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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/4] sched/topology: Set SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY flag automatically
On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 02:32:30PM +0100, Morten Rasmussen wrote:
> The SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY flag has been around for some time now with no code to
> actually set it. Android has carried patches to do this out-of-tree in the
> meantime. The flag is meant to indicate cpu capacity asymmetry and is set at
> the topology level where the sched_domain spans all available cpu capacity in
> the system, i.e. all core types are visible, for any cpu in the system.
>
> The flag was merged as being a topology flag meaning that architecture had to
> provide the flag explicitly, however when mixed with cpusets splitting the
> system into multiple root_domains the flag can't be set without knowledge about
> the cpusets. Rather than exposing cpusets to architecture code this patch set
> moves the responsibility for setting the flag to generic topology code which is
> simpler and make the code architecture agnostic.
>
> Morten Rasmussen (4):
> sched/topology: SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY flag detection
> drivers/base/arch_topology: Rebuild sched_domain hierarchy when
> capacities change
> arch/arm64: Rebuild sched_domain hierarchy when cpu capacity changes
> arch/arm: Rebuild sched_domain hierarchy when cpu capacity changes
>
> arch/arm/include/asm/topology.h | 3 ++
> arch/arm64/include/asm/topology.h | 3 ++
> drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 26 +++++++++++++
> include/linux/arch_topology.h | 1 +
> include/linux/sched/topology.h | 2 +-
> kernel/sched/topology.c | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 6 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

I've picked up the lot; Thanks!

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