Re: [PATCH 3/8] x86/intel_rdt/mba: Improvements to handle more RDT resources like MBA

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Shivappa Vikas wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2017, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2017, Vikas Shivappa wrote:
> > > This patch does some changes to get ready to handle more resources like
> > > Memory b/w allocation(MBA).
> > > 
> > > -Update the control registers only when user changes the controls(cbm for
> > > Cache resources and Mem b/w for memory). Hence not sending IPIs on all
> > > domains when user updates the control vals.
> > > -Introduce next_enabled_resource rather than looping through all
> > > resources while parsing each schemata line. The order of resources
> > > should be anyways the same as the root schemata.
> > > -Return error as soon as we detect a resource not entering all domain
> > > values in schemata rather than waiting till we parse all resources.
> > 
> > That looks all like reasonable optimizations and I have a hard time to
> > understand why this is a prerequisite for the bandwidth support.
> > 
> > And each of these changes is independent so they should be in seperate
> > patches.
> 
> Ok will split them. Its not a pre requisite for MBA. Should i send as a
> seperate series ?

Yes please. That way we can apply preparatory things first and then
concentrate on the new MBA functionality.

Thanks,

	tglx