[PATCH v3 1/9] drivers: base: Add hardware prefetch control core driver

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 12:02:15PM +0900, Kohei Tarumizu wrote:
> This driver adds the register/unregister function to create the
> "prefetch_control" directory and some attribute files. Attributes are
> only present if the particular cache implements the relevant
> prefetcher controls
> 
> If the architecture has control of the CPU's hardware prefetcher
> behavior, use this function to create sysfs. When registering, it is
> necessary to provide what type of hardware prefetcher is supported
> and how to read/write to the register.
> 
> Following patches add support for A64FX and x86.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kohei Tarumizu <tarumizu.kohei at fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/pfctl.c  | 458 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/pfctl.h |  49 +++++
>  2 files changed, 507 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/base/pfctl.c
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/pfctl.h

Thanks to Thomas for pointing this change out to me.

Why did you not use get_maintainer.pl on your patch?  You are adding
files here that you want _me_ to maintain for the next 25+ years, yet
not asking for my review?  That's not nice, and for that reason alone I
would not accept this change.

Also, this is very hardware-specific, which is not a good thing for code
in drivers/base/  See the mess we have in the topology driver core code
for examples of that mess :(

greg k-h