linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][retry 2] Conform L3 Cache Index Disable to Linux standards From: Eric Lammerts <eric@...merts.org>

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Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:02:46 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, eric@...merts.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][retry 2] Conform L3 Cache Index Disable to Linux
	standards From:  Eric Lammerts <eric@...merts.org>


* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:50:47 -0600
> Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@....com> wrote:
> 
> > Add ABI Documentation entry and fix some /sys directory formating
> > issues with the L3 Cache Index Disable feature for future AMD
> > processors. __Add a check to disable it for family 0x10 models
> > that do not support it yet.
> 
> x86_64 allnoconfig:
> 
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c:556: warning: 'free_cache_attributes' defined but not used
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c:596: warning: 'detect_cache_attributes' defined but not used
> 
> Fixing these revealed another shower of unused functions.  
> Fixing those led to an even bigger shower.
> 
> Obviously, the code is a mess and needs some thought, 
> understanding and restructuring so that mere mortals can 
> correctly modify it.
> 
> I'll drop the patches.  Please test version 3 a bit better?

Yes. I'll pick it up into the x86 tree once it works and builds 
warning-free.

	Ingo
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