Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933676AbaKRPMi (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:12:38 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:33927 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932634AbaKRPMe (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:12:34 -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:12:31 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Maria Dimakopoulou Cc: Stephane Eranian , x86-ml , LKML , Peter Zijlstra , "mingo@elte.hu" , "ak@linux.intel.com" , Jiri Olsa , kan.liang@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/13] perf/x86: add syfs entry to disable HT bug workaround Message-ID: <20141118151231.GA5238@pd.tnic> References: <1416251225-17721-1-git-send-email-eranian@google.com> <1416251225-17721-14-git-send-email-eranian@google.com> <20141117230232.GC25157@pd.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 05:01:28PM +0200, Maria Dimakopoulou wrote: > OK. We can call it perf_pmu_ht_bug_workaround to make this more > explicit. I think you should consider adding a more generic scheme from the get-go, as Thomas suggested instead of a specific file. We need this hammered out properly before it gets exposed as it is user-visible and once it is out there, there's no changing. And this is not the only CPU bug we'll be implementing workaround for in the future so a generic scheme is the right way to go IMO. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/