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[2/9] drivers: base: support cpu cache information interface to userspace via sysfs

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Sudeep Holla June 25, 2014, 5:30 p.m. UTC
From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>

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>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux390@de.ibm.com
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu |  41 ++
 drivers/base/Makefile                              |   2 +-
 drivers/base/cacheinfo.c                           | 564 +++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/cacheinfo.h                          |  56 ++
 4 files changed, 662 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
 create mode 100644 include/linux/cacheinfo.h

Comments

Russell King - ARM Linux June 25, 2014, 10:23 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 06:30:37PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> +		coherency_line_size: the minimum amount of data that gets transferred

So, what value to do envision this taking for a CPU where the cache
line size is 32 bytes, but each cache line has two dirty bits which
allow it to only evict either the upper or lower 16 bytes depending
on which are dirty?
Sudeep Holla June 26, 2014, 6:41 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi,

On 25/06/14 23:23, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 06:30:37PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> +		coherency_line_size: the minimum amount of data that gets transferred
>
> So, what value to do envision this taking for a CPU where the cache
> line size is 32 bytes, but each cache line has two dirty bits which
> allow it to only evict either the upper or lower 16 bytes depending
> on which are dirty?
>

IIUC most of existing implementations of cacheinfo on various architectures
are representing the cache line size as coherency_line_size, in which case I
need fix the definition in this file.

BTW will there be any architectural way of finding such configuration ?

Regards,
Sudeep
Russell King - ARM Linux June 26, 2014, 6:50 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 07:41:32PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 25/06/14 23:23, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 06:30:37PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>>> +		coherency_line_size: the minimum amount of data that gets transferred
>>
>> So, what value to do envision this taking for a CPU where the cache
>> line size is 32 bytes, but each cache line has two dirty bits which
>> allow it to only evict either the upper or lower 16 bytes depending
>> on which are dirty?
>>
>
> IIUC most of existing implementations of cacheinfo on various architectures
> are representing the cache line size as coherency_line_size, in which case I
> need fix the definition in this file.

As an example, here's an extract from the SA110 TRM:

StrongARM contains a 16KByte writeback data cache. The DC has 512 lines
of 32 bytes (8 words), arranged as a 32 way set associative cache, and
uses the virtual addresses generated by the processor. A line also
contains the physical address the block was fetched from and two dirty
bits. There is a dirty bit associated with both the first and second
half of the block. When a store hits in the cache the dirty bit
associated with it is set. When a block is evicted from the cache the
dirty bits are used to decide if all, half, or none of the block will
be written back to memory using the physical address stored with the
block. The DC is always reloaded a line at a time (8 words).

> BTW will there be any architectural way of finding such configuration ?

Not that I know of.
Sudeep Holla June 26, 2014, 7:03 p.m. UTC | #4
On 26/06/14 19:50, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 07:41:32PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 25/06/14 23:23, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 06:30:37PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>>>> +		coherency_line_size: the minimum amount of data that gets transferred
>>>
>>> So, what value to do envision this taking for a CPU where the cache
>>> line size is 32 bytes, but each cache line has two dirty bits which
>>> allow it to only evict either the upper or lower 16 bytes depending
>>> on which are dirty?
>>>
>>
>> IIUC most of existing implementations of cacheinfo on various architectures
>> are representing the cache line size as coherency_line_size, in which case I
>> need fix the definition in this file.
>
> As an example, here's an extract from the SA110 TRM:
>
> StrongARM contains a 16KByte writeback data cache. The DC has 512 lines
> of 32 bytes (8 words), arranged as a 32 way set associative cache, and
> uses the virtual addresses generated by the processor. A line also
> contains the physical address the block was fetched from and two dirty
> bits. There is a dirty bit associated with both the first and second
> half of the block. When a store hits in the cache the dirty bit
> associated with it is set. When a block is evicted from the cache the
> dirty bits are used to decide if all, half, or none of the block will
> be written back to memory using the physical address stored with the
> block. The DC is always reloaded a line at a time (8 words).
>

Thanks for the information. It's interesting that line is referred as block
when referring to 2 dirty bits. I am not sure if this can be mapped to 
physical_line_partition = 2. Thoughts ?

>> BTW will there be any architectural way of finding such configuration ?
>
> Not that I know of.
>
That's bad :)

Regards,
Sudeep
Greg KH July 10, 2014, 12:09 a.m. UTC | #5
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 06:30:37PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> +static const struct device_attribute *cache_optional_attrs[] = {
> +	&dev_attr_coherency_line_size,
> +	&dev_attr_ways_of_associativity,
> +	&dev_attr_number_of_sets,
> +	&dev_attr_size,
> +	&dev_attr_attributes,
> +	&dev_attr_physical_line_partition,
> +	NULL
> +};
> +
> +static int device_add_attrs(struct device *dev,
> +			    const struct device_attribute **dev_attrs)
> +{
> +	int i, error = 0;
> +	struct device_attribute *dev_attr;
> +	char *buf;
> +
> +	if (!dev_attrs)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!buf)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; dev_attrs[i]; i++) {
> +		dev_attr = (struct device_attribute *)dev_attrs[i];
> +
> +		/* create attributes that provides meaningful value */
> +		if (dev_attr->show(dev, dev_attr, buf) < 0)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		error = device_create_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]);
> +		if (error) {
> +			while (--i >= 0)
> +				device_remove_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]);
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	kfree(buf);
> +	return error;
> +}

Ick, why create your own function for this when the driver core has this
functionality built into it?  Look at the is_visible() callback, and how
it is use for an attribute group please.

> +static void device_remove_attrs(struct device *dev,
> +				const struct device_attribute **dev_attrs)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	if (!dev_attrs)
> +		return;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; dev_attrs[i]; dev_attrs++, i++)
> +		device_remove_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]);
> +}

You should just remove a whole group at once, not individually.

> +
> +const struct device_attribute **
> +__weak cache_get_priv_attr(struct device *cache_idx_dev)
> +{
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +/* Add/Remove cache interface for CPU device */
> +static void cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +	struct device *tmp_dev;
> +	const struct device_attribute **ci_priv_attr;
> +
> +	if (per_cpu_index_dev(cpu)) {
> +		for (i = 0; i < cache_leaves(cpu); i++) {
> +			tmp_dev = per_cache_index_dev(cpu, i);
> +			if (!tmp_dev)
> +				continue;
> +			ci_priv_attr = cache_get_priv_attr(tmp_dev);
> +			device_remove_attrs(tmp_dev, ci_priv_attr);
> +			device_remove_attrs(tmp_dev, cache_optional_attrs);
> +			device_unregister(tmp_dev);
> +		}
> +		kfree(per_cpu_index_dev(cpu));
> +		per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) = NULL;
> +	}
> +	device_unregister(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu));
> +	per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu) = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static int cpu_cache_sysfs_init(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> +	struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
> +
> +	if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) == NULL)
> +		return -ENOENT;
> +
> +	per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu) = device_create(dev->class, dev, cpu,
> +					       NULL, "cache");
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu)))
> +		return PTR_ERR(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu));
> +
> +	/* Allocate all required memory */
> +	per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device *) *
> +					 cache_leaves(cpu), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (unlikely(per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) == NULL))
> +		goto err_out;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_out:
> +	cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu);
> +	return -ENOMEM;
> +}
> +
> +static int cache_add_dev(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> +	unsigned short i;
> +	int rc;
> +	struct device *tmp_dev, *parent;
> +	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf;
> +	const struct device_attribute **ci_priv_attr;
> +	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
> +
> +	rc = cpu_cache_sysfs_init(cpu);
> +	if (unlikely(rc < 0))
> +		return rc;
> +
> +	parent = per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu);
> +	for (i = 0; i < cache_leaves(cpu); i++) {
> +		this_leaf = this_cpu_ci->info_list + i;
> +		if (this_leaf->disable_sysfs)
> +			continue;
> +		tmp_dev = device_create_with_groups(parent->class, parent, i,
> +						    this_leaf,
> +						    cache_default_groups,
> +						    "index%1u", i);
> +		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tmp_dev)) {
> +			rc = PTR_ERR(tmp_dev);
> +			goto err;
> +		}
> +
> +		rc = device_add_attrs(tmp_dev, cache_optional_attrs);
> +		if (unlikely(rc))
> +			goto err;
> +
> +		ci_priv_attr = cache_get_priv_attr(tmp_dev);
> +		rc = device_add_attrs(tmp_dev, ci_priv_attr);
> +		if (unlikely(rc))
> +			goto err;

You just raced with userspace here, creating these files _after_ the
device was announced to userspace, causing problems with anyone wanting
to read these attributes :(

I think if you fix up the is_visible() thing above, these calls will go
away, right?
Sudeep Holla July 10, 2014, 1:37 p.m. UTC | #6
Hi Greg,

Thanks for reviewing this.

On 10/07/14 01:09, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 06:30:37PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> +static const struct device_attribute *cache_optional_attrs[] = {
>> +	&dev_attr_coherency_line_size,
>> +	&dev_attr_ways_of_associativity,
>> +	&dev_attr_number_of_sets,
>> +	&dev_attr_size,
>> +	&dev_attr_attributes,
>> +	&dev_attr_physical_line_partition,
>> +	NULL
>> +};
>> +
>> +static int device_add_attrs(struct device *dev,
>> +			    const struct device_attribute **dev_attrs)
>> +{
>> +	int i, error = 0;
>> +	struct device_attribute *dev_attr;
>> +	char *buf;
>> +
>> +	if (!dev_attrs)
>> +		return 0;
>> +
>> +	buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!buf)
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +	for (i = 0; dev_attrs[i]; i++) {
>> +		dev_attr = (struct device_attribute *)dev_attrs[i];
>> +
>> +		/* create attributes that provides meaningful value */
>> +		if (dev_attr->show(dev, dev_attr, buf) < 0)
>> +			continue;
>> +
>> +		error = device_create_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]);
>> +		if (error) {
>> +			while (--i >= 0)
>> +				device_remove_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]);
>> +			break;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	kfree(buf);
>> +	return error;
>> +}
>
> Ick, why create your own function for this when the driver core has this
> functionality built into it?  Look at the is_visible() callback, and how
> it is use for an attribute group please.
>

I agree even I added this function hesitantly as didn't realize that I can use
is_visible for this purpose. Thanks for pointing that out I will have a look
at it.

>> +static void device_remove_attrs(struct device *dev,
>> +				const struct device_attribute **dev_attrs)
>> +{
>> +	int i;
>> +
>> +	if (!dev_attrs)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	for (i = 0; dev_attrs[i]; dev_attrs++, i++)
>> +		device_remove_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]);
>> +}
>
> You should just remove a whole group at once, not individually.
>

Right, I must be able to get rid of these 2 functions once I use
is_visible callback.

>> +
>> +const struct device_attribute **
>> +__weak cache_get_priv_attr(struct device *cache_idx_dev)
>> +{
>> +	return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/* Add/Remove cache interface for CPU device */
>> +static void cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> +	int i;
>> +	struct device *tmp_dev;
>> +	const struct device_attribute **ci_priv_attr;
>> +
>> +	if (per_cpu_index_dev(cpu)) {
>> +		for (i = 0; i < cache_leaves(cpu); i++) {
>> +			tmp_dev = per_cache_index_dev(cpu, i);
>> +			if (!tmp_dev)
>> +				continue;
>> +			ci_priv_attr = cache_get_priv_attr(tmp_dev);
>> +			device_remove_attrs(tmp_dev, ci_priv_attr);
>> +			device_remove_attrs(tmp_dev, cache_optional_attrs);
>> +			device_unregister(tmp_dev);
>> +		}
>> +		kfree(per_cpu_index_dev(cpu));
>> +		per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) = NULL;
>> +	}
>> +	device_unregister(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu));
>> +	per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu) = NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int cpu_cache_sysfs_init(unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> +	struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
>> +
>> +	if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) == NULL)
>> +		return -ENOENT;
>> +
>> +	per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu) = device_create(dev->class, dev, cpu,
>> +					       NULL, "cache");
>> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu)))
>> +		return PTR_ERR(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu));
>> +
>> +	/* Allocate all required memory */
>> +	per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device *) *
>> +					 cache_leaves(cpu), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (unlikely(per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) == NULL))
>> +		goto err_out;
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +
>> +err_out:
>> +	cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu);
>> +	return -ENOMEM;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int cache_add_dev(unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned short i;
>> +	int rc;
>> +	struct device *tmp_dev, *parent;
>> +	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf;
>> +	const struct device_attribute **ci_priv_attr;
>> +	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
>> +
>> +	rc = cpu_cache_sysfs_init(cpu);
>> +	if (unlikely(rc < 0))
>> +		return rc;
>> +
>> +	parent = per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu);
>> +	for (i = 0; i < cache_leaves(cpu); i++) {
>> +		this_leaf = this_cpu_ci->info_list + i;
>> +		if (this_leaf->disable_sysfs)
>> +			continue;
>> +		tmp_dev = device_create_with_groups(parent->class, parent, i,
>> +						    this_leaf,
>> +						    cache_default_groups,
>> +						    "index%1u", i);
>> +		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tmp_dev)) {
>> +			rc = PTR_ERR(tmp_dev);
>> +			goto err;
>> +		}
>> +
>> +		rc = device_add_attrs(tmp_dev, cache_optional_attrs);
>> +		if (unlikely(rc))
>> +			goto err;
>> +
>> +		ci_priv_attr = cache_get_priv_attr(tmp_dev);
>> +		rc = device_add_attrs(tmp_dev, ci_priv_attr);
>> +		if (unlikely(rc))
>> +			goto err;
>
> You just raced with userspace here, creating these files _after_ the
> device was announced to userspace, causing problems with anyone wanting
> to read these attributes :(
>
> I think if you fix up the is_visible() thing above, these calls will go
> away, right?
>

Yes I agree.

Regards,
Sudeep
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Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index acb9bfc..5827f4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -224,3 +224,44 @@  Description:	Parameters for the Intel P-state driver
 		frequency range.
 
 		More details can be found in Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/<set_of_attributes_mentioned_below>
+Date:		June 2014(documented, existed before August 2008)
+Contact:	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
+		Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Parameters for the CPU cache attributes
+
+		attributes:
+			- writethrough: data is written to both the cache line
+					and to the block in the lower-level memory
+			- writeback: data is written only to the cache line and
+				     the modified cache line is written to main
+				     memory only when it is replaced
+			- writeallocate: allocate a memory location to a cache line
+					 on a cache miss because of a write
+			- readallocate: allocate a memory location to a cache line
+					on a cache miss because of a read
+
+		coherency_line_size: the minimum amount of data that gets transferred
+
+		level: the cache hierarcy in the multi-level cache configuration
+
+		number_of_sets: total number of sets in the cache, a set is a
+				collection of cache lines with the same cache index
+
+		physical_line_partition: number of physical cache line per cache tag
+
+		shared_cpu_list: the list of cpus sharing the cache
+
+		shared_cpu_map: logical cpu mask containing the list of cpus sharing
+				the cache
+
+		size: the total cache size in kB
+
+		type:
+			- instruction: cache that only holds instructions
+			- data: cache that only caches data
+			- unified: cache that holds both data and instructions
+
+		ways_of_associativity: degree of freedom in placing a particular block
+					of memory in the cache
diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index 04b314e..bad2ff8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@  obj-y			:= component.o core.o bus.o dd.o syscore.o \
 			   driver.o class.o platform.o \
 			   cpu.o firmware.o init.o map.o devres.o \
 			   attribute_container.o transport_class.o \
-			   topology.o container.o
+			   topology.o container.o cacheinfo.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEVTMPFS)	+= devtmpfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_CMA) += dma-contiguous.o
 obj-y			+= power/
diff --git a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c12e03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,564 @@ 
+/*
+ * cacheinfo support - processor cache information via sysfs
+ *
+ * Based on arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+ * Author: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed "as is" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any
+ * kind, whether express or implied; without even the implied warranty
+ * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/cacheinfo.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
+
+/* pointer to per cpu cacheinfo */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_cacheinfo, ci_cpu_cacheinfo);
+#define ci_cacheinfo(cpu)	(&per_cpu(ci_cpu_cacheinfo, cpu))
+#define cache_leaves(cpu)	(ci_cacheinfo(cpu)->num_leaves)
+#define per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu)	(ci_cacheinfo(cpu)->info_list)
+
+struct cpu_cacheinfo *get_cpu_cacheinfo(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return ci_cacheinfo(cpu);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+static int cache_setup_of_node(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct device_node *np;
+	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf;
+	struct device *cpu_dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
+	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
+	unsigned int index = 0;
+
+	/* skip if of_node is already populated */
+	if (this_cpu_ci->info_list->of_node)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!cpu_dev) {
+		pr_err("No cpu device for CPU %d\n", cpu);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+	np = cpu_dev->of_node;
+	if (!np) {
+		pr_err("Failed to find cpu%d device node\n", cpu);
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+
+	while (np && index < cache_leaves(cpu)) {
+		this_leaf = this_cpu_ci->info_list + index;
+		if (this_leaf->level != 1)
+			np = of_find_next_cache_node(np);
+		else
+			np = of_node_get(np);/* cpu node itself */
+		this_leaf->of_node = np;
+		index++;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool cache_leaves_are_shared(struct cacheinfo *this_leaf,
+					   struct cacheinfo *sib_leaf)
+{
+	return sib_leaf->of_node == this_leaf->of_node;
+}
+
+static int of_cache_shared_cpu_map_setup(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
+	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf, *sib_leaf;
+	unsigned int index;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = cache_setup_of_node(cpu);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	for (index = 0; index < cache_leaves(cpu); index++) {
+		unsigned int i;
+
+		this_leaf = this_cpu_ci->info_list + index;
+		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &this_leaf->shared_cpu_map);
+
+		for_each_online_cpu(i) {
+			struct cpu_cacheinfo *sib_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(i);
+
+			if (i == cpu || !sib_cpu_ci->info_list)
+				continue;/* skip if itself or no cacheinfo */
+			sib_leaf = sib_cpu_ci->info_list + index;
+			if (cache_leaves_are_shared(this_leaf, sib_leaf)) {
+				cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &sib_leaf->shared_cpu_map);
+				cpumask_set_cpu(i, &this_leaf->shared_cpu_map);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+static inline int of_cache_shared_cpu_map_setup(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+static void cache_shared_cpu_map_remove(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
+	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf, *sib_leaf;
+	unsigned int sibling, index;
+
+	for (index = 0; index < cache_leaves(cpu); index++) {
+		this_leaf = this_cpu_ci->info_list + index;
+		for_each_cpu(sibling, &this_leaf->shared_cpu_map) {
+			struct cpu_cacheinfo *sib_cpu_ci;
+
+			if (sibling == cpu) /* skip itself */
+				continue;
+			sib_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(sibling);
+			sib_leaf = sib_cpu_ci->info_list + index;
+			cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &sib_leaf->shared_cpu_map);
+			cpumask_clear_cpu(sibling, &this_leaf->shared_cpu_map);
+		}
+		of_node_put(this_leaf->of_node);
+	}
+}
+
+int __weak init_cache_level(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+int __weak populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+static void free_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	cache_shared_cpu_map_remove(cpu);
+
+	kfree(per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu));
+	per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Helpers to make sure "func" is executed on the cpu whose cache
+ * attributes are being detected
+ */
+#define DEFINE_SMP_CALL_FUNCTION(func)		\
+static void _##func(void *ret)			\
+{						\
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();		\
+	*(int *)ret = func(cpu);		\
+}						\
+static int __##func(unsigned int cpu)		\
+{						\
+	int ret;				\
+	smp_call_function_single(cpu, _##func, &ret, true);	\
+	return ret;				\
+}
+DEFINE_SMP_CALL_FUNCTION(init_cache_level)
+DEFINE_SMP_CALL_FUNCTION(populate_cache_leaves)
+
+static int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (__init_cache_level(cpu))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cacheinfo) *
+					 cache_leaves(cpu), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = __populate_cache_leaves(cpu);
+	if (ret)
+		goto free_ci;
+	/*
+	 * For systems using DT for cache hierarcy, of_node and shared_cpu_map
+	 * will be set up here. Otherwise populate_cache_leaves needs to set
+	 * shared_cpu_map and next-level-cache should not be specified in DT
+	 */
+	ret = of_cache_shared_cpu_map_setup(cpu);
+	if (ret)
+		goto free_ci;
+	return 0;
+
+free_ci:
+	free_cache_attributes(cpu);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+
+/* pointer to cpuX/cache device */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct device *, ci_cache_dev);
+#define per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu)	(per_cpu(ci_cache_dev, cpu))
+
+static cpumask_t cache_dev_map;
+
+/* pointer to array of devices for cpuX/cache/indexY */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct device **, ci_index_dev);
+#define per_cpu_index_dev(cpu)	(per_cpu(ci_index_dev, cpu))
+#define per_cache_index_dev(cpu, idx)	((per_cpu_index_dev(cpu))[idx])
+
+#define show_one(file_name, object)				\
+static ssize_t file_name##_show(struct device *dev,		\
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)	\
+{								\
+	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf = dev_get_drvdata(dev);	\
+	if (!this_leaf->object)					\
+		return -EINVAL;					\
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", this_leaf->object);		\
+}
+
+show_one(level, level);
+show_one(coherency_line_size, coherency_line_size);
+show_one(number_of_sets, number_of_sets);
+show_one(physical_line_partition, physical_line_partition);
+
+static ssize_t ways_of_associativity_show(struct device *dev,
+					  struct device_attribute *attr,
+					  char *buf)
+{
+	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	/* will be zero for fully associative cache, but check for size */
+	if (!this_leaf->size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", this_leaf->ways_of_associativity);
+}
+
+static ssize_t size_show(struct device *dev,
+			 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	if (!this_leaf->size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return sprintf(buf, "%uK\n", this_leaf->size >> 10);
+}
+
+static ssize_t shared_cpumap_show_func(struct device *dev, int type, char *buf)
+{
+	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	ptrdiff_t len = PTR_ALIGN(buf + PAGE_SIZE - 1, PAGE_SIZE) - buf;
+	int n = 0;
+
+	if (len > 1) {
+		const struct cpumask *mask = &this_leaf->shared_cpu_map;
+
+		n = type ? cpulist_scnprintf(buf, len - 2, mask) :
+			   cpumask_scnprintf(buf, len - 2, mask);
+		buf[n++] = '\n';
+		buf[n] = '\0';
+	}
+	return n;
+}
+
+static ssize_t shared_cpu_map_show(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return shared_cpumap_show_func(dev, 0, buf);
+}
+
+static ssize_t shared_cpu_list_show(struct device *dev,
+				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return shared_cpumap_show_func(dev, 1, buf);
+}
+
+static ssize_t type_show(struct device *dev,
+			 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	switch (this_leaf->type) {
+	case CACHE_TYPE_DATA:
+		return sprintf(buf, "Data\n");
+	case CACHE_TYPE_INST:
+		return sprintf(buf, "Instruction\n");
+	case CACHE_TYPE_UNIFIED:
+		return sprintf(buf, "Unified\n");
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
+static ssize_t attributes_show(struct device *dev,
+			       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	unsigned int ci_attr = this_leaf->attributes;
+	ptrdiff_t len = PTR_ALIGN(buf + PAGE_SIZE - 1, PAGE_SIZE) - buf - 2;
+	int n = 0;
+
+	if (!ci_attr)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (ci_attr & CACHE_WRITE_THROUGH)
+		n += snprintf(buf + n, len - n, "WriteThrough\n");
+	if (ci_attr & CACHE_WRITE_BACK)
+		n += snprintf(buf + n, len - n, "WriteBack\n");
+	if (ci_attr & CACHE_READ_ALLOCATE)
+		n += snprintf(buf + n, len - n, "ReadAllocate\n");
+	if (ci_attr & CACHE_WRITE_ALLOCATE)
+		n += snprintf(buf + n, len - n, "WriteAllocate\n");
+	buf[n] = '\0';
+	return n;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(level);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(type);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(coherency_line_size);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(ways_of_associativity);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(number_of_sets);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(size);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(attributes);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(shared_cpu_map);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(shared_cpu_list);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(physical_line_partition);
+
+static struct attribute *cache_default_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_type.attr,
+	&dev_attr_level.attr,
+	&dev_attr_shared_cpu_map.attr,
+	&dev_attr_shared_cpu_list.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(cache_default);
+
+static const struct device_attribute *cache_optional_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_coherency_line_size,
+	&dev_attr_ways_of_associativity,
+	&dev_attr_number_of_sets,
+	&dev_attr_size,
+	&dev_attr_attributes,
+	&dev_attr_physical_line_partition,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static int device_add_attrs(struct device *dev,
+			    const struct device_attribute **dev_attrs)
+{
+	int i, error = 0;
+	struct device_attribute *dev_attr;
+	char *buf;
+
+	if (!dev_attrs)
+		return 0;
+
+	buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (i = 0; dev_attrs[i]; i++) {
+		dev_attr = (struct device_attribute *)dev_attrs[i];
+
+		/* create attributes that provides meaningful value */
+		if (dev_attr->show(dev, dev_attr, buf) < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		error = device_create_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]);
+		if (error) {
+			while (--i >= 0)
+				device_remove_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	kfree(buf);
+	return error;
+}
+
+static void device_remove_attrs(struct device *dev,
+				const struct device_attribute **dev_attrs)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!dev_attrs)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; dev_attrs[i]; dev_attrs++, i++)
+		device_remove_file(dev, dev_attrs[i]);
+}
+
+const struct device_attribute **
+__weak cache_get_priv_attr(struct device *cache_idx_dev)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Add/Remove cache interface for CPU device */
+static void cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct device *tmp_dev;
+	const struct device_attribute **ci_priv_attr;
+
+	if (per_cpu_index_dev(cpu)) {
+		for (i = 0; i < cache_leaves(cpu); i++) {
+			tmp_dev = per_cache_index_dev(cpu, i);
+			if (!tmp_dev)
+				continue;
+			ci_priv_attr = cache_get_priv_attr(tmp_dev);
+			device_remove_attrs(tmp_dev, ci_priv_attr);
+			device_remove_attrs(tmp_dev, cache_optional_attrs);
+			device_unregister(tmp_dev);
+		}
+		kfree(per_cpu_index_dev(cpu));
+		per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) = NULL;
+	}
+	device_unregister(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu));
+	per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu) = NULL;
+}
+
+static int cpu_cache_sysfs_init(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
+
+	if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) == NULL)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu) = device_create(dev->class, dev, cpu,
+					       NULL, "cache");
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu)))
+		return PTR_ERR(per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu));
+
+	/* Allocate all required memory */
+	per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device *) *
+					 cache_leaves(cpu), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(per_cpu_index_dev(cpu) == NULL))
+		goto err_out;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out:
+	cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static int cache_add_dev(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	unsigned short i;
+	int rc;
+	struct device *tmp_dev, *parent;
+	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf;
+	const struct device_attribute **ci_priv_attr;
+	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
+
+	rc = cpu_cache_sysfs_init(cpu);
+	if (unlikely(rc < 0))
+		return rc;
+
+	parent = per_cpu_cache_dev(cpu);
+	for (i = 0; i < cache_leaves(cpu); i++) {
+		this_leaf = this_cpu_ci->info_list + i;
+		if (this_leaf->disable_sysfs)
+			continue;
+		tmp_dev = device_create_with_groups(parent->class, parent, i,
+						    this_leaf,
+						    cache_default_groups,
+						    "index%1u", i);
+		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tmp_dev)) {
+			rc = PTR_ERR(tmp_dev);
+			goto err;
+		}
+
+		rc = device_add_attrs(tmp_dev, cache_optional_attrs);
+		if (unlikely(rc))
+			goto err;
+
+		ci_priv_attr = cache_get_priv_attr(tmp_dev);
+		rc = device_add_attrs(tmp_dev, ci_priv_attr);
+		if (unlikely(rc))
+			goto err;
+
+		per_cache_index_dev(cpu, i) = tmp_dev;
+	}
+	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &cache_dev_map);
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static void cache_remove_dev(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &cache_dev_map))
+		return;
+	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &cache_dev_map);
+
+	cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu);
+}
+
+static int cacheinfo_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+				  unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+{
+	unsigned int cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	switch (action) {
+	case CPU_ONLINE:
+	case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
+		rc = detect_cache_attributes(cpu);
+		if (!rc)
+			rc = cache_add_dev(cpu);
+		break;
+	case CPU_DEAD:
+	case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
+		cache_remove_dev(cpu);
+		if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu))
+			free_cache_attributes(cpu);
+		break;
+	}
+	return notifier_from_errno(rc);
+}
+
+static int __init cacheinfo_sysfs_init(void)
+{
+	int cpu, rc = 0;
+
+	cpu_notifier_register_begin();
+
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+		rc = detect_cache_attributes(cpu);
+		if (rc) {
+			pr_err("error detecting cacheinfo..cpu%d\n", cpu);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		rc = cache_add_dev(cpu);
+		if (rc) {
+			free_cache_attributes(cpu);
+			pr_err("error populating cacheinfo..cpu%d\n", cpu);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+	__hotcpu_notifier(cacheinfo_cpu_callback, 0);
+
+out:
+	cpu_notifier_register_done();
+	return rc;
+}
+
+device_initcall(cacheinfo_sysfs_init);
+
+#endif	/* CONFIG_SYSFS */
diff --git a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9bd9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ 
+#ifndef _LINUX_CACHEINFO_H
+#define _LINUX_CACHEINFO_H
+
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
+
+enum cache_type {
+	CACHE_TYPE_NOCACHE = 0,
+	CACHE_TYPE_INST = BIT(0),
+	CACHE_TYPE_DATA = BIT(1),
+	CACHE_TYPE_SEPARATE = CACHE_TYPE_INST | CACHE_TYPE_DATA,
+	CACHE_TYPE_UNIFIED = BIT(2),
+};
+
+struct cacheinfo {
+	/* core properties */
+	enum cache_type type; /* data, inst or unified */
+	unsigned int level;
+	unsigned int coherency_line_size; /* cache line size  */
+	unsigned int number_of_sets; /* no. of sets per way */
+	unsigned int ways_of_associativity; /* no. of ways */
+	unsigned int physical_line_partition; /* no. of lines per tag */
+	unsigned int size; /* total cache size */
+	cpumask_t shared_cpu_map;
+	unsigned int attributes;
+#define CACHE_WRITE_THROUGH	BIT(0)
+#define CACHE_WRITE_BACK	BIT(1)
+#define CACHE_READ_ALLOCATE	BIT(2)
+#define CACHE_WRITE_ALLOCATE	BIT(3)
+
+	/* book keeping */
+	struct device_node *of_node;	/* cpu if no explicit cache node */
+	bool disable_sysfs; /* don't expose this leaf through sysfs */
+	void *priv;
+};
+
+struct cpu_cacheinfo {
+	struct cacheinfo *info_list;
+	unsigned int num_levels;
+	unsigned int num_leaves;
+};
+
+struct cpu_cacheinfo *get_cpu_cacheinfo(unsigned int cpu);
+int init_cache_level(unsigned int cpu);
+int populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+const struct device_attribute **
+cache_get_priv_attr(struct device *cache_idx_dev);
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_CACHEINFO_H */