[PATCH v3 1/2] arm64: topology: move store_cpu_topology() to shared code

Sudeep Holla sudeep.holla at arm.com
Mon Jul 11 07:35:42 PDT 2022


On Sat, Jul 09, 2022 at 04:23:54PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
> 
> arm64's method of defining a default cpu topology requires only minimal
> changes to apply to RISC-V also. The current arm64 implementation exits
> early in a uniprocessor configuration by reading MPIDR & claiming that
> uniprocessor can rely on the default values.
> 
> This is appears to be a hangover from prior to '3102bc0e6ac7 ("arm64:
> topology: Stop using MPIDR for topology information")', because the
> current code just assigns default values for multiprocessor systems.
> 
> With the MPIDR references removed, store_cpu_topolgy() can be moved to
> the common arch_topology code.
>

Looks good. FWIW,

Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>

> CC: stable at vger.kernel.org

However, while I understand the reason why this is needed in stable trees
for RISC-V, I am not sure if we want this for stable tree at-least on arm64.
I leave that part to Greg and Will.

--
Regards,
Sudeep



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