From: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Boris Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6/5] x86/intel_rdt: Add documentation for "info/last_cmd_status"
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:11:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170919231128.8346-1-tony.luck@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1505771973.git.tony.luck@intel.com>
From: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
New file in the "info" directory helps diagnose what went wrong
when using the /sys/fs/resctrl file system
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
---
Oops ... forgot the Documentation ... here it is.
Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt b/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt
index 4d8848e4e224..6851854cf69d 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ with the following files:
bytes) at which a previously used LLC_occupancy
counter can be considered for re-use.
+Finally, in the top level of the "info" directory there is a file
+named "last_cmd_status". This is reset with every "command" issued
+via the file system (making new directories or writing to any of the
+control files). If the command was successful, it will read as "ok".
+If the command failed, it will provide more information that can be
+conveyed in the error returns from file operations. E.g.
+
+ # echo L3:0=f7 > schemata
+ bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
+ # cat info/last_cmd_status
+ mask f7 has non-consecutive 1-bits
Resource alloc and monitor groups
---------------------------------
--
2.11.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-19 23:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-18 22:18 [RFC 0/5] x86/intel_rdt: Better diagnostics Luck, Tony
2017-09-18 22:18 ` [PATCH 1/5] x86/intel_rdt: Add framework for better RDT UI diagnostics Luck, Tony
2017-09-18 22:18 ` [PATCH 2/5] x86/intel_rdt: Add diagnostics when writing the schemata file Luck, Tony
2017-09-25 14:04 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-09-25 21:38 ` Luck, Tony
2017-09-25 22:12 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-09-25 22:18 ` Luck, Tony
2017-09-18 22:18 ` [PATCH 3/5] x86/intel_rdt: Add diagnostics when writing the tasks file Luck, Tony
2017-09-18 22:18 ` [PATCH 4/5] x86/intel_rdt: Add diagnostics when writing the cpus file Luck, Tony
2017-09-18 22:18 ` [PATCH 5/5] x86/intel_rdt: Add diagnostics when making directories Luck, Tony
2017-09-19 1:10 ` [RFC 0/5] x86/intel_rdt: Better diagnostics Steven Rostedt
2017-09-19 23:11 ` Luck, Tony [this message]
2017-09-21 12:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-09-30 8:27 ` Borislav Petkov
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