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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 12/12] Documentation/x86: Update resctrl_ui.rst for new features
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Hi Babu,

In subject: resctrl_ui.rst -> resctrl.rst

On 9/27/2022 1:27 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
> Update the documentation for the new features:
> 1. Slow Memory Bandwidth allocation (SMBA).
> With this feature, the QOS enforcement policies can be applied
> to the external slow memory connected to the host. QOS enforcement
> is accomplished by assigning a Class Of Service (COS) to a processor
> and specifying allocations or limits for that COS for each resource
> to be allocated.
>
> 2. Bandwidth Monitoring Event Configuration (BMEC).
> The bandwidth monitoring events mbm_total_bytes and mbm_local_bytes
> are set to count all the total and local reads/writes respectively.
> With the introduction of slow memory, the two counters are not
> enough to count all the different types are memory events. With the

types are memory events -> types of memory events?

> feature BMEC, the users have the option to configure mbm_total_bytes
> and mbm_local_bytes to count the specific type of events.
>
> Also add configuration instructions with examples.
>
> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@amd.com>
> ---

...

> +
> +"mbm_total_config", "mbm_local_config":
> + These files contain the current event configuration for the events
> + mbm_total_bytes and mbm_local_bytes, respectively, when the
> + Bandwidth Monitoring Event Configuration (BMEC) feature is supported.
> + The event configuration settings are domain specific. Changing the
> + configuration on one CPU in a domain would affect the whole domain.

This contradicts the implementation done in this series where the
configuration is changed on every CPU in the domain.

Reinette

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