linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/9] drivers: base cacheinfo: Add support for ACPI based firmware tables

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jan 2018 14:21:24 +0000
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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        Al Stone <ahs3@...hat.com>, Jayachandran.Nair@...ium.com,
        austinwc@...eaurora.org, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/9] drivers: base cacheinfo: Add support for ACPI
 based firmware tables

(Sorry for the delay, just returning from vacation)

On 12/12/17 23:37, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> On 12/12/2017 05:02 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

[...]

>>
>> So call this field "token" or similar.  Don't call it "of_node" and
>> don't introduce another "firmware_node" thing in addition to that.
>> That just is a mess, sorry.

I completely agree. Both me and Lorenzo pointed that out in previous
revisions and fair enough you have a valid concern it's use with PPTT.

> 
> I sort of agree, I think I can just change the whole of_node to a
> generic 'void *firmware_unique' which works fine for the PPTT code, it
> should also work for the DT code in cache_leaves_are_shared().
>

Should be fine.

> The slight gocha is there is a bit of DT code which initially runs
> earlier that uses of_node as an indirect parameter to a couple functions
> (by just passing the cacheinfo). Let me see if I can tweak that a bit.
>

May be use a simple inline wrapper functions to convert, might help if
we diverge too.

> Frankly, If I understood completely all the *priv cases I suspect it
> might be possible to collapse *of_node into that as well. That is as
> long as no one decides to flush out DT on x86, or PPTT on x86.
> 

priv is used to save architecture/cache specific details that can't be
generalized. I doubt if this of_node or PPTT pointer/offset falls in
that category.


-- 
Regards,
Sudeep