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From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
To: mingo@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	vincent.guittot@linaro.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: sshegde@linux.ibm.com, kprateek.nayak@amd.com,
	juri.lelli@redhat.com, vschneid@redhat.com,
	dietmar.eggemann@arm.com, tj@kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org,
	mgorman@suse.de, bsegall@google.com, arighi@nvidia.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] sched: Simplify ifdeffery around CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 20:51:22 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260512152125.308280-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com> (raw)

Semantics
=========
- For CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y:
    No functional change.
- For CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=n:
    - cpu_smt_mask(cpu) becomes cpumask_of(cpu), effectively making it
      per CPU with no siblings.
    - sched_smt_present remains defined, but never becomes active:
    	 Since cpumask_weight(cpumask_of(cpu)) == 1

Performance impact
==================
- CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y:
    No change in generated code.
- CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=n:
    - Small increase in text size (~0.01%) due to removal of compile-time
      stubs. Most paths remain effectively dead due to static keys.
    - Fast paths are protected using IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SCHED_SMT).

With that, cpu_smt_mask() to be used unconditionally and reduces
CONFIG_SCHED_SMT-specific code paths, improving readability and
maintainability.

This leaves the remaining use of CONFIG_SCHED_SMT mainly for topology
handling bits.

Since v1[1]:
- Dropped changes for stop_core_cpuslocked. intel_ifs is the only
  user and it gets compiled with SCHED_SMT always. Added comments
  around it why ifdefs are still being kept.
- Decided not to add sched_smt_active checks for sched_core_cpu_deactivate
  and sched_core_cpu_starting, they bail out if weight(smt_mask) == 1.
  Hence core_lock won't be held for long. It is not fastpath either.
- Thanks to Valentin Schneider and Tejun Heo for checking out the series
  and the feedback.

Shrikanth Hegde (3):
  topology: Introduce cpu_smt_mask for CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=n
  sched: Simplify ifdeffery around cpu_smt_mask
  sched/fair: Add compile time check in fastpaths for CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=n

 include/linux/sched/smt.h |  4 ----
 include/linux/topology.h  | 15 +++++++++++++-
 kernel/sched/core.c       |  6 ------
 kernel/sched/ext_idle.c   |  6 ------
 kernel/sched/fair.c       | 41 +++++----------------------------------
 kernel/sched/sched.h      |  6 ------
 kernel/sched/topology.c   |  2 --
 kernel/stop_machine.c     |  5 +++++
 kernel/workqueue.c        |  4 ----
 9 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)

-- 
2.47.3


             reply	other threads:[~2026-05-12 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-12 15:21 Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
2026-05-12 15:21 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] topology: Introduce cpu_smt_mask for CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=n Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-12 16:56   ` Phil Auld
2026-05-12 15:21 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] sched: Simplify ifdeffery around cpu_smt_mask Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-12 16:57   ` Phil Auld
2026-05-12 15:21 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] sched/fair: Add compile time check in fastpaths for CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=n Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-12 16:59   ` Phil Auld
2026-05-12 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] sched: Simplify ifdeffery around CONFIG_SCHED_SMT Valentin Schneider

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