1 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/ 1 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/
2 Date: pre-git history 2 Date: pre-git history
3 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 3 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
4 Description: 4 Description:
5 A collection of both global an 5 A collection of both global and individual CPU attributes
6 6
7 Individual CPU attributes are 7 Individual CPU attributes are contained in subdirectories
8 named by the kernel's logical 8 named by the kernel's logical CPU number, e.g.:
9 9
10 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/ !! 10 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/
11 11
12 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/kernel 12 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/kernel_max
13 /sys/devices/system/cpu/offlin 13 /sys/devices/system/cpu/offline
14 /sys/devices/system/cpu/online 14 /sys/devices/system/cpu/online
15 /sys/devices/system/cpu/possib 15 /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible
16 /sys/devices/system/cpu/presen 16 /sys/devices/system/cpu/present
17 Date: December 2008 17 Date: December 2008
18 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 18 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
19 Description: CPU topology files that descri 19 Description: CPU topology files that describe kernel limits related to
20 hotplug. Briefly: 20 hotplug. Briefly:
21 21
22 kernel_max: the maximum cpu in 22 kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel
23 configuration. 23 configuration.
24 24
25 offline: cpus that are not onl 25 offline: cpus that are not online because they have been
26 HOTPLUGGED off or exceed the l 26 HOTPLUGGED off or exceed the limit of cpus allowed by the
27 kernel configuration (kernel_m 27 kernel configuration (kernel_max above).
28 28
29 online: cpus that are online a 29 online: cpus that are online and being scheduled.
30 30
31 possible: cpus that have been 31 possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be
32 brought online if they are pre 32 brought online if they are present.
33 33
34 present: cpus that have been i 34 present: cpus that have been identified as being present in
35 the system. 35 the system.
36 36
37 See Documentation/admin-guide/ !! 37 See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information.
38 38
39 39
40 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/probe 40 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/probe
41 /sys/devices/system/cpu/releas 41 /sys/devices/system/cpu/release
42 Date: November 2009 42 Date: November 2009
43 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 43 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
44 Description: Dynamic addition and removal o 44 Description: Dynamic addition and removal of CPU's. This is not hotplug
45 removal, this is meant complet 45 removal, this is meant complete removal/addition of the CPU
46 from the system. 46 from the system.
47 47
48 probe: writes to this file wil 48 probe: writes to this file will dynamically add a CPU to the
49 system. Information written t 49 system. Information written to the file to add CPU's is
50 architecture specific. 50 architecture specific.
51 51
52 release: writes to this file d 52 release: writes to this file dynamically remove a CPU from
53 the system. Information writt !! 53 the system. Information writtento the file to remove CPU's
54 is architecture specific. 54 is architecture specific.
55 55
56 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/n !! 56 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
57 Date: October 2009 57 Date: October 2009
58 Contact: Linux memory management mailin< 58 Contact: Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org>
59 Description: Discover NUMA node a CPU belon 59 Description: Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to
60 60
61 When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a 61 When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that points
62 to the corresponding NUMA node 62 to the corresponding NUMA node directory.
63 63
64 For example, the following sym 64 For example, the following symlink is created for cpu42
65 in NUMA node 2: 65 in NUMA node 2:
66 66
67 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/ 67 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2
68 68
69 69
70 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/t !! 70 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_id
71 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/t !! 71 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings
72 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/t !! 72 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings_list
73 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/t !! 73 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/physical_package_id
74 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/t !! 74 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/thread_siblings
75 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/t !! 75 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/thread_siblings_list
76 Date: December 2008 76 Date: December 2008
77 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 77 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
78 Description: CPU topology files that descri 78 Description: CPU topology files that describe a logical CPU's relationship
79 to other cores and threads in 79 to other cores and threads in the same physical package.
80 80
81 One cpuX directory is created !! 81 One cpu# directory is created per logical CPU in the system,
82 e.g. /sys/devices/system/cpu/c 82 e.g. /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/.
83 83
84 Briefly, the files above are: 84 Briefly, the files above are:
85 85
86 core_siblings: internal kernel !! 86 core_id: the CPU core ID of cpu#. Typically it is the
>> 87 hardware platform's identifier (rather than the kernel's).
>> 88 The actual value is architecture and platform dependent.
>> 89
>> 90 core_siblings: internal kernel map of cpu#'s hardware threads
87 within the same physical_packa 91 within the same physical_package_id.
88 92
89 core_siblings_list: human-read 93 core_siblings_list: human-readable list of the logical CPU
90 numbers within the same physic !! 94 numbers within the same physical_package_id as cpu#.
91 95
92 physical_package_id: physical !! 96 physical_package_id: physical package id of cpu#. Typically
93 corresponds to a physical sock 97 corresponds to a physical socket number, but the actual value
94 is architecture and platform d 98 is architecture and platform dependent.
95 99
96 thread_siblings: internal kern !! 100 thread_siblings: internel kernel map of cpu#'s hardware
97 threads within the same core a !! 101 threads within the same core as cpu#
98 <<
99 thread_siblings_list: human-re <<
100 threads within the same core a <<
101 102
102 ppin: human-readable Protected !! 103 thread_siblings_list: human-readable list of cpu#'s hardware
103 Number of the socket the cpu# !! 104 threads within the same core as cpu#
104 one per physical_package_id. F <<
105 admin. <<
106 105
107 See Documentation/admin-guide/ !! 106 See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information.
108 107
109 108
110 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidl !! 109 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver
111 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidl <<
112 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidl <<
113 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidl 110 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governer_ro
>> 111 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/available_governors
>> 112 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governor
114 Date: September 2007 113 Date: September 2007
115 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 114 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
116 Description: Discover cpuidle policy and me 115 Description: Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism
117 116
118 Various CPUs today support mul 117 Various CPUs today support multiple idle levels that are
119 differentiated by varying exit 118 differentiated by varying exit latencies and power
120 consumption during idle. 119 consumption during idle.
121 120
122 Idle policy (governor) is diff 121 Idle policy (governor) is differentiated from idle mechanism
123 (driver). !! 122 (driver)
124 123
125 available_governors: (RO) disp !! 124 current_driver: (RO) displays current idle mechanism
126 available governors. <<
127 125
128 current_driver: (RO) displays !! 126 current_governor_ro: (RO) displays current idle policy
>> 127
>> 128 With the cpuidle_sysfs_switch boot option enabled (meant for
>> 129 developer testing), the following three attributes are visible
>> 130 instead:
>> 131
>> 132 current_driver: same as described above
>> 133
>> 134 available_governors: (RO) displays a space separated list of
>> 135 available governors
129 136
130 current_governor: (RW) display 137 current_governor: (RW) displays current idle policy. Users can
131 switch the governor at runtime 138 switch the governor at runtime by writing to this file.
132 139
133 current_governor_ro: (RO) disp !! 140 See files in Documentation/cpuidle/ for more information.
134 141
135 See Documentation/admin-guide/ <<
136 Documentation/driver-api/pm/cp <<
137 142
138 !! 143 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/name
139 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c <<
140 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 144 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/latency
141 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 145 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/power
142 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 146 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/time
143 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 147 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/usage
144 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 148 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/above
145 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 149 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/below
146 Date: September 2007 150 Date: September 2007
147 KernelVersion: v2.6.24 151 KernelVersion: v2.6.24
148 Contact: Linux power management list <li 152 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
149 Description: 153 Description:
150 The directory /sys/devices/sys 154 The directory /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle contains per
151 logical CPU specific cpuidle i 155 logical CPU specific cpuidle information for each online cpu X.
152 The processor idle states whic 156 The processor idle states which are available for use have the
153 following attributes: 157 following attributes:
154 158
155 ======== ==== ================ !! 159 name: (RO) Name of the idle state (string).
156 name: (RO) Name of the idle <<
157 160
158 latency: (RO) The latency to e 161 latency: (RO) The latency to exit out of this idle state (in
159 microseconds). !! 162 microseconds).
160 163
161 power: (RO) The power consum !! 164 power: (RO) The power consumed while in this idle state (in
162 milliwatts). !! 165 milliwatts).
163 166
164 time: (RO) The total time s !! 167 time: (RO) The total time spent in this idle state (in microseconds).
165 (in microseconds <<
166 168
167 usage: (RO) Number of times !! 169 usage: (RO) Number of times this state was entered (a count).
168 170
169 above: (RO) Number of times !! 171 above: (RO) Number of times this state was entered, but the
170 observed CPU idl !! 172 observed CPU idle duration was too short for it (a count).
171 (a count). <<
172 173
173 below: (RO) Number of times !! 174 below: (RO) Number of times this state was entered, but the
174 observed CPU idl !! 175 observed CPU idle duration was too long for it (a count).
175 (a count). <<
176 ======== ==== ================ <<
177 176
178 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 177 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/desc
179 Date: February 2008 178 Date: February 2008
180 KernelVersion: v2.6.25 179 KernelVersion: v2.6.25
181 Contact: Linux power management list <li 180 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
182 Description: 181 Description:
183 (RO) A small description about 182 (RO) A small description about the idle state (string).
184 183
185 184
186 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 185 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/disable
187 Date: March 2012 186 Date: March 2012
188 KernelVersion: v3.10 187 KernelVersion: v3.10
189 Contact: Linux power management list <li 188 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
190 Description: 189 Description:
191 (RW) Option to disable this id 190 (RW) Option to disable this idle state (bool). The behavior and
192 the effect of the disable vari 191 the effect of the disable variable depends on the implementation
193 of a particular governor. In t 192 of a particular governor. In the ladder governor, for example,
194 it is not coherent, i.e. if on 193 it is not coherent, i.e. if one is disabling a light state, then
195 all deeper states are disabled 194 all deeper states are disabled as well, but the disable variable
196 does not reflect it. Likewise, 195 does not reflect it. Likewise, if one enables a deep state but a
197 lighter state still is disable 196 lighter state still is disabled, then this has no effect.
198 197
199 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c <<
200 Date: December 2019 <<
201 KernelVersion: v5.6 <<
202 Contact: Linux power management list <li <<
203 Description: <<
204 (RO) The default status of thi <<
205 198
206 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 199 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/residency
207 Date: March 2014 200 Date: March 2014
208 KernelVersion: v3.15 201 KernelVersion: v3.15
209 Contact: Linux power management list <li 202 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
210 Description: 203 Description:
211 (RO) Display the target reside 204 (RO) Display the target residency i.e. the minimum amount of
212 time (in microseconds) this cp 205 time (in microseconds) this cpu should spend in this idle state
213 to make the transition worth t 206 to make the transition worth the effort.
214 207
215 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 208 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/s2idle/
216 Date: March 2018 209 Date: March 2018
217 KernelVersion: v4.17 210 KernelVersion: v4.17
218 Contact: Linux power management list <li 211 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
219 Description: 212 Description:
220 Idle state usage statistics re 213 Idle state usage statistics related to suspend-to-idle.
221 214
222 This attribute group is only p 215 This attribute group is only present for states that can be
223 used in suspend-to-idle with s 216 used in suspend-to-idle with suspended timekeeping.
224 217
225 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 218 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/s2idle/time
226 Date: March 2018 219 Date: March 2018
227 KernelVersion: v4.17 220 KernelVersion: v4.17
228 Contact: Linux power management list <li 221 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
229 Description: 222 Description:
230 Total time spent by the CPU in 223 Total time spent by the CPU in suspend-to-idle (with scheduler
231 tick suspended) after requesti 224 tick suspended) after requesting this state.
232 225
233 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 226 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/s2idle/usage
234 Date: March 2018 227 Date: March 2018
235 KernelVersion: v4.17 228 KernelVersion: v4.17
236 Contact: Linux power management list <li 229 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
237 Description: 230 Description:
238 Total number of times this sta 231 Total number of times this state has been requested by the CPU
239 while entering suspend-to-idle 232 while entering suspend-to-idle.
240 233
241 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 234 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpufreq/*
242 Date: pre-git history 235 Date: pre-git history
243 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org 236 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
244 Description: Discover and change clock spee 237 Description: Discover and change clock speed of CPUs
245 238
246 Clock scaling allows you to ch 239 Clock scaling allows you to change the clock speed of the
247 CPUs on the fly. This is a nic 240 CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save battery
248 power, because the lower the c 241 power, because the lower the clock speed, the less power
249 the CPU consumes. 242 the CPU consumes.
250 243
251 There are many knobs to tweak 244 There are many knobs to tweak in this directory.
252 245
253 See files in Documentation/cpu 246 See files in Documentation/cpu-freq/ for more information.
254 247
255 248
256 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 249 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpufreq/freqdomain_cpus
257 Date: June 2013 250 Date: June 2013
258 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org 251 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
259 Description: Discover CPUs in the same CPU 252 Description: Discover CPUs in the same CPU frequency coordination domain
260 253
261 freqdomain_cpus is the list of 254 freqdomain_cpus is the list of CPUs (online+offline) that share
262 the same clock/freq domain (po 255 the same clock/freq domain (possibly at the hardware level).
263 That information may be hidden 256 That information may be hidden from the cpufreq core and the
264 value of related_cpus may be d 257 value of related_cpus may be different from freqdomain_cpus. This
265 attribute is useful for user s 258 attribute is useful for user space DVFS controllers to get better
266 power/performance results for 259 power/performance results for platforms using acpi-cpufreq.
267 260
268 This file is only present if t !! 261 This file is only present if the acpi-cpufreq driver is in use.
269 drivers are in use. <<
270 262
271 263
272 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/c 264 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index3/cache_disable_{0,1}
273 Date: August 2008 265 Date: August 2008
274 KernelVersion: 2.6.27 266 KernelVersion: 2.6.27
275 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 267 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
276 Description: Disable L3 cache indices 268 Description: Disable L3 cache indices
277 269
278 These files exist in every CPU 270 These files exist in every CPU's cache/index3 directory. Each
279 cache_disable_{0,1} file corre 271 cache_disable_{0,1} file corresponds to one disable slot which
280 can be used to disable a cache 272 can be used to disable a cache index. Reading from these files
281 on a processor with this funct 273 on a processor with this functionality will return the currently
282 disabled index for that node. 274 disabled index for that node. There is one L3 structure per
283 node, or per internal node on 275 node, or per internal node on MCM machines. Writing a valid
284 index to one of these files wi !! 276 index to one of these files will cause the specificed cache
285 index to be disabled. 277 index to be disabled.
286 278
287 All AMD processors with L3 cac 279 All AMD processors with L3 caches provide this functionality.
288 For details, see BKDGs at 280 For details, see BKDGs at
289 https://www.amd.com/en/support !! 281 http://developer.amd.com/documentation/guides/Pages/default.aspx
290 282
291 283
292 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 284 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost
293 Date: August 2012 285 Date: August 2012
294 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 286 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
295 Description: Processor frequency boosting c 287 Description: Processor frequency boosting control
296 288
297 This switch controls the boost 289 This switch controls the boost setting for the whole system.
298 Boosting allows the CPU and th 290 Boosting allows the CPU and the firmware to run at a frequency
299 beyond its nominal limit. !! 291 beyound it's nominal limit.
300 <<
301 More details can be found in 292 More details can be found in
302 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/c 293 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
303 294
304 295
305 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 296 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/crash_notes
306 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 297 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/crash_notes_size
307 Date: April 2013 298 Date: April 2013
308 Contact: kexec@lists.infradead.org 299 Contact: kexec@lists.infradead.org
309 Description: address and size of the percpu 300 Description: address and size of the percpu note.
310 301
311 crash_notes: the physical addr 302 crash_notes: the physical address of the memory that holds the
312 note of cpuX. !! 303 note of cpu#.
313 304
314 crash_notes_size: size of the !! 305 crash_notes_size: size of the note of cpu#.
315 306
316 307
317 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_ 308 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct
318 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_ 309 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct
319 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_ 310 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo
320 Date: February 2013 311 Date: February 2013
321 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org 312 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
322 Description: Parameters for the Intel P-sta 313 Description: Parameters for the Intel P-state driver
323 314
324 Logic for selecting the curren 315 Logic for selecting the current P-state in Intel
325 Sandybridge+ processors. The t 316 Sandybridge+ processors. The three knobs control
326 limits for the P-state that wi 317 limits for the P-state that will be requested by the
327 driver. 318 driver.
328 319
329 max_perf_pct: limits the maxim 320 max_perf_pct: limits the maximum P state that will be requested by
330 the driver stated as a percent 321 the driver stated as a percentage of the available performance.
331 322
332 min_perf_pct: limits the minim 323 min_perf_pct: limits the minimum P state that will be requested by
333 the driver stated as a percent 324 the driver stated as a percentage of the available performance.
334 325
335 no_turbo: limits the driver to 326 no_turbo: limits the driver to selecting P states below the turbo
336 frequency range. 327 frequency range.
337 328
338 More details can be found in 329 More details can be found in
339 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/i 330 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
340 331
341 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/c 332 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/<set_of_attributes_mentioned_below>
342 Date: July 2014(documented, existed 333 Date: July 2014(documented, existed before August 2008)
343 Contact: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm. 334 Contact: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
344 Linux kernel mailing list <linu 335 Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
345 Description: Parameters for the CPU cache a 336 Description: Parameters for the CPU cache attributes
346 337
347 allocation_policy: 338 allocation_policy:
348 - WriteAllocate: !! 339 - WriteAllocate: allocate a memory location to a cache line
349 alloca !! 340 on a cache miss because of a write
350 on a c !! 341 - ReadAllocate: allocate a memory location to a cache line
351 - ReadAllocate: <<
352 alloca <<
353 on a c 342 on a cache miss because of a read
354 - ReadWriteAllocate: !! 343 - ReadWriteAllocate: both writeallocate and readallocate
355 both w <<
356 344
357 coherency_line_size: !! 345 attributes: LEGACY used only on IA64 and is same as write_policy
358 the minim !! 346
>> 347 coherency_line_size: the minimum amount of data in bytes that gets
359 transferr 348 transferred from memory to cache
360 349
361 level: !! 350 level: the cache hierarchy in the multi-level cache configuration
362 the cache hierarchy in <<
363 351
364 number_of_sets: !! 352 number_of_sets: total number of sets in the cache, a set is a
365 total number o <<
366 collection of 353 collection of cache lines with the same cache index
367 354
368 physical_line_partition: !! 355 physical_line_partition: number of physical cache line per cache tag
369 number of phys <<
370 356
371 shared_cpu_list: !! 357 shared_cpu_list: the list of logical cpus sharing the cache
372 the list of lo <<
373 358
374 shared_cpu_map: !! 359 shared_cpu_map: logical cpu mask containing the list of cpus sharing
375 logical cpu ma <<
376 the cache 360 the cache
377 361
378 size: !! 362 size: the total cache size in kB
379 the total cache size i <<
380 363
381 type: 364 type:
382 - Instruction: cache t 365 - Instruction: cache that only holds instructions
383 - Data: cache that onl 366 - Data: cache that only caches data
384 - Unified: cache that 367 - Unified: cache that holds both data and instructions
385 368
386 ways_of_associativity: !! 369 ways_of_associativity: degree of freedom in placing a particular block
387 degree of freedom in p !! 370 of memory in the cache
388 of memory in the cache <<
389 371
390 write_policy: 372 write_policy:
391 - WriteThrough: !! 373 - WriteThrough: data is written to both the cache line
392 data i <<
393 and to 374 and to the block in the lower-level memory
394 - WriteBack: !! 375 - WriteBack: data is written only to the cache line and
395 data is w <<
396 the modif 376 the modified cache line is written to main
397 memory on 377 memory only when it is replaced
398 378
399 379
400 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/c 380 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/id
401 Date: September 2016 381 Date: September 2016
402 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 382 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
403 Description: Cache id 383 Description: Cache id
404 384
405 The id provides a unique numbe 385 The id provides a unique number for a specific instance of
406 a cache of a particular type. 386 a cache of a particular type. E.g. there may be a level
407 3 unified cache on each socket 387 3 unified cache on each socket in a server and we may
408 assign them ids 0, 1, 2, ... 388 assign them ids 0, 1, 2, ...
409 389
410 Note that id value can be non- 390 Note that id value can be non-contiguous. E.g. level 1
411 caches typically exist per cor 391 caches typically exist per core, but there may not be a
412 power of two cores on a socket 392 power of two cores on a socket, so these caches may be
413 numbered 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 393 numbered 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, ...
414 394
415 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 395 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats
416 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 396 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/turbo_stat
417 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 397 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/sub_turbo_stat
418 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 398 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/unthrottle
419 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 399 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/powercap
420 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 400 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/overtemp
421 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 401 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/supply_fault
422 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 402 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/overcurrent
423 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 403 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/occ_reset
424 Date: March 2016 404 Date: March 2016
425 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 405 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
426 Linux for PowerPC mailing list< !! 406 Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
427 Description: POWERNV CPUFreq driver's frequ 407 Description: POWERNV CPUFreq driver's frequency throttle stats directory and
428 attributes 408 attributes
429 409
430 'cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats' 410 'cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats' directory contains the CPU frequency
431 throttle stat attributes for t 411 throttle stat attributes for the chip. The throttle stats of a cpu
432 is common across all the cpus 412 is common across all the cpus belonging to a chip. Below are the
433 throttle attributes exported i 413 throttle attributes exported in the 'throttle_stats' directory:
434 414
435 - turbo_stat : This file gives 415 - turbo_stat : This file gives the total number of times the max
436 frequency is throttled to lo !! 416 frequency is throttled to lower frequency in turbo (at and above
437 nominal frequency) range of !! 417 nominal frequency) range of frequencies.
438 418
439 - sub_turbo_stat : This file g 419 - sub_turbo_stat : This file gives the total number of times the
440 max frequency is throttled t !! 420 max frequency is throttled to lower frequency in sub-turbo(below
441 nominal frequency) range of !! 421 nominal frequency) range of frequencies.
442 422
443 - unthrottle : This file gives 423 - unthrottle : This file gives the total number of times the max
444 frequency is unthrottled aft !! 424 frequency is unthrottled after being throttled.
445 425
446 - powercap : This file gives t 426 - powercap : This file gives the total number of times the max
447 frequency is throttled due t !! 427 frequency is throttled due to 'Power Capping'.
448 428
449 - overtemp : This file gives t 429 - overtemp : This file gives the total number of times the max
450 frequency is throttled due t !! 430 frequency is throttled due to 'CPU Over Temperature'.
451 431
452 - supply_fault : This file giv 432 - supply_fault : This file gives the total number of times the
453 max frequency is throttled d !! 433 max frequency is throttled due to 'Power Supply Failure'.
454 434
455 - overcurrent : This file give 435 - overcurrent : This file gives the total number of times the
456 max frequency is throttled d !! 436 max frequency is throttled due to 'Overcurrent'.
457 437
458 - occ_reset : This file gives 438 - occ_reset : This file gives the total number of times the max
459 frequency is throttled due t !! 439 frequency is throttled due to 'OCC Reset'.
460 440
461 The sysfs attributes represent 441 The sysfs attributes representing different throttle reasons like
462 powercap, overtemp, supply_fau 442 powercap, overtemp, supply_fault, overcurrent and occ_reset map to
463 the reasons provided by OCC fi 443 the reasons provided by OCC firmware for throttling the frequency.
464 444
465 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 445 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats
466 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 446 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/turbo_stat
467 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 447 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/sub_turbo_stat
468 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 448 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/unthrottle
469 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 449 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/powercap
470 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 450 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/overtemp
471 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 451 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/supply_fault
472 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 452 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/overcurrent
473 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 453 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/occ_reset
474 Date: March 2016 454 Date: March 2016
475 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 455 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
476 Linux for PowerPC mailing list< !! 456 Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
477 Description: POWERNV CPUFreq driver's frequ 457 Description: POWERNV CPUFreq driver's frequency throttle stats directory and
478 attributes 458 attributes
479 459
480 'policyX/throttle_stats' direc 460 'policyX/throttle_stats' directory and all the attributes are same as
481 the /sys/devices/system/cpu/cp 461 the /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats directory and
482 attributes which give the freq 462 attributes which give the frequency throttle information of the chip.
483 463
484 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/r 464 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/regs/
485 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/r 465 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/regs/identification/
486 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/r 466 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/regs/identification/midr_el1
487 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/r 467 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/regs/identification/revidr_el1
488 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/r <<
489 Date: June 2016 468 Date: June 2016
490 Contact: Linux ARM Kernel Mailing list < 469 Contact: Linux ARM Kernel Mailing list <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
491 Description: AArch64 CPU registers 470 Description: AArch64 CPU registers
492 <<
493 'identification' directory exp 471 'identification' directory exposes the CPU ID registers for
494 identifying model and revision !! 472 identifying model and revision of the CPU.
495 <<
496 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch3 <<
497 Date: May 2021 <<
498 Contact: Linux ARM Kernel Mailing list < <<
499 Description: Identifies the subset of CPUs <<
500 AArch32 (32-bit ARM) applicati <<
501 /sys/devices/system/cpu/{offli <<
502 If absent, then all or none of <<
503 applications and execve() will <<
504 473
505 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 474 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpu_capacity
506 Date: December 2016 475 Date: December 2016
507 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 476 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
508 Description: information about CPUs heterog 477 Description: information about CPUs heterogeneity.
509 478
510 cpu_capacity: capacity of cpuX !! 479 cpu_capacity: capacity of cpu#.
511 480
512 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner 481 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities
513 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner <<
514 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner <<
515 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner <<
516 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner <<
517 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner 482 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
518 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner <<
519 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner <<
520 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner <<
521 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner <<
522 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner 483 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
523 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner 484 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2
524 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner !! 485 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass
525 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner !! 486 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf
>> 487 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds
526 Date: January 2018 488 Date: January 2018
527 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 489 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
528 Description: Information about CPU vulnerab 490 Description: Information about CPU vulnerabilities
529 491
530 The files are named after the 492 The files are named after the code names of CPU
531 vulnerabilities. The output of 493 vulnerabilities. The output of those files reflects the
532 state of the CPUs in the syste 494 state of the CPUs in the system. Possible output values:
533 495
534 ================ ============ <<
535 "Not affected" CPU is not a 496 "Not affected" CPU is not affected by the vulnerability
536 "Vulnerable" CPU is affec 497 "Vulnerable" CPU is affected and no mitigation in effect
537 "Mitigation: $M" CPU is affec 498 "Mitigation: $M" CPU is affected and mitigation $M is in effect
538 ================ ============ <<
539 499
540 See also: Documentation/admin- 500 See also: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst
541 501
542 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt 502 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt
543 /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/ac 503 /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/active
544 /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/co 504 /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control
545 Date: June 2018 505 Date: June 2018
546 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 506 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
547 Description: Control Symmetric Multi Thread !! 507 Description: Control Symetric Multi Threading (SMT)
548 508
549 active: Tells whether SMT is 509 active: Tells whether SMT is active (enabled and siblings online)
550 510
551 control: Read/write interface 511 control: Read/write interface to control SMT. Possible
552 values: 512 values:
553 513
554 ================ ==== !! 514 "on" SMT is enabled
555 "on" SMT !! 515 "off" SMT is disabled
556 "off" SMT !! 516 "forceoff" SMT is force disabled. Cannot be changed.
557 "<N>" SMT !! 517 "notsupported" SMT is not supported by the CPU
558 "forceoff" SMT <<
559 "notsupported" SMT <<
560 "notimplemented" SMT <<
561 impl <<
562 ================ ==== <<
563 518
564 If control status is 519 If control status is "forceoff" or "notsupported" writes
565 are rejected. Note th !! 520 are rejected.
566 offline cores. <<
567 <<
568 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/p <<
569 Date: March 2019 <<
570 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org <<
571 Description: Intel Energy and Performance B <<
572 <<
573 EPB for the given CPU in a sli <<
574 of 0 corresponds to a hint pre <<
575 and a value of 15 corresponds <<
576 <<
577 In order to change the EPB val <<
578 a number in the 0 - 15 sliding <<
579 strings: "performance", "balan <<
580 "balance-power", "power" (that <<
581 their meaning), to this attrib <<
582 <<
583 This attribute is present for <<
584 Intel EPB feature. <<
585 <<
586 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/umwait <<
587 /sys/devices/system/cpu/umwait <<
588 /sys/devices/system/cpu/umwait <<
589 Date: May 2019 <<
590 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu <<
591 Description: Umwait control <<
592 <<
593 enable_c02: Read/write interfa <<
594 Read returns C0.2 stat <<
595 0: C0.2 is dis <<
596 1: C0.2 is ena <<
597 <<
598 Write 'y' or '1' or ' <<
599 Write 'n' or '0' or ' <<
600 <<
601 The interface is case <<
602 <<
603 max_time: Read/write interface <<
604 in TSC-quanta that t <<
605 or C0.2 state. The t <<
606 Note that a value of <<
607 Low order two bits m <<
608 <<
609 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev <<
610 /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/vm <<
611 Date: May 2024 <<
612 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu <<
613 Description: Secure Encrypted Virtualizatio <<
614 <<
615 This directory is only present <<
616 <<
617 vmpl: Reports the Virtual Mach <<
618 the SEV-SNP guest is run <<
619 <<
620 <<
621 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/svm <<
622 Date: August 2019 <<
623 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu <<
624 Linux for PowerPC mailing list< <<
625 Description: Secure Virtual Machine <<
626 <<
627 If 1, it means the system is u <<
628 Facility in POWER9 and newer p <<
629 Virtual Machine. <<
630 <<
631 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/p <<
632 Date: Apr 2005 <<
633 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list< <<
634 Description: PURR ticks for this CPU since <<
635 <<
636 The Processor Utilization Reso <<
637 a 64-bit counter which provide <<
638 resources used by the CPU thre <<
639 register increases monotonical <<
640 exposes the number of PURR tic <<
641 <<
642 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/s <<
643 Date: Dec 2006 <<
644 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list< <<
645 Description: SPURR ticks for this CPU since <<
646 <<
647 The Scaled Processor Utilizati <<
648 (SPURR) is a 64-bit counter th <<
649 invariant estimate of the reso <<
650 thread. The contents of this r <<
651 monotonically. This sysfs inte <<
652 of SPURR ticks for cpuX. <<
653 <<
654 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/i <<
655 Date: Apr 2020 <<
656 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list< <<
657 Description: PURR ticks for cpuX when it wa <<
658 <<
659 This sysfs interface exposes t <<
660 for cpuX when it was idle. <<
661 <<
662 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/i <<
663 Date: Apr 2020 <<
664 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list< <<
665 Description: SPURR ticks for cpuX when it w <<
666 <<
667 This sysfs interface exposes t <<
668 for cpuX when it was idle. <<
669 <<
670 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/m <<
671 Date: July 2021 <<
672 Contact: Linux ARM Kernel Mailing list < <<
673 Description: Preferred MTE tag checking mod <<
674 <<
675 When a user program specifies <<
676 mode, this sysfs node is used <<
677 be preferred when scheduling a <<
678 values: <<
679 <<
680 ================ ============ <<
681 "sync" Prefer synch <<
682 "asymm" Prefer asymm <<
683 "async" Prefer async <<
684 ================ ============ <<
685 <<
686 See also: Documentation/arch/a <<
687 <<
688 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/nohz_f <<
689 Date: Apr 2015 <<
690 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu <<
691 Description: <<
692 (RO) the list of CPUs that are <<
693 These CPUs are set by boot par <<
694 <<
695 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/isolat <<
696 Date: Apr 2015 <<
697 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu <<
698 Description: <<
699 (RO) the list of CPUs that are <<
700 participate in load balancing. <<
701 boot parameter "isolcpus=". <<
702 <<
703 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/crash_ <<
704 Date: Aug 2023 <<
705 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu <<
706 Description: <<
707 (RO) indicates whether or not <<
708 segments on memory hot un/plug <<
709 need to reload kdump kernel. <<
710 <<
711 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/enable <<
712 Date: Nov 2022 <<
713 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu <<
714 Description: <<
715 (RO) the list of CPUs that can <<
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