Blame view

Documentation/cputopology.txt 3.21 KB
69dcc9919   Zhang, Yanmin   [PATCH] Export cp...
1

663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
2
  Export CPU topology info via sysfs. Items (attributes) are similar
69dcc9919   Zhang, Yanmin   [PATCH] Export cp...
3
4
5
  to /proc/cpuinfo.
  
  1) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id:
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
6
7
8
9
  
  	physical package id of cpuX. Typically corresponds to a physical
  	socket number, but the actual value is architecture and platform
  	dependent.
69dcc9919   Zhang, Yanmin   [PATCH] Export cp...
10
  2) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_id:
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
11
12
13
14
  
  	the CPU core ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's
  	identifier (rather than the kernel's).  The actual value is
  	architecture and platform dependent.
69dcc9919   Zhang, Yanmin   [PATCH] Export cp...
15
  3) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings:
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
16
17
18
  
  	internel kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same
  	core as cpuX
69dcc9919   Zhang, Yanmin   [PATCH] Export cp...
19
  4) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings:
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
20
21
22
  
  	internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same
  	physical_package_id.
69dcc9919   Zhang, Yanmin   [PATCH] Export cp...
23
24
  
  To implement it in an architecture-neutral way, a new source file,
ded23ac62   Jesper Juhl   [PATCH] trivial t...
25
  drivers/base/topology.c, is to export the 4 attributes.
69dcc9919   Zhang, Yanmin   [PATCH] Export cp...
26

c50cbb05a   Ben Hutchings   cpu topology: alw...
27
28
  For an architecture to support this feature, it must define some of
  these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
69dcc9919   Zhang, Yanmin   [PATCH] Export cp...
29
30
  #define topology_physical_package_id(cpu)
  #define topology_core_id(cpu)
fbd59a8d1   Rusty Russell   cpumask: Use topo...
31
32
  #define topology_thread_cpumask(cpu)
  #define topology_core_cpumask(cpu)
69dcc9919   Zhang, Yanmin   [PATCH] Export cp...
33
34
  
  The type of **_id is int.
fbd59a8d1   Rusty Russell   cpumask: Use topo...
35
  The type of siblings is (const) struct cpumask *.
69dcc9919   Zhang, Yanmin   [PATCH] Export cp...
36

c50cbb05a   Ben Hutchings   cpu topology: alw...
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
  To be consistent on all architectures, include/linux/topology.h
  provides default definitions for any of the above macros that are
  not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
  1) physical_package_id: -1
  2) core_id: 0
  3) thread_siblings: just the given CPU
  4) core_siblings: just the given CPU
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
44

663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
45
  Additionally, CPU topology information is provided under
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
46
47
  /sys/devices/system/cpu and includes these files.  The internal
  source for the output is in brackets ("[]").
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
48
      kernel_max: the maximum CPU index allowed by the kernel configuration.
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
49
  		[NR_CPUS-1]
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
50
      offline:	CPUs that are not online because they have been
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
51
  		HOTPLUGGED off (see cpu-hotplug.txt) or exceed the limit
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
52
  		of CPUs allowed by the kernel configuration (kernel_max
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
53
  		above). [~cpu_online_mask + cpus >= NR_CPUS]
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
54
      online:	CPUs that are online and being scheduled [cpu_online_mask]
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
55

663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
56
      possible:	CPUs that have been allocated resources and can be
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
57
  		brought online if they are present. [cpu_possible_mask]
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
58
      present:	CPUs that have been identified as being present in the
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
59
60
61
62
  		system. [cpu_present_mask]
  
  The format for the above output is compatible with cpulist_parse()
  [see <linux/cpumask.h>].  Some examples follow.
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
63
  In this example, there are 64 CPUs in the system but cpus 32-63 exceed
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
64
  the kernel max which is limited to 0..31 by the NR_CPUS config option
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
65
  being 32.  Note also that CPUs 2 and 4-31 are not online but could be
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
  brought online as they are both present and possible.
  
       kernel_max: 31
          offline: 2,4-31,32-63
           online: 0-1,3
         possible: 0-31
          present: 0-31
  
  In this example, the NR_CPUS config option is 128, but the kernel was
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
75
76
  started with possible_cpus=144.  There are 4 CPUs in the system and cpu2
  was manually taken offline (and is the only CPU that can be brought
d62720ade   Mike Travis   sysfs: add docume...
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
  online.)
  
       kernel_max: 127
          offline: 2,4-127,128-143
           online: 0-1,3
         possible: 0-127
          present: 0-3
  
  See cpu-hotplug.txt for the possible_cpus=NUM kernel start parameter
663fb2fc7   Alex Chiang   Documentation: AB...
86
  as well as more information on the various cpumasks.