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From: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 2/5] [PATCH] sched: pass sched_domain_level to sched_power_savings_store
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:41:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100819114102.GE4659@loge.amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1281947397.1926.1012.camel@laptop>

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 04:29:57AM -0400, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 19:25 +0200, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> > Pass the corresponding sched domain level to sched_power_savings_store instead
> > of a yes/no flag which indicates if the level is SMT or MC.
> > This is needed to easily extend the function so it can be used for a third
> > level. 
> 
> Ah, so the plan is to reduce the number of knobs, not create more.

Don't think so.

> Sysadmins really aren't interested in having a powersavings knob per
> topology level.

It just allows to use the same store functions for three instead of
two different knobs.


Andreas




  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-19 12:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-12 17:25 [PATCH/RFC 0/5] sched: add new 'book' scheduling domain Heiko Carstens
2010-08-12 17:25 ` [PATCH/RFC 1/5] [PATCH] sched: merge cpu_to_core_group functions Heiko Carstens
2010-08-13 21:11   ` Suresh Siddha
2010-08-31  8:26     ` Heiko Carstens
2010-08-12 17:25 ` [PATCH/RFC 2/5] [PATCH] sched: pass sched_domain_level to sched_power_savings_store Heiko Carstens
2010-08-13 21:13   ` Suresh Siddha
2010-08-19 11:36     ` Andreas Herrmann
2010-08-16  8:29   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-08-19 11:41     ` Andreas Herrmann [this message]
2010-08-19 12:35       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-08-19 12:32         ` Andreas Herrmann
2010-08-12 17:25 ` [PATCH/RFC 3/5] [PATCH] sched: add book scheduling domain Heiko Carstens
2010-08-13 21:22   ` Suresh Siddha
2010-08-16  8:48     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-08-12 17:25 ` [PATCH/RFC 4/5] [PATCH] topology/sysfs: provide book id and siblings attributes Heiko Carstens
2010-08-12 17:25 ` [PATCH/RFC 5/5] [PATCH] topology: add z196 cpu topology support Heiko Carstens
2010-08-19 12:22 ` [PATCH/RFC 0/5] sched: add new 'book' scheduling domain Andreas Herrmann

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