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Davis" Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/7] Documentation: DT: arm: add support for sockets defining package boundaries Message-ID: <20190530115103.GA10919@e105550-lin.cambridge.arm.com> References: <20190529211340.17087-1-atish.patra@wdc.com> <20190529211340.17087-2-atish.patra@wdc.com> <49f41e62-5354-a674-d95f-5f63851a0ca6@ti.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49f41e62-5354-a674-d95f-5f63851a0ca6@ti.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20190530_045117_656703_D116953D X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 16.94 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Mark Rutland , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , "Peter Zijlstra \(Intel\)" , Catalin Marinas , Linus Walleij , Palmer Dabbelt , Will Deacon , Atish Patra , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, Ingo Molnar , Rob Herring , Anup Patel , Russell King , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Albert Ou , Rob Herring , Paul Walmsley , Thomas Gleixner , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jeremy Linton , Otto Sabart , Sudeep Holla , "David S. Miller" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 07:39:17PM -0400, Andrew F. Davis wrote: > On 5/29/19 5:13 PM, Atish Patra wrote: > >From: Sudeep Holla > > > >The current ARM DT topology description provides the operating system > >with a topological view of the system that is based on leaf nodes > >representing either cores or threads (in an SMT system) and a > >hierarchical set of cluster nodes that creates a hierarchical topology > >view of how those cores and threads are grouped. > > > >However this hierarchical representation of clusters does not allow to > >describe what topology level actually represents the physical package or > >the socket boundary, which is a key piece of information to be used by > >an operating system to optimize resource allocation and scheduling. > > > > Are physical package descriptions really needed? What does "socket" imply > that a higher layer "cluster" node grouping does not? It doesn't imply a > different NUMA distance and the definition of "socket" is already not well > defined, is a dual chiplet processor not just a fancy dual "socket" or are > dual "sockets" on a server board "slotket" card, will we need new names for > those too.. Socket (or package) just implies what you suggest, a grouping of CPUs based on the physical socket (or package). Some resources might be associated with packages and more importantly socket information is exposed to user-space. At the moment clusters are being exposed to user-space as sockets which is less than ideal for some topologies. At the moment user-space is only told about hw threads, cores, and sockets. In the very near future it is going to be told about dies too (look for Len Brown's multi-die patch set). I don't see how we can provide correct information to user-space based on the current information in DT. I'm not convinced it was a good idea to expose this information to user-space to begin with but that is another discussion. Morten _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel