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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:41:24 +0100
From: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
To: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 12/31] x86/resctrl: Move max_{name,data}_width into
 resctrl code
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Hi Reinette,

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 10:38:20AM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> On 4/11/2024 7:15 AM, Dave Martin wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 08:19:15PM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> >> Hi James,
> >>
> >> On 3/21/2024 9:50 AM, James Morse wrote:
> >>> @@ -2595,6 +2601,12 @@ static int schemata_list_add(struct rdt_resource *r, enum resctrl_conf_type type
> >>>  	if (cl > max_name_width)
> >>>  		max_name_width = cl;
> >>>  
> >>> +	/*
> >>> +	 * Choose a width for the resource data based on the resource that has
> >>> +	 * widest name and cbm.
> >>
> >> Please check series to ensure upper case is used for acronyms.
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> >> Reinette
> > 
> > This patch is just moving existing code around AFAICT.  See:
> > commit de016df88f23 ("x86/intel_rdt: Update schemata read to show data in tabular format")
> > 
> > Since no new usage of any term is being introduced here, can it be
> > left as-is?
> > 
> > There seem to be other uses of "cbm" with this sense in the resctrl
> > code already.
> 
> I am not asking to change all existing usages of these terms but in
> any new changes, please use upper case for acronyms.

While there is a general argument to be made here, it sounds from this
like you are not requesting a change to this patch; can you confirm?

Cheers
---Dave