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2Export cpu topology info via sysfs. Items (attributes) are similar
3to /proc/cpuinfo.
4
51) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id:
6represent the physical package id of  cpu X;
72) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_id:
8represent the cpu core id to cpu X;
93) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/thread_siblings:
10represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same core;
114) /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_siblings:
12represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same physical package;
13
14To implement it in an architecture-neutral way, a new source file,
15drivers/base/topology.c, is to export the 4 attributes.
16
17For an architecture to support this feature, it must define some of
18these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
19#define topology_physical_package_id(cpu)
20#define topology_core_id(cpu)
21#define topology_thread_siblings(cpu)
22#define topology_core_siblings(cpu)
23
24The type of **_id is int.
25The type of siblings is cpumask_t.
26
27To be consistent on all architectures, include/linux/topology.h
28provides default definitions for any of the above macros that are
29not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
301) physical_package_id: -1
312) core_id: 0
323) thread_siblings: just the given CPU
334) core_siblings: just the given CPU
34
35Additionally, cpu topology information is provided under
36/sys/devices/system/cpu and includes these files.  The internal
37source for the output is in brackets ("[]").
38
39    kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel configuration.
40		[NR_CPUS-1]
41
42    offline:	cpus that are not online because they have been
43		HOTPLUGGED off (see cpu-hotplug.txt) or exceed the limit
44		of cpus allowed by the kernel configuration (kernel_max
45		above). [~cpu_online_mask + cpus >= NR_CPUS]
46
47    online:	cpus that are online and being scheduled [cpu_online_mask]
48
49    possible:	cpus that have been allocated resources and can be
50		brought online if they are present. [cpu_possible_mask]
51
52    present:	cpus that have been identified as being present in the
53		system. [cpu_present_mask]
54
55The format for the above output is compatible with cpulist_parse()
56[see <linux/cpumask.h>].  Some examples follow.
57
58In this example, there are 64 cpus in the system but cpus 32-63 exceed
59the kernel max which is limited to 0..31 by the NR_CPUS config option
60being 32.  Note also that cpus 2 and 4-31 are not online but could be
61brought online as they are both present and possible.
62
63     kernel_max: 31
64        offline: 2,4-31,32-63
65         online: 0-1,3
66       possible: 0-31
67        present: 0-31
68
69In this example, the NR_CPUS config option is 128, but the kernel was
70started with possible_cpus=144.  There are 4 cpus in the system and cpu2
71was manually taken offline (and is the only cpu that can be brought
72online.)
73
74     kernel_max: 127
75        offline: 2,4-127,128-143
76         online: 0-1,3
77       possible: 0-127
78        present: 0-3
79
80See cpu-hotplug.txt for the possible_cpus=NUM kernel start parameter
81as well as more information on the various cpumask's.
82