linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/14] sched/topology: Remove FORCE_SD

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Message-ID: <1493687363.31102.21.camel@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 01 May 2017 21:09:23 -0400
From:   Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, mingo@...nel.org,
        lvenanci@...hat.com
Cc:     lwang@...hat.com, efault@....de, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/14] sched/topology: Remove FORCE_SD_OVERLAP

On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 15:20 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Its an obsolete debug mechanism and future code wants to rely on
> properties this undermines.
> 
> Namely, it would be good to assume that SD_OVERLAP domains have
> children, but if we build the entire hierarchy with SD_OVERLAP this
> is
> obviously false.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
> 

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>