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From: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>,
	Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@inria.fr>
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] topology: Update CPU topology documentation
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:05:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090807130559.GA6520@alberich.amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090807125609.GH7198@alberich.amd.com>

Mention new attributes introduced for multi-node processor support.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
---
 Documentation/cputopology.txt |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
index b41f3e5..48914b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
@@ -3,13 +3,32 @@ Export cpu topology info via sysfs. Items (attributes) are similar
 to /proc/cpuinfo.
 
 1) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id:
-represent the physical package id of  cpu X;
+   represents the physical package id of cpu X;
 2) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_id:
-represent the cpu core id to cpu X;
-3) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings:
-represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same core;
-4) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings:
-represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same physical package;
+   represents the cpu core id of cpu X;
+3) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/cpu_node_id:
+   represents the processor internal node_id of cpu X;
+4) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings:
+   represents the thread siblings of cpu X in the same core;
+5) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings:
+   represents the thread siblings of cpu X in the same processor
+   internal node;
+6) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/cpu_node_siblings:
+   represents the thread siblings of cpu X in the same physical
+   package;
+
+Note: cpu_node_siblings and core_siblings differ only on
+      multi-node processors. On all other processors they are
+      identical and then cpu_node_id is always 0.
+
+With that CPU topology is mapped into following hierarchy:
+
+  Level        | Set of CPUs
+ --------------|---------------
+  phys_package | cpu_node_siblings
+  cpu_node     | core_siblings
+  core         | thread_siblings
+  thread       | one CPU
 
 To implement it in an architecture-neutral way, a new source file,
 drivers/base/topology.c, is to export the 4 attributes.
@@ -20,6 +39,8 @@ these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
 #define topology_core_id(cpu)
 #define topology_thread_cpumask(cpu)
 #define topology_core_cpumask(cpu)
+#define topology_cpu_node_id(cpu)
+#define topology_cpu_node_siblings(cpu)
 
 The type of **_id is int.
 The type of siblings is (const) struct cpumask *.
@@ -31,6 +52,8 @@ not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
 2) core_id: 0
 3) thread_siblings: just the given CPU
 4) core_siblings: just the given CPU
+5) cpu_node_id: 0
+6) cpu_node_siblings: identical to core_siblings
 
 Additionally, cpu topology information is provided under
 /sys/devices/system/cpu and includes these files.  The internal
-- 
1.6.3.3




  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-08-07 13:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-07 12:56 [PATCH 0/8 v5] x86: Adapt CPU topology detection for AMD Magny-Cours Andreas Herrmann
2009-08-07 12:57 ` [PATCH 1/8] topology: Introduce cpu_node information for multi-node processors Andreas Herrmann
2009-08-07 12:57 ` [PATCH 2/8] x86: Provide CPU topology " Andreas Herrmann
2009-08-07 12:58 ` [PATCH 3/8] x86: Add cpu_node topology detection for AMD Magny-Cours Andreas Herrmann
2009-08-07 12:59 ` [PATCH 4/8] x86, topology: Swap semantic of core_siblings and cpu_node_siblings Andreas Herrmann
2009-08-07 13:02 ` [PATCH 5/8] x86, cacheinfo: Fixup L3 cache information for AMD multi-node processors Andreas Herrmann
2009-08-07 13:04 ` [PATCH 6/8] x86, mcheck: Make use of cpu_node_mask instead of cpu_core_mask Andreas Herrmann
2009-08-07 13:05 ` [PATCH 7/8] x86, smpboot: use zalloc_cpumask_var instead of alloc/clear Andreas Herrmann
2009-08-07 13:05 ` Andreas Herrmann [this message]
2009-08-12 23:22 ` [PATCH 0/8 v5] x86: Adapt CPU topology detection for AMD Magny-Cours Alex Chiang
2009-08-13  9:21   ` Andreas Herrmann

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