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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] x86/resctrl: Add sparse_masks file in info
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To:     Maciej Wieczor-Retman <maciej.wieczor-retman@intel.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
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From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
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Hi Maciej,

On 9/22/2023 1:48 AM, Maciej Wieczor-Retman wrote:
> From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
> 
> Add the interface in resctrl FS to show if sparse cache allocations

Should this maybe be "cache allocation"?

> bit masks are supported on the platform. Reading the file returns
> either a "1" if non-contiguous 1s are supported and "0" otherwise.
> The file path is /sys/fs/resctrl/info/{resource}/sparse_masks, where
> {resource} can be either "L2" or "L3".
> 

Reinette