Re: [PATCH v4 3/9] arm64/acpi: Create arch specific cpu to acpi id helper

From: Sudeep Holla
Date: Mon Nov 20 2017 - 12:14:42 EST


On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:09:47AM -0600, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 11/20/2017 11:06 AM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> >On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 03:03:05PM -0600, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> >>Its helpful to be able to lookup the acpi_processor_id
> >>associated with a logical cpu. Provide an arm64
> >>helper to do this.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx>
> >>---
> >> arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h | 4 ++++
> >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >>
> >>diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h
> >>index 59cca1d6ec54..408e7989d3a2 100644
> >>--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h
> >>+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h
> >>@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ static inline bool acpi_has_cpu_in_madt(void)
> >> }
> >> struct acpi_madt_generic_interrupt *acpi_cpu_get_madt_gicc(int cpu);
> >>+static inline u32 get_acpi_id_for_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
> >>+{
> >>+ return acpi_cpu_get_madt_gicc(cpu)->uid;
> >>+}
> >
> >If I followed the series correctly, this function is used in 2/9 already.
> >So this needs to be moved down in the series to avoid build failure during
> >bisection.
>
> I don't believe there is a bisection failure here because the code using
> this routine is not yet being compiled until the 4/9.
>

OK, I see. It's good to have definition ready before you use generally,
up to you.

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Regards,
Sudeep