[PATCH v5 5/5] Documentation: Document sysfs interfaces purr, spurr, idle_purr, idle_spurr
From: Gautham R. Shenoy <hidden>
Date: 2020-04-07 08:48:21
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From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <redacted> Add documentation for the following sysfs interfaces: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/purr /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/spurr /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/idle_purr /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/idle_spurr Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <redacted> --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index 2e0e3b4..b73b8b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu@@ -580,3 +580,42 @@ Description: Secure Virtual Machine If 1, it means the system is using the Protected Execution Facility in POWER9 and newer processors. i.e., it is a Secure Virtual Machine. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/purr +Date: Apr 2005 +Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org> +Description: PURR ticks for this CPU since the system boot. + + The Processor Utilization Resources Register (PURR) is + a 64-bit counter which provides an estimate of the + resources used by the CPU thread. The contents of this + register increases monotonically. This sysfs interface + exposes the number of PURR ticks for cpuX. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/spurr +Date: Dec 2006 +Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org> +Description: SPURR ticks for this CPU since the system boot. + + The Scaled Processor Utilization Resources Register + (SPURR) is a 64-bit counter that provides a frequency + invariant estimate of the resources used by the CPU + thread. The contents of this register increases + monotonically. This sysfs interface exposes the number + of SPURR ticks for cpuX. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/idle_purr +Date: Apr 2020 +Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org> +Description: PURR ticks for cpuX when it was idle. + + This sysfs interface exposes the number of PURR ticks + for cpuX when it was idle. + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/idle_spurr +Date: Apr 2020 +Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org> +Description: SPURR ticks for cpuX when it was idle. + + This sysfs interface exposes the number of SPURR ticks + for cpuX when it was idle.
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