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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/sched/topology: Clarify root domain(s) debug
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To:     Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>, peterz@infradead.org,
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On 05/24/2018 05:29 PM, Juri Lelli wrote:
> When scheduler debug is enabled, building scheduling domains outputs
> information about how the domains are laid out and to which root domain
> each CPU (or sets of CPUs) belongs, e.g.:
> 
>   CPU0 attaching sched-domain(s):
>    domain-0: span=0-5 level=MC
>     groups: 0:{ span=0 }, 1:{ span=1 }, 2:{ span=2 }, 3:{ span=3 }, 4:{ span=4 }, 5:{ span=5 }
>   CPU1 attaching sched-domain(s):
>    domain-0: span=0-5 level=MC
>     groups: 1:{ span=1 }, 2:{ span=2 }, 3:{ span=3 }, 4:{ span=4 }, 5:{ span=5 }, 0:{ span=0 }
> 
>   [...]
> 
>   span: 0-5 (max cpu_capacity = 1024)
> 
> The fact that latest line refers to CPUs 0-5 root domain doesn't however look
> immediately obvious to me: one might wonder why span 0-5 is reported "again".
> 
> Make it more clear by adding "root domain" to it, as to end with the
> following.
> 
>   CPU0 attaching sched-domain(s):
>    domain-0: span=0-5 level=MC
>     groups: 0:{ span=0 }, 1:{ span=1 }, 2:{ span=2 }, 3:{ span=3 }, 4:{ span=4 }, 5:{ span=5 }
>   CPU1 attaching sched-domain(s):
>    domain-0: span=0-5 level=MC
>     groups: 1:{ span=1 }, 2:{ span=2 }, 3:{ span=3 }, 4:{ span=4 }, 5:{ span=5 }, 0:{ span=0 }
> 
>   [...]
> 
>   root domain span: 0-5 (max cpu_capacity = 1024)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
> Cc: Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@arm.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> ---
>   kernel/sched/topology.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
> index 64cc564f5255..61a1125c1ae4 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
> @@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ build_sched_domains(const struct cpumask *cpu_map, struct sched_domain_attr *att
>   	rcu_read_unlock();
>   
>   	if (rq && sched_debug_enabled) {
> -		pr_info("span: %*pbl (max cpu_capacity = %lu)\n",
> +		pr_info("root domain span: %*pbl (max cpu_capacity = %lu)\n",
>   			cpumask_pr_args(cpu_map), rq->rd->max_cpu_capacity);
>   	}
>   
> 

Looks good to me. Probably especially helpful when setting up exclusive 
cpusets.

Juno with big and little exclusive cpuset:

...
[  124.231333] CPU1 attaching sched-domain(s):
[  124.235482]  domain-0: span=1-2 level=MC
[  124.239382]   groups: 1:{ span=1 }, 2:{ span=2 }
[  124.243969] CPU2 attaching sched-domain(s):
[  124.248112]  domain-0: span=1-2 level=MC
[  124.251998]   groups: 2:{ span=2 }, 1:{ span=1 }
[  124.256585] root domain span: 1-2 (max cpu_capacity = 1024)
[  124.262150] CPU0 attaching sched-domain(s):
[  124.266307]  domain-0: span=0,3-5 level=MC
[  124.270366]   groups: 0:{ span=0 cap=446 }, 3:{ span=3 cap=446 }, 4:{ 
span=4 cap=446 }, 5:{ span=5 cap=446 }
[  124.280131] CPU3 attaching sched-domain(s):
[  124.284273]  domain-0: span=0,3-5 level=MC
[  124.288334]   groups: 3:{ span=3 cap=446 }, 4:{ span=4 cap=446 }, 5:{ 
span=5 cap=446 }, 0:{ span=0 cap=446 }
[  124.298096] CPU4 attaching sched-domain(s):
[  124.302239]  domain-0: span=0,3-5 level=MC
[  124.306298]   groups: 4:{ span=4 cap=446 }, 5:{ span=5 cap=446 }, 0:{ 
span=0 cap=446 }, 3:{ span=3 cap=446 }
[  124.316063] CPU5 attaching sched-domain(s):
[  124.320205]  domain-0: span=0,3-5 level=MC
[  124.324265]   groups: 5:{ span=5 cap=446 }, 0:{ span=0 cap=446 }, 3:{ 
span=3 cap=446 }, 4:{ span=4 cap=446 }
[  124.334031] root domain span: 0,3-5 (max cpu_capacity = 446)