[PATCH v7 00/13] Support PPTT for ARM64

Sudeep Holla sudeep.holla at arm.com
Thu Mar 1 04:06:15 PST 2018


Hi Jeremy,

On 28/02/18 22:06, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> ACPI 6.2 adds the Processor Properties Topology Table (PPTT), which is
> used to describe the processor and cache topology. Ideally it is
> used to extend/override information provided by the hardware, but
> right now ARM64 is entirely dependent on firmware provided tables.
> 
> This patch parses the table for the cache topology and CPU topology.
> When we enable ACPI/PPTT for arm64 we map the physical_id to the
> PPTT node flagged as the physical package by the firmware.
> This results in topologies that match what the remainder of the
> system expects. To avoid inverted scheduler domains we then
> set the MC domain equal to the largest cache within the socket
> below the NUMA domain.
> 
I remember reviewing and acknowledging most of the cacheinfo stuff with
couple of minor suggestions for v6. I don't see any Acked-by tags in
this series and don't know if I need to review/ack any more cacheinfo
related patches.

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep



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