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2Export cpu topology info by sysfs. Items (attributes) are similar
3to /proc/cpuinfo.
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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;
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14To implement it in an architecture-neutral way, a new source file,
15driver/base/topology.c, is to export the 5 attributes.
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17If one architecture wants to support this feature, it just needs to
18implement 4 defines, typically in file include/asm-XXX/topology.h.
19The 4 defines are:
20#define topology_physical_package_id(cpu)
21#define topology_core_id(cpu)
22#define topology_thread_siblings(cpu)
23#define topology_core_siblings(cpu)
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25The type of **_id is int.
26The type of siblings is cpumask_t.
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28To be consistent on all architectures, the 4 attributes should have
29deafult values if their values are unavailable. Below is the rule.
301) physical_package_id: If cpu has no physical package id, -1 is the
31default value.
322) core_id: If cpu doesn't support multi-core, its core id is 0.
333) thread_siblings: Just include itself, if the cpu doesn't support
34HT/multi-thread.
354) core_siblings: Just include itself, if the cpu doesn't support
36multi-core and HT/Multi-thread.
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38So be careful when declaring the 4 defines in include/asm-XXX/topology.h.
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40If an attribute isn't defined on an architecture, it won't be exported.
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