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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/4] sched/topology: move comment about asymmetric node setups
On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 04:51:42PM -0300, Lauro Ramos Venancio wrote:
> @@ -612,7 +604,16 @@ static void init_overlap_sched_group(struct sched_domain *sd,
>
> sibling = *per_cpu_ptr(sdd->sd, i);
>
> - /* See the comment near build_group_mask(). */
> + /*
> + * Asymmetric node setups can result in situations where the
> + * domain tree is of unequal depth, make sure to skip domains
> + * that already cover the entire range.
> + *
> + * In that case build_sched_domains() will have terminated the
> + * iteration early and our sibling sd spans will be empty.
> + * Domains should always include the CPU they're built on, so
> + * check that.
> + */
> if (!cpumask_test_cpu(i, sched_domain_span(sibling)))
> continue;
>

FWIW, the topology that spawned all that is:

10,20,20,30
20,10,20,20
20,20,10,20
30,20,20,10


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