On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Luck, Tony wrote:
> >> +        .mode        = 0444,
> >> +        .kf_ops        = &rdtgroup_kf_single_ops,
> >> +        .seq_show    = rdt_num_closid_show,
> >> +    },
> >> +    {
> >> +        .name        = "cbm_val",
> > 
> > cbm_val? Is that a value? No, it's the valid bitmask which you can set. So
> > cmb_mask or something else which is unambiguous is what you want here.
> > 
> > This is a user space interface and we really must make it as intuitive as
> > possible.
> 
> It's a bit mask for cache resources. But this interface will also control resources that are not caches, so I'd like to avoid "cbm" in the name. Perhaps "max_val"?
> 

max_val is misleading if it's always a bit mask. 'bitmask' might not be the
worst choice then.

Thanks,

	tglx