linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 00/11] drivers: cacheinfo support

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Date:	Fri, 7 Nov 2014 11:23:10 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/11] drivers: cacheinfo support

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:26:05AM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On 20/10/14 19:49, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 07:46:19PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> >>Hi Greg,
> >>
> >>On 30/09/14 14:48, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> >>>This series adds a generic cacheinfo support similar to topology. The
> >>>implementation is based on x86 cacheinfo support. Currently x86, powerpc,
> >>>ia64 and s390 have their own implementations. While adding similar support
> >>>to ARM and ARM64, here is the attempt to make it generic quite similar to
> >>>topology info support. It also adds the missing ABI documentation for
> >>>the cacheinfo sysfs which is already being used.
> >>>
> >>>It moves all the existing different implementations on x86, ia64, powerpc
> >>>and s390 to use the generic cacheinfo infrastructure introduced here.
> >>>These changes on non-ARM platforms are only compile tested and tested on x86.
> >>>
> >>>This series also adds support for ARM and ARM64 architectures based on
> >>>the generic support.
> >>>
> >>>The code can be fetched from:
> >>>  git://linux-arm.org/linux-skn cacheinfo
> >>>
> >>
> >>I am hoping to target this for v3.19 if possible, it would be good if
> >>you can review and provide feedback.
> >
> >3.18-rc1 just came out a few _hours_ ago, and now we can start worrying
> >about what goes into 3.19.  I have 1257 emails in my "to-review" queue
> >for 3.19, please give me a chance to catch up in a few weeks to get to
> >this code.
> >
> 
> I completely understand and I am sorry if that was a noise.
> I just wanted to ensure it's not lost, thanks for letting me know it's
> in your list.

Do you want me to take this through my tree?  If so, I will, otherwise,
feel free to add:

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

to the series.

thanks,

greg k-h
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