linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 09/35] LoongArch: Switch over to GENERIC_CPU

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Date:   Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:03:51 +0100
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     James Morse <james.morse@....com>
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
        x86@...nel.org, Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
        Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@...aro.org>,
        jianyong.wu@....com, justin.he@....com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 09/35] LoongArch: Switch over to
 GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 04:37:57PM +0000, James Morse wrote:
> Now that GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES calls arch_register_cpu(), which can be
> overridden by the arch code, switch over to this to allow common code
> to choose when the register_cpu() call is made.
> 
> This allows topology_init() to be removed.
> 
> This is an intermediate step to the logic being moved to drivers/acpi,
> where GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES will do the work when booting with acpi=off.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>

Same comment as x86 (moving the point at which cpus are registered
ought to be mentioned in the commit message.)

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