Re: [PATCH v3 09/16] arch_topology: Drop LLC identifier stash from the CPU topology

[Gavin Shan]

Hi Sudeep,

On 6/1/22 8:06 PM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 11:35:20AM +0800, Gavin Shan wrote:
> > On 5/25/22 4:14 PM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > > Since the cacheinfo LLC information is used directly in arch_topology,
> > > there is no need to parse and store the LLC ID information only for
> > > ACPI systems in the CPU topology.
> > >
> > > Remove the redundant LLC ID from the generic CPU arch_topology information.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >    drivers/base/arch_topology.c  | 1 -
> > >    include/linux/arch_topology.h | 1 -
> > >    2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > How about merge the changes to PATCH[08/16]? I don't see why we need put
> > the changes into separate patches.
>
> It took a while to remember as I was with the same opinion as yours but
> decided to split them for one reason: to keep arch specific change in a
> separate patch(if that becomes a need due to some conflict or some other
> non-technical reason)

Ok. Thanks for the explanation, which sounds reasonable to me.

Thanks,
Gavin