Set the power domain dependency at SMT level of Power8 but keep the flag clear at CPU level. The goal is to consolidate tasks on the threads of a core up to a level as decribed in the link below: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/12/16
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guit...@linaro.org> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c index c9cade5..fbbac3c 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c @@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ int setup_profiling_timer(unsigned int multiplier) /* cpumask of CPUs with asymetric SMT dependancy */ static const int powerpc_smt_flags(void) { - int flags = SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER | SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES; + int flags = SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER | SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES | SD_SHARE_POWERDOMAIN; if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ASYM_SMT)) { printk_once(KERN_INFO "Enabling Asymmetric SMT scheduling\n"); -- 1.9.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/