> Reinette

Ah, right.  I missed the significance of the options.

Thanks again!
---Dave
> 
>