On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:27:46AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:07:40PM +0800, Huang Rui wrote:
> > Add an accessor function amd_get_cores_per_cu() which returns the
> > number of cores per compute unit.
> >
> > In a subsequent patch, we will use this function in fam15h_power
> > driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 1 +
> > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
> > 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> > index 19577dd..831ad682 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> > @@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ static inline int mpx_disable_management(void)
> >
> > extern u16 amd_get_nb_id(int cpu);
> > extern u32 amd_get_nodes_per_socket(void);
> > +extern u32 amd_get_cores_per_cu(void);
> >
> > static inline uint32_t hypervisor_cpuid_base(const char *sig, uint32_t leaves)
> > {
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> > index 51ad2af..8ab939a 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> > @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
> > */
> > static u32 nodes_per_socket = 1;
> >
> > +/* cores_per_cu: stores the number of cores per compute unit */
> > +static u32 cores_per_cu = 1;
> > +
> Is this value going to be constant even if there are multiple CPUs
> in the system ? In other words, if there are multiple CPUs, do
> they always have to have the same number of cores per CU ?
>
Yes, the same type of processors have the fixed number of cores per
compute unit. Currently, the number is 2, but it might be more in
future.
Thanks,
Rui
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