Re: [PATCH] x86/resctrl: Update documented unit for the "activity" event
From: Reinette Chatre
Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 11:39:41 EST
Hi Tony,
On 9/15/26 12:04 PM, Tony Luck wrote:
> The unit for the AET (Application Energy Telemetry) activity event[1] is nF, not F.
>
> Fixes: a8848c4b43ad ("x86,fs/resctrl: Update documentation for telemetry events")
Should this go to stable?
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://github.com/intel/Intel-PMT/blob/main/xml/CWF/OOBMSM/RMID-ENERGY/cwf_common.xml#L9 # [1]
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst
> index e4b66af55ffb..a52cd812c261 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst
> @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ When monitoring is enabled all MON groups will also contain:
> during execution of instructions summed across all logical CPUs on a
> package for the current monitoring group.
>
> - "activity" also reports a floating point value (in Farads). This provides
> + "activity" also reports a floating point value (in nanofarads). This provides
> an estimate of work done independent of the frequency that the CPUs used
> for execution.
>
Thank you.
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
Reinette