On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 12:00:48PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 06:25:10PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > On 03/09/14 18:00, Sudeep Holla wrote: > > >From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> > > > > > >This patch adds initial support for providing processor cache information > > >to userspace through sysfs interface. This is based on already existing > > >implementations(x86, ia64, s390 and powerpc) and hence the interface is > > >intended to be fully compatible. > > > > > >The main purpose of this generic support is to avoid further code > > >duplication to support new architectures and also to unify all the existing > > >different implementations. > > > > > >This implementation maintains the hierarchy of cache objects which reflects > > >the system's cache topology. Cache devices are instantiated as needed as > > >CPUs come online. The cache information is replicated per-cpu even if they are > > >shared. A per-cpu array of cache information maintained is used mainly for > > >sysfs-related book keeping. > > > > > >It also implements the shared_cpu_map attribute, which is essential for > > >enabling both kernel and user-space to discover the system's overall cache > > >topology. > > > > > >This patch also add the missing ABI documentation for the cacheinfo sysfs > > >interface already, which is well defined and widely used. > > > > > > > Can you review the first 4 patches in this series please ? > > It's in my todo queue, which is really long at the moment due to me > going to conferences (at one right now...) Will be working on this > soon, thanks for your patience. Based on the review comments, I think you are going to change at least the first patch, right? Please resend the latest version of this series, with all of the accumulated tested-by and acked lines and resend. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
