Re: [PATCH V4 0/7] x86/intel_rdt: Intel Cache Allocation Technology

2015-03-19 Thread Vikas Shivappa
Hello Ingo/Peter, On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Luck, Tony wrote: The CAT thing was annoying already, but at least one can find that in the SDM, this RDT thing, not a single mention. The problems of development at the bleeding edge. Would you rather Linux sat on the sidelines

Re: [PATCH V4 0/7] x86/intel_rdt: Intel Cache Allocation Technology

2015-02-26 Thread Vikas Shivappa
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, Vikas Shivappa wrote: On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Luck, Tony wrote: The CAT thing was annoying already, but at least one can find that in the SDM, this RDT thing, not a single mention. The problems of development at the bleeding edge. Would you rath

Re: [PATCH V4 0/7] x86/intel_rdt: Intel Cache Allocation Technology

2015-02-26 Thread Vikas Shivappa
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Luck, Tony wrote: The CAT thing was annoying already, but at least one can find that in the SDM, this RDT thing, not a single mention. The problems of development at the bleeding edge. Would you rather Linux sat on the sidelines until there are e

Re: [PATCH V4 0/7] x86/intel_rdt: Intel Cache Allocation Technology

2015-02-26 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Luck, Tony wrote: > > The CAT thing was annoying already, but at least one > > can find that in the SDM, this RDT thing, not a single > > mention. > > The problems of development at the bleeding edge. Would > you rather Linux sat on the sidelines until there are > enough Google hits from

RE: [PATCH V4 0/7] x86/intel_rdt: Intel Cache Allocation Technology

2015-02-25 Thread Luck, Tony
> The CAT thing was annoying already, but at least one can find that in > the SDM, this RDT thing, not a single mention. The problems of development at the bleeding edge. Would you rather Linux sat on the sidelines until there are enough Google hits from other users of new features? I did get one

Re: [PATCH V4 0/7] x86/intel_rdt: Intel Cache Allocation Technology

2015-02-25 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 03:16:37PM -0800, Vikas Shivappa wrote: > This patch adds a new cgroup subsystem to support the new Cache Allocation > Technology (CAT) feature found in future Intel Xeon Intel processors. CAT is > part of Resource Director Technology(RDT) or Platform Shared resource contr