Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] sched/topology: Rework CPU capacity asymmetry detection

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu May 13 2021 - 09:59:55 EST


On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 02:48:32PM +0100, Beata Michalska wrote:

> > > Where:
> > > arch_scale_cpu_capacity(L) = 512
> > > arch_scale_cpu_capacity(M) = 871
> > > arch_scale_cpu_capacity(B) = 1024
> >
> > Low, High
> > Small, Big
> >
> > But you appear to have picked: Low and Big, which just doesn't make any
> > sense. (Worse, L can also be Large :-)
> >
> (L)ittle, (M)edium, (B)ig
> I can re-arrange the abbreviations used here.

Duh, I must really be having a bad day for not thinking of Little. I
don't think you need to change this. S,M,L would be like a clothing
store, but steps away from the big.Little thing.