linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/53] x86/topology: The final installment

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Date:   Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:50:19 +0800
From:   Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>
To:     sohil.mehta@...el.com
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Subject: Re: [patch 00/53] x86/topology: The final installment

Hi Sohil,

> From: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
> ...
> Subject: Re: [patch 00/53] x86/topology: The final installment
> ...
> Debugfs
> -------
> # cat /sys/kernel/debug/x86/topo/cpus/39
> online:              1
> initial_apicid:      39
> apicid:              39
> ...

Did you convert the output formats of 'initial_apicid' and 'apicid'
from hexadecimal to decimal in your testing? It was really coincidental
that if the output values were '39' in hexadecimal for the CPU '39'
in decimal :-).

I noticed they were represented in hexadecimal format in
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/debugfs.c:

    seq_printf(m, "initial_apicid:      %x\n", c->topo.initial_apicid);
    seq_printf(m, "apicid:              %x\n", c->topo.apicid);

Thanks!
-Qiuxu