linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 10/12] x86/sched: Remove SD_ASYM

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Message-Id: <20230406203148.19182-11-ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu,  6 Apr 2023 13:31:46 -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 10/12] x86/sched: Remove SD_ASYM_PACKING from the SMT domain flags

There is no difference between any of the SMT siblings of a physical core.
Do not do asym_packing load balancing at this level.

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>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
---
Changes since v3:
 * None

Changes since v2:
 * None

Changes since v1:
 * Introduced this patch.
---
 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 851477f7d728..cf7f42189e86 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static int x86_core_flags(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
 static int x86_smt_flags(void)
 {
-	return cpu_smt_flags() | x86_sched_itmt_flags();
+	return cpu_smt_flags();
 }
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CLUSTER
-- 
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