Re: [PATCH 6/7] x86/resctrl: Update documentation with Sub-NUMA cluster changes

[James Morse]

Hi Tony,

On 26/01/2023 18:41, Tony Luck wrote:
> With Sub-NUMA Cluster mode enabled the scope of monitoring resources is
> per-NODE instead of per-L3 cache. Suffices of directories with "L3" in

(Typo: Suffixes)

> their name refer to Sun-NUMA nodes instead of L3 cache ids.

(Typo: Sub-NUMA)


> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/resctrl.rst b/Documentation/x86/resctrl.rst
> index 71a531061e4e..9043a2d2f2d3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/resctrl.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/resctrl.rst
> @@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ with the following files:
>  		bytes) at which a previously used LLC_occupancy
>  		counter can be considered for re-use.
>  
> +"snc_ways":
> +                A value of "1" marks that SNC mode is disabled.

It would be good to expand the acronym the first time its used in the documentation.
This gives folk a few more characters to google!


> +                Values of "2" or "4" indicate how many NUMA
> +                nodes share an L3 cache.
> +
>  Finally, in the top level of the "info" directory there is a file
>  named "last_cmd_status". This is reset with every "command" issued
>  via the file system (making new directories or writing to any of the



Thanks,

James