linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: Move per cpu cpu_llc_id to a field in struct cpuinfo

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Date:	Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:40:20 +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 2/5] x86: Move per cpu cpu_llc_id to a field in struct
 cpuinfo_x86

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:06:03PM -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            |    2 --
>  arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_numachip.c  |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c             |   14 ++++----------
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c          |    1 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c |   11 ++---------
>  arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c             |   18 ++++++++----------
>  7 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> index 0c8b574..2d4eb6f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> @@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
>  	u16			cpu_index;
>  	u32			microcode;
>  	cpumask_t		llc_shared_map;
> +	/* cpus sharing the last level cache: */

Just a minor nitpick which I forgot: we spell "CPUs" in the comments as
in the next patch you're adding a comment about the sibling_map.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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