linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8:for-boris 08/30] x86/resctrl: Generate default

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Message-ID: <a7044a74-db3c-4fcc-ad83-e9776207e113@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:46:53 -0700
From: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To: James Morse <james.morse@....com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
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 Donthineni <sdonthineni@...dia.com>, <fenghuay@...dia.com>, Shaopeng Tan
	<tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8:for-boris 08/30] x86/resctrl: Generate default_ctrl
 instead of sharing it

Hi James,

On 3/11/25 11:36 AM, James Morse wrote:
> The struct rdt_resource default_ctrl is used by both the architecture
> code for resetting the hardware controls, and sometimes by the
> filesystem code as the default value for the schema, unless the
> bandwidth software controller is in use.
> 
> Having the default exposed by the architecture code causes unnecessary
> duplication for each architecture as the default value must be specified,
> but can be derived from other schema properties. Now that the
> maximum bandwidth is explicitly described, resctrl can derive the default
> value from the schema format and the other resource properties.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> Tested-by: Carl Worth <carl@...amperecomputing.com> # arm64
> Tested-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
> Tested-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
> Tested-by: Amit Singh Tomar <amitsinght@...vell.com> # arm64
> Tested-by: Shanker Donthineni <sdonthineni@...dia.com> # arm64
> Tested-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>

Reinette