linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: X86_HT always enable on X86

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Message-ID: <47C5D693.3030207@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:30:59 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
CC:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: X86_HT always enable on X86_64 SMP

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 01:16:30PM -0800, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
>> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
>>
>> X86_HT is used for hyperthreading or multicore on 32-bit.
>> The X86_HT on 64-bit is different from 32-bit, it means hyperthreading only.
>> And X86_HT is not used on 64-bit except from cpu/initel_cacheinfo.c.
>>
>> Unify X86_HT for hyperthreading or multicore.
>> Turn X86_HT on when X86_64 and SMP are enabled.
> 
> Please fix it properly instead - fiddling around with it the way you do
> only asks for trouble in the future.
> 
> What we need are two different variables for:
> - hyperthreading and
> - multicore
> 

He does, and calls them SCHED_SMT and SCHED_MC respectively.

It's not particularly clear to me what X86_HT is meant to be used for 
anymore at all.

	-hpa
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