linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 00/49] x86/resctrl: Move the resctrl filesystem code to /fs/resctrl

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Message-ID: <b23402de-1123-42d7-8b49-5ce0c017818d@arm.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:18:03 +0000
From: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
To: babu.moger@....com, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/49] x86/resctrl: Move the resctrl filesystem code to
 /fs/resctrl

Hi Babu,

On 10/03/2025 14:07, Moger, Babu wrote:
> On 2/28/25 13:58, James Morse wrote:
>> Changes since v6?:
>>  * All the excitement is in patch 37, turns out there are two rmdir() paths
>>    that don't join up.
>> The last eight patches are new:
>>  * The python script has been replaced with the patch that it generates, see
>>    the bare branch below if you want to regenerate it.
>>  * There have been comments on the followup to the generated patch, those are
>>    included here - I suggest they be squashed into the generated patch.
>>  * This version includes some checkpatch linting from Dave.
>>
>> ---
>> This series renames functions and moves code around. With the
>> exception of invalid configurations for the configurable-events, there should
>> be no changes in behaviour caused by this series. It is now possible for
>> throttle_mode to report 'undefined', but no known platform will do this.
>>
>> The driving pattern is to make things like struct rdtgroup private to resctrl.
>> Features like pseudo-lock aren't going to work on arm64, the ability to disable
>> it at compile time is added.
>>
>> After this, I can start posting the MPAM driver to make use of resctrl on arm64.
>> (What's MPAM? See the cover letter of the first series. [1])
>>
>> This series is based on v6.14-rc3 and can be retrieved from:
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/morse/linux.git mpam/move_to_fs/v7
>> or for those who want to regnerate the patch that moves all the code:
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/morse/linux.git mpam/move_to_fs/v7_bare


> Ran tests on couple of AMD systems.  Everything looks good.
> 
> Tested-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>

Thanks!

James