linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: fix confusing name of /proc/cpuinfo "ht" flag

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Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:07:32 +0000
From:	Alexander Clouter <alex@...riz.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: fix confusing name of /proc/cpuinfo "ht" flag

Chris Friesen <cfriesen@...tel.com> wrote:
>> 
>> "ht" flag indicates only ability to detect siblings not HT presence itself.
>> 
>> Inspired by:
>> http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/2009/11/10/common-hyperthreading-misconception/
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
>> ---
>> It could be that there are some user-space programs depending on "ht"
>> flag so the patch is marked as RFC..
> 
> If a cpu is capable of ht but doesn't have any siblings, do we actually
> care?
> 
I have a Core2 Duo U7600 with siblings set to 2 and the 'ht' flag and I 
know the CPU in my lapdog does not actually support hyperthreading.

> If many people consider the "ht" flag to indicate that hyperthreading is
> actually available, what about instead changing the meaning of the "ht"
> flag to indicate that there actually are siblings?
> 
Could be determined surely by "grep siblings /proc/cpuinfo"?

Cheers

-- 
Alexander Clouter
.sigmonster says: Old musicians never die, they just decompose.

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