[PATCH v3 09/16] arch_topology: Drop LLC identifier stash from the CPU topology

Sudeep Holla sudeep.holla at arm.com
Wed Jun 1 05:06:58 PDT 2022


On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 11:35:20AM +0800, Gavin Shan wrote:
> Hi Sudeep,
> 
> On 5/25/22 4:14 PM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > Since the cacheinfo LLC information is used directly in arch_topology,
> > there is no need to parse and store the LLC ID information only for
> > ACPI systems in the CPU topology.
> > 
> > Remove the redundant LLC ID from the generic CPU arch_topology information.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/base/arch_topology.c  | 1 -
> >   include/linux/arch_topology.h | 1 -
> >   2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> How about merge the changes to PATCH[08/16]? I don't see why we need put
> the changes into separate patches.
>

It took a while to remember as I was with the same opinion as yours but
decided to split them for one reason: to keep arch specific change in a
separate patch(if that becomes a need due to some conflict or some other
non-technical reason)

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep



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