linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v18 26/33] fs/resctrl: Introduce mbm_assign_on

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Message-ID: <20250911150850.GAaMLmAoi5fTIznQzY@fat_crate.local>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:08:50 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v18 26/33] fs/resctrl: Introduce mbm_assign_on_mkdir to
 enable assignments on mkdir

On Fri, Sep 05, 2025 at 04:34:25PM -0500, Babu Moger wrote:
> The "mbm_event" counter assignment mode allows users to assign a hardware
> counter to an RMID, event pair and monitor the bandwidth as long as it is
> assigned.
> 
> Introduce a user-configurable option that determines if a counter will
> automatically be assigned to an RMID, event pair when its associated
> monitor group is created via mkdir. Accessible when "mbm_event" counter
> assignment mode is enabled.

This is just a note for the future - you don't have to go change things now:
reading those commit messages back-to-back, there's a lot of boilerplate code
which repeats with each commit message and there's a lot of text talking what
the patch does.

Please tone this down in the future - it is really annoying and doesn't bring
a whole lot by repeating things or explaining the obvious. Just concentrate on
explaining why the patch exists and mention any non-obvious things.

Everything else people can find by searching the net.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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