linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] sched/topology: Rework CPU capacity asymmetry detection

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Date:   Thu, 13 May 2021 15:59:21 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Beata Michalska <beata.michalska@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        juri.lelli@...hat.com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        valentin.schneider@....com, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        corbet@....net, rdunlap@...radead.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] sched/topology: Rework CPU capacity asymmetry
 detection

On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 02:48:32PM +0100, Beata Michalska wrote:

> > > Where:
> > >  arch_scale_cpu_capacity(L) = 512
> > >  arch_scale_cpu_capacity(M) = 871
> > >  arch_scale_cpu_capacity(B) = 1024
> > 
> > Low, High
> > Small, Big
> > 
> > But you appear to have picked: Low and Big, which just doesn't make any
> > sense. (Worse, L can also be Large :-)
> >
> (L)ittle, (M)edium, (B)ig
> I can re-arrange the abbreviations used here.

Duh, I must really be having a bad day for not thinking of Little. I
don't think you need to change this. S,M,L would be like a clothing
store, but steps away from the big.Little thing.