[PATCH v6 3/3] Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: add AVX512_elapsed_ms

Aubrey Li
2018-12-18T11:40:48Z

Added AVX512_elapsed_ms in /proc/<pid>/status. Report it
in Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt

Signed-off-by: Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
---
Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 520f6a84cf50..c4be304bce69 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status:
Seccomp: 0
voluntary_ctxt_switches: 0
nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 1
+ AVX512_elapsed_ms: 1020

This shows you nearly the same information you would get if you viewed it with
the ps command. In fact, ps uses the proc file system to obtain its
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ asynchronous manner and the value may not be very precise. To see a precise
snapshot of a moment, you can see /proc/<pid>/smaps file and scan page table.
It's slow but very precise.

-Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.8)
+Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.21)
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Field Content
Name filename of the executable
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.8)
Mems_allowed_list Same as previous, but in "list format"
voluntary_ctxt_switches number of voluntary context switches
nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches number of non voluntary context switches
+ AVX512_elapsed_ms time elapsed since last AVX512 use in millisecond
..............................................................................

Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3)
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2.17.1