Re: [PATCH 3/6] EDAC/amd64: Save max number of controllers to family type

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Oct 21 2019 - 10:40:54 EST


On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 03:31:26PM +0000, Ghannam, Yazen wrote:
> From: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
>
> The maximum number of memory controllers is fixed within a family/model
> group. In most cases, this has been fixed at 2, but some systems may
> have up to 8.
>
> The struct amd64_family_type already contains family/model-specific
> information, and this can be used rather than adding model checks to
> various functions.
>
> Create a new field in struct amd64_family_type for max_num_controllers.
> Set this when setting other family type information, and use this when
> needing the maximum number of memory controllers possible for a system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Link:
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190821235938.118710-9-Yazen.Ghannam@xxxxxxx

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> diff --git a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.h b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.h
> index 8c3cda81e619..0d5a9bc4d6de 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.h
> +++ b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.h
> @@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ struct low_ops {
> struct amd64_family_type {
> const char *ctl_name;
> u16 f0_id, f1_id, f2_id, f6_id;
> + u8 max_num_controllers;

Sure but call that max_mcs or so, so that the code which mentions it,
doesn't stick out too much. You can put a comment above it here to
explain what it is:

/* Maximum number of memory controllers per node */
u8 max_mcs;

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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