Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/resctrl: Enable user to view thread or core throttling mode

From: Fenghua Yu
Date: Tue Aug 18 2020 - 20:38:18 EST


Hi, X86 maintainers,

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 10:53:12AM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> This series enumerates Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA) per-thread
> feature and introduces a new resctrl file "thread_throttle_mode".
> The file shows either "per-thread" on newer systems that implement the MBA
> per-thread feature or "max" on other systems that allocate maximum
> throttling per-core.
>
> Details about the feature can be found in the commit description and
> in Chapter 9 of the most recent Intel ISE available from
> https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/c5/15/architecture-instruction-set-extensions-programming-reference.pdf
>
> This series replaces the original MBA thread throttling patch series
> found at
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1592841671.git.reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> This is a simplified version of the previous series that skips the
> min/max mode and just provides the per-core vs. per-thread indicator.
>

Any comment on this series? Could you please help push to upstream?

Thanks.

-Fenghua