From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC01C54EE9 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:36:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231597AbiIVNgE (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:36:04 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:36582 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231739AbiIVNfb (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:35:31 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 07532895CB; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 06:35:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1663853725; x=1695389725; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to: references; bh=u+ZvcOj9M2zkdP1mQyjcoYw0fYKI0r1gp+/88xhN1yA=; b=DkPDakjyJhGqFM05ZMmsRnLo1BgDFvex/U4IWdQKVEIAVRVu1VbIbX9G BLA+ZApXPfsMuJUlw1qIMg1L/JM39GqHIJQf5DVfAwRr4eqOQcG/JE+AK r2I8MoaGe8uxf89SbEvus5hnNAAk+8Qi4NM7G5tDz9Su/P4QV803kkXZy 8Em/+njHwU7n9l8fe4hcAMBVwoV9mGO8ERVr/NH+S2oQ82tLn8uqWgZrg OPW7FaBu3O2lJ6SjH38OmOpnI+J328Yl0tibJPxqnReG6F2GWZ3QBTpLS gvTkK2NrEHXVCZxWtIkmnXzVMS7FdiUBL0Q35mxPv53dNe6TJbmyJ11Ic g==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6500,9779,10478"; a="297894170" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.93,335,1654585200"; d="scan'208";a="297894170" Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Sep 2022 06:35:24 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.93,335,1654585200"; d="scan'208";a="619793972" Received: from power-sh.sh.intel.com ([10.239.183.122]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Sep 2022 06:35:21 -0700 From: Zhang Rui To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, hpa@zytor.com, peterz@infradead.org, corbet@lwn.net, fenghua.yu@intel.com, jdelvare@suse.com, linux@roeck-us.net, len.brown@intel.com, rui.zhang@intel.com Subject: [PATCH V3 7/8] Documentation: x86: Update smp_num_siblings/x86_max_cores description Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 21:37:59 +0800 Message-Id: <20220922133800.12918-8-rui.zhang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20220922133800.12918-1-rui.zhang@intel.com> References: <20220922133800.12918-1-rui.zhang@intel.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org smp_num_siblings/cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores are retrieved via CPUID EAX bit_shift value, and they represent the maximum possible number of threads in a core, and the maximum possible number of cores in a package. Update the smp_num_siblings/cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores description in the documentation. Reviewed-by: Len Brown Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui --- Documentation/x86/topology.rst | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/x86/topology.rst b/Documentation/x86/topology.rst index 7f58010ea86a..c5eb5bc42380 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/topology.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/topology.rst @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ AMD nomenclature for package is 'Node'. - cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores: - The number of cores in a package. This information is retrieved via CPUID. + The maximum possible number of cores in a package. This information is + retrieved via CPUID. - cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_dies: @@ -102,10 +103,10 @@ AMDs nomenclature for a CMT core is "Compute Unit". The kernel always uses - smp_num_siblings: - The number of threads in a core. The number of threads in a package can be - calculated by:: + The maximum possible number of threads in a core. The maximum possible + number of threads in a package can be calculated by:: - threads_per_package = cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores * smp_num_siblings + maximum_threads_per_package = cpuinfo_x86.x86_max_cores * smp_num_siblings Threads -- 2.25.1