linux-kernel - Re: [patch v11 13/23] ACPI / processor: Introduce phys_cpuid

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Message-ID: <20150325172109.GJ14585@localhost>
Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:21:09 +0000
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ashwin Chaugule <ashwinc@...eaurora.org>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@....com>,
	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@...aro.org>,
	linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
	Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>,
	Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>,
	Sudeep Holla <Sudeep.Holla@....com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [patch v11 13/23] ACPI / processor: Introduce phys_cpuid_t for
 CPU hardware ID

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:02:46PM +0800, Hanjun Guo wrote:
> CPU hardware ID (phys_id) is defined as u32 in structure acpi_processor,
> but phys_id is used as int in acpi processor driver, so it will lead to
> some inconsistence for the drivers.
> 
> Furthermore, to cater for ACPI arch ports that implement 64 bits CPU
> ids a generic CPU physical id type is required.
> 
> So introduce typedef u32 phys_cpuid_t in a common file, and introduce
> a macro PHYS_CPUID_INVALID as (phys_cpuid_t)(-1) if it's not defined
> by other archs, this will solve the inconsistence in acpi processor driver,
> and will prepare for the ACPI on ARM64 for the 64 bit CPU hardware ID
> in the following patch.
> 
> CC: Rafael J Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>
> Suggested-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>
> Acked-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> [hj: reworked cpu physid map return codes]
> Signed-off-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>

BTW, am I still the author of this patch? If yes, it's missing a From:
line.

> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
> @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_hotadd_init(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>  	acpi_status status;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	if (pr->phys_id == -1)
> +	if (pr->phys_id == PHYS_CPUID_INVALID)
>  		return -ENODEV;

If PHYS_CPUID_INVALID is the same as INVALID_HWID, we should get rid of
the latter in the arm64 code (as a subsequent clean-up patch).

-- 
Catalin

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