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author | Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com> | 2023-07-29 10:34:53 +0300 |
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committer | Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> | 2023-08-16 16:54:49 +0300 |
commit | ab7e991286e729b0018722591c04eb2fd31771b0 (patch) | |
tree | 60550660eacea8a13dd7eee62c441ac1e57dc16e | |
parent | a69a57cac1ec8995bb0b571dfccc3fe2f046719a (diff) | |
download | linux-ab7e991286e729b0018722591c04eb2fd31771b0.tar.xz |
docs: ABI: sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci: Document affinity_domain_via_domain sysfs interface file
Add details of the new hv-gpci interface file called
"affinity_domain_via_domain" in the ABI documentation.
Reviewed-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20230729073455.7918-9-kjain@linux.ibm.com
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci | 32 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci index 5ee33218be83..399f0a2bd546 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci @@ -176,3 +176,35 @@ Description: admin read only more information. * "-EFBIG" : System information exceeds PAGE_SIZE. + +What: /sys/devices/hv_gpci/interface/affinity_domain_via_domain +Date: July 2023 +Contact: Linux on PowerPC Developer List <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org> +Description: admin read only + This sysfs file exposes the system topology information by making HCALL + H_GET_PERF_COUNTER_INFO. The HCALL is made with counter request value + AFFINITY_DOMAIN_INFORMATION_BY_DOMAIN(0xB0). + + * This sysfs file will be created only for power10 and above platforms. + + * User needs root privileges to read data from this sysfs file. + + * This sysfs file will be created, only when the HCALL returns "H_SUCCESS", + "H_AUTHORITY" or "H_PARAMETER" as the return type. + + HCALL with return error type "H_AUTHORITY" can be resolved during + runtime by setting "Enable Performance Information Collection" option. + + * The end user reading this sysfs file must decode the content as per + underlying platform/firmware. + + Possible error codes while reading this sysfs file: + + * "-EPERM" : Partition is not permitted to retrieve performance information, + required to set "Enable Performance Information Collection" option. + + * "-EIO" : Can't retrieve system information because of invalid buffer length/invalid address + or because of some hardware error. Refer to getPerfCountInfo documentation for + more information. + + * "-EFBIG" : System information exceeds PAGE_SIZE. |