Re: [RFC] Add per-socket weight support for multi-socket systems in weighted interleave

[Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@sk.com>]

On Fri, 9 May 2025 12:29:53 -0400 Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net> wrote:
> On Fri, May 09, 2025 at 12:31:31PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > Anyhow, short term I'd like us to revisit what info we present from HMAT
> > (and what we get from CXL topology descriptions which have pretty much everything we
> > might want).
> > 
> 
> Generally I think if there is new data to enrich the environment, we
> should try to collect that first before laying down requirements for new
> interfaces / policies.  So tl;dr: "This first, please!"
> 
> (I know we discussed this at LSFMM, dropped out of my memory banks)
> 
> ~Gregory
> 

Thank you for your response and for providing clear direction.

I fully agree with your suggestion that we should first focus on gathering
and exposing the relevant data before moving forward with new policies or
interfaces.

In practice, I believe many of the proposed enhancements can only function
meaningfully if we have a solid understanding of the memory topology and
interconnect structure?and if that information is reliably accessible in
userspace.

Without such data, there is a risk that even well-intentioned policies may
end up diverging from real hardware behavior, or possibly degrading system
performance.

Thank you again for pointing us in the right direction. I'll continue to
revisit my ideas along this path.

Best regards,
Rakie