From: Tian Tao <tiantao6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst is the wrong place to describe sysfs ABI. So move the cputopology ABI things to Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-cpu and add a reference to ABI doc in Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210319041618.14316-1-song.bao.hua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tian Tao <tiantao6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Barry Song <song.bao.hua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- *this patch is addressing the concern of Greg KH in the above link tag: "Why are these sysfs files in this file, and not in a Documentation/ABI/ file which can be correctly parsed and shown to userspace?" .../ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 83 ++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst | 85 +------------------ 2 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index 33c133e2a631..516dafea03eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -23,3 +23,86 @@ Description: Default value for the Data Stream Control Register (DSCR) on here). If set by a process it will be inherited by child processes. Values: 64 bit unsigned integer (bit field) + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/physical_package_id +Description: physical package id of cpuX. Typically corresponds to a physical + socket number, but the actual value is architecture and platform + dependent. +Values: integer + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/die_id +Description: the CPU die ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's + identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is + architecture and platform dependent. +Values: integer + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_id +Description: the CPU core ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's + identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is + architecture and platform dependent. +Values: integer + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/book_id +Description: the book ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's + identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is + architecture and platform dependent. it's only used on s390. +Values: integer + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/drawer_id +Description: the drawer ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's + identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is + architecture and platform dependent. it's only used on s390. +Values: integer + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_cpus +Description: internal kernel map of CPUs within the same core. + (deprecated name: "thread_siblings") +Values: hexadecimal bitmask. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/core_cpus_list +Description: human-readable list of CPUs within the same core. + The format is like 0-3, 8-11, 14,17. + (deprecated name: "thread_siblings_list"). +Values: decimal list. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/package_cpus +Description: internal kernel map of the CPUs sharing the same physical_package_id. + (deprecated name: "core_siblings"). +Values: hexadecimal bitmask. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/package_cpus_list +Description: human-readable list of CPUs sharing the same physical_package_id. + The format is like 0-3, 8-11, 14,17. + (deprecated name: "core_siblings_list") +Values: decimal list. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/die_cpus +Description: internal kernel map of CPUs within the same die. +Values: hexadecimal bitmask. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/die_cpus_list +Description: human-readable list of CPUs within the same die. + The format is like 0-3, 8-11, 14,17. +Values: decimal list. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/book_siblings +Description: internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same + book_id. it's only used on s390. +Values: hexadecimal bitmask. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/book_siblings_list +Description: human-readable list of cpuX's hardware threads within the same + book_id. + The format is like 0-3, 8-11, 14,17. it's only used on s390. +Values: decimal list. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/drawer_siblings +Description: internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same + drawer_id. it's only used on s390. +Values: hexadecimal bitmask. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/drawer_siblings_list +Description: human-readable list of cpuX's hardware threads within the same + drawer_id. + The format is like 0-3, 8-11, 14,17. it's only used on s390. +Values: decimal list. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst index b90dafcc8237..8632a1db36e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst @@ -2,87 +2,10 @@ How CPU topology info is exported via sysfs =========================================== -Export CPU topology info via sysfs. Items (attributes) are similar -to /proc/cpuinfo output of some architectures. They reside in -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/: - -physical_package_id: - - physical package id of cpuX. Typically corresponds to a physical - socket number, but the actual value is architecture and platform - dependent. - -die_id: - - the CPU die ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's - identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is - architecture and platform dependent. - -core_id: - - the CPU core ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's - identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is - architecture and platform dependent. - -book_id: - - the book ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's - identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is - architecture and platform dependent. - -drawer_id: - - the drawer ID of cpuX. Typically it is the hardware platform's - identifier (rather than the kernel's). The actual value is - architecture and platform dependent. - -core_cpus: - - internal kernel map of CPUs within the same core. - (deprecated name: "thread_siblings") - -core_cpus_list: - - human-readable list of CPUs within the same core. - (deprecated name: "thread_siblings_list"); - -package_cpus: - - internal kernel map of the CPUs sharing the same physical_package_id. - (deprecated name: "core_siblings") - -package_cpus_list: - - human-readable list of CPUs sharing the same physical_package_id. - (deprecated name: "core_siblings_list") - -die_cpus: - - internal kernel map of CPUs within the same die. - -die_cpus_list: - - human-readable list of CPUs within the same die. - -book_siblings: - - internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same - book_id. - -book_siblings_list: - - human-readable list of cpuX's hardware threads within the same - book_id. - -drawer_siblings: - - internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same - drawer_id. - -drawer_siblings_list: - - human-readable list of cpuX's hardware threads within the same - drawer_id. +CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. Items (attributes) are similar +to /proc/cpuinfo output of some architectures. They reside in +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/. Please refer to the ABI file: +Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-cpu. Architecture-neutral, drivers/base/topology.c, exports these attributes. However, the book and drawer related sysfs files will only be created if -- 2.25.1