From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F5CC04EBF for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 16:46:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 023762087F for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 16:46:56 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 023762087F Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726817AbeLCQrA (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2018 11:47:00 -0500 Received: from usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com ([217.140.101.70]:41676 "EHLO foss.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726637AbeLCQrA (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2018 11:47:00 -0500 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCB7A1682; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 08:46:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from e107155-lin (e107155-lin.cambridge.arm.com [10.1.196.42]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 179773F59C; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 08:46:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 16:46:43 +0000 From: Sudeep Holla To: Atish Patra Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Albert Ou , Anup Patel , Ard Biesheuvel , Catalin Marinas , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Dmitriy Cherkasov , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Ingo Molnar , Jeremy Linton , Juri Lelli , "moderated list:ARM64 PORT (AARCH64 ARCHITECTURE)" , linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, Mark Rutland , Morten Rasmussen , Palmer Dabbelt , "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Rob Herring , Thomas Gleixner , Will Deacon , Sudeep Holla Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH v1 1/4] Documentation: DT: arm: add support for sockets defining package boundaries Message-ID: <20181203164643.GA17883@e107155-lin> References: <1543534100-3654-1-git-send-email-atish.patra@wdc.com> <1543534100-3654-2-git-send-email-atish.patra@wdc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1543534100-3654-2-git-send-email-atish.patra@wdc.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 03:28:17PM -0800, Atish Patra wrote: > From: Sudeep Holla > > The current ARM DT topology description provides the operating system > with a topological view of the system that is based on leaf nodes > representing either cores or threads (in an SMT system) and a > hierarchical set of cluster nodes that creates a hierarchical topology > view of how those cores and threads are grouped. > > However this hierarchical representation of clusters does not allow to > describe what topology level actually represents the physical package or > the socket boundary, which is a key piece of information to be used by > an operating system to optimize resource allocation and scheduling. > > Lets add a new "socket" node type in the cpu-map node to describe the > same. > > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla Thanks for picking this up and putting it as part of your unification work. I will try to test the series and review it soon. -- Regards, Sudeep