linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Add counter freezing quirk for Goldmont

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Date:   Wed, 3 Oct 2018 10:25:03 -0400
From:   "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
To:     linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, mingo@...hat.com,
        acme@...nel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        eranian@...gle.com, ak@...ux.intel.com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Add counter freezing quirk for Goldmont



On 10/3/2018 10:15 AM, linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org wrote:
> To make it more generic, I think we also need to extend the struct 
> sku_microcode to check vendor and family.
> The "model" in struct x86_cpu_id is u16. I will also change "model" and 
> "stepping" to u16.
> 
> struct sku_microcode {
>      u16 vendor;
>      u16 family;
>      u16 model;
>      u16 stepping;
>      u32 microcode;
> };

No, should be consistent as struct cpuinfo_x86.
The struct sku_microcode should be

struct sku_microcode {
       u8 vendor;
       u8 family;
       u8 model;
       u8 stepping;
       u32 microcode;
};

Thanks,
Kan