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/admin-guide/cputopology.rst 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/admin-guide/cputopology.rst for more information.
108 107
109 108
110 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidl 109 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/available_governors
111 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidl 110 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver
112 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidl 111 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governor
113 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidl 112 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governer_ro
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 available_governors: (RO) displays a space separated list of
126 available governors. 125 available governors.
127 126
128 current_driver: (RO) displays 127 current_driver: (RO) displays current idle mechanism.
129 128
130 current_governor: (RW) display 129 current_governor: (RW) displays current idle policy. Users can
131 switch the governor at runtime 130 switch the governor at runtime by writing to this file.
132 131
133 current_governor_ro: (RO) disp 132 current_governor_ro: (RO) displays current idle policy.
134 133
135 See Documentation/admin-guide/ 134 See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst and
136 Documentation/driver-api/pm/cp 135 Documentation/driver-api/pm/cpuidle.rst for more information.
137 136
138 137
139 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 138 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/name
140 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 139 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/latency
141 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 140 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/power
142 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 141 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/time
143 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 142 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/usage
144 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 143 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/above
145 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 144 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/below
146 Date: September 2007 145 Date: September 2007
147 KernelVersion: v2.6.24 146 KernelVersion: v2.6.24
148 Contact: Linux power management list <li 147 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
149 Description: 148 Description:
150 The directory /sys/devices/sys 149 The directory /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle contains per
151 logical CPU specific cpuidle i 150 logical CPU specific cpuidle information for each online cpu X.
152 The processor idle states whic 151 The processor idle states which are available for use have the
153 following attributes: 152 following attributes:
154 153
155 ======== ==== ================ !! 154 name: (RO) Name of the idle state (string).
156 name: (RO) Name of the idle <<
157 155
158 latency: (RO) The latency to e 156 latency: (RO) The latency to exit out of this idle state (in
159 microseconds). !! 157 microseconds).
160 158
161 power: (RO) The power consum !! 159 power: (RO) The power consumed while in this idle state (in
162 milliwatts). !! 160 milliwatts).
163 161
164 time: (RO) The total time s !! 162 time: (RO) The total time spent in this idle state (in microseconds).
165 (in microseconds <<
166 163
167 usage: (RO) Number of times !! 164 usage: (RO) Number of times this state was entered (a count).
168 165
169 above: (RO) Number of times !! 166 above: (RO) Number of times this state was entered, but the
170 observed CPU idl !! 167 observed CPU idle duration was too short for it (a count).
171 (a count). <<
172 168
173 below: (RO) Number of times !! 169 below: (RO) Number of times this state was entered, but the
174 observed CPU idl !! 170 observed CPU idle duration was too long for it (a count).
175 (a count). <<
176 ======== ==== ================ <<
177 171
178 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 172 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/desc
179 Date: February 2008 173 Date: February 2008
180 KernelVersion: v2.6.25 174 KernelVersion: v2.6.25
181 Contact: Linux power management list <li 175 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
182 Description: 176 Description:
183 (RO) A small description about 177 (RO) A small description about the idle state (string).
184 178
185 179
186 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 180 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/disable
187 Date: March 2012 181 Date: March 2012
188 KernelVersion: v3.10 182 KernelVersion: v3.10
189 Contact: Linux power management list <li 183 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
190 Description: 184 Description:
191 (RW) Option to disable this id 185 (RW) Option to disable this idle state (bool). The behavior and
192 the effect of the disable vari 186 the effect of the disable variable depends on the implementation
193 of a particular governor. In t 187 of a particular governor. In the ladder governor, for example,
194 it is not coherent, i.e. if on 188 it is not coherent, i.e. if one is disabling a light state, then
195 all deeper states are disabled 189 all deeper states are disabled as well, but the disable variable
196 does not reflect it. Likewise, 190 does not reflect it. Likewise, if one enables a deep state but a
197 lighter state still is disable 191 lighter state still is disabled, then this has no effect.
198 192
199 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 193 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/default_status
200 Date: December 2019 194 Date: December 2019
201 KernelVersion: v5.6 195 KernelVersion: v5.6
202 Contact: Linux power management list <li 196 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
203 Description: 197 Description:
204 (RO) The default status of thi 198 (RO) The default status of this state, "enabled" or "disabled".
205 199
206 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 200 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/residency
207 Date: March 2014 201 Date: March 2014
208 KernelVersion: v3.15 202 KernelVersion: v3.15
209 Contact: Linux power management list <li 203 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
210 Description: 204 Description:
211 (RO) Display the target reside 205 (RO) Display the target residency i.e. the minimum amount of
212 time (in microseconds) this cp 206 time (in microseconds) this cpu should spend in this idle state
213 to make the transition worth t 207 to make the transition worth the effort.
214 208
215 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 209 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/s2idle/
216 Date: March 2018 210 Date: March 2018
217 KernelVersion: v4.17 211 KernelVersion: v4.17
218 Contact: Linux power management list <li 212 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
219 Description: 213 Description:
220 Idle state usage statistics re 214 Idle state usage statistics related to suspend-to-idle.
221 215
222 This attribute group is only p 216 This attribute group is only present for states that can be
223 used in suspend-to-idle with s 217 used in suspend-to-idle with suspended timekeeping.
224 218
225 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 219 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/s2idle/time
226 Date: March 2018 220 Date: March 2018
227 KernelVersion: v4.17 221 KernelVersion: v4.17
228 Contact: Linux power management list <li 222 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
229 Description: 223 Description:
230 Total time spent by the CPU in 224 Total time spent by the CPU in suspend-to-idle (with scheduler
231 tick suspended) after requesti 225 tick suspended) after requesting this state.
232 226
233 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 227 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/s2idle/usage
234 Date: March 2018 228 Date: March 2018
235 KernelVersion: v4.17 229 KernelVersion: v4.17
236 Contact: Linux power management list <li 230 Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
237 Description: 231 Description:
238 Total number of times this sta 232 Total number of times this state has been requested by the CPU
239 while entering suspend-to-idle 233 while entering suspend-to-idle.
240 234
241 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 235 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpufreq/*
242 Date: pre-git history 236 Date: pre-git history
243 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org 237 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
244 Description: Discover and change clock spee 238 Description: Discover and change clock speed of CPUs
245 239
246 Clock scaling allows you to ch 240 Clock scaling allows you to change the clock speed of the
247 CPUs on the fly. This is a nic 241 CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save battery
248 power, because the lower the c 242 power, because the lower the clock speed, the less power
249 the CPU consumes. 243 the CPU consumes.
250 244
251 There are many knobs to tweak 245 There are many knobs to tweak in this directory.
252 246
253 See files in Documentation/cpu 247 See files in Documentation/cpu-freq/ for more information.
254 248
255 249
256 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 250 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpufreq/freqdomain_cpus
257 Date: June 2013 251 Date: June 2013
258 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org 252 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
259 Description: Discover CPUs in the same CPU 253 Description: Discover CPUs in the same CPU frequency coordination domain
260 254
261 freqdomain_cpus is the list of 255 freqdomain_cpus is the list of CPUs (online+offline) that share
262 the same clock/freq domain (po 256 the same clock/freq domain (possibly at the hardware level).
263 That information may be hidden 257 That information may be hidden from the cpufreq core and the
264 value of related_cpus may be d 258 value of related_cpus may be different from freqdomain_cpus. This
265 attribute is useful for user s 259 attribute is useful for user space DVFS controllers to get better
266 power/performance results for 260 power/performance results for platforms using acpi-cpufreq.
267 261
268 This file is only present if t !! 262 This file is only present if the acpi-cpufreq driver is in use.
269 drivers are in use. <<
270 263
271 264
272 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/c 265 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index3/cache_disable_{0,1}
273 Date: August 2008 266 Date: August 2008
274 KernelVersion: 2.6.27 267 KernelVersion: 2.6.27
275 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 268 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
276 Description: Disable L3 cache indices 269 Description: Disable L3 cache indices
277 270
278 These files exist in every CPU 271 These files exist in every CPU's cache/index3 directory. Each
279 cache_disable_{0,1} file corre 272 cache_disable_{0,1} file corresponds to one disable slot which
280 can be used to disable a cache 273 can be used to disable a cache index. Reading from these files
281 on a processor with this funct 274 on a processor with this functionality will return the currently
282 disabled index for that node. 275 disabled index for that node. There is one L3 structure per
283 node, or per internal node on 276 node, or per internal node on MCM machines. Writing a valid
284 index to one of these files wi !! 277 index to one of these files will cause the specificed cache
285 index to be disabled. 278 index to be disabled.
286 279
287 All AMD processors with L3 cac 280 All AMD processors with L3 caches provide this functionality.
288 For details, see BKDGs at 281 For details, see BKDGs at
289 https://www.amd.com/en/support !! 282 http://developer.amd.com/documentation/guides/Pages/default.aspx
290 283
291 284
292 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 285 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost
293 Date: August 2012 286 Date: August 2012
294 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 287 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
295 Description: Processor frequency boosting c 288 Description: Processor frequency boosting control
296 289
297 This switch controls the boost 290 This switch controls the boost setting for the whole system.
298 Boosting allows the CPU and th 291 Boosting allows the CPU and the firmware to run at a frequency
299 beyond its nominal limit. !! 292 beyound it's nominal limit.
300 <<
301 More details can be found in 293 More details can be found in
302 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/c 294 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
303 295
304 296
305 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 297 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/crash_notes
306 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c !! 298 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/crash_notes_size
307 Date: April 2013 299 Date: April 2013
308 Contact: kexec@lists.infradead.org 300 Contact: kexec@lists.infradead.org
309 Description: address and size of the percpu 301 Description: address and size of the percpu note.
310 302
311 crash_notes: the physical addr 303 crash_notes: the physical address of the memory that holds the
312 note of cpuX. !! 304 note of cpu#.
313 305
314 crash_notes_size: size of the !! 306 crash_notes_size: size of the note of cpu#.
315 307
316 308
317 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_ 309 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct
318 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_ 310 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct
319 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_ 311 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo
320 Date: February 2013 312 Date: February 2013
321 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org 313 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
322 Description: Parameters for the Intel P-sta 314 Description: Parameters for the Intel P-state driver
323 315
324 Logic for selecting the curren 316 Logic for selecting the current P-state in Intel
325 Sandybridge+ processors. The t 317 Sandybridge+ processors. The three knobs control
326 limits for the P-state that wi 318 limits for the P-state that will be requested by the
327 driver. 319 driver.
328 320
329 max_perf_pct: limits the maxim 321 max_perf_pct: limits the maximum P state that will be requested by
330 the driver stated as a percent 322 the driver stated as a percentage of the available performance.
331 323
332 min_perf_pct: limits the minim 324 min_perf_pct: limits the minimum P state that will be requested by
333 the driver stated as a percent 325 the driver stated as a percentage of the available performance.
334 326
335 no_turbo: limits the driver to 327 no_turbo: limits the driver to selecting P states below the turbo
336 frequency range. 328 frequency range.
337 329
338 More details can be found in 330 More details can be found in
339 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/i 331 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
340 332
341 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/c 333 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/<set_of_attributes_mentioned_below>
342 Date: July 2014(documented, existed 334 Date: July 2014(documented, existed before August 2008)
343 Contact: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm. 335 Contact: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
344 Linux kernel mailing list <linu 336 Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
345 Description: Parameters for the CPU cache a 337 Description: Parameters for the CPU cache attributes
346 338
347 allocation_policy: 339 allocation_policy:
348 - WriteAllocate: !! 340 - WriteAllocate: allocate a memory location to a cache line
349 alloca !! 341 on a cache miss because of a write
350 on a c !! 342 - ReadAllocate: allocate a memory location to a cache line
351 - ReadAllocate: <<
352 alloca <<
353 on a c 343 on a cache miss because of a read
354 - ReadWriteAllocate: !! 344 - ReadWriteAllocate: both writeallocate and readallocate
355 both w <<
356 345
357 coherency_line_size: !! 346 attributes: LEGACY used only on IA64 and is same as write_policy
358 the minim !! 347
>> 348 coherency_line_size: the minimum amount of data in bytes that gets
359 transferr 349 transferred from memory to cache
360 350
361 level: !! 351 level: the cache hierarchy in the multi-level cache configuration
362 the cache hierarchy in <<
363 352
364 number_of_sets: !! 353 number_of_sets: total number of sets in the cache, a set is a
365 total number o <<
366 collection of 354 collection of cache lines with the same cache index
367 355
368 physical_line_partition: !! 356 physical_line_partition: number of physical cache line per cache tag
369 number of phys <<
370 357
371 shared_cpu_list: !! 358 shared_cpu_list: the list of logical cpus sharing the cache
372 the list of lo <<
373 359
374 shared_cpu_map: !! 360 shared_cpu_map: logical cpu mask containing the list of cpus sharing
375 logical cpu ma <<
376 the cache 361 the cache
377 362
378 size: !! 363 size: the total cache size in kB
379 the total cache size i <<
380 364
381 type: 365 type:
382 - Instruction: cache t 366 - Instruction: cache that only holds instructions
383 - Data: cache that onl 367 - Data: cache that only caches data
384 - Unified: cache that 368 - Unified: cache that holds both data and instructions
385 369
386 ways_of_associativity: !! 370 ways_of_associativity: degree of freedom in placing a particular block
387 degree of freedom in p !! 371 of memory in the cache
388 of memory in the cache <<
389 372
390 write_policy: 373 write_policy:
391 - WriteThrough: !! 374 - WriteThrough: data is written to both the cache line
392 data i <<
393 and to 375 and to the block in the lower-level memory
394 - WriteBack: !! 376 - WriteBack: data is written only to the cache line and
395 data is w <<
396 the modif 377 the modified cache line is written to main
397 memory on 378 memory only when it is replaced
398 379
399 380
400 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/c 381 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/id
401 Date: September 2016 382 Date: September 2016
402 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 383 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
403 Description: Cache id 384 Description: Cache id
404 385
405 The id provides a unique numbe 386 The id provides a unique number for a specific instance of
406 a cache of a particular type. 387 a cache of a particular type. E.g. there may be a level
407 3 unified cache on each socket 388 3 unified cache on each socket in a server and we may
408 assign them ids 0, 1, 2, ... 389 assign them ids 0, 1, 2, ...
409 390
410 Note that id value can be non- 391 Note that id value can be non-contiguous. E.g. level 1
411 caches typically exist per cor 392 caches typically exist per core, but there may not be a
412 power of two cores on a socket 393 power of two cores on a socket, so these caches may be
413 numbered 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 394 numbered 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, ...
414 395
415 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 396 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats
416 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 397 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/turbo_stat
417 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 398 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/sub_turbo_stat
418 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 399 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/unthrottle
419 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 400 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/powercap
420 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 401 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/overtemp
421 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 402 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/supply_fault
422 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 403 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/overcurrent
423 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c 404 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats/occ_reset
424 Date: March 2016 405 Date: March 2016
425 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 406 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
426 Linux for PowerPC mailing list< !! 407 Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
427 Description: POWERNV CPUFreq driver's frequ 408 Description: POWERNV CPUFreq driver's frequency throttle stats directory and
428 attributes 409 attributes
429 410
430 'cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats' 411 'cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats' directory contains the CPU frequency
431 throttle stat attributes for t 412 throttle stat attributes for the chip. The throttle stats of a cpu
432 is common across all the cpus 413 is common across all the cpus belonging to a chip. Below are the
433 throttle attributes exported i 414 throttle attributes exported in the 'throttle_stats' directory:
434 415
435 - turbo_stat : This file gives 416 - turbo_stat : This file gives the total number of times the max
436 frequency is throttled to lo !! 417 frequency is throttled to lower frequency in turbo (at and above
437 nominal frequency) range of !! 418 nominal frequency) range of frequencies.
438 419
439 - sub_turbo_stat : This file g 420 - sub_turbo_stat : This file gives the total number of times the
440 max frequency is throttled t !! 421 max frequency is throttled to lower frequency in sub-turbo(below
441 nominal frequency) range of !! 422 nominal frequency) range of frequencies.
442 423
443 - unthrottle : This file gives 424 - unthrottle : This file gives the total number of times the max
444 frequency is unthrottled aft !! 425 frequency is unthrottled after being throttled.
445 426
446 - powercap : This file gives t 427 - powercap : This file gives the total number of times the max
447 frequency is throttled due t !! 428 frequency is throttled due to 'Power Capping'.
448 429
449 - overtemp : This file gives t 430 - overtemp : This file gives the total number of times the max
450 frequency is throttled due t !! 431 frequency is throttled due to 'CPU Over Temperature'.
451 432
452 - supply_fault : This file giv 433 - supply_fault : This file gives the total number of times the
453 max frequency is throttled d !! 434 max frequency is throttled due to 'Power Supply Failure'.
454 435
455 - overcurrent : This file give 436 - overcurrent : This file gives the total number of times the
456 max frequency is throttled d !! 437 max frequency is throttled due to 'Overcurrent'.
457 438
458 - occ_reset : This file gives 439 - occ_reset : This file gives the total number of times the max
459 frequency is throttled due t !! 440 frequency is throttled due to 'OCC Reset'.
460 441
461 The sysfs attributes represent 442 The sysfs attributes representing different throttle reasons like
462 powercap, overtemp, supply_fau 443 powercap, overtemp, supply_fault, overcurrent and occ_reset map to
463 the reasons provided by OCC fi 444 the reasons provided by OCC firmware for throttling the frequency.
464 445
465 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 446 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats
466 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 447 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/turbo_stat
467 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 448 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/sub_turbo_stat
468 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 449 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/unthrottle
469 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 450 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/powercap
470 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 451 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/overtemp
471 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 452 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/supply_fault
472 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 453 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/overcurrent
473 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufre 454 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policyX/throttle_stats/occ_reset
474 Date: March 2016 455 Date: March 2016
475 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 456 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
476 Linux for PowerPC mailing list< !! 457 Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
477 Description: POWERNV CPUFreq driver's frequ 458 Description: POWERNV CPUFreq driver's frequency throttle stats directory and
478 attributes 459 attributes
479 460
480 'policyX/throttle_stats' direc 461 'policyX/throttle_stats' directory and all the attributes are same as
481 the /sys/devices/system/cpu/cp 462 the /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/throttle_stats directory and
482 attributes which give the freq 463 attributes which give the frequency throttle information of the chip.
483 464
484 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/r 465 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/regs/
485 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/r 466 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/regs/identification/
486 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/r 467 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/regs/identification/midr_el1
487 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/r 468 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/regs/identification/revidr_el1
488 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/r <<
489 Date: June 2016 469 Date: June 2016
490 Contact: Linux ARM Kernel Mailing list < 470 Contact: Linux ARM Kernel Mailing list <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
491 Description: AArch64 CPU registers 471 Description: AArch64 CPU registers
492 <<
493 'identification' directory exp 472 'identification' directory exposes the CPU ID registers for
494 identifying model and revision !! 473 identifying model and revision of the CPU.
495 474
496 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch3 !! 475 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpu_capacity
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 <<
505 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/c <<
506 Date: December 2016 476 Date: December 2016
507 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 477 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
508 Description: information about CPUs heterog 478 Description: information about CPUs heterogeneity.
509 479
510 cpu_capacity: capacity of cpuX !! 480 cpu_capacity: capacity of cpu#.
511 481
512 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner 482 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 483 /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 484 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
523 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner 485 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2
>> 486 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass
>> 487 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf
>> 488 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds
524 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner 489 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/srbds
525 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulner 490 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsx_async_abort
>> 491 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/itlb_multihit
526 Date: January 2018 492 Date: January 2018
527 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 493 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
528 Description: Information about CPU vulnerab 494 Description: Information about CPU vulnerabilities
529 495
530 The files are named after the 496 The files are named after the code names of CPU
531 vulnerabilities. The output of 497 vulnerabilities. The output of those files reflects the
532 state of the CPUs in the syste 498 state of the CPUs in the system. Possible output values:
533 499
534 ================ ============ <<
535 "Not affected" CPU is not a 500 "Not affected" CPU is not affected by the vulnerability
536 "Vulnerable" CPU is affec 501 "Vulnerable" CPU is affected and no mitigation in effect
537 "Mitigation: $M" CPU is affec 502 "Mitigation: $M" CPU is affected and mitigation $M is in effect
538 ================ ============ <<
539 503
540 See also: Documentation/admin- 504 See also: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst
541 505
542 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt 506 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt
543 /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/ac 507 /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/active
544 /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/co 508 /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control
545 Date: June 2018 509 Date: June 2018
546 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 510 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
547 Description: Control Symmetric Multi Thread !! 511 Description: Control Symetric Multi Threading (SMT)
548 512
549 active: Tells whether SMT is 513 active: Tells whether SMT is active (enabled and siblings online)
550 514
551 control: Read/write interface 515 control: Read/write interface to control SMT. Possible
552 values: 516 values:
553 517
554 ================ ==== <<
555 "on" SMT 518 "on" SMT is enabled
556 "off" SMT 519 "off" SMT is disabled
557 "<N>" SMT <<
558 "forceoff" SMT 520 "forceoff" SMT is force disabled. Cannot be changed.
559 "notsupported" SMT 521 "notsupported" SMT is not supported by the CPU
560 "notimplemented" SMT 522 "notimplemented" SMT runtime toggling is not
561 impl 523 implemented for the architecture
562 ================ ==== <<
563 524
564 If control status is 525 If control status is "forceoff" or "notsupported" writes
565 are rejected. Note th !! 526 are rejected.
566 offline cores. <<
567 527
568 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/p !! 528 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/power/energy_perf_bias
569 Date: March 2019 529 Date: March 2019
570 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org 530 Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
571 Description: Intel Energy and Performance B 531 Description: Intel Energy and Performance Bias Hint (EPB)
572 532
573 EPB for the given CPU in a sli 533 EPB for the given CPU in a sliding scale 0 - 15, where a value
574 of 0 corresponds to a hint pre 534 of 0 corresponds to a hint preference for highest performance
575 and a value of 15 corresponds 535 and a value of 15 corresponds to the maximum energy savings.
576 536
577 In order to change the EPB val 537 In order to change the EPB value for the CPU, write either
578 a number in the 0 - 15 sliding 538 a number in the 0 - 15 sliding scale above, or one of the
579 strings: "performance", "balan 539 strings: "performance", "balance-performance", "normal",
580 "balance-power", "power" (that 540 "balance-power", "power" (that represent values reflected by
581 their meaning), to this attrib 541 their meaning), to this attribute.
582 542
583 This attribute is present for 543 This attribute is present for all online CPUs supporting the
584 Intel EPB feature. 544 Intel EPB feature.
585 545
586 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/umwait 546 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/umwait_control
587 /sys/devices/system/cpu/umwait 547 /sys/devices/system/cpu/umwait_control/enable_c02
588 /sys/devices/system/cpu/umwait 548 /sys/devices/system/cpu/umwait_control/max_time
589 Date: May 2019 549 Date: May 2019
590 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 550 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
591 Description: Umwait control 551 Description: Umwait control
592 552
593 enable_c02: Read/write interfa 553 enable_c02: Read/write interface to control umwait C0.2 state
594 Read returns C0.2 stat 554 Read returns C0.2 state status:
595 0: C0.2 is dis 555 0: C0.2 is disabled
596 1: C0.2 is ena 556 1: C0.2 is enabled
597 557
598 Write 'y' or '1' or ' 558 Write 'y' or '1' or 'on' to enable C0.2 state.
599 Write 'n' or '0' or ' 559 Write 'n' or '0' or 'off' to disable C0.2 state.
600 560
601 The interface is case 561 The interface is case insensitive.
602 562
603 max_time: Read/write interface 563 max_time: Read/write interface to control umwait maximum time
604 in TSC-quanta that t 564 in TSC-quanta that the CPU can reside in either C0.1
605 or C0.2 state. The t 565 or C0.2 state. The time is an unsigned 32-bit number.
606 Note that a value of 566 Note that a value of zero means there is no limit.
607 Low order two bits m 567 Low order two bits must be zero.
608 568
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 569 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/svm
622 Date: August 2019 570 Date: August 2019
623 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linu 571 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
624 Linux for PowerPC mailing list< !! 572 Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
625 Description: Secure Virtual Machine 573 Description: Secure Virtual Machine
626 574
627 If 1, it means the system is u 575 If 1, it means the system is using the Protected Execution
628 Facility in POWER9 and newer p 576 Facility in POWER9 and newer processors. i.e., it is a Secure
629 Virtual Machine. 577 Virtual Machine.
630 578
631 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/p !! 579 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/purr
632 Date: Apr 2005 580 Date: Apr 2005
633 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list< !! 581 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
634 Description: PURR ticks for this CPU since 582 Description: PURR ticks for this CPU since the system boot.
635 583
636 The Processor Utilization Reso 584 The Processor Utilization Resources Register (PURR) is
637 a 64-bit counter which provide 585 a 64-bit counter which provides an estimate of the
638 resources used by the CPU thre 586 resources used by the CPU thread. The contents of this
639 register increases monotonical 587 register increases monotonically. This sysfs interface
640 exposes the number of PURR tic 588 exposes the number of PURR ticks for cpuX.
641 589
642 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/s 590 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/spurr
643 Date: Dec 2006 591 Date: Dec 2006
644 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list< !! 592 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
645 Description: SPURR ticks for this CPU since 593 Description: SPURR ticks for this CPU since the system boot.
646 594
647 The Scaled Processor Utilizati 595 The Scaled Processor Utilization Resources Register
648 (SPURR) is a 64-bit counter th 596 (SPURR) is a 64-bit counter that provides a frequency
649 invariant estimate of the reso 597 invariant estimate of the resources used by the CPU
650 thread. The contents of this r 598 thread. The contents of this register increases
651 monotonically. This sysfs inte 599 monotonically. This sysfs interface exposes the number
652 of SPURR ticks for cpuX. 600 of SPURR ticks for cpuX.
653 601
654 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/i 602 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/idle_purr
655 Date: Apr 2020 603 Date: Apr 2020
656 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list< !! 604 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
657 Description: PURR ticks for cpuX when it wa 605 Description: PURR ticks for cpuX when it was idle.
658 606
659 This sysfs interface exposes t 607 This sysfs interface exposes the number of PURR ticks
660 for cpuX when it was idle. 608 for cpuX when it was idle.
661 609
662 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/i 610 What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/idle_spurr
663 Date: Apr 2020 611 Date: Apr 2020
664 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list< !! 612 Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
665 Description: SPURR ticks for cpuX when it w 613 Description: SPURR ticks for cpuX when it was idle.
666 614
667 This sysfs interface exposes t 615 This sysfs interface exposes the number of SPURR ticks
668 for cpuX when it was idle. 616 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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