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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:21:54 +0100
From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
To: yunhui cui <cuiyunhui@bytedance.com>
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Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] riscv: cacheinfo: initialize
 cacheinfo's level and type from ACPI PPTT
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On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 08:03:38PM +0800, yunhui cui wrote:
> Hi Sudeep,
> 
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 4:45 PM Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 10:58:25AM +0800, Yunhui Cui wrote:
> > > Before cacheinfo can be built correctly, we need to initialize level
> > > and type. Since RSIC-V currently does not have a register group that
> > > describes cache-related attributes like ARM64, we cannot obtain them
> > > directly, so now we obtain cache leaves from the ACPI PPTT table
> > > (acpi_get_cache_info()) and set the cache type through split_levels.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com>
> > > Suggested-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Yunhui Cui <cuiyunhui@bytedance.com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c
> > > index 30a6878287ad..ece92aa404e3 100644
> > > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c
> > > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cacheinfo.c
> > > @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
> > >  #include <linux/cpu.h>
> > >  #include <linux/of.h>
> > >  #include <asm/cacheinfo.h>
> > > +#include <linux/acpi.h>
> > >
> > >  static struct riscv_cacheinfo_ops *rv_cache_ops;
> > >
> > > @@ -78,6 +79,28 @@ int populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu)
> > >       struct device_node *prev = NULL;
> > >       int levels = 1, level = 1;
> > >
> > > +     if (!acpi_disabled) {
> > > +             int ret, idx, fw_levels, split_levels;
> > > +
> > > +             ret = acpi_get_cache_info(cpu, &fw_levels, &split_levels);
> > > +             if (ret)
> > > +                     return ret;
> > > +
> > > +             /* must be set, so we can drop num_leaves assignment below */
> >
> > I intentionally added this above comment to check and drop the below statement
> > if it is already set. Please check if the value is already set when we call
> > into this function(which I think is the case).
> >
> > > +             this_cpu_ci->num_leaves = fw_levels + split_levels;
> 
> Uh,got it. I understand that there is no need to add this line:
> "this_cpu_ci->num_leaves = fw_levels + split_levels; " , because in
> the Master core first it will:
> smp_prepare_cpus
>      ->init_cpu_topology
>           ->for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
>                  fetch_cache_info(cpu); //num_leaves and num_levels will be set
> Then store_cpu_topology->update_siblings_masks->detect_cache_attributes->populate_cache_leaves().
> 
> Slave core will follow the logic of smp_callin->store_cpu_topology().
> It's the same after I tested it, so I plan to remove that line and
> update V3, what do you think?
>

Correct, just drop the statement updating "this_cpu_ci->num_leaves".

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep