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On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 07:22:22PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So I'm sure there are architecture differences (where HT in particular
> probably changes optimal scheduling strategy, although I'd expect
> the bulldozer approach to not be *that*different - but I don't know
> if BD shows up as "HT siblings" or not, so dissimilar topology
> interpretation may make it *look* very different).

Right, those cores sharing an L2 are thread siblings on BD:

$ grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/*
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_id:0
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_siblings:ff
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_siblings_list:0-7
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/physical_package_id:0
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/thread_siblings:03
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/thread_siblings_list:0-1

much like HT siblings on this single-socket Sandybridge: 

$ grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/*
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_id:0
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_siblings:ff
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_siblings_list:0-7
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/physical_package_id:0
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/thread_siblings:11
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/thread_siblings_list:0,4

Although I don't know whether those thread siblings on this SB box are
actual HT siblings, sharing almost all resources, judging by the core
ids.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.