[RFC 6/6] ARM: sched: clear SD_SHARE_POWERLINE

[santosh.shilimkar@ti.com (Santosh Shilimkar)]

On Monday 29 October 2012 06:58 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> On 24 October 2012 17:21, Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> wrote:
>> On Sunday 07 October 2012 01:13 PM, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>>>
>>> The ARM platforms take advantage of packing small tasks on few cores.
>>> This is true even when the cores of a cluster can't be powergated
>>> independently.
>>>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>>    arch/arm/kernel/topology.c |    5 +++++
>>>    1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
>>> index 26c12c6..00511d0 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
>>> @@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ static inline void update_cpu_power(unsigned int
>>> cpuid, unsigned int mpidr) {}
>>>     */
>>>    struct cputopo_arm cpu_topology[NR_CPUS];
>>>
>>> +int arch_sd_share_power_line(void)
>>> +{
>>> +       return 0*SD_SHARE_POWERLINE;
>>> +}
>>
>>
>> Making this selection of policy based on sched domain will better. Just
>> gives the flexibility to choose a separate scheme for big and little
>> systems which will be very convenient.
>
> I agree that it would be more flexible to be able to set it for each level
>
Will you be addressing that in next version then ?

Regards
santosh