Re: [PATCH v4 07/19] x86/resctrl: Add support to enable/disable ABMC feature

Reinette Chatre
2024-06-20T22:02:36Z

Hi Babu,

On 6/19/24 8:37 AM, Moger, Babu wrote:
> On 6/13/24 19:59, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>> On 5/24/24 5:23 AM, Babu Moger wrote:

>>> +     * Reset the internal counters so that it is not considered as
>>> +     * an overflow in next update.
>>
>> For the first time the term "internal counters" is introduced. What does it
>> mean?
>
> How about "mbm counters"?

I think it refers to the state resctrl maintains to be able to catch overflows,
so how about just "architectural state" with matching change of something like:

Reset the architectural state so that reading of hardware counter
is not considered as an overflow in next update.

Reinette