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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: kernel: add support for cpu cache information
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:36:21 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150223193621.GP8656@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1424716091-22914-1-git-send-email-sudeep.holla@arm.com>

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 06:28:10PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> This patch adds support for cacheinfo on ARM platforms.

These patches should carry with them the justification for exporting
this information to userspace.

"Because we can" is not a good reason; once exported, this information
becomes a userspace API that we have to maintain, and thus it comes
with a non-zero support cost going forward.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-02-23 19:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-23 18:28 [PATCH 1/2] ARM: kernel: add support for cpu cache information Sudeep Holla
2015-02-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] ARM: kernel: add outer cache support for cacheinfo implementation Sudeep Holla
2015-02-23 19:36 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2015-02-24 18:23   ` [PATCH 1/2] ARM: kernel: add support for cpu cache information Sudeep Holla
2016-01-28 18:54 ` Florian Fainelli

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