Re: [PATCH v8 00/13] Add support for AMD hardware feedback interface

From: Christian Loehle
Date: Thu Mar 20 2025 - 18:43:18 EST


On 2/18/25 19:08, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
>
> The AMD Heterogeneous core design and Hardware Feedback Interface (HFI)
> provide behavioral classification and a dynamically updated ranking table
> for the scheduler to use when choosing cores for tasks.
>
> Threads are classified during runtime into enumerated classes.
> Currently, the driver supports 3 classes (0 through 2). These classes
> represent thread performance/power characteristics that may benefit from
> special scheduling behaviors. The real-time thread classification is
> consumed by the operating system and is used to inform the scheduler of
> where the thread should be placed for optimal performance or energy efficiency.
>
> The thread classification helps to select CPU from a ranking table that describes
> an efficiency and performance ranking for each classification from two dimensions.

Where is that happening in the series? (Using the per-thread classification
for task placement.)
Am I missing something?