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Traditionally, all CPUs in a system have identical numbers of SMT siblings. That changes with hybrid processors where some logical CPUs have a sibling and others have none. Today, the CPU boot code sets the global variable smp_num_siblings when every CPU thread is brought up. The last thread to boot will overwrite it with the number of siblings of *that* thread. That last thread to boot will "win". If the thread is a Pcore, smp_num_siblings == 2. If it is an Ecore, smp_num_siblings == 1. smp_num_siblings describes if the *system* supports SMT. It should specify the maximum number of SMT threads among all cores. Ensure that smp_num_siblings represents the system-wide maximum number of siblings by always increasing its value. Never allow it to decrease. On MeteorLake-P platform, this fixes a problem that the Ecore CPUs are not updated in any cpu sibling map because the system is treated as an UP system when probing Ecore CPUs. Below shows part of the CPU topology information before and after the fix, for both Pcore and Ecore CPU (cpu0 is Pcore, cpu 12 is Ecore). ... -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus:000fff -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus_list:0-11 +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus:3fffff +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus_list:0-21 ... -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus:001000 -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus_list:12 +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus:3fffff +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus_list:0-21 Notice that the "before" 'package_cpus_list' has only one CPU. This means that userspace tools like lscpu will see a little laptop like an 11-socket system: -Core(s) per socket: 1 -Socket(s): 11 +Core(s) per socket: 16 +Socket(s): 1 This is also expected to make the scheduler do rather wonky things too. [ dhansen: remove CPUID detail from changelog, add end user effects ] CC: stable@kernel.org Fixes: |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.