Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 May 2014 12:24:41 -0400 | From | Don Zickus <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/6] perf: Add dcacheline sort |
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On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 06:02:43PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote: > > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 04:09:59PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote: > >> > +#define CACHE_LINESIZE 64 > >> I had something similar to your patch here in my original series for > >> perf mem, but I never pushed it. > >> I think this is a useful feature to have. > >> However, I don't think you can hardcode the cache line size to 64. > >> This is generic > >> code. There may be architectures where the line size is different from 64. > >> So I think you should add an option to change the default line size or provide > >> an arch-specific definition. > > > > # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/coherency_line_size > > 64 > Excellent, then we should use that!
Would it make sense to create an accessory function that sets the size in util/cpumap.c and provides it as an inline from util/cpumap.h?
Cheers, Don
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