diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
index 5cb55a1e606b0b5cbed352f1e7187c41d31371de..3202aa74e0d62838e104b0497e8a8bb6080aa92f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -46,30 +46,6 @@
 
 void build_cpu_to_node_map(void);
 
-#define SD_CPU_INIT (struct sched_domain) {		\
-	.parent			= NULL,			\
-	.child			= NULL,			\
-	.groups			= NULL,			\
-	.min_interval		= 1,			\
-	.max_interval		= 4,			\
-	.busy_factor		= 64,			\
-	.imbalance_pct		= 125,			\
-	.cache_nice_tries	= 2,			\
-	.busy_idx		= 2,			\
-	.idle_idx		= 1,			\
-	.newidle_idx		= 0,			\
-	.wake_idx		= 0,			\
-	.forkexec_idx		= 0,			\
-	.flags			= SD_LOAD_BALANCE	\
-				| SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE	\
-				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
-				| SD_BALANCE_FORK	\
-				| SD_WAKE_AFFINE,	\
-	.last_balance		= jiffies,		\
-	.balance_interval	= 1,			\
-	.nr_balance_failed	= 0,			\
-}
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/topology.h
index 05425b18c0aab7af89205a716f2ba05cec89cd0a..07763bdb408db8464d182f11cb3049ac1b6acd72 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ static inline void s390_init_cpu_topology(void)
 };
 #endif
 
-#define SD_BOOK_INIT	SD_CPU_INIT
-
 #include <asm-generic/topology.h>
 
 #endif /* _ASM_S390_TOPOLOGY_H */
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/topology.h
index d15c0d8d550f6061368324a05b4e51d8d52a2186..938311844233b8c7e2753b5982bbdd0a302d5304 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -44,39 +44,6 @@ static inline const struct cpumask *cpumask_of_node(int node)
 /* For now, use numa node -1 for global allocation. */
 #define pcibus_to_node(bus)		((void)(bus), -1)
 
-/*
- * TILE architecture has many cores integrated in one processor, so we need
- * setup bigger balance_interval for both CPU/NODE scheduling domains to
- * reduce process scheduling costs.
- */
-
-/* sched_domains SD_CPU_INIT for TILE architecture */
-#define SD_CPU_INIT (struct sched_domain) {				\
-	.min_interval		= 4,					\
-	.max_interval		= 128,					\
-	.busy_factor		= 64,					\
-	.imbalance_pct		= 125,					\
-	.cache_nice_tries	= 1,					\
-	.busy_idx		= 2,					\
-	.idle_idx		= 1,					\
-	.newidle_idx		= 0,					\
-	.wake_idx		= 0,					\
-	.forkexec_idx		= 0,					\
-									\
-	.flags			= 1*SD_LOAD_BALANCE			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_EXEC			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_FORK			\
-				| 0*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
-				| 0*SD_WAKE_AFFINE			\
-				| 0*SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER			\
-				| 0*SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES		\
-				| 0*SD_SERIALIZE			\
-				,					\
-	.last_balance		= jiffies,				\
-	.balance_interval	= 32,					\
-}
-
 /* By definition, we create nodes based on online memory. */
 #define node_has_online_mem(nid) 1
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 2a4298fb0d85a2982a3707aee69a551966704eac..656b035c30e52032aa8b48c87aa8ef371fdbf74c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -879,6 +879,27 @@ enum cpu_idle_type {
 
 extern int __weak arch_sd_sibiling_asym_packing(void);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
+static inline const int cpu_smt_flags(void)
+{
+	return SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER | SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_MC
+static inline const int cpu_core_flags(void)
+{
+	return SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+static inline const int cpu_numa_flags(void)
+{
+	return SD_NUMA;
+}
+#endif
+
 struct sched_domain_attr {
 	int relax_domain_level;
 };
@@ -985,6 +1006,38 @@ void free_sched_domains(cpumask_var_t doms[], unsigned int ndoms);
 
 bool cpus_share_cache(int this_cpu, int that_cpu);
 
+typedef const struct cpumask *(*sched_domain_mask_f)(int cpu);
+typedef const int (*sched_domain_flags_f)(void);
+
+#define SDTL_OVERLAP	0x01
+
+struct sd_data {
+	struct sched_domain **__percpu sd;
+	struct sched_group **__percpu sg;
+	struct sched_group_power **__percpu sgp;
+};
+
+struct sched_domain_topology_level {
+	sched_domain_mask_f mask;
+	sched_domain_flags_f sd_flags;
+	int		    flags;
+	int		    numa_level;
+	struct sd_data      data;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
+	char                *name;
+#endif
+};
+
+extern struct sched_domain_topology_level *sched_domain_topology;
+
+extern void set_sched_topology(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
+# define SD_INIT_NAME(type)		.name = #type
+#else
+# define SD_INIT_NAME(type)
+#endif
+
 #else /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 struct sched_domain_attr;
diff --git a/include/linux/topology.h b/include/linux/topology.h
index 7062330a13296188ae96448f4abec8a28617fe1d..973671ff9e7d9d433b8924762b8c3090d1cebc18 100644
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -66,121 +66,6 @@ int arch_update_cpu_topology(void);
 #define PENALTY_FOR_NODE_WITH_CPUS	(1)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Below are the 3 major initializers used in building sched_domains:
- * SD_SIBLING_INIT, for SMT domains
- * SD_CPU_INIT, for SMP domains
- *
- * Any architecture that cares to do any tuning to these values should do so
- * by defining their own arch-specific initializer in include/asm/topology.h.
- * A definition there will automagically override these default initializers
- * and allow arch-specific performance tuning of sched_domains.
- * (Only non-zero and non-null fields need be specified.)
- */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
-/* MCD - Do we really need this?  It is always on if CONFIG_SCHED_SMT is,
- * so can't we drop this in favor of CONFIG_SCHED_SMT?
- */
-#define ARCH_HAS_SCHED_WAKE_IDLE
-/* Common values for SMT siblings */
-#ifndef SD_SIBLING_INIT
-#define SD_SIBLING_INIT (struct sched_domain) {				\
-	.min_interval		= 1,					\
-	.max_interval		= 2,					\
-	.busy_factor		= 64,					\
-	.imbalance_pct		= 110,					\
-									\
-	.flags			= 1*SD_LOAD_BALANCE			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_EXEC			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_FORK			\
-				| 0*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
-				| 1*SD_WAKE_AFFINE			\
-				| 1*SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER			\
-				| 1*SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES		\
-				| 0*SD_SERIALIZE			\
-				| 0*SD_PREFER_SIBLING			\
-				| arch_sd_sibling_asym_packing()	\
-				,					\
-	.last_balance		= jiffies,				\
-	.balance_interval	= 1,					\
-	.smt_gain		= 1178,	/* 15% */			\
-	.max_newidle_lb_cost	= 0,					\
-	.next_decay_max_lb_cost	= jiffies,				\
-}
-#endif
-#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_SMT */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_MC
-/* Common values for MC siblings. for now mostly derived from SD_CPU_INIT */
-#ifndef SD_MC_INIT
-#define SD_MC_INIT (struct sched_domain) {				\
-	.min_interval		= 1,					\
-	.max_interval		= 4,					\
-	.busy_factor		= 64,					\
-	.imbalance_pct		= 125,					\
-	.cache_nice_tries	= 1,					\
-	.busy_idx		= 2,					\
-	.wake_idx		= 0,					\
-	.forkexec_idx		= 0,					\
-									\
-	.flags			= 1*SD_LOAD_BALANCE			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_EXEC			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_FORK			\
-				| 0*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
-				| 1*SD_WAKE_AFFINE			\
-				| 0*SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER			\
-				| 1*SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES		\
-				| 0*SD_SERIALIZE			\
-				,					\
-	.last_balance		= jiffies,				\
-	.balance_interval	= 1,					\
-	.max_newidle_lb_cost	= 0,					\
-	.next_decay_max_lb_cost	= jiffies,				\
-}
-#endif
-#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_MC */
-
-/* Common values for CPUs */
-#ifndef SD_CPU_INIT
-#define SD_CPU_INIT (struct sched_domain) {				\
-	.min_interval		= 1,					\
-	.max_interval		= 4,					\
-	.busy_factor		= 64,					\
-	.imbalance_pct		= 125,					\
-	.cache_nice_tries	= 1,					\
-	.busy_idx		= 2,					\
-	.idle_idx		= 1,					\
-	.newidle_idx		= 0,					\
-	.wake_idx		= 0,					\
-	.forkexec_idx		= 0,					\
-									\
-	.flags			= 1*SD_LOAD_BALANCE			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_EXEC			\
-				| 1*SD_BALANCE_FORK			\
-				| 0*SD_BALANCE_WAKE			\
-				| 1*SD_WAKE_AFFINE			\
-				| 0*SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER			\
-				| 0*SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES		\
-				| 0*SD_SERIALIZE			\
-				| 1*SD_PREFER_SIBLING			\
-				,					\
-	.last_balance		= jiffies,				\
-	.balance_interval	= 1,					\
-	.max_newidle_lb_cost	= 0,					\
-	.next_decay_max_lb_cost	= jiffies,				\
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK
-#ifndef SD_BOOK_INIT
-#error Please define an appropriate SD_BOOK_INIT in include/asm/topology.h!!!
-#endif
-#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, numa_node);
 
@@ -295,4 +180,17 @@ static inline int cpu_to_mem(int cpu)
 #define topology_core_cpumask(cpu)		cpumask_of(cpu)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
+static inline const struct cpumask *cpu_smt_mask(int cpu)
+{
+	return topology_thread_cpumask(cpu);
+}
+#endif
+
+static inline const struct cpumask *cpu_cpu_mask(int cpu)
+{
+	return cpumask_of_node(cpu_to_node(cpu));
+}
+
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_TOPOLOGY_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 13584f1cccfc88dbb451f0e56854459d29e8f5d3..7d332b7899cc38558cd7be136b7f19c0524388dd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5566,17 +5566,6 @@ static int __init isolated_cpu_setup(char *str)
 
 __setup("isolcpus=", isolated_cpu_setup);
 
-static const struct cpumask *cpu_cpu_mask(int cpu)
-{
-	return cpumask_of_node(cpu_to_node(cpu));
-}
-
-struct sd_data {
-	struct sched_domain **__percpu sd;
-	struct sched_group **__percpu sg;
-	struct sched_group_power **__percpu sgp;
-};
-
 struct s_data {
 	struct sched_domain ** __percpu sd;
 	struct root_domain	*rd;
@@ -5589,21 +5578,6 @@ enum s_alloc {
 	sa_none,
 };
 
-struct sched_domain_topology_level;
-
-typedef struct sched_domain *(*sched_domain_init_f)(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl, int cpu);
-typedef const struct cpumask *(*sched_domain_mask_f)(int cpu);
-
-#define SDTL_OVERLAP	0x01
-
-struct sched_domain_topology_level {
-	sched_domain_init_f init;
-	sched_domain_mask_f mask;
-	int		    flags;
-	int		    numa_level;
-	struct sd_data      data;
-};
-
 /*
  * Build an iteration mask that can exclude certain CPUs from the upwards
  * domain traversal.
@@ -5832,34 +5806,6 @@ int __weak arch_sd_sibling_asym_packing(void)
  * Non-inlined to reduce accumulated stack pressure in build_sched_domains()
  */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
-# define SD_INIT_NAME(sd, type)		sd->name = #type
-#else
-# define SD_INIT_NAME(sd, type)		do { } while (0)
-#endif
-
-#define SD_INIT_FUNC(type)						\
-static noinline struct sched_domain *					\
-sd_init_##type(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl, int cpu) 	\
-{									\
-	struct sched_domain *sd = *per_cpu_ptr(tl->data.sd, cpu);	\
-	*sd = SD_##type##_INIT;						\
-	SD_INIT_NAME(sd, type);						\
-	sd->private = &tl->data;					\
-	return sd;							\
-}
-
-SD_INIT_FUNC(CPU)
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
- SD_INIT_FUNC(SIBLING)
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_MC
- SD_INIT_FUNC(MC)
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK
- SD_INIT_FUNC(BOOK)
-#endif
-
 static int default_relax_domain_level = -1;
 int sched_domain_level_max;
 
@@ -5947,99 +5893,156 @@ static void claim_allocations(int cpu, struct sched_domain *sd)
 		*per_cpu_ptr(sdd->sgp, cpu) = NULL;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
-static const struct cpumask *cpu_smt_mask(int cpu)
-{
-	return topology_thread_cpumask(cpu);
-}
-#endif
-
-/*
- * Topology list, bottom-up.
- */
-static struct sched_domain_topology_level default_topology[] = {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
-	{ sd_init_SIBLING, cpu_smt_mask, },
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_MC
-	{ sd_init_MC, cpu_coregroup_mask, },
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK
-	{ sd_init_BOOK, cpu_book_mask, },
-#endif
-	{ sd_init_CPU, cpu_cpu_mask, },
-	{ NULL, },
-};
-
-static struct sched_domain_topology_level *sched_domain_topology = default_topology;
-
-#define for_each_sd_topology(tl)			\
-	for (tl = sched_domain_topology; tl->init; tl++)
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-
 static int sched_domains_numa_levels;
 static int *sched_domains_numa_distance;
 static struct cpumask ***sched_domains_numa_masks;
 static int sched_domains_curr_level;
+#endif
 
-static inline int sd_local_flags(int level)
-{
-	if (sched_domains_numa_distance[level] > RECLAIM_DISTANCE)
-		return 0;
-
-	return SD_BALANCE_EXEC | SD_BALANCE_FORK | SD_WAKE_AFFINE;
-}
+/*
+ * SD_flags allowed in topology descriptions.
+ *
+ * SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER      - describes SMT topologies
+ * SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES - describes shared caches
+ * SD_NUMA                - describes NUMA topologies
+ *
+ * Odd one out:
+ * SD_ASYM_PACKING        - describes SMT quirks
+ */
+#define TOPOLOGY_SD_FLAGS		\
+	(SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER |		\
+	 SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES |	\
+	 SD_NUMA |			\
+	 SD_ASYM_PACKING)
 
 static struct sched_domain *
-sd_numa_init(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl, int cpu)
+sd_init(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl, int cpu)
 {
 	struct sched_domain *sd = *per_cpu_ptr(tl->data.sd, cpu);
-	int level = tl->numa_level;
-	int sd_weight = cpumask_weight(
-			sched_domains_numa_masks[level][cpu_to_node(cpu)]);
+	int sd_weight, sd_flags = 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+	/*
+	 * Ugly hack to pass state to sd_numa_mask()...
+	 */
+	sched_domains_curr_level = tl->numa_level;
+#endif
+
+	sd_weight = cpumask_weight(tl->mask(cpu));
+
+	if (tl->sd_flags)
+		sd_flags = (*tl->sd_flags)();
+	if (WARN_ONCE(sd_flags & ~TOPOLOGY_SD_FLAGS,
+			"wrong sd_flags in topology description\n"))
+		sd_flags &= ~TOPOLOGY_SD_FLAGS;
 
 	*sd = (struct sched_domain){
 		.min_interval		= sd_weight,
 		.max_interval		= 2*sd_weight,
 		.busy_factor		= 32,
 		.imbalance_pct		= 125,
-		.cache_nice_tries	= 2,
-		.busy_idx		= 3,
-		.idle_idx		= 2,
+
+		.cache_nice_tries	= 0,
+		.busy_idx		= 0,
+		.idle_idx		= 0,
 		.newidle_idx		= 0,
 		.wake_idx		= 0,
 		.forkexec_idx		= 0,
 
 		.flags			= 1*SD_LOAD_BALANCE
 					| 1*SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE
-					| 0*SD_BALANCE_EXEC
-					| 0*SD_BALANCE_FORK
+					| 1*SD_BALANCE_EXEC
+					| 1*SD_BALANCE_FORK
 					| 0*SD_BALANCE_WAKE
-					| 0*SD_WAKE_AFFINE
+					| 1*SD_WAKE_AFFINE
 					| 0*SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER
 					| 0*SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES
-					| 1*SD_SERIALIZE
+					| 0*SD_SERIALIZE
 					| 0*SD_PREFER_SIBLING
-					| 1*SD_NUMA
-					| sd_local_flags(level)
+					| 0*SD_NUMA
+					| sd_flags
 					,
+
 		.last_balance		= jiffies,
 		.balance_interval	= sd_weight,
+		.smt_gain		= 0,
 		.max_newidle_lb_cost	= 0,
 		.next_decay_max_lb_cost	= jiffies,
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
+		.name			= tl->name,
+#endif
 	};
-	SD_INIT_NAME(sd, NUMA);
-	sd->private = &tl->data;
 
 	/*
-	 * Ugly hack to pass state to sd_numa_mask()...
+	 * Convert topological properties into behaviour.
 	 */
-	sched_domains_curr_level = tl->numa_level;
+
+	if (sd->flags & SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER) {
+		sd->imbalance_pct = 110;
+		sd->smt_gain = 1178; /* ~15% */
+		sd->flags |= arch_sd_sibling_asym_packing();
+
+	} else if (sd->flags & SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES) {
+		sd->imbalance_pct = 117;
+		sd->cache_nice_tries = 1;
+		sd->busy_idx = 2;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+	} else if (sd->flags & SD_NUMA) {
+		sd->cache_nice_tries = 2;
+		sd->busy_idx = 3;
+		sd->idle_idx = 2;
+
+		sd->flags |= SD_SERIALIZE;
+		if (sched_domains_numa_distance[tl->numa_level] > RECLAIM_DISTANCE) {
+			sd->flags &= ~(SD_BALANCE_EXEC |
+				       SD_BALANCE_FORK |
+				       SD_WAKE_AFFINE);
+		}
+
+#endif
+	} else {
+		sd->flags |= SD_PREFER_SIBLING;
+		sd->cache_nice_tries = 1;
+		sd->busy_idx = 2;
+		sd->idle_idx = 1;
+	}
+
+	sd->private = &tl->data;
 
 	return sd;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Topology list, bottom-up.
+ */
+static struct sched_domain_topology_level default_topology[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
+	{ cpu_smt_mask, cpu_smt_flags, SD_INIT_NAME(SMT) },
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_MC
+	{ cpu_coregroup_mask, cpu_core_flags, SD_INIT_NAME(MC) },
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK
+	{ cpu_book_mask, SD_INIT_NAME(BOOK) },
+#endif
+	{ cpu_cpu_mask, SD_INIT_NAME(DIE) },
+	{ NULL, },
+};
+
+struct sched_domain_topology_level *sched_domain_topology = default_topology;
+
+#define for_each_sd_topology(tl)			\
+	for (tl = sched_domain_topology; tl->mask; tl++)
+
+void set_sched_topology(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl)
+{
+	sched_domain_topology = tl;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+
 static const struct cpumask *sd_numa_mask(int cpu)
 {
 	return sched_domains_numa_masks[sched_domains_curr_level][cpu_to_node(cpu)];
@@ -6183,7 +6186,10 @@ static void sched_init_numa(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	tl = kzalloc((ARRAY_SIZE(default_topology) + level) *
+	/* Compute default topology size */
+	for (i = 0; sched_domain_topology[i].mask; i++);
+
+	tl = kzalloc((i + level) *
 			sizeof(struct sched_domain_topology_level), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tl)
 		return;
@@ -6191,18 +6197,19 @@ static void sched_init_numa(void)
 	/*
 	 * Copy the default topology bits..
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; default_topology[i].init; i++)
-		tl[i] = default_topology[i];
+	for (i = 0; sched_domain_topology[i].mask; i++)
+		tl[i] = sched_domain_topology[i];
 
 	/*
 	 * .. and append 'j' levels of NUMA goodness.
 	 */
 	for (j = 0; j < level; i++, j++) {
 		tl[i] = (struct sched_domain_topology_level){
-			.init = sd_numa_init,
 			.mask = sd_numa_mask,
+			.sd_flags = cpu_numa_flags,
 			.flags = SDTL_OVERLAP,
 			.numa_level = j,
+			SD_INIT_NAME(NUMA)
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -6360,7 +6367,7 @@ struct sched_domain *build_sched_domain(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl,
 		const struct cpumask *cpu_map, struct sched_domain_attr *attr,
 		struct sched_domain *child, int cpu)
 {
-	struct sched_domain *sd = tl->init(tl, cpu);
+	struct sched_domain *sd = sd_init(tl, cpu);
 	if (!sd)
 		return child;