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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 4/8] x86/resctrl: Split the rdt_domain and
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To:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
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Hi Tony,

On 10/20/2023 2:30 PM, Tony Luck wrote:
> The same rdt_domain structure is used for both control and monitor
> functions. But this results in wasted memory as some of the fields are
> only used by control functions, while most are only used for monitor
> functions.
> 
> Split into separate rdt_ctrl_domain and rdt_mon_domain structures with
> just the fields required for control and monitoring respectively.

Sounds like a motivation for the cpumask to form part of the
common header?

Reinette