linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2 0/5] AMD L3 cache index disable fixes for .35

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Message-ID: <4BD1E197.6000508@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:06:15 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
CC:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Frank Arnold <frank.arnold@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 0/5] AMD L3 cache index disable fixes for .35

On 04/23/2010 07:09 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
> Ok, looking at the k8.o object it is 507 bytes so I don't think
> compiling it in would hurt embedded people too much:
> 
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>     379     104      24     507     1fb arch/x86/kernel/k8.o
> 
> So how about the following? It should apply cleanly on top and it
> survived a bunch of randconfigs here so far.
> 

I have to say I think that's pretty ridiculous for someone who cares so
much about size that they have disabled CONFIG_PCI that they can just
add another half-kilobyte of code that is going to do absolutely
nothing.  Think about the kind of x86 CPUs that could even consider
disabling CONFIG_PCI -- we're talking pretty deep embedded by now.

So, no, I don't think this is an option.  Force-enabling CONFIG_PCI on
x86 would be a more realistic option, and I honestly don't know how many
people would object to that, but not right now.

The obvious answer instead is to augment the list of stubs in
<asm/k8.h>.  In particular, move num_k8_northbridges into the #ifdef and
just #define num_k8_northbridges 0 in the other clause.

	-hpa

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