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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/arm64: store cpu topology before notify_cpu_starting
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Date:   Thu, 09 Apr 2020 11:32:12 +0100
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On 09/04/20 10:59, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 02:23:33PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:
>>
>> (+LAKML, +Sudeep)
>>
>
> Thanks Valentin.
>
>> On Wed, Apr 01 2020, Cheng Jian wrote:
>> > when SCHED_CORE enabled, sched_cpu_starting() uses thread_sibling as
>> > SMT_MASK to initialize rq->core, but only after store_cpu_topology(),
>> > the thread_sibling is ready for use.
>> >
>> >       notify_cpu_starting()
>> >           -> sched_cpu_starting()	# use thread_sibling
>> >
>> >       store_cpu_topology(cpu)
>> >           -> update_siblings_masks	# set thread_sibling
>> >
>> > Fix this by doing notify_cpu_starting later, just like x86 do.
>> >
>>
>> I haven't been following the sched core stuff closely; can't this
>> rq->core assignment be done in sched_cpu_activate() instead? We already
>> look at the cpu_smt_mask() in there, and it is valid (we go through the
>> entirety of secondary_start_kernel() before getting anywhere near
>> CPUHP_AP_ACTIVE).
>>
>
> I too came to same conclusion. Did you see any issues ? Or is it
> just code inspection in parity with x86 ?
>

With mainline this isn't a problem; with the core scheduling stuff there is
an expectation that we can use the SMT masks in sched_cpu_starting().

>> I don't think this breaks anything, but without this dependency in
>> sched_cpu_starting() then there isn't really a reason for this move.
>>
>
> Based on the commit message, had a quick look at x86 code and I agree
> this shouldn't break anything. However the commit message does make
> complete sense to me, especially reference to sched_cpu_starting
> while smt_masks are accessed in sched_cpu_activate. Or am I missing
> to understand something here ?

As stated above, it's not a problem for mainline, and AIUI we can change
the core scheduling bits to only use the SMT mask in sched_cpu_activate()
instead, therefore not requiring any change in the arch code.

I'm not aware of any written rule that the topology masks should be usable
from a given hotplug state upwards, only that right now we need them in
sched_cpu_(de)activate() for SMT scheduling - and that is already working
fine.

So really this should be considering as a simple neutral cleanup; I don't
really have any opinion on picking it up or not.