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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c50
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index b42c868e1ac1..e0a4c1f82e25 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -957,6 +957,8 @@ static void add_cpu_to_masks(int cpu)
set_cpus_related(cpu, i, cpu_core_mask);
}
+static bool shared_caches;
+
/* Activate a secondary processor. */
void start_secondary(void *unused)
{
@@ -986,6 +988,13 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused)
/* Update topology CPU masks */
add_cpu_to_masks(cpu);
+ /*
+ * Check for any shared caches. Note that this must be done on a
+ * per-core basis because one core in the pair might be disabled.
+ */
+ if (!cpumask_equal(cpu_l2_cache_mask(cpu), cpu_sibling_mask(cpu)))
+ shared_caches = true;
+
set_numa_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]);
set_numa_mem(local_memory_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]));
@@ -1027,6 +1036,35 @@ static struct sched_domain_topology_level powerpc_topology[] = {
{ NULL, },
};
+/*
+ * P9 has a slightly odd architecture where pairs of cores share an L2 cache.
+ * This topology makes it *much* cheaper to migrate tasks between adjacent cores
+ * since the migrated task remains cache hot. We want to take advantage of this
+ * at the scheduler level so an extra topology level is required.
+ */
+static int powerpc_shared_cache_flags(void)
+{
+ return SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We can't just pass cpu_l2_cache_mask() directly because
+ * returns a non-const pointer and the compiler barfs on that.
+ */
+static const struct cpumask *shared_cache_mask(int cpu)
+{
+ return cpu_l2_cache_mask(cpu);
+}
+
+static struct sched_domain_topology_level power9_topology[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
+ { cpu_smt_mask, powerpc_smt_flags, SD_INIT_NAME(SMT) },
+#endif
+ { shared_cache_mask, powerpc_shared_cache_flags, SD_INIT_NAME(CACHE) },
+ { cpu_cpu_mask, SD_INIT_NAME(DIE) },
+ { NULL, },
+};
+
void __init smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
{
/*
@@ -1040,7 +1078,17 @@ void __init smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
dump_numa_cpu_topology();
- set_sched_topology(powerpc_topology);
+ /*
+ * If any CPU detects that it's sharing a cache with another CPU then
+ * use the deeper topology that is aware of this sharing.
+ */
+ if (shared_caches) {
+ pr_info("Using shared cache scheduler topology\n");
+ set_sched_topology(power9_topology);
+ } else {
+ pr_info("Using standard scheduler topology\n");
+ set_sched_topology(powerpc_topology);
+ }
}
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU