linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Prefer idle CPU to cache affinity

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Message-ID: <20210302073946.GL2028034@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 Mar 2021 13:09:46 +0530
From:   Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
        Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Parth Shah <parth@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Prefer idle CPU to cache affinity

* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> [2021-03-01 18:18:28]:

> On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 10:36:01PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> [2021-03-01 16:44:42]:
> > 
> > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 02:56:07PM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2021-02-26 at 22:10 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > > 
 > > > 
> > > > Maybe we could use "tnr_busy * 4 <
> > > > tllc_size * 3" or
> > > > something like that?
> > > 
> > > How about:
> > > 
> > > 	tnr_busy < tllc_size / topology_max_smt_threads()
> > > 
> > > ?
> > 
> > Isn't topology_max_smt_threads only for x86 as of today?
> > Or Am I missing out?
> 
> Oh, could be, I didn't grep :/ We could have core code keep track of the
> smt count I suppose.

Could we use cpumask_weight(cpu_smt_mask(this_cpu)) instead?

-- 
Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju