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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-15 13:32:39 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-15 13:32:39 -0400
commite7849f16c13476288fe4fbd420975e8456c75aa0 (patch)
treea4f4f4a720210dd4a7879f979c9c79b6d0b75a3f /Documentation
parentaf5329cdf51cdd208a323e521faa46800a16d2ec (diff)
parent131b943ae643b1ad6febd67cdbb31d955706ecf4 (diff)
Merge branch 'core/topology' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core/topology' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: cputopology: always define CPU topology information, clean up cpu topology: always define CPU topology information
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/cputopology.txt26
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
index b61cb9564023..bd699da24666 100644
--- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ represent the thread siblings to cpu X in the same physical package;
14To implement it in an architecture-neutral way, a new source file, 14To implement it in an architecture-neutral way, a new source file,
15drivers/base/topology.c, is to export the 4 attributes. 15drivers/base/topology.c, is to export the 4 attributes.
16 16
17If one architecture wants to support this feature, it just needs to 17For an architecture to support this feature, it must define some of
18implement 4 defines, typically in file include/asm-XXX/topology.h. 18these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
19The 4 defines are:
20#define topology_physical_package_id(cpu) 19#define topology_physical_package_id(cpu)
21#define topology_core_id(cpu) 20#define topology_core_id(cpu)
22#define topology_thread_siblings(cpu) 21#define topology_thread_siblings(cpu)
@@ -25,17 +24,10 @@ The 4 defines are:
25The type of **_id is int. 24The type of **_id is int.
26The type of siblings is cpumask_t. 25The type of siblings is cpumask_t.
27 26
28To be consistent on all architectures, the 4 attributes should have 27To be consistent on all architectures, include/linux/topology.h
29default values if their values are unavailable. Below is the rule. 28provides default definitions for any of the above macros that are
301) physical_package_id: If cpu has no physical package id, -1 is the 29not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
31default value. 301) physical_package_id: -1
322) core_id: If cpu doesn't support multi-core, its core id is 0. 312) core_id: 0
333) thread_siblings: Just include itself, if the cpu doesn't support 323) thread_siblings: just the given CPU
34HT/multi-thread. 334) core_siblings: just the given CPU
354) core_siblings: Just include itself, if the cpu doesn't support
36multi-core and HT/Multi-thread.
37
38So be careful when declaring the 4 defines in include/asm-XXX/topology.h.
39
40If an attribute isn't defined on an architecture, it won't be exported.
41