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What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/
Date: pre-git history
Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Description:
A collection of both global and individual CPU attributes

Individual CPU attributes are contained in subdirectories
named by the kernel's logical CPU number, e.g.:

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/

What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_mc_power_savings
/sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_smt_power_savings
Date: June 2006
Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Description: Discover and adjust the kernel's multi-core scheduler support.

Possible values are:

0 - No power saving load balance (default value)
1 - Fill one thread/core/package first for long running threads
2 - Also bias task wakeups to semi-idle cpu package for power
savings

sched_mc_power_savings is dependent upon SCHED_MC, which is
itself architecture dependent.

sched_smt_power_savings is dependent upon SCHED_SMT, which
is itself architecture dependent.

The two files are independent of each other. It is possible
that one file may be present without the other.

Introduced by git commit 5c45bf27.


What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/kernel_max
/sys/devices/system/cpu/offline
/sys/devices/system/cpu/online
/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible
/sys/devices/system/cpu/present
Date: December 2008
Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Description: CPU topology files that describe kernel limits related to
hotplug. Briefly:

kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel
configuration.

offline: cpus that are not online because they have been
HOTPLUGGED off or exceed the limit of cpus allowed by the
kernel configuration (kernel_max above).

online: cpus that are online and being scheduled.

possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be
brought online if they are present.

present: cpus that have been identified as being present in
the system.

See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information.



What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
Date: October 2009
Contact: Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Description: Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to

When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that points
to the corresponding NUMA node directory.

For example, the following symlink is created for cpu42
in NUMA node 2:

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2


What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_id
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings_list
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/physical_package_id
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/thread_siblings
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/thread_siblings_list
Date: December 2008
Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Description: CPU topology files that describe a logical CPU's relationship
to other cores and threads in the same physical package.

One cpu# directory is created per logical CPU in the system,
e.g. /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/.

Briefly, the files above are:

core_id: the CPU core ID of cpu#. Typically it is the
hardware platform's identifier (rather than the kernel's).
The actual value is architecture and platform dependent.

core_siblings: internal kernel map of cpu#'s hardware threads
within the same physical_package_id.

core_siblings_list: human-readable list of the logical CPU
numbers within the same physical_package_id as cpu#.

physical_package_id: physical package id of cpu#. Typically
corresponds to a physical socket number, but the actual value
is architecture and platform dependent.

thread_siblings: internel kernel map of cpu#'s hardware
threads within the same core as cpu#

thread_siblings_list: human-readable list of cpu#'s hardware
threads within the same core as cpu#

See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information.


What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governer_ro
Date: September 2007
Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Description: Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism

Various CPUs today support multiple idle levels that are
differentiated by varying exit latencies and power
consumption during idle.

Idle policy (governor) is differentiated from idle mechanism
(driver)

current_driver: displays current idle mechanism

current_governor_ro: displays current idle policy

See files in Documentation/cpuidle/ for more information.


What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X
Date: August 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.27
Contact: mark.langsdorf@amd.com
Description: These files exist in every cpu's cache index directories.
There are currently 2 cache_disable_# files in each
directory. Reading from these files on a supported
processor will return that cache disable index value
for that processor and node. Writing to one of these
files will cause the specificed cache index to be disabled.

Currently, only AMD Family 10h Processors support cache index
disable, and only for their L3 caches. See the BIOS and
Kernel Developer's Guide at
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/31116-Public-GH-BKDG_3.20_2-4-09.pdf
for formatting information and other details on the
cache index disable.
Users: joachim.deguara@amd.com
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Export cpu topology info via sysfs. Items (attributes) are similar
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;

physical package id of cpuX. Typically corresponds to a physical
socket number, but the actual value is architecture and platform
dependent.

2) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_id:
represent the cpu core id to cpu X;

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.

3) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings:
represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same core;

internel kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same
core as cpuX

4) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings:
represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same physical package;

internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same
physical_package_id.

To implement it in an architecture-neutral way, a new source file,
drivers/base/topology.c, is to export the 4 attributes.
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3) thread_siblings: just the given CPU
4) core_siblings: just the given CPU

Additionally, cpu topology information is provided under
Additionally, CPU topology information is provided under
/sys/devices/system/cpu and includes these files. The internal
source for the output is in brackets ("[]").

kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel configuration.
kernel_max: the maximum CPU index allowed by the kernel configuration.
[NR_CPUS-1]

offline: cpus that are not online because they have been
offline: CPUs that are not online because they have been
HOTPLUGGED off (see cpu-hotplug.txt) or exceed the limit
of cpus allowed by the kernel configuration (kernel_max
of CPUs allowed by the kernel configuration (kernel_max
above). [~cpu_online_mask + cpus >= NR_CPUS]

online: cpus that are online and being scheduled [cpu_online_mask]
online: CPUs that are online and being scheduled [cpu_online_mask]

possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be
possible: CPUs that have been allocated resources and can be
brought online if they are present. [cpu_possible_mask]

present: cpus that have been identified as being present in the
present: CPUs that have been identified as being present in the
system. [cpu_present_mask]

The format for the above output is compatible with cpulist_parse()
[see <linux/cpumask.h>]. Some examples follow.

In this example, there are 64 cpus in the system but cpus 32-63 exceed
In this example, there are 64 CPUs in the system but cpus 32-63 exceed
the kernel max which is limited to 0..31 by the NR_CPUS config option
being 32. Note also that cpus 2 and 4-31 are not online but could be
being 32. Note also that CPUs 2 and 4-31 are not online but could be
brought online as they are both present and possible.

kernel_max: 31
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present: 0-31

In this example, the NR_CPUS config option is 128, but the kernel was
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
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
online.)

kernel_max: 127
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present: 0-3

See cpu-hotplug.txt for the possible_cpus=NUM kernel start parameter
as well as more information on the various cpumask's.
as well as more information on the various cpumasks.
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8. Mailing list
---------------

There are several frame buffer device related mailing lists at SourceForge:
- linux-fbdev-announce@lists.sourceforge.net, for announcements,
- linux-fbdev-user@lists.sourceforge.net, for generic user support,
- linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, for project developers.
There is a frame buffer device related mailing list at kernel.org:
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org.

Point your web browser to http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-fbdev/ for
subscription information and archive browsing.
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