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@@ -939,6 +939,27 @@ config SCHED_MC
making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
+config SCHED_MC_PRIO
+ bool "CPU core priorities scheduler support"
+ depends on SCHED_MC && CPU_SUP_INTEL
+ select X86_INTEL_PSTATE
+ select CPU_FREQ
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 enabled CPUs have a
+ core ordering determined at manufacturing time, which allows
+ certain cores to reach higher turbo frequencies (when running
+ single threaded workloads) than others.
+
+ Enabling this kernel feature teaches the scheduler about
+ the TBM3 (aka ITMT) priority order of the CPU cores and adjusts the
+ scheduler's CPU selection logic accordingly, so that higher
+ overall system performance can be achieved.
+
+ This feature will have no effect on CPUs without this feature.
+
+ If unsure say Y here.
+
source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
config UP_LATE_INIT