It means different things on Intel and AMD so write it down so that there's no confusion.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: Yazen Ghannam <[email protected]> --- Documentation/x86/topology.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/x86/topology.txt b/Documentation/x86/topology.txt index 06afac252f5b..f3e9d7e9ed6c 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/topology.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/topology.txt @@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ The topology of a system is described in the units of: The maximum possible number of packages in the system. Helpful for per package facilities to preallocate per package information. + - cpu_llc_id: + + A per-CPU variable containing: + - On Intel, the first APIC ID of the list of CPUs sharing the Last Level + Cache + + - On AMD, the Node ID or Core Complex ID containing the Last Level + Cache. In general, it is a number identifying an LLC uniquely on the + system. * Cores: -- 2.10.0 -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
