linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] cpuinfo: add sysfs based arch independent cpuinfo framework

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Date:   Fri, 6 Dec 2019 08:56:02 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Felix Schnizlein <fschnizlein@...e.de>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, will.deacon@....com, x86@...nel.org,
        fschnitzlein@...e.de, Felix Schnizlein <fschnizlein@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] cpuinfo: add sysfs based arch independent cpuinfo
 framework

On 12/6/19 8:24 AM, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index 48b5e103bdb0..39015570b1ca 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -882,6 +882,17 @@ config STRICT_MODULE_RWX
>  	  and non-text memory will be made non-executable. This provides
>  	  protection against certain security exploits (e.g. writing to text)
>  
> +config CPUINFO_SYSFS
> +	bool "Provides processor information in sysfs. Successor of /proc/cpuinfo"

	      Provide

> +	def_bool y
> +	depends on HAVE_CPUINFO_SYSFS
> +	help
> +	  Provides architecture specific processor information in /sys/devices/system/cpu/info> +	  Use this instead of /proc/cpuinfo

End those 2 sentences with periods (full stop), please.

> +
> +config HAVE_CPUINFO_SYSFS
> +	bool
> +
>  # select if the architecture provides an asm/dma-direct.h header
>  config ARCH_HAS_PHYS_TO_DMA
>  	bool


-- 
~Randy