linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: cpu_debug.c prepare report if files are inappropriate or CPU is not supported

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Date:	Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:51:32 +0530
From:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: cpu_debug.c prepare report if files are
 inappropriate or CPU is not supported

On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 23:27 +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> Hello Ingo,
> 
> On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 12:17 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > The main beef i had with your code is that it copies CPU enumeration 
> > over into some local variables (cpu_modelflag, cpu_model) with 
> > redundant encodings and decodings which dont fully work.
> > 
> > Is there anything that your encoding/decoding does that cannot be 
> > done via the standard methods?
> > 
> 
> I removed cpu model info. May be this will create some issues on ancient
> machine as now it depends on rdmsr_safe_on_cpu() and I hope it will be
> safe ;-)
> Can you please check this patch on ancient and latest machines.
> 
> 
> [PATCH] x86: cpu_debug remove model information to reduce encoding-decoding
> 
> Remove model information, encoding/decoding and reduce bookkeeping.
> 
> Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>
> ---

If you have any objections please let me know otherwise I will start
sending patches on top of this patch.

Thanks,
--
JSR


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