Re: [PATCH 1/3] Revert "arm64: topology: divorce MC scheduling domain from core_siblings"

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Hi Sudeep,

On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 3:55 PM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> This reverts commit 37c3ec2d810f87eac73822f76b30391a83bded19.
>
> Currently on ARM64 platforms, we don't update the CPU topology masks
> on each hotplug operation. However, the updates to cpu_coregroup_mask

I would add

    "leading to e.g. a system hang during system suspend."

to avoid people thinking this is purely a small bookkeeping issue without  any
percussions.

> done as part of ACPI PPTT support, in particular the commit being
> reverted makes use of cpumask_of_node which returns the cpu_oneline_mask
> instead of core_sibling as core_sibling masks are not updated for CPU
> hotplug operations and the comparision to find NUMA in package or LLC
> siblings fails.
>
> The original commit is technically correct and since it depends on the
> not yet supported feature, let's revert this for now. We can put it back
> once we have the support for CPU topology masks update on hotplug merged.
>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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