linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86: Quark: Add legacy_cache

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Date:	Wed, 01 Oct 2014 10:00:18 +0100
From:	Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, davej@...hat.com, hmh@....eng.br,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86: Quark: Add legacy_cache_size and TLB comments

On 01/10/14 09:57, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Oct 2014, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
>> On 01/10/14 01:11, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> On the substance.
>> I'm certainly not trying to antagonise you here - I assumed you were
>> *suggesting* to apply those comments directly ?
>> Which is why I updated the sent patches with your comments - since they
>> seemed more descriptive anyway - and sent back to the list.
>
> That part is fine. What really annoyed me is the patch:
>
> Subject: [PATCH] x86: Call identify_cpu() unconditionally once remove other
>       callsites
>
> which is a complete fail in all aspects. You should be able to figure
> that out yourself easily:
>
> Read the reviews of "[PATCH 1/3] x86: Bugfix bit-rot in the calling of
> legacy_cache_size" again carefully. Then look at your patch, the
> subject line and the changelog. It should be pretty obvious.

OK - I'll read again.

Thanks for the reviews

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