linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 02/16] x86/cache: get cache size/leaves and setup cache cpumap for Dhyana

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Date:   Mon, 3 Sep 2018 20:59:04 +0800
From:   Pu Wen <puwen@...on.cn>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
        x86@...nel.org, thomas.lendacky@....com, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 02/16] x86/cache: get cache size/leaves and setup cache
 cpumap for Dhyana

On 2018/9/3 17:57, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Patch subject needs to be of the format:
>
> <file path(s)>: Sentence starting with a capital letter and describing
> concisely the patch
>
> Fix all your subjects pls.

OK, will fix them in next version of patches.

>> With this bit kernel can get the cache info. So add support
>
> "With this bit, the kernel..."
>
>> Dhyana also find num_cache_leaves via CPUID leaf 0x8000001d, so
>
> "... also discovers num_cache_leaves ..."
>

Thanks for the correction.

Regards,
Pu Wen

>
> With that:
>
> Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
>