linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] x86: move cacheinfo sysfs to generic cacheinfo infrastructure

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Message-ID: <20150310142627.GF3535@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:26:27 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andre Przywara <Andre.Przywara@....com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86: move cacheinfo sysfs to generic cacheinfo
 infrastructure

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 02:22:22PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> I was able to reproduce this and now I realise I had CONFIG_AMD_NB
> disabled in my config earlier which hid this issue previously, sorry
> for that.
> 
> The below patch fixed the issue on my Intel i7 box. I can post this
> separately if required.
> 
> Regards,
> Sudeep
> 
> From b081cbf26071f4c8ce51f270931387415ab1a06c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:49:58 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH] x86: cacheinfo: fix cache_get_priv_group for Intel
> processors
> 
> The private pointer provided by the cacheinfo is used to implement
> the AMD L3 cache specific attributes using the northbridge pointer
> obtained through cpuid4 registers. However, it's populated even on
> Intel processors for Level 3 cache. This results in failure of

Do we need it populated on Intel?

Because if not, we can leave it NULL there and do only

	if (this_leaf->level < 3 || !nb)
		return NULL;

No?

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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