Re: [PATCH 0/4] powerpc/topology: Introduce llc_override debugfs

[Srikar Dronamraju]

* Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2026-10-12 15:50:33]:


Hi Shrikanth,

> There is a new feature in scheduler called as Cache Aware Scheduling [1].
> It tries to keep related tasks within the same LLC domain while
> keeping the system reasonably balanced.
> 
> Cache Aware Scheduling assumes that the scheduler LLC domain is large enough
> to be a useful placement target. This is true on many systems where an LLC spans
> several cores, but not on PowerPC systems where the scheduler-visible LLC is at
> the SMT level. In that case, sd_llc_size is effectively the SMT width.
> 

Can we add a reference to the earlier attempt to try MCLLC a few years back.

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju