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Date:   Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:43:54 +0000
From:   "Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>
To:     "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 05/11] x86 topology: export die_siblings

Thanks for the comments, Kan,

>> diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt 
>> b/Documentation/cputopology.txt index 287213b4517b..7dd2ae3df233 
>> 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
>> @@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ core_siblings_list:
>>   	human-readable list of cpuX's hardware threads within the same
>>   	die_id.
>>   
>> +die_siblings:
>> +
>> +	internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same
>> +	physical_package_id.
>> +
>> +die_siblings_list:
>> +
>> +	human-readable list of cpuX's hardware threads within the same
>> +	physical_package_id.
>> +
>>   book_siblings:
>>   
>>   	internal kernel map of cpuX's hardware threads within the same diff 

> Could you please update the document regarding to topology_die_cpumask and topology_core_cpumask in Documentation/x86/topology.txt
 
I agree that the top part of this file, as updated above, should document the external sysfs interface...

I'm less excited about the center of the file trying to document the internal implementation -- as the source code
is actually more clear than the document, but here is an update, consistent with the existing file.
Let me know if it does not fully address your comment.

Thanks,
-Len
---

diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
index 7dd2ae3..f39c759 100644
--- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h::
        #define topology_drawer_id(cpu)
        #define topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu)
        #define topology_core_cpumask(cpu)
+       #define topology_die_cpumask(cpu)
        #define topology_book_cpumask(cpu)
        #define topology_drawer_cpumask(cpu)

@@ -114,10 +115,11 @@ To be consistent on all architectures, include/linux/topology.h
 provides default definitions for any of the above macros that are
 not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h:

-1) physical_package_id: -1
-2) core_id: 0
-3) sibling_cpumask: just the given CPU
-4) core_cpumask: just the given CPU
+1) topology_physical_package_id: -1
+2) topology_core_id: 0
+3) topology_sibling_cpumask: just the given CPU
+4) topology_core_cpumask: just the given CPU
+5) topology_die_cpumask: just the given CPU

 For architectures that don't support books (CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK) there are no
 default definitions for topology_book_id() and topology_book_cpumask().