linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 02/25] openrisc: add cache way information to cpuinfo

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2017 23:09:40 +0900
From:   Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>
To:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Cc:     Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@...nalahti.fi>,
        Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>, linux@...ck-us.net,
        openrisc@...ts.librecores.org,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Olof Kindgren <olof.kindgren@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/25] openrisc: add cache way information to cpuinfo

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 01:45:24PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> 
> 
> On 14/03/17 13:11, Stefan Kristiansson wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:08:33PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> >> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 7:11 PM, Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com> wrote:
> >>> From: Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@...nalahti.fi>
> >>>
> >>> Motivation for this is to be able to print the way information
> >>> properly in print_cpuinfo(), instead of hardcoding it to one.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Any particular reason not to use generic cacheinfo sysfs infrastructure ?
> >>
> > 
> > No reason as far as I can see, the creation of this patch predates the
> > generic cacheinfo sysfs infrastructure.
> > 
> > The patch itself doesn't add cache information to cpuinfo though,
> > only corrects a bug in the information that is already there.
> > 
> > We should look into exposing the info in the generic cache info sysfs
> > and potentially removing the information from cpuinfo.
> > 
> 
> Ah OK, sorry I mistook it as a new addition rather than bug fox.

Hello,

The comment is appreciated I didnt know about the generic cacheinfo
intrstructure to be honest.  The simplifications it brings look good, I
will put this on my todo list.

If you want to have a go at patching it in for openrisc it would be
appreciated. :)

-Stafford