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Instead of one "mbm_cntr_assign" mode there can be "mbm_cntr_event_assign" >>> that is used for ABMC and "mbm_cntr_group_assign" that is used for soft-ABMC. The mode should >>> make it clear what the system is capable of wrt counter assignments. >> >> Yes, that makes sense. Perhaps we can also simplify it further: >> >> # cat /sys/fs/resctrl/info/L3_MON/mbm_assign_mode: >> [mbm_cntr_evt_assign] <- for ABMC >> mbm_cntr_grp_assign <- for soft-ABMC > > Looks good to me. Thank you. I am actually ready with v14 series. I have good feeling that we are getting closer to making these changes final. So, Looking back again, it might make more sense to rename few user visible interfaces. 1. # cat /sys/fs/resctrl/info/L3_MON/mbm_assign_mode. [mbm_assign_event] <- for ABMC mbm_assign_group <- for soft-ABMC This looks much more cleaner. It matches with "mbm_assign_mode" Similarly, we can rename few functions and variable names to make little more readable. 2. mbm_cntr_assignable -> mbm_assignable 3. resctrl_arch_mbm_cntr_assign_enabled -> >resctrl_arch_mbm_assign_enabled 4. mbm_cntr_assign_enabled -> mbm_assign_enabled 5. resctrl_arch_mbm_cntr_assign_set_one -> resctrl_arch_mbm_assign_set_one. 6. There will few more functions. I will look into that if you agree with approach. 7. No need to change few of these below. These are related to actual counters. num_mbm_cntrs available_mbm_cntrs What do you think? Thanks Babu Moger