[PATCH v5 02/17] ARM: Revert back to default scheduler topology.
Ingo Molnar
mingo at kernel.org
Thu Aug 13 15:16:14 EDT 2020
* Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider at arm.com> wrote:
> The ARM-specific GMC level is meant to be built using the thread sibling
> mask, but no devicetree in arch/arm/boot/dts uses the 'thread' cpu-map
> binding. With SD_SHARE_POWERDOMAIN gone, this topology level can be
> removed, at which point ARM no longer benefits from having a custom defined
> topology table.
>
> Delete the GMC topology level by making ARM use the default scheduler
> topology table. This essentially reverts commit
>
> fb2aa85564f4 ("sched, ARM: Create a dedicated scheduler topology table")
>
> Cc: Russell King <linux at armlinux.org.uk>
> Suggested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann at arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider at arm.com>
Minor changelog nit, it's helpful to add this final sentence:
No change in functionality is expected.
( If indeed no change in functionality is expected. ;-)
Thanks,
Ingo
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