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authorGautham R. Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2020-04-07 11:47:43 +0300
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2020-04-30 05:35:27 +0300
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Documentation: Document sysfs interfaces purr, spurr, idle_purr, idle_spurr
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 <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1586249263-14048-6-git-send-email-ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com
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@@ -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.