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2015-03-25drivers/base: cacheinfo: validate device node for all the cachesSudeep Holla1-2/+11
On architectures that depend on DT for obtaining cache hierarcy, we need to validate the device node for all the cache indices, failing to do so might result in wrong information being exposed to the userspace. This is quite possible on initial/incomplete versions of the device trees. In such cases, it's better to bail out if all the required device nodes are not present. This patch adds checks for the validation of device node for all the caches and doesn't initialise the cacheinfo if there's any error. Reported-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.0 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2014-11-24drivers/base: cacheinfo: remove noisy error boot messageSudeep Holla1-3/+1
On systems that don't support cacheinfo, this error message can be considered noisy and irrelevant. The error messages can be added to the functions that architectures implement overiding the weak default definition if really required. This patch removes the concerned error message in the generic code. Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> Reported-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2014-11-07drivers: base: support cpu cache information interface to userspace via sysfsSudeep Holla1-0/+541
This patch adds initial support for providing processor cache information to userspace through sysfs interface. This is based on already existing implementations(x86, ia64, s390 and powerpc) and hence the interface is intended to be fully compatible. The main purpose of this generic support is to avoid further code duplication to support new architectures and also to unify all the existing different implementations. This implementation maintains the hierarchy of cache objects which reflects the system's cache topology. Cache devices are instantiated as needed as CPUs come online. The cache information is replicated per-cpu even if they are shared. A per-cpu array of cache information maintained is used mainly for sysfs-related book keeping. It also implements the shared_cpu_map attribute, which is essential for enabling both kernel and user-space to discover the system's overall cache topology. This patch also add the missing ABI documentation for the cacheinfo sysfs interface already, which is well defined and widely used. Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> Tested-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux390@de.ibm.com Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Cc: x86@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>