Re: [PATCH v5 10/18] x86/intel_rdt: Build structures for each resource based on cache topology

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Luck, Tony wrote:

> Order is visible to users when we print entries in the schemata file, and
> validate input that they write (we require that they provide all masks in
> the same order as this list).

> If we hot remove a socket, it disappears from the list, and from the
> schemata file. When we put in a replacement it reappears. I didn't want
> the user to see:
> L3:0=fffff;2=fffff;3=fffff;1=fffff
> after hot replace socket 1, hence the sort.

Fair enough. Spelling this out in a comment might prevent questions about
this in the future.
 
Thanks,

	tglx