linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/29] ACPI / PPTT: Add a helper to fill a cpumask from a processor container

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Message-ID: <89d5a73c-2a48-4aec-9249-07c71ca214ec@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 20:35:00 -0700
From: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>
To: James Morse <james.morse@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/29] ACPI / PPTT: Add a helper to fill a cpumask from
 a processor container


On 9/10/25 13:42, James Morse wrote:
> The ACPI MPAM table uses the UID of a processor container specified in
> the PPTT to indicate the subset of CPUs and cache topology that can
> access each MPAM System Component (MSC).
>
> This information is not directly useful to the kernel. The equivalent
> cpumask is needed instead.
>
> Add a helper to find the processor container by its id, then walk
> the possible CPUs to fill a cpumask with the CPUs that have this
> processor container as a parent.
>
> CC: Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>

Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>

Thanks.

-Fenghua