Re: [PATCH V12 0/9] Hot cpu handling changes to cqm, rapl and Intel Cache Allocation support

[Vikas Shivappa]

Hello PeterZ,

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Vikas Shivappa wrote:
> > Cache allocation patches(dependent on prep patches) adds a cgroup
> > subsystem to support the new Cache Allocation feature found in future
> > Intel Xeon Intel processors. Cache Allocation is a sub-feature with in
> > Resource Director Technology(RDT) feature. RDT which provides support to
> > control sharing of platform resources like L3 cache.
>
> Just a few general observations:
>
>     1) The changelogs need some loving care.
>
>     2) I let it up to PeterZ to decide whether he wants to fold the
>     	sched support into switch_to.

My prior answer to this was that
 - since cache alloc sched support doesnt deal with the register state
(gen purpose, fpu , extended states ) did not want to bother the switch_to
code.
Also cache monitoring scheduling code falls in the finish_arch_switch.
let me know if anything otherwise ..

Thanks,
Vikas


> Otherwise, I'm more or less content with the outcome of this patch
> marathon. So for the whole pile:
>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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