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| author | Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com> | 2023-07-29 13:04:55 +0530 |
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| committer | Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> | 2023-08-16 23:54:49 +1000 |
| commit | 8df99066940b6c82a0851f13adf653827dc524f7 (patch) | |
| tree | a44ee646c7bf1e651a6fc98d38fd6e03ebf217db /Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci | |
| parent | a15e0d6a6929e737f71578ed4b05531fed5a96e8 (diff) | |
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docs: ABI: sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci: Document affinity_domain_via_partition sysfs interface file
Add details of the new hv-gpci interface file called
"affinity_domain_via_partition" 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/20230729073455.7918-11-kjain@linux.ibm.com
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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 399f0a2bd546..40f7cd240591 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_gpci @@ -208,3 +208,35 @@ Description: admin read only more information. * "-EFBIG" : System information exceeds PAGE_SIZE. + +What: /sys/devices/hv_gpci/interface/affinity_domain_via_partition +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_PARTITION(0xB1). + + * 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. |