linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging/vc04_services: initialize cache line size properly

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Message-ID: <20170306125334.GC26115@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2017 13:53:34 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Michael Zoran <mzoran@...wfest.net>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Daniel Stone <daniels@...labora.com>,
        Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        popcornmix <popcornmix@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging/vc04_services: initialize cache line size
 properly

On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 05:59:38PM -0800, Michael Zoran wrote:
> Hi Arnd,
> 
> I submitted a change which is in Linux-next now that makes the whole
> CACHE_LINE_SIZE macro meaningless.  It now always reads the size from
> the DT and errors out with -ENODEV if the property is missing.
> 
> I was going to submit a change to delete the macro completely, just
> never got to it.
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit
> /drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface?id=6cf1bf636a067eb308cb3a8322b
> 9d6b1844a075d

This should be in 4.11-rc1.

thanks,

greg k-h