Re: [rfc][patch] select_idle_sibling() inducing bouncing on westmere

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Fri May 25 2012 - 02:14:27 EST


On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 15:20 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 15:17 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > For power7 with 4 smt it would end up as 1230 I guess.
>
> One more thing, in light of that, can't you simplify the core stuff to
> be a simple shift as well? map them 123450, does it really matter to
> pair them off like 103254 ?

In my head it does. Buddies need to be glued together so we can use
them as a team to convert overlap and kick butt on ramp up.

-Mike

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