Re: [PATCH 0/14] v2 multi-die/package topology support

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 01:19:58AM -0500, Len Brown wrote:
> Restored sysfs core_siblings, core_siblings_list
> 
> 	v1 proposed re-defining this existing attribute to
> 	be the threads in a die, rather than in a package.
> 
> 	For compatibility, decided rather to keep this
> 	attribute unchanged, for now, even though
> 	its name makes little sense, and it makes
> 	no sense in a multi-die system.

So why do things that make no sense? What breaks?