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Thomas Gleixner
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detect_extended_topology() along with it's early() variant is a classic
example for duct tape engineering:
- It evaluates an array of subleafs with a boatload of local variables
for the relevant topology levels instead of using an array to save the
enumerated information and propagate it to the right level
- It has no boundary checks for subleafs
- It prevents updating the die_id with a crude workaround instead of
checking for leaf 0xb which does not provide die information.
- It's broken vs. the number of dies evaluation as it uses:
num_processors[DIE_LEVEL] / num_processors[CORE_LEVEL]
which "works" only correctly if there is none of the intermediate
topology levels (MODULE/TILE) enumerated.
There is zero value in trying to "fix" that code as the only proper fix is
to rewrite it from scratch.
Implement a sane parser with proper code documentation, which will be used
for the consolidated topology evaluation in the next step.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Tested-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Tested-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
Tested-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Tested-by: Wang Wendy <wendy.wang@intel.com>
Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240212153624.830571770@linutronix.de
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