Messages in this thread | | | From | Ricardo Neri <> | Subject | [PATCH 0/3] x86: Add initial support to discover Intel hybrid CPUs | Date | Fri, 2 Oct 2020 13:19:28 -0700 |
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Add support to discover and enumerate CPUs in Intel hybrid parts. A hybrid part has CPUs with more than one type of micro-architecture. Thus, certain features may only be present in a specific CPU type.
It is useful to know the type of CPUs present in a system. For instance, perf may need to handle CPUs differently depending on the type of micro- architecture. Decoding machine check error logs may need the additional micro-architecture type information, so include that in the log.
A hybrid part can be identified by reading a new CPUID feature bit. Likewise, CPUID contains information about the CPU type as well as a new native model ID. Details can be found in the Intel manual (SDM, [1]).
This series adds support for Intel hybrid parts in two areas: a) adding the hybrid feature bit as well as struct cpuinfo_x86; and b) decode machine check errors on hybrid parts.
A later submission will use the proposed functionality to expose the CPU topology to user space.
Thanks and BR, Ricardo
[1]. https://software.intel.com/content/dam/develop/public/us/en/documents/325462-sdm-vol-1-2abcd-3abcd.pdf Vol 2. Section 3.2.CPUID leaf 0x1a
Ricardo Neri (3): x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate hybrid CPU feature bit x86/cpu: Describe hybrid CPUs in cpuinfo_x86 x86/mce: include type of core when reporting a machine check error
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 + arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 13 +++++++++++++ arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mce.h | 1 + arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 5 +++++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c | 7 +++++++ 5 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
-- 2.17.1
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