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From:   Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 8 Apr 2020 19:03:57 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] sched/topology: Store root domain CPU capacity sum
To:     Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 18:31, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> wrote:
>
> On 08.04.20 14:29, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> > On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 11:50, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >>  /**
> >> diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
> >> index 8344757bba6e..74b0c0fa4b1b 100644
> >> --- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
> >> +++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
> >> @@ -2052,12 +2052,17 @@ build_sched_domains(const struct cpumask *cpu_map, struct sched_domain_attr *att
> >>         /* Attach the domains */
> >>         rcu_read_lock();
> >>         for_each_cpu(i, cpu_map) {
> >> +               unsigned long cap = arch_scale_cpu_capacity(i);
> >
> > Why do you replace the use of rq->cpu_capacity_orig by
> > arch_scale_cpu_capacity(i) ?
> > There is nothing about this change in the commit message
>
> True. And I can change this back.
>
> It seems though that the solution is not sufficient because of the
> 'rd->span &nsub cpu_active_mask' issue discussed under patch 2/4.
>
> But this remind me of another question I have.
>
> Currently we use arch_scale_cpu_capacity() more often (16 times) than
> capacity_orig_of()/rq->cpu_capacity_orig .
>
> What's hindering us to remove rq->cpu_capacity_orig and the code around
> it and solely rely on arch_scale_cpu_capacity()? I mean the arch
> implementation should be fast.

Or we can do the opposite and only use capacity_orig_of()/rq->cpu_capacity_orig.

Is there a case where the max cpu capacity changes over time ? So I
would prefer to use cpu_capacity_orig which is a field of scheduler
instead of always calling an external arch specific function