[PATCH] powerpc: Fix misleading small cores print

[Gautham R Shenoy]

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 09:07:31AM +1000, Michael Neuling wrote:
> Currently when we boot on a big core system, we get this print:
>   [    0.040500] Using small cores at SMT level
> 
> This is misleading as we've actually detected big cores.
> 
> This patch clears up the print to say we've detect big cores but are
> using small cores for scheduling.

Thanks for making the print more meaningful.


> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>

FWIW,
Acked-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> index 6d2a3a3666..c820c95162 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ void __init smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
> 
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
>  	if (has_big_cores) {
> -		pr_info("Using small cores at SMT level\n");
> +		pr_info("Big cores detected but using small core scheduling\n");
>  		power9_topology[0].mask = smallcore_smt_mask;
>  		powerpc_topology[0].mask = smallcore_smt_mask;
>  	}
> -- 
> 2.26.2
>