linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/11] x86/tsc: Remove CPUID "frequency" leaf magic numbers.

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Message-ID: <Z0VQlg++mRUtmFvz@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:37:42 +0800
From: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@...el.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	bp@...en8.de, rafael@...nel.org, lenb@...nel.org,
	dave.jiang@...el.com, irenic.rajneesh@...il.com,
	david.e.box@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/11] x86/tsc: Remove CPUID "frequency" leaf magic
 numbers.

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 11:53:38AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:53:38 -0800
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 08/11] x86/tsc: Remove CPUID "frequency" leaf magic numbers.
> 
> 
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> All the code that reads the CPUID frequency information leaf hard-codes
> a magic number.  Give it a symbolic name and use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
> 
>  b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpuid.h |    1 +
>  b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c        |   12 ++++++------
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@...el.com>