On 8/26/25 9:43 AM, K Prateek Nayak wrote:
PowerPC enables the MC scheduling domain by default on systems with
coregroup support without having a SCHED_MC config in Kconfig.
The scheduler uses CONFIG_SCHED_MC to introduce the MC domain in the
default topology (core) and to optimize the default CPU selection
routine (sched-ext).
Curious to know if sched_ext usage. i see below code.
if (static_branch_maybe(CONFIG_SCHED_MC, &scx_selcpu_topo_llc))
scx_selcpu_topo_llc = true if there is sd_llc. One can have llc domain without MC domain.
I am wondering whats the reason behind the clubbing.
Introduce CONFIG_SCHED_MC for powerpc and note that it should be
preferably enabled given the current default behavior. This also ensures
PowerPC is tested during future developments that come to depend on
CONFIG_SCHED_MC.
Signed-off-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h | 2 ++
arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 93402a1d9c9f..e954ab3f635f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -971,6 +971,15 @@ config SCHED_SMT
when dealing with POWER5 cpus at a cost of slightly increased
overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
+config SCHED_MC
+ bool "Multi-Core Cache (MC) scheduler support"
+ depends on PPC64 && SMP
+ default y
+ help
+ MC scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
+ when dealing with POWER systems that contain multiple Last Level
+ Cache instances on the same socket. If unsure say Y here.
+
config PPC_DENORMALISATION
bool "PowerPC denormalisation exception handling"
depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
index 86de4d0dd0aa..9a320d96e891 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ static inline const struct cpumask *cpu_smt_mask(int cpu)
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_SMT */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_MC
extern const struct cpumask *cpu_coregroup_mask(int cpu);
+#endif
Is ifdef necessary here?
/* Since OpenPIC has only 4 IPIs, we use slightly different message numbers.
*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index e623f2864dc4..7f79b853b221 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,7 @@ static bool has_coregroup_support(void)
return coregroup_enabled;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_MC
const struct cpumask *cpu_coregroup_mask(int cpu)
{
if (has_coregroup_support())
@@ -1071,6 +1072,7 @@ static const struct cpumask *cpu_mc_mask(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl,
{
return cpu_corgrp_mask(cpu);
}
+#endif
Previous patch says cpu_coregroup_mask is exported. Is it exported in any way to user or modules?
Also i don't see similar gating in other archs. It maybe unnecessary.
static const struct cpumask *cpu_pkg_mask(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl, int cpu)
{
@@ -1729,10 +1731,12 @@ static void __init build_sched_topology(void)
SDTL_INIT(shared_cache_mask, powerpc_shared_cache_flags, CACHE);
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_MC
if (has_coregroup_support()) {
powerpc_topology[i++] =
SDTL_INIT(cpu_mc_mask, powerpc_shared_proc_flags, MC);
}
+#endif
Just this gating should suffice IMO.>
powerpc_topology[i++] = SDTL_INIT(cpu_pkg_mask, powerpc_shared_proc_flags, PKG);
