linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] sched: rework of sched

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Message-ID: <CAKfTPtCQpesxEMOcaOPemv+QydhrnN9H=NPHdczsY991Vhtdkg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:34:30 +0200
From:	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"tony.luck@...el.com" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"fenghua.yu@...el.com" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	"schwidefsky@...ibm.com" <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	"cmetcalf@...era.com" <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	LAK <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org" <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] sched: rework of sched_domain topology definition

On 18 April 2014 12:56, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:44:37AM +0200, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>> We replace the old way to configure the scheduler topology with a new method
>> which enables a platform to declare additionnal level (if needed).
>>
>> We still have a default topology table definition that can be used by platform
>> that don't want more level than the SMT, MC, CPU and NUMA ones. This table can
>> be overwritten by an arch which either wants to add new level where a load
>> balance make sense like BOOK or powergating level or wants to change the flags
>> configuration of some levels.
>>
>> For each level, we need a function pointer that returns cpumask for each cpu,
>> a function pointer that returns the flags for the level and a name. Only flags
>> that describe topology, can be set by an architecture. The current topology
>> flags are:
>>  SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER
>>  SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES
>>  SD_NUMA
>>  SD_ASYM_PACKING
>>
>> Then, each level must be a subset on the next one. The build sequence of the
>> sched_domain will take care of removing useless levels like those with 1 CPU
>> and those with the same CPU span and no more relevant information for
>> load balancing than its childs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> On x86_64 defconfig this gets me:
>
> kernel/sched/core.c: In function 'sched_init_numa':
> kernel/sched/core.c:6197:4: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
> kernel/sched/core.c:6197:4: warning: (near initialization for '(anonymous).sd_flags') [enabled by default]

Sorry, while moving from int to function pointer, i forgot to change
the numa part

I'm going to send a fix right now


>
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