[PATCH v4 1/5] powerpc/smp: Enable Asym packing for cores on shared processor

Srikar Dronamraju srikar at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Nov 15 22:35:47 AEDT 2023


* Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com> [2023-11-15 12:05:22]:

> Srikar Dronamraju <srikar at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> >
> >  arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> > index ab691c89d787..69a3262024f1 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> > @@ -993,16 +993,20 @@ static bool shared_caches;
> >  /* cpumask of CPUs with asymmetric SMT dependency */
> >  static int powerpc_smt_flags(void)
> >  {
> > -	int flags = SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY | SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES;
> > +	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ASYM_SMT))
> > +		return SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY | SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES;
> >  
> > -	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ASYM_SMT)) {
> > -		printk_once(KERN_INFO "Enabling Asymmetric SMT scheduling\n");
> > -		flags |= SD_ASYM_PACKING;
> > -	}
> > -	return flags;
> > +	return SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY | SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES | SD_ASYM_PACKING;
> >  }
> >  #endif
> >
> 
> Only relevant change there is dropping printk_once(). Rest of the
> changes are not needed?
> 
> -aneesh

If you are looking at just this hunk, then yes its moving the printk_once to
another function.

-- 
Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju


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