Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: Add arch_status file
Add documentation for /proc/<pid>/arch_status file and the x86 specific AVX512_elapsed_ms entry in it. [ tglx: Massage changelog ] Signed-off-by: Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: hpa@zytor.com Cc: ak@linux.intel.com Cc: tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com Cc: dave.hansen@intel.com Cc: arjan@linux.intel.com Cc: adobriyan@gmail.com Cc: aubrey.li@intel.com Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190606012236.9391-3-aubrey.li@linux.intel.com
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3.9 /proc/<pid>/map_files - Information about memory mapped files
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3.10 /proc/<pid>/timerslack_ns - Task timerslack value
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3.11 /proc/<pid>/patch_state - Livepatch patch operation state
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3.12 /proc/<pid>/arch_status - Task architecture specific information
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4 Configuring procfs
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4.1 Mount options
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patched. If the patch is being disabled, then the task hasn't been
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unpatched yet.
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3.12 /proc/<pid>/arch_status - task architecture specific status
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When CONFIG_PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS is enabled, this file displays the
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architecture specific status of the task.
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Example
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$ cat /proc/6753/arch_status
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AVX512_elapsed_ms: 8
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Description
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x86 specific entries:
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AVX512_elapsed_ms:
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If AVX512 is supported on the machine, this entry shows the milliseconds
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elapsed since the last time AVX512 usage was recorded. The recording
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happens on a best effort basis when a task is scheduled out. This means
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that the value depends on two factors:
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1) The time which the task spent on the CPU without being scheduled
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out. With CPU isolation and a single runnable task this can take
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several seconds.
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2) The time since the task was scheduled out last. Depending on the
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reason for being scheduled out (time slice exhausted, syscall ...)
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this can be arbitrary long time.
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As a consequence the value cannot be considered precise and authoritative
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information. The application which uses this information has to be aware
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of the overall scenario on the system in order to determine whether a
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task is a real AVX512 user or not. Precise information can be obtained
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with performance counters.
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A special value of '-1' indicates that no AVX512 usage was recorded, thus
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the task is unlikely an AVX512 user, but depends on the workload and the
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scheduling scenario, it also could be a false negative mentioned above.
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Configuring procfs
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