Re: [PATCH 06/10] HWMON: Convert coretemp to x86 cpuid autoprobing

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Thu Dec 08 2011 - 11:11:07 EST


On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 02:24 -0500, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Andi,
>
> Thanks a lot for working on this. I wanted to give it a try long ago but
> could never find the time.
>
> On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 18:40:01 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > Andi,
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 07:41:19PM -0500, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Use the new x86 cpuid autoprobe interface for the Intel coretemp
> > > driver.
> > >
> > > Cc: fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: guenter.roeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> > > 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
> > > index 104b376..5de1579 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
> > > @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
> > > #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
> > > #include <asm/msr.h>
> > > #include <asm/processor.h>
> > > +#include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
> > >
> > > #define DRVNAME "coretemp"
> > >
> > > @@ -756,13 +757,23 @@ static struct notifier_block coretemp_cpu_notifier __refdata = {
> > > .notifier_call = coretemp_cpu_callback,
> > > };
> > >
> > > +static struct x86_cpu_id coretemp_ids[] = {
>
> Can't this be made const?
>
Unless I am missing something, the patchset would have to change to
accept a const as parameter to x86_match_cpu().

> > > + { X86_VENDOR_INTEL, X86_FAMILY_ANY, X86_MODEL_ANY, X86_FEATURE_DTS },
> > > + {}
> > > +};
> > > +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, coretemp_ids);
> > > +
> > > static int __init coretemp_init(void)
> > > {
> > > int i, err = -ENODEV;
> > >
> > > - /* quick check if we run Intel */
> > > - if (cpu_data(0).x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
> > > - goto exit;
> > > + /*
> > > + * CPUID.06H.EAX[0] indicates whether the CPU has thermal
> > > + * sensors. We check this bit only, all the early CPUs
> > > + * without thermal sensors will be filtered out.
> > > + */
> > > + if (!x86_match_cpu(coretemp_ids))
> > > + return -ENODEV;
> >
> > X86_FEATURE_DTS is checked elsewhere in the driver, in function get_core_online().
> > Can that check be removed ?
>
> Is it not possible in theory to mix a CPU with DTS and one without DTS
> on the same system? There may be a reason why the DTS flag was checked
> in get_core_online() (i.e. on a per-core basis) rather than in
> coretemp_init(). I seem to recall that someone explicitly asked for it.
>
> To avoid any risk of regression, I wouldn't touch this part of the code.
>
Ok, makes sense.

Thanks,
Guenter


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