From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/11] drivers: base: support cpu cache information interface to userspace via sysfs Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:00:48 -0700 Message-ID: <20140917190048.GA4063@kroah.com> References: <1409763617-17074-1-git-send-email-sudeep.holla@arm.com> <1409763617-17074-5-git-send-email-sudeep.holla@arm.com> <5419C3F6.4050607@arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5419C3F6.4050607@arm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Sudeep Holla Cc: LKML , Heiko Carstens , Lorenzo Pieralisi , Stephen Boyd , "linux-api@vger.kernel.org" , "linux390@de.ibm.com" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-s390@vger.kernel.org" , "x86@kernel.org" List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 06:25:10PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On 03/09/14 18:00, Sudeep Holla wrote: > >From: Sudeep Holla > > > >This patch adds initial support for providing processor cache information > >to userspace through sysfs interface. This is based on already existing > >implementations(x86, ia64, s390 and powerpc) and hence the interface is > >intended to be fully compatible. > > > >The main purpose of this generic support is to avoid further code > >duplication to support new architectures and also to unify all the existing > >different implementations. > > > >This implementation maintains the hierarchy of cache objects which reflects > >the system's cache topology. Cache devices are instantiated as needed as > >CPUs come online. The cache information is replicated per-cpu even if they are > >shared. A per-cpu array of cache information maintained is used mainly for > >sysfs-related book keeping. > > > >It also implements the shared_cpu_map attribute, which is essential for > >enabling both kernel and user-space to discover the system's overall cache > >topology. > > > >This patch also add the missing ABI documentation for the cacheinfo sysfs > >interface already, which is well defined and widely used. > > > > Can you review the first 4 patches in this series please ? It's in my todo queue, which is really long at the moment due to me going to conferences (at one right now...) Will be working on this soon, thanks for your patience. greg k-h