linux-stable/Documentation
Linus Torvalds 6f49693a6c Updates for the CPU hotplug core:
- Support partial SMT enablement.
 
     So far the sysfs SMT control only allows to toggle between SMT on and
     off. That's sufficient for x86 which usually has at max two threads
     except for the Xeon PHI platform which has four threads per core.
 
     Though PowerPC has up to 16 threads per core and so far it's only
     possible to control the number of enabled threads per core via a
     command line option. There is some way to control this at runtime, but
     that lacks enforcement and the usability is awkward.
 
     This update expands the sysfs interface and the core infrastructure to
     accept numerical values so PowerPC can build SMT runtime control for
     partial SMT enablement on top.
 
     The core support has also been provided to the PowerPC maintainers who
     added the PowerPC related changes on top.
 
   - Minor cleanups and documentation updates.
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
 
 iQJHBAABCgAxFiEEQp8+kY+LLUocC4bMphj1TA10mKEFAmTsj4wTHHRnbHhAbGlu
 dXRyb25peC5kZQAKCRCmGPVMDXSYoaszEADKMd/6m7/Bq7RU2OJ+IXw8yfMEF9nS
 6HPrFu71a4cDufb/G8UckQOvkwdTFWD7bZ0snJe2sBDFTOtzK/inYkgPZTxlm7si
 JcJmFnHKUM7OTwNZb7Tv1bd9Csz4JhggAYUw6P8CqsCmhQ+p6ECemx3bHDlYiywm
 5eW2yzI9EM4dbsHPwUOvjI0WazGvAf0esSDAS8JTnhBXbd8FAckbMV+xuRPcCUK+
 dBqbqr+3Nf4/wcXTro/gZIc7sEATAHH6m7zHlLVBSyVPnBxre8NLz6KciW4SezyJ
 GWFnDV03mmG2KxQ2ugwI8n6M3zDJQtfEJFwW/x4t2M5RK+ka2a6G6GtCLHYOXLWR
 akIuBXtTAC57BgpqzBihGej9eiC1BJ1QMa9ZK+6WDXSZtMTFOLlbwdY2/qyfxpfw
 LfepWb+UMtFy5YyW84S1O5/AqpOtKD2kPTqfDjvDxWIAigispU+qwAKxcMzMjtwz
 aAlf2Z/iX0R9DkRzGD2gaFG5AUsRich8RtVO7u+WDwYSsi8ywrvryiPlZrDDBkSQ
 sRzdoHeXNGVY/FgkbZmEyBj4udrypymkR6ivqn6C2OrysgznSiv5NC983uS6TfJX
 cVqdUv6CNYYNiNu0x0Qf0MluYT2s5c1Fa4bjCBJL+KwORwjM3+TCN9RA1KtFrW2T
 G3Ta1KqI6wRonA==
 =JQRJ
 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Merge tag 'smp-core-2023-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull CPU hotplug updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Updates for the CPU hotplug core:

   - Support partial SMT enablement.

     So far the sysfs SMT control only allows to toggle between SMT on
     and off. That's sufficient for x86 which usually has at max two
     threads except for the Xeon PHI platform which has four threads per
     core

     Though PowerPC has up to 16 threads per core and so far it's only
     possible to control the number of enabled threads per core via a
     command line option. There is some way to control this at runtime,
     but that lacks enforcement and the usability is awkward

     This update expands the sysfs interface and the core infrastructure
     to accept numerical values so PowerPC can build SMT runtime control
     for partial SMT enablement on top

     The core support has also been provided to the PowerPC maintainers
     who added the PowerPC related changes on top

   - Minor cleanups and documentation updates"

* tag 'smp-core-2023-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  Documentation: core-api/cpuhotplug: Fix state names
  cpu/hotplug: Remove unused function declaration cpu_set_state_online()
  cpu/SMT: Fix cpu_smt_possible() comment
  cpu/SMT: Allow enabling partial SMT states via sysfs
  cpu/SMT: Create topology_smt_thread_allowed()
  cpu/SMT: Remove topology_smt_supported()
  cpu/SMT: Store the current/max number of threads
  cpu/SMT: Move smt/control simple exit cases earlier
  cpu/SMT: Move SMT prototypes into cpu_smt.h
  cpu/hotplug: Remove dependancy against cpu_primary_thread_mask
2023-08-28 15:04:43 -07:00
..
2023-08-28 15:04:43 -07:00
2023-04-28 14:53:30 -07:00
2023-08-28 13:19:28 -07:00
2023-08-28 12:15:00 -07:00
2023-07-03 11:26:05 -07:00
2023-04-28 14:02:54 -07:00
2023-07-05 10:42:32 -07:00