linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Cache id

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jul 2016 18:21:02 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <h.peter.anvin@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Cache id

On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 03:07:15PM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
> 
> This patch set introduces cache id to identify a cache in platform. It can
> be useful in such areas as Cach Allocation Technology (CAT) where user
> needs to specify how much cache is allocated on which cache. Cache id
> provides a concise way to identify the cache. CAT patches will be released
> separately.
> 
> Changes:
> v2: Split one patch into three patches and add ABI documentation.
> 
> Fenghua Yu (3):
>   cacheinfo: Introduce cache id
>   Documentation, ABI: Add a document entry for cache id
>   x86, intel_cacheinfo: Enable cache id in x86
> 
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 13 +++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c              | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/base/cacheinfo.c                           |  5 +++++
>  include/linux/cacheinfo.h                          |  3 +++
>  4 files changed, 41 insertions(+)

All 3:

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

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