From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C19C10DCE for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:57:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDFD3215A4 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:57:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727685AbgCKC5q (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:57:46 -0400 Received: from mga18.intel.com ([134.134.136.126]:25558 "EHLO mga18.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727307AbgCKC5q (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:57:46 -0400 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga007.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.58]) by orsmga106.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 10 Mar 2020 19:57:45 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.70,539,1574150400"; d="scan'208";a="231544522" Received: from sai-dev-mach.sc.intel.com ([143.183.140.153]) by orsmga007.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 10 Mar 2020 19:57:44 -0700 Message-ID: <48e14e976d3258571229d3165aa879da4a6e4b28.camel@intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 12/13] selftests/resctrl: Dynamically select buffer size for CAT test From: Sai Praneeth Prakhya To: Reinette Chatre , shuah@kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, tony.luck@intel.com, babu.moger@amd.com, james.morse@arm.com, ravi.v.shankar@intel.com, fenghua.yu@intel.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 19:52:57 -0700 In-Reply-To: <50e8e1a1-f7ef-2ea8-178e-49adf3373e23@intel.com> References: <18ab8b47d1d2b6373d7899bdf8df19fa94afcfaa.1583657204.git.sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> <50e8e1a1-f7ef-2ea8-178e-49adf3373e23@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.30.5-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kselftest-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org Hi Reinette, On Tue, 2020-03-10 at 15:19 -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote: > Hi Sai, > > On 3/6/2020 7:40 PM, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote: > > Presently, while running CAT test case, if user hasn't given any input for > > '-n' option, the test defaults to 5 bits to determine the buffer size that > > is used during test. Instead of statically running always with 5 bits, > > change it such that the buffer size is always half of the cache size. > > This seems more appropriate as a preparation patch to not have to make > so many changes on top of the earlier patches included in this series. Ok.. makes sense. Regards, Sai