RE: [PATCH v8 13/13] Documentation/x86: Update resctrl.rst for new features

["Moger, Babu" <Babu.Moger@amd.com>]

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Hi Reinette,

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> From: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 13/13] Documentation/x86: Update resctrl.rst for new
> features
> 
> Hi Babu,
> 
> On 11/4/2022 1:01 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
> ...
> 
> > @@ -464,6 +539,26 @@ Memory bandwidth domain is L3 cache.
> >
> >  	MB:<cache_id0>=bw_MBps0;<cache_id1>=bw_MBps1;...
> >
> > +Slow Memory Bandwidth Allocation (SMBA)
> > +---------------------------------------
> > +AMD hardware support Slow Memory Bandwidth Allocation (SMBA) feature.
> 
> How about
> AMD hardware supports the Slow Memory Bandwidth Allocation (SMBA)
> feature.
> or
> AMD hardware supports Slow Memory Bandwidth Allocation (SMBA).

Sure.
> 
> > +Currently, CXL.memory is the only supported "slow" memory device.
> 
> What does "Currently" mean here? If there is a plan for changes, could that be
> shared? Otherwise maybe just remove it: "CXL.memory is the only supported
> "slow" memory device."

There is no change of plan. I will remove "Currently"

> 
> > +With the support of SMBA, the hardware enables bandwidth allocation
> > +on the slow memory devices. If there are multiple such devices in the
> > +system, the throttling logic groups all the slow sources together and
> > +applies the limit on them as a whole.
> > +
> > +The presence of SMBA (with CXL.memory) is independent of slow memory
> > +devices presence. If there is no such devices on the system, then
> 
> Maybe "is no such device" or "are no such devices"?

It should be "If there are no such devices".   Will correct it.

> 
> > +setting the configuring SMBA will have no impact on the performance
> 
> "setting the configuring SMBA" is hard to parse. How about just "configuring
> SMBA"?

Sure.
Thanks
Babu

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