* Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de> wrote: > Ditto, clean it up and add tags: > > --- > From: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghan...@amd.com> > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 11:51:03 -0500 > Subject: [PATCH] x86/AMD: Group cpu_llc_id assignment > > Currently, we assume that a system has multiple last level caches only > if there are multiple nodes, and that the cpu_llc_id is equal to the > node_id. This no longer applies since Fam17h can have multiple last > level caches within a node.
Wondering what the practical effect of this is - is any current hardware affected, and if yes, what are the effects of this patch? Thanks, Ingo