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authorBorislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>2016-11-17 04:45:57 -0500
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-12-20 03:36:29 -0500
commita268b5f1d6e4639fa6d78fc8bdddaebaa032ab24 (patch)
tree6877d185974214b6135784567062bc2349d41aaf
parent59107e2f48831daedc46973ce4988605ab066de3 (diff)
x86/topology: Document cpu_llc_id
It means different things on Intel and AMD so write it down so that there's no confusion. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161117094557.jm6hwzdd52h7iwnj@pd.tnic Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ The topology of a system is described in the units of:
63 The maximum possible number of packages in the system. Helpful for per 63 The maximum possible number of packages in the system. Helpful for per
64 package facilities to preallocate per package information. 64 package facilities to preallocate per package information.
65 65
66 - cpu_llc_id:
67
68 A per-CPU variable containing:
69 - On Intel, the first APIC ID of the list of CPUs sharing the Last Level
70 Cache
71
72 - On AMD, the Node ID or Core Complex ID containing the Last Level
73 Cache. In general, it is a number identifying an LLC uniquely on the
74 system.
66 75
67* Cores: 76* Cores:
68 77