From ca528cc501896a808dc79c3c0544369d23b331c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ricardo Neri Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 13:31:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] sched/topology: Remove SHARED_CHILD from ASYM_PACKING Only x86 and Power7 use ASYM_PACKING. They use it differently. Power7 has cores of equal priority, but the SMT siblings of a core have different priorities. Parent scheduling domains do not need (nor have) the ASYM_PACKING flag. SHARED_CHILD is not needed. Using SHARED_PARENT would cause the topology debug code to complain. X86 has cores of different priority, but all the SMT siblings of the core have equal priority. It needs ASYM_PACKING at the MC level, but not at the SMT level (it also needs it at upper levels if they have scheduling groups of different priority). Removing ASYM_PACKING from the SMT domain causes the topology debug code to complain. Remove SHARED_CHILD for now. We still need a topology check that satisfies both architectures. Suggested-by: Valentin Schneider Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Tested-by: Zhang Rui Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230406203148.19182-10-ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com --- include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h index 57bde66d95f7..fad77b5172e2 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h @@ -132,12 +132,9 @@ SD_FLAG(SD_SERIALIZE, SDF_SHARED_PARENT | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS) /* * Place busy tasks earlier in the domain * - * SHARED_CHILD: Usually set on the SMT level. Technically could be set further - * up, but currently assumed to be set from the base domain - * upwards (see update_top_cache_domain()). * NEEDS_GROUPS: Load balancing flag. */ -SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_SHARED_CHILD | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS) +SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS) /* * Prefer to place tasks in a sibling domain