Re: [patch 00/53] x86/topology: The final installment

From: Sohil Mehta
Date: Wed Aug 09 2023 - 13:25:10 EST


Hi Qiuxu,

On 8/9/2023 9:50 AM, Qiuxu Zhuo wrote:
>> Debugfs
>> -------
>> # cat /sys/kernel/debug/x86/topo/cpus/39
>> online: 1
>> initial_apicid: 39
>> apicid: 39
>> ...
>
> Did you convert the output formats of 'initial_apicid' and 'apicid'
> from hexadecimal to decimal in your testing? It was really coincidental
> that if the output values were '39' in hexadecimal for the CPU '39'
> in decimal :-).
>

I didn't convert the output formats. That is purely coincidental or some
trick by firmware developers to avoid alphabets in the hexadecimal APIC IDs.

I have now modified the print as shown below which generates the
following output:

> pr_info("Register 0x%03x as CPU %d is_present %d\n", apic_id, cpu, present);


CPU topo: Register 0x000 as CPU 0 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x002 as CPU 1 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x004 as CPU 2 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x006 as CPU 3 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x008 as CPU 4 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x010 as CPU 5 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x012 as CPU 6 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x014 as CPU 7 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x016 as CPU 8 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x018 as CPU 9 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x020 as CPU 10 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x022 as CPU 11 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x024 as CPU 12 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x026 as CPU 13 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x028 as CPU 14 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x030 as CPU 15 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x032 as CPU 16 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x034 as CPU 17 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x036 as CPU 18 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x038 as CPU 19 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x001 as CPU 20 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x003 as CPU 21 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x005 as CPU 22 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x007 as CPU 23 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x009 as CPU 24 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x011 as CPU 25 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x013 as CPU 26 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x015 as CPU 27 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x017 as CPU 28 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x019 as CPU 29 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x021 as CPU 30 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x023 as CPU 31 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x025 as CPU 32 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x027 as CPU 33 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x029 as CPU 34 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x031 as CPU 35 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x033 as CPU 36 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x035 as CPU 37 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x037 as CPU 38 is_present 1
CPU topo: Register 0x039 as CPU 39 is_present 1

Sohil