[External] Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: cacheinfo: add init_cache_level()

[yunhui cui]

Hi Conor,

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM Conor Dooley <conor at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 04:32:15PM +0800, yunhui cui wrote:
> > Hi Conor,
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 4:09 PM Conor Dooley <conor at kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 09:35:10AM +0800, Yunhui Cui wrote:
> > > > When cacheinfo_sysfs_init() is executed, the general weak function
> > > > init_cache_level() returns -ENOENT, causing failure to add the "cache"
> > > > node to /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpux/. Implement the init_cache_level()
> > > > function on RISC-V to fix it.
> > >
> > > If you recall correctly, I asked you to explain how to reproduce this
> > > when you sent the patch.
> >
> > In fact, the reason has been explained in the commit log. As for how
> > to reproduce it, you can check whether there is a "cache" node in
> > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpux/ on the riscv platform.
>
> That's the thing - I tried to reproduce this several times and either:
> a) The system had cache information in DT and the directory was
>    created. If I hot unplugged and re-plugged the directory was
>    re-created.
> b) The system had no cache information in DT and the directory was never
>    created.

Indeed, I verified it again, it’s because there is no cache node in
dts, thank you for reminding me.

Thanks,
Yunhui