Re: [patch] intel_cacheinfo: remove MAX_CACHE_LEAVES limit

[Siddha, Suresh B]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 04:06:04PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Remove the MAX_CACHE_LEAVES limit from the routine which calculates the
> > number of cache levels using cpuid(4)
> 
> Why?  Why was the code there originally, and why is it required that it be
> removed, and why is it safe to remove it?
> 
> (IOW: your description of this patch is inadequate: it describes what was
> done, but not why it was done).

oops! Initial internal version of Venki's cpuid(4) deterministic cache
parameter identification patch used static arrays of size MAX_CACHE_LEAVES. 
Final patch which made to the base used dynamic array allocation, with this
MAX_CACHE_LEAVES limit hunk still in place. 

cpuid(4) already has a mechanism to find out the number of cache levels
implemented and there is no need for this hardcoded MAX_CACHE_LEAVES limit.

thanks,
suresh
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