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    x86/CPU/AMD: Bring back Compute Unit ID · 79a8b9aa
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      a33d3317 ("x86/CPU/AMD: Fix Bulldozer topology")
    
    restored the initial approach we had with the Fam15h topology of
    enumerating CU (Compute Unit) threads as cores. And this is still
    correct - they're beefier than HT threads but still have some
    shared functionality.
    
    Our current approach has a problem with the Mad Max Steam game, for
    example. Yves Dionne reported a certain "choppiness" while playing on
    v4.9.5.
    
    That problem stems most likely from the fact that the CU threads share
    resources within one CU and when we schedule to a thread of a different
    compute unit, this incurs latency due to migrating the working set to a
    different CU through the caches.
    
    When the thread siblings mask mirrors that aspect of the CUs and
    threads, the scheduler pays attention to it and tries to schedule within
    one CU first. Which takes care of the latency, of course.
    Reported-by: default avatarYves Dionne <yves.dionne@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
    Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.9
    Cc: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@inria.fr>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170205105022.8705-1-bp@alien8.deSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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