Re: [PATCH] cputopology: Always define CPU topology information [5th try]

[Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> wrote:
> 
> > Not all architectures and configurations define CPU topology 
> > information. This can result in an empty topology directory in sysfs, 
> > and requires in-kernel users to protect all uses with #ifdef - see 
> > <http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=120639033904472&w=2>.
> > 
> > The documentation of CPU topology specifies what the defaults should 
> > be if only partial information is available from the hardware.  So we 
> > can provide these defaults as a fallback.
> > 
> > This patch:
> > 
> > - Adds default definitions of the 4 topology macros to <linux/topology.h>
> > - Changes drivers/base/topology.c to use the topology macros unconditionally
> > - Updates documentation accordingly
> 
> applied to tip/core/topology - thanks Ben.

Unfortunately you lost the first paragraph of the commit message, then
created a second commit (difference between 4th and 5th versions) with
your own commit message and me as the author.  Maybe it's nitpicking but I
would prefer to have strictly accurate metadata in the commit log.

Ben.

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