From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sohil.mehta@intel.com,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Jon Kohler <jon@nutanix.com>,
Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>,
"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] x86/cpu: Add platform ID to CPU info structure
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:44:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aW_pF5ulDUplHOy9@black.igk.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cd1c29e3-3575-4f42-8e72-db2514b3b4bb@intel.com>
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 07:06:56AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 1/20/26 00:27, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> ...
> >> Note: This should not grow the size of 'struct cpuinfo_x86' in
> >> practice since the u8 fits next to another u8 in the structure.
> >
> > Have you run `pahole` to confirm?
>
> I have not. If you'd like to contribute to the series by compiling this
> and running pahole on it, I'd very much appreciate it!
Okay, here is the diff:
--- old 2026-01-20 21:40:39.170530703 +0100
+++ new 2026-01-20 21:37:42.717138133 +0100
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
};
__u8 x86_stepping; /* 4 1 */
+ __u8 x86_platform_id; /* 5 1 */
- /* XXX 3 bytes hole, try to pack */
+ /* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */
int x86_tlbsize; /* 8 4 */
__u32 vmx_capability[5]; /* 12 20 */
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@
unsigned int initialized:1; /* 332: 8 4 */
- /* size: 336, cachelines: 6, members: 27 */
- /* sum members: 319, holes: 5, sum holes: 14 */
+ /* size: 336, cachelines: 6, members: 28 */
+ /* sum members: 320, holes: 5, sum holes: 13 */
/* sum bitfield members: 1 bits (0 bytes) */
/* bit_padding: 23 bits */
/* last cacheline: 16 bytes */
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-20 20:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-19 19:50 [PATCH 0/6] x86/cpu: Take Intel platform into account for old microcode checks Dave Hansen
2026-01-19 19:50 ` [PATCH 1/6] x86/cpu: Break Vendor/Family/Model macros into separate header Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 8:24 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-20 15:03 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 16:22 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-20 16:34 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 20:54 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-20 16:48 ` Luck, Tony
2026-01-20 20:50 ` Shevchenko, Andriy
2026-01-19 19:50 ` [PATCH 2/6] x86/cpu: Add missing #include Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 0:26 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 8:19 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-20 15:35 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-19 19:50 ` [PATCH 3/6] x86/microcode: Refactor platform ID enumeration into a helper Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 3:07 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-20 16:06 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 20:59 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-22 19:26 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-01-19 19:50 ` [PATCH 4/6] x86/cpu: Add platform ID to CPU info structure Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 3:14 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-20 15:22 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-21 2:03 ` Chao Gao
2026-01-20 8:27 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-20 15:06 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 20:44 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2026-01-20 20:48 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-19 19:50 ` [PATCH 5/6] x86/cpu: Add platform ID to CPU matching structure Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 8:30 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-20 15:09 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-19 19:51 ` [PATCH 6/6] x86/microcode: Add platform mask to Intel microcode "old" list Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 14:33 ` Zhao Liu
2026-01-20 15:10 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-29 21:23 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-01-20 18:18 ` [PATCH 0/6] x86/cpu: Take Intel platform into account for old microcode checks Dave Hansen
2026-01-22 13:56 ` Ricardo Neri
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-01-20 14:34 [PATCH 4/6] x86/cpu: Add platform ID to CPU info structure Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2026-01-20 15:13 ` Dave Hansen
2026-01-20 16:03 ` Maciej Wieczor-Retman
2026-01-20 16:12 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-06 23:14 [PATCH 0/6] [v2] x86/cpu: Take Intel platform into account for old microcode checks Dave Hansen
2026-02-06 23:14 ` [PATCH 4/6] x86/cpu: Add platform ID to CPU info structure Dave Hansen
2026-02-08 21:37 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-02-11 18:40 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-12 15:22 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-02-10 23:23 ` Sohil Mehta
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