linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/11] x86 topology: Add CPUID.1F multi-die/package support

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Date:   Wed, 20 Feb 2019 01:10:04 -0500
From:   Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:     Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] x86 topology: Add CPUID.1F multi-die/package support

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 9:59 PM Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> > -/* leaf 0xb sub-leaf types */
> > +/* extended topology sub-leaf types */
> >   #define INVALID_TYPE        0
> >   #define SMT_TYPE    1
> >   #define CORE_TYPE   2
> > +#define DIE_TYPE     5
>
> This patch set is going to export die topology via sysfs
> while the extended topology sub-leaf type could be one of followings:
> SMT/Core/Module/Tile/Die according to CPUID.1F from SDM.
>
> Why not choose to export module/tile topology as well?

Excellent question.  (and thank you for reading the SDM:-)

While it is true that there are shipping products with
software-visible CPU modules and tiles,
they shipped before this mechanism was available.  As a result, there
are currently zero
products that use this mechanism to enumerate modules and tiles.  If
future products
have software-visible modules and tiles, and they choose to use this mechanism,
we can add support for them.  But I do not advocate adding code to the kernel
"just in case".

In contrast, the need to support multi-die/package products as soon as
possible is quite clear.

thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center