RE: [RFC PATCH v5 1/4] topology: Represent clusters of CPUs within a die

[Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)]

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> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 1/4] topology: Represent clusters of CPUs within
> a die
> 
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 05:16:15PM +1300, Barry Song wrote:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst
> b/Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst
> > index b90dafc..f9d3745 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst
> > @@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ core_id:
> >  	identifier (rather than the kernel's).  The actual value is
> >  	architecture and platform dependent.
> >
> > +cluster_id:
> > +
> > +	the Cluster 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
> > @@ -56,6 +62,14 @@ package_cpus_list:
> >  	human-readable list of CPUs sharing the same physical_package_id.
> >  	(deprecated name: "core_siblings_list")
> >
> > +cluster_cpus:
> > +
> > +	internal kernel map of CPUs within the same cluster.
> > +
> > +cluster_cpus_list:
> > +
> > +	human-readable list of CPUs within the same cluster.
> > +
> >  die_cpus:
> >
> >  	internal kernel map of CPUs within the same die.
> 
> Why are these sysfs files in this file, and not in a Documentation/ABI/
> file which can be correctly parsed and shown to userspace?

Well. Those ABIs have been there for much a long time. It is like:

[root@ceph1 topology]# ls
core_id  core_siblings  core_siblings_list  physical_package_id thread_siblings  thread_siblings_list
[root@ceph1 topology]# pwd
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu100/topology
[root@ceph1 topology]# cat core_siblings_list
64-127
[root@ceph1 topology]#

> 
> Any chance you can fix that up here as well?

Yes. we will send a separate patch to address this, which won't
be in this patchset. This patchset will base on that one.

> 
> Also note that "list" is not something that goes in sysfs, sysfs is "one
> value per file", and a list is not "one value".  How do you prevent
> overflowing the buffer of the sysfs file if you have a "list"?
> 

At a glance, the list is using "-" rather than a real list
[root@ceph1 topology]# cat core_siblings_list
64-127

Anyway, I will take a look if it has any chance to overflow.

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Thanks
Barry