Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/Documentation: Add documentation about cluster

From: K Prateek Nayak
Date: Tue Apr 11 2023 - 06:58:11 EST


Hello Bagas,

On 4/11/2023 9:28 AM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 10:05:27PM +0530, K Prateek Nayak wrote:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/topology.rst b/Documentation/x86/topology.rst
>> index 7f58010ea86a..35991d8cdef1 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/x86/topology.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/x86/topology.rst
>> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ historical nature and should be cleaned up.
>> The topology of a system is described in the units of:
>>
>> - packages
>> + - cluster
>> - cores
>> - threads
>>
>> @@ -90,6 +91,27 @@ Package-related topology information in the kernel:
>> Cache. In general, it is a number identifying an LLC uniquely on the
>> system.
>>
>> +
>> +Clusters
>> +========
>> +A cluster consists of 1 or more threads. It does not matter whether the threads
>> +are SMT- or CMT-type threads. All the threads of a cluster share the same L2
>> +cache.
>> +
>> +Cluster-related topology information in the kernel:
>> +
>> + - cluster_id:
>> +
>> + A per-CPU variable containing:
>> +
>> + - On Intel, the common upper bits of APIC ID of the list of CPUs sharing
>> + the L2 Cache with lower bits set to 0.
>> +
>> + - On AMD, with Topology Extension, the common upper bits of the Extended
>> + APIC ID of the list of CPUs sharing the L2 Cache, left shifted to
>> + remove trailing 0s.
>> +
>> +
>> Cores
>> =====
>> A core consists of 1 or more threads. It does not matter whether the threads
>> @@ -125,6 +147,11 @@ Thread-related topology information in the kernel:
>>
>> The number of online threads is also printed in /proc/cpuinfo "siblings."
>>
>> + - topology_cluster_cpumask():
>> +
>> + The cpumask contains all online threads in the cluster to which a thread
>> + belongs.
>> +
>> - topology_sibling_cpumask():
>>
>> The cpumask contains all online threads in the core to which a thread
>> @@ -138,6 +165,10 @@ Thread-related topology information in the kernel:
>>
>> The physical package ID to which a thread belongs.
>>
>> + - topology_cluster_id();
>> +
>> + The ID of the cluster to which a thread belongs.
>> +
>> - topology_core_id();
>>
>> The ID of the core to which a thread belongs. It is also printed in /proc/cpuinfo
>
> The doc LGTM, thanks!
>
> Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>

Thank you for reviewing the patch :)

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Thanks and Regards,
Prateek