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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/10] powerpc/smp: Generalize 2nd sched domain
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 05:08:10PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> Currently "CACHE" domain happens to be the 2nd sched domain as per
> powerpc_topology. This domain will collapse if cpumask of l2-cache is
> same as SMT domain. However we could generalize this domain such that it
> could mean either be a "CACHE" domain or a "BIGCORE" domain.

What's the whole smallcore vs bigcore thing?

Would it make sense to have an actual overview of the various topology
layers somewhere? Because I'm getting lost and can't really make sense
of the code due to that.