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

[Catalin Marinas]

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?

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Catalin