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From: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com
Subject: Re: sched domains oddness.
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:58:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081031175813.GC10468@linux-os.sc.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081031173737.GA11443@redhat.com>

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:37:37AM -0700, Dave Jones wrote:
> Even curiouser.. When I unplug AC and replug it, it happens again, but slightly
> differently..
> 
> CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
> CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
> CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
>  domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
>   groups: 0 1
>   domain 1: span 0-1 level CPU
>    groups: 0-1
>    domain 2: span 0-1 level NODE
>     groups: 0-1
> CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
>  domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
>   groups: 1 0
>   domain 1: span 0-1 level CPU
>    groups: 0-1
>    domain 2: span 0-1 level NODE
>     groups: 0-1
> CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
> CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
> CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
>  domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
>   groups: 0 1
>   domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE
>    groups: 0-1
> CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
>  domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
>   groups: 1 0
>   domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE
>    groups: 0-1
> 
> 
> Note how the CPU level doesn't show up in the 2nd case.

This is def coming from sched_mc_power_savings. Some battery script
or something is getting notified and setting this value. Can you do
a grep from / for sched_mc_power_savings ?

> This still doesn't explain the flip-flop I saw just from booting,
> as that was on AC the whole time.

Boot messages are def something not related to sched_mc_power_savings.

thanks,
suresh

  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-31 17:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-31 16:24 sched domains oddness Dave Jones
2008-10-31 16:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-10-31 17:09   ` Suresh Siddha
2008-10-31 17:17     ` Dave Jones
2008-10-31 17:37       ` Dave Jones
2008-10-31 17:58         ` Suresh Siddha [this message]
2008-10-31 19:08     ` Dave Jones
2008-10-31 17:19   ` Dave Jones

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