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From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/11] drivers: base: support cpu cache information
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Hi Stephen,

On 19/09/14 23:24, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 09/03/14 10:00, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
>>
>> This patch adds initial support for providing processor cache informatio=
n
>> 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 exist=
ing
>> different implementations.
>>
>> This implementation maintains the hierarchy of cache objects which refle=
cts
>> the system's cache topology. Cache devices are instantiated as needed as
>> CPUs come online. The cache information is replicated per-cpu even if th=
ey are
>> shared. A per-cpu array of cache information maintained is used mainly f=
or
>> 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 cac=
he
>> topology.
>>
>> This patch also add the missing ABI documentation for the cacheinfo sysf=
s
>> interface already, which is well defined and widely used.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
>> Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: linux390@de.ibm.com
>> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
>> Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
>> Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: x86@kernel.org
>>
>
> Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
> Tested-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
>

Thanks for all the reviews and testings of the series.

Regards,
Sudeep