Re: [PATCH] sched/topology: Align group flags when removing degenerate domain

From: Yicong Yang
Date: Thu Jul 13 2023 - 02:35:27 EST


On 2023/7/13 9:31, Chen Yu wrote:
> The flags of the child of a given scheduling domain are used to initialize
> the flags of its scheduling groups. When the child of a scheduling domain
> is degenerated, the flags of its local scheduling group need to be updated
> to align with the flags of its new child domain.
>
> The flag SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY was aligned in
> Commit bf2dc42d6beb ("sched/topology: Propagate SMT flags when removing degenerate domain").
> Further generalize this alignment so other flags can be used later, such as
> in cluster-based task wakeup. [1]

Currently I only update the cluster flags on my current testing branch. It'll be even better to
align all flags for possible usage. Will rebase on this one.

>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230530115527.GC156198@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx #1
> Suggested-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ce714341-af58-2522-69a8-321f02c82893@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> kernel/sched/topology.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
> index d3a3b2646ec4..ff02d7deec0c 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
> @@ -722,8 +722,7 @@ cpu_attach_domain(struct sched_domain *sd, struct root_domain *rd, int cpu)
>
> if (parent->parent) {
> parent->parent->child = tmp;
> - if (tmp->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY)
> - parent->parent->groups->flags |= SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY;
> + parent->parent->groups->flags = tmp->flags;
> }
>
> /*
>