linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] sched: Rename DIE domain

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2023 17:08:18 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        npiggin@...il.com, christophe.leroy@...roup.eu, hca@...ux.ibm.com,
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] sched: Rename DIE domain

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 04:02:38PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:
> On 12/07/23 16:10, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Thomas just tripped over the x86 topology setup creating a 'DIE' domain
> > for the package mask :-)
> >
> > Since these names are SCHED_DEBUG only, rename them.
> > I don't think anybody *should* be relying on this, but who knows.
> >
> 
> FWIW I don't care much about the actual name.

Confusion is due to x86 growing an actual die topology and this not
being it.

Other than that, I can't be bothered too much about the silly name
either.

> There are some stray references to DIE in comments - see below. Bit funny
> to see:
> - *  - Package (DIE)
> + *  - Package (PKG)
> 
> With that:
> Acked-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>

Durr, I did a git-grep SD_INIT_NAME().. Thanks!