linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 09/12] sched/topology: Remove SHARED_CHILD from ASYM

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Message-Id: <20230406203148.19182-10-ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu,  6 Apr 2023 13:31:45 -0700
From:   Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Cc:     Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri@...el.com>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Tim C . Chen" <tim.c.chen@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 09/12] sched/topology: Remove SHARED_CHILD from ASYM_PACKING

Only x86 and Power7 use ASYM_PACKING. They use it differently.

Power7 has cores of equal priority, but the SMT siblings of a core have
different priorities. Parent scheduling domains do not need (nor have) the
ASYM_PACKING flag. SHARED_CHILD is not needed. Using SHARED_PARENT would
cause the topology debug code to complain.

X86 has cores of different priority, but all the SMT siblings of the core
have equal priority. It needs ASYM_PACKING at the MC level, but not at the
SMT level (it also needs it at upper levels if they have scheduling groups
of different priority). Removing ASYM_PACKING from the SMT domain causes
the topology debug code to complain.

Remove SHARED_CHILD for now. We still need a topology check that satisfies
both architectures.

Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
Cc: Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@....com>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Tim C. Chen <tim.c.chen@...el.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Tested-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Suggested-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
---
Changes since v3:
 * Removed spurious space.

Changes since v2:
 * Introduced this patch.

Changes since v1:
 * N/A
---
 include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
index 57bde66d95f7..fad77b5172e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/sd_flags.h
@@ -132,12 +132,9 @@ SD_FLAG(SD_SERIALIZE, SDF_SHARED_PARENT | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
 /*
  * Place busy tasks earlier in the domain
  *
- * SHARED_CHILD: Usually set on the SMT level. Technically could be set further
- *               up, but currently assumed to be set from the base domain
- *               upwards (see update_top_cache_domain()).
  * NEEDS_GROUPS: Load balancing flag.
  */
-SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_SHARED_CHILD | SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
+SD_FLAG(SD_ASYM_PACKING, SDF_NEEDS_GROUPS)
 
 /*
  * Prefer to place tasks in a sibling domain
-- 
2.25.1