linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/AMD: Group cpu_llc_id assignment by topology feature and family

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Message-ID: <20161107092235.vnuuclknzy7gao7b@pd.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2016 10:22:35 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Yazen Ghannam <Yazen.Ghannam@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/AMD: Group cpu_llc_id assignment by topology
 feature and family

On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 08:29:06AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Wondering what the practical effect of this is - is any current
> hardware affected, and if yes, what are the effects of this patch?

No affect on current hw - just a cleanup. It can go in 4.10. Only the
previous one is tagged for stable.

Thanks.

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