On Fri, 10 Mar 2017, Luck, Tony wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 07:58:51PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > Well, we have several options to tackle this:
> >
> > 1) Have schemata files for each resource
> >
> > schemata_l2, _l3 _mb
> >
> > 2) Request a full overwrite every time (all entries required)
> >
> > That still does not require ordering
> >
> > 3) Allow full overwrite and 'append' mode
> >
> > echo "...." > schemata
> >
> > Overwrites the whole file. It does not require all entries to be
> > supplied. Non supplied entries are reset to default
> >
> > echo "...." >> schemata
> >
> > "Appends" the supplied entries by overwriting the existing ones.
> >
> > My favourite would be #1, but I have no strong opinions other than not
> > caring about resource write ordering for #2 and #3.
>
> If you are going to head in the direction of partial update, then
> why not go for:
>
> 4) Drop the code that check that the user wrote all
> the fields as well as the check for all the lines. Just update
> the bits they list, and leave the rest unchanged.
>
> I.e. the user could say:
>
> # echo "L3:1=0x3f" > schemata
>
> if they just wanted to update resource L3, instance 1.
Even better
> I don't think there is much benefit to the overwrite vs. append
> semantics for the user.
Agreed.
Thanks,
tglx
