linux-kernel - Re: Cache Allocation Technology Design

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Date:	Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:28:45 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"Auld, Will" <will.auld@...el.com>
Cc:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Fleming, Matt" <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"Shivappa, Vikas" <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Cache Allocation Technology Design

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 04:32:04PM +0000, Auld, Will wrote:
> I maybe repeating what Peter has just said but for elements in the
> hierarchy where the mask is the same as its parents mask there is no
> need for a separate CLOS even in the case where there are tasks in the
> group. So we can inherit the CLOS of the parent until which time both
> the mask is different than the parent and there are tasks in the
> group. 

I did not state that explicitly, but I did think about that. We could
still wait to allocate a CLOS until at least one such group acquires a
task.
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