Re: [PATCH 1/4] drivers core: Introduce CPU type sysfs interface

[Ricardo Neri]

On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 08:27:41PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 10/2/20 6:17 PM, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > +/**
> > + * arch_get_cpu_type() - Get the CPU type number
> > + * @cpu:	Index of the CPU of which the index is needed
> > + *
> > + * Get the CPU type number of @cpu, a non-zero unsigned 32-bit number that

Thank you for your feedback Randy!

> Are you sure that @cpu is non-zero?

This is the intent. Maybe it can be reworked to return -EINVAL instead?
I gues it is plausible but less likely that an arch defines a type as
0xffffffea;

> 
> > + * uniquely identifies a type of CPU micro-architecture. All CPUs of the same
> > + * type have the same type number. Type numbers are defined by each CPU
> > + * architecture.
> > + */
> > +u32 __weak arch_get_cpu_type(int cpu)
> > +{
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> 
> arch_get_cpu_type() in patch 4/4 allows @cpu to be 0.

It should not return 0 if the system does not have
X86_FEATURE_HYBRID_CPU. The currently existing CPU types are all
non-zero as per the Intel SDM. Am I missing anything?

Thanks and BR,
Ricardo