[RFC PATCH v3 0/2] scheduler: expose the topology of clusters and add cluster scheduler

Tim Chen tim.c.chen at linux.intel.com
Tue Apr 13 20:00:27 BST 2021



On 4/13/21 3:45 AM, Song Bao Hua (Barry Song) wrote:
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> Right now in the main cases of using wake_affine to achieve
> better performance, processes are actually bound within one
> numa which is also a LLC in kunpeng920. 
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> Probably LLC=NUMA is also true for X86 Jacobsville, Tim?

In general for x86, LLC is partitioned at the sub-numa cluster level.  
LLC could be divided between sub-numa cluster within a NUMA node.
That said, for Jacobsville, we don't have sub-numa clusters
so LLC=NUMA is true for that platform. 

Tim



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