Re: [patch] intel_cacheinfo: remove MAX_CACHE_LEAVES limit

"Siddha, Suresh B" <[email protected]> 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).

Thanks.
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