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authorMike Travis <travis@sgi.com>2008-12-17 17:14:30 -0500
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2008-12-19 02:17:12 -0500
commitd62720ade82c5e5b8f9585e5ed02c89573ebf111 (patch)
tree3453017e698d207e74768adb115b8a3071b29706 /Documentation
parente057d7aea9d8f2a46cd440d8bfb72245d4e72d79 (diff)
sysfs: add documentation to cputopology.txt for system cpumasks
Add information to cputopology.txt explaining the output of various system cpumask's. Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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@@ -31,3 +31,51 @@ not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
312) core_id: 0 312) core_id: 0
323) thread_siblings: just the given CPU 323) thread_siblings: just the given CPU
334) core_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.