Re: [PATCH v6] arm64: cpuinfo: Expose MIDR_EL1 and REVIDR_EL1 to sysfs

From: Suzuki K Poulose
Date: Tue Jun 28 2016 - 12:15:19 EST


On 28/06/16 16:33, Catalin Marinas wrote:
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:12:36PM +0100, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
+#define CPUINFO_ATTR_RO(_name) \
+ static ssize_t show_##_name(struct device *dev, \
+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) \
+ { \
+ struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info = &per_cpu(cpu_data, dev->id); \
+ \
+ if (info->reg_midr) \
+ return sprintf(buf, "0x%016x\n", info->reg_##_name); \
+ else \
+ return 0; \
+ } \
+ static DEVICE_ATTR(_name, 0444, show_##_name, NULL)
+
+CPUINFO_ATTR_RO(midr);
+CPUINFO_ATTR_RO(revidr);

Since exposing these values is aimed at JIT code (and not human
readable), wouldn't it make more sense to present the binary value
instead of the ascii transformation?

I am fine with either.

Edward,

Do you have any preference ?

Suzuki