From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
"Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
"Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>,
Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] drivers core: Introduce CPU type sysfs interface
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2020 13:05:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201003110548.GA145099@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201003085345.GA114893@kroah.com>
On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 10:53:45AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 06:17:42PM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > +/**
> > + * arch_get_cpu_type_name() - Get the CPU type name
> > + * @cpu_type: Type of CPU micro-architecture.
> > + *
> > + * Returns a string name associated with the CPU micro-architecture type as
> > + * indicated in @cpu_type. The format shall be <vendor>_<cpu_type>. Returns
> > + * NULL if the CPU type is not known.
> > + */
> > +const char __weak *arch_get_cpu_type_name(u32 cpu_type)
> > +{
> > + return NULL;
> > +}
>
> Why is vendor part of this? Shouldn't it just be arch?
>
> I say this as "vendor" is kind of "interesting" when it comes to other
> arches...
>
> Speaking of other arches, we all know that other arches have this
> feature as well, have you worked with any other groups to verify that
> this interface will also work with them?
Here's one set of patches for ARM64 for much the same type of cpu
design:
https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/kernel/common/+/1437098/3
Yes, it's not been posted to any kernel lists, but this is public so you
need to work with the ARM developers to come up with an interface that
works for everyone please.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-03 11:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-03 1:17 [PATCH 0/4] drivers core: Introduce CPU type sysfs interface Ricardo Neri
2020-10-03 1:17 ` [PATCH 1/4] " Ricardo Neri
2020-10-03 3:27 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-10-06 1:15 ` Ricardo Neri
2020-10-10 3:14 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-10-03 8:53 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-03 11:05 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2020-10-06 1:08 ` Ricardo Neri
2020-10-06 0:57 ` Ricardo Neri
2020-10-06 7:37 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-07 3:14 ` Ricardo Neri
2020-10-07 5:15 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-08 3:34 ` Ricardo Neri
2020-11-12 6:19 ` Brice Goglin
2020-11-12 6:42 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-11-12 9:10 ` Brice Goglin
2020-11-12 10:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-11-17 15:55 ` Brice Goglin
2020-11-18 10:45 ` Brice Goglin
2020-11-18 10:57 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
[not found] ` <38f290d2-4c3a-d1b0-f3cc-a0897ea10abd@gmail.com>
2020-11-12 11:34 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-11-19 8:25 ` Fox Chen
2020-10-03 1:17 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86/cpu: Describe hybrid CPUs in cpuinfo_x86 Ricardo Neri
2020-10-03 4:07 ` kernel test robot
2020-10-03 1:17 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86/cpu/intel: Add function to get name of hybrid CPU types Ricardo Neri
2020-10-03 1:17 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86/cpu/topology: Implement the CPU type sysfs interface Ricardo Neri
2020-10-03 3:33 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-10-03 5:28 ` kernel test robot
2020-10-03 8:55 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-06 1:05 ` Ricardo Neri
2020-10-03 8:49 ` [PATCH 0/4] drivers core: Introduce " Borislav Petkov
2020-10-06 0:27 ` Ricardo Neri
2020-10-06 8:51 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-07 2:50 ` Ricardo Neri
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