Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:37:40 +0200
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: X86_HT always enable on X86_64 SMP
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On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 02:16:56PM -0800, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 01:30:59PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 01:16:30PM -0800, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> >>>> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> X86_HT is used for hyperthreading or multicore on 32-bit.
> >>>> The X86_HT on 64-bit is different from 32-bit, it means hyperthreading only.
> >>>> And X86_HT is not used on 64-bit except from cpu/initel_cacheinfo.c.
> >>>>
> >>>> Unify X86_HT for hyperthreading or multicore.
> >>>> Turn X86_HT on when X86_64 and SMP are enabled.
> >>> Please fix it properly instead - fiddling around with it the way you do
> >>> only asks for trouble in the future.
> >>>
> >>> What we need are two different variables for:
> >>> - hyperthreading and
> >>> - multicore
> >> He does, and calls them SCHED_SMT and SCHED_MC respectively.
> > 
> > These are the already existing scheduler related variables that are 
> > only a part of the X86_HT usages.
> > 
> >> It's not particularly clear to me what X86_HT is meant to be used for  
> >> anymore at all.
> > 
> > grep through the source code and you find it is sometimes used for 
> > hyperthreading and sometimes for multicore.
> > 
> > I don't care whether X86_HT gets splitted or perhaps even removed, but 
> > any change to it should remove the status quo of it having two different 
> > semantics.
> 
> OK, you say "Don't mix two different semantics into one variable X86_HT", right?

Exactly.

This mixing is not your fault since it's an older problem, but instead 
of your suggested patch we should fix it properly.

> Thanks,
> Hiroshi Shimamoto

cu
Adrian

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