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Subject: Re: [GIT pull] x86/cache: Updates for 4.10
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 1:53 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
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> This update provides the support for Intel Cache Allocation Technology, a
> cache partitioning mechanism.

Ugh, this is some funky stuff. And it's entirely x86-specific, with a
rather odd special filesystem interface.

It looks pretty self-contained (good), but it also looks majorly
strange. I will have to think about this. What are the main/expected
users?

                Linus