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1 | What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/ | ||
2 | Date: pre-git history | ||
3 | Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> | ||
4 | Description: | ||
5 | A collection of both global and individual CPU attributes | ||
6 | |||
7 | Individual CPU attributes are contained in subdirectories | ||
8 | named by the kernel's logical CPU number, e.g.: | ||
9 | |||
10 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/ | ||
11 | |||
12 | What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_mc_power_savings | ||
13 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_smt_power_savings | ||
14 | Date: June 2006 | ||
15 | Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> | ||
16 | Description: Discover and adjust the kernel's multi-core scheduler support. | ||
17 | |||
18 | Possible values are: | ||
19 | |||
20 | 0 - No power saving load balance (default value) | ||
21 | 1 - Fill one thread/core/package first for long running threads | ||
22 | 2 - Also bias task wakeups to semi-idle cpu package for power | ||
23 | savings | ||
24 | |||
25 | sched_mc_power_savings is dependent upon SCHED_MC, which is | ||
26 | itself architecture dependent. | ||
27 | |||
28 | sched_smt_power_savings is dependent upon SCHED_SMT, which | ||
29 | is itself architecture dependent. | ||
30 | |||
31 | The two files are independent of each other. It is possible | ||
32 | that one file may be present without the other. | ||
33 | |||
34 | Introduced by git commit 5c45bf27. | ||
35 | |||
36 | |||
37 | What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/kernel_max | ||
38 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/offline | ||
39 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/online | ||
40 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible | ||
41 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/present | ||
42 | Date: December 2008 | ||
43 | Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> | ||
44 | Description: CPU topology files that describe kernel limits related to | ||
45 | hotplug. Briefly: | ||
46 | |||
47 | kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel | ||
48 | configuration. | ||
49 | |||
50 | offline: cpus that are not online because they have been | ||
51 | HOTPLUGGED off or exceed the limit of cpus allowed by the | ||
52 | kernel configuration (kernel_max above). | ||
53 | |||
54 | online: cpus that are online and being scheduled. | ||
55 | |||
56 | possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be | ||
57 | brought online if they are present. | ||
58 | |||
59 | present: cpus that have been identified as being present in | ||
60 | the system. | ||
61 | |||
62 | See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information. | ||
63 | |||
64 | |||
65 | |||
66 | What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node | ||
67 | Date: October 2009 | ||
68 | Contact: Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org> | ||
69 | Description: Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to | ||
70 | |||
71 | When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that points | ||
72 | to the corresponding NUMA node directory. | ||
73 | |||
74 | For example, the following symlink is created for cpu42 | ||
75 | in NUMA node 2: | ||
76 | |||
77 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2 | ||
78 | |||
79 | |||
80 | What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_id | ||
81 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings | ||
82 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings_list | ||
83 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/physical_package_id | ||
84 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/thread_siblings | ||
85 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/thread_siblings_list | ||
86 | Date: December 2008 | ||
87 | Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> | ||
88 | Description: CPU topology files that describe a logical CPU's relationship | ||
89 | to other cores and threads in the same physical package. | ||
90 | |||
91 | One cpu# directory is created per logical CPU in the system, | ||
92 | e.g. /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/. | ||
93 | |||
94 | Briefly, the files above are: | ||
95 | |||
96 | core_id: the CPU core ID of cpu#. Typically it is the | ||
97 | hardware platform's identifier (rather than the kernel's). | ||
98 | The actual value is architecture and platform dependent. | ||
99 | |||
100 | core_siblings: internal kernel map of cpu#'s hardware threads | ||
101 | within the same physical_package_id. | ||
102 | |||
103 | core_siblings_list: human-readable list of the logical CPU | ||
104 | numbers within the same physical_package_id as cpu#. | ||
105 | |||
106 | physical_package_id: physical package id of cpu#. Typically | ||
107 | corresponds to a physical socket number, but the actual value | ||
108 | is architecture and platform dependent. | ||
109 | |||
110 | thread_siblings: internel kernel map of cpu#'s hardware | ||
111 | threads within the same core as cpu# | ||
112 | |||
113 | thread_siblings_list: human-readable list of cpu#'s hardware | ||
114 | threads within the same core as cpu# | ||
115 | |||
116 | See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information. | ||
117 | |||
118 | |||
119 | What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver | ||
120 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governer_ro | ||
121 | Date: September 2007 | ||
122 | Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> | ||
123 | Description: Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism | ||
124 | |||
125 | Various CPUs today support multiple idle levels that are | ||
126 | differentiated by varying exit latencies and power | ||
127 | consumption during idle. | ||
128 | |||
129 | Idle policy (governor) is differentiated from idle mechanism | ||
130 | (driver) | ||
131 | |||
132 | current_driver: displays current idle mechanism | ||
133 | |||
134 | current_governor_ro: displays current idle policy | ||
135 | |||
136 | See files in Documentation/cpuidle/ for more information. | ||
137 | |||
138 | |||
139 | What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X | ||
140 | Date: August 2008 | ||
141 | KernelVersion: 2.6.27 | ||
142 | Contact: mark.langsdorf@amd.com | ||
143 | Description: These files exist in every cpu's cache index directories. | ||
144 | There are currently 2 cache_disable_# files in each | ||
145 | directory. Reading from these files on a supported | ||
146 | processor will return that cache disable index value | ||
147 | for that processor and node. Writing to one of these | ||
148 | files will cause the specificed cache index to be disabled. | ||
149 | |||
150 | Currently, only AMD Family 10h Processors support cache index | ||
151 | disable, and only for their L3 caches. See the BIOS and | ||
152 | Kernel Developer's Guide at | ||
153 | http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/31116-Public-GH-BKDG_3.20_2-4-09.pdf | ||
154 | for formatting information and other details on the | ||
155 | cache index disable. | ||
156 | Users: joachim.deguara@amd.com | ||