linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/15] x86, amd: add accessor for number of cores per compute unit

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Date:	Sat, 29 Aug 2015 11:19:14 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Huang Rui <ray.huang@....com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	lm-sensors@...sensors.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org,
	Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@...glemail.com>,
	Aravind Gopalakrishnan <Aravind.Gopalakrishnan@....com>,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@...el.com>, Tony Li <tony.li@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/15] x86, amd: add accessor for number of cores per
 compute unit


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:

> 
> * Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:07:40PM +0800, Huang Rui wrote:
> > > Add an accessor function amd_get_cores_per_cu() which returns the
> > > number of cores per compute unit.
> > > 
> > > In a subsequent patch, we will use this function in fam15h_power
> > > driver.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@....com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h |  1 +
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c        | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
> > >  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Btw, this needs an ACK from a tip person if it goes through the hwmon
> > tree.
> 
> Looks good to me in theory.
> 
> I suspect we might want to factor the 'compute unit' logic out a bit more if usage 
> becomes more widespread - but right now it's hwmon drivers only,right?

So let me withdraw my ack: the much more important question that I missed first 
time around, why is this reporting feature living in hwmon, not in perf? We have 
energy reporting facilities in perf that this should be synced to.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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