Re: [PATCH v4] x86,sched: allow topologies where NUMA nodes share an LLC

From: Tim Chen
Date: Wed Apr 04 2018 - 13:25:01 EST


On 04/03/2018 02:12 PM, Alison Schofield wrote:

> +
> + /*
> + * topology_sane() considers LLCs that span NUMA nodes to be
> + * insane and will display a warning message. Bypass the call
> + * to topology_sane() for snc_cpu's to avoid that warning.
> + */
> +
> + if (!topology_same_node(c, o) && x86_match_cpu(snc_cpu)) {
> + /* Indicate that package has NUMA nodes inside: */
> + x86_has_numa_in_package = true;

Why does the x86_has_numa_in_package has to be set here when it would have
been done later in set_cpu_sibling_map?

> +
> + /*
> + * false means 'c' does not share the LLC of 'o'.
> + * Note: this decision gets reflected all the way
> + * out to userspace.
> + */
> +
> + return false;

Thanks.

Tim