Re: [PATCH PATCH 1/9] x86/cpu/topology: Add x86_cpu_type to struct cpuinfo_topology

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 02:11:26AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> @@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ struct cpuinfo_topology {
>  	// Core ID relative to the package
>  	u32			core_id;
>  
> +	// CPU-type e.g. performance, efficiency etc.
> +	u8			cpu_type;
> +
>  	// Logical ID mappings
>  	u32			logical_pkg_id;
>  	u32			logical_die_id;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
> index abe3a8f22cbd..b28ad9422afb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
> @@ -41,6 +41,14 @@
>  /* Mappings between logical cpu number and node number */
>  DECLARE_EARLY_PER_CPU(int, x86_cpu_to_node_map);
>  
> +#define X86_CPU_TYPE_INTEL_SHIFT	24
> +
> +enum x86_topo_cpu_type {
> +	X86_CPU_TYPE_UNKNOWN		= 0,
> +	X86_CPU_TYPE_INTEL_ATOM		= 0x20,
> +	X86_CPU_TYPE_INTEL_CORE		= 0x40,

Can we unify those core types and do our own (our == Linux) defines instead of
using Intels or AMDs?

There will be AMD variants too soon:

https://lore.kernel.org/r/7aad57a98b37fa5893d4fe602d3dcef5c3f755d5.1718606975.git.perry.yuan@xxxxxxx

so can we have generic defines like

PERF_CORE
EFF_CORE
bla_CORE

and so on

?

And then map each vendor's types to the Linux types?

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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