linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86: Move per cpu cpu_core_map to a field in struct cpuinfo

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Date:	Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:21:31 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86: Move per cpu cpu_core_map to a field in struct
 cpuinfo_x86

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:06:05PM -0400, Kevin Winchester wrote:
> This simplifies the various code paths using this field as it
> groups the per-cpu data together.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h |    2 ++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h       |    6 ------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h  |    4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c       |    3 +--
>  arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c        |   35 ++++++++++++++---------------------
>  arch/x86/xen/smp.c               |    4 ----
>  drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c   |    2 +-
>  drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c    |   13 +++----------
>  8 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> index 38de3aa..53f7a8c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> @@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
>  	u16			llc_id;
>  	/* representing HT siblings of each logical CPU */
>  	cpumask_t		sibling_map;
> +	/* representing HT and core siblings of each logical CPU */

Let's change that to be more clear:

	"representing all execution threads on a logical CPU, i.e. per physical
	socket"

or if someone has an even better formulation...

other than that:

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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