Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/probes

Resolved merge conflict in tools/perf/Makefile

Merge reason: we want to queue up a dependent patch.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/
+Date:		pre-git history
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:
+		A collection of both global and individual CPU attributes
+
+		Individual CPU attributes are contained in subdirectories
+		named by the kernel's logical CPU number, e.g.:
+
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_mc_power_savings
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_smt_power_savings
+Date:		June 2006
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Discover and adjust the kernel's multi-core scheduler support.
+
+		Possible values are:
+
+		0 - No power saving load balance (default value)
+		1 - Fill one thread/core/package first for long running threads
+		2 - Also bias task wakeups to semi-idle cpu package for power
+		    savings
+
+		sched_mc_power_savings is dependent upon SCHED_MC, which is
+		itself architecture dependent.
+
+		sched_smt_power_savings is dependent upon SCHED_SMT, which
+		is itself architecture dependent.
+
+		The two files are independent of each other. It is possible
+		that one file may be present without the other.
+
+		Introduced by git commit 5c45bf27.
+
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/kernel_max
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/offline
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/online
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/present
+Date:		December 2008
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	CPU topology files that describe kernel limits related to
+		hotplug. Briefly:
+
+		kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel
+		configuration.
+
+		offline: cpus that are not online because they have been
+		HOTPLUGGED off or exceed the limit of cpus allowed by the
+		kernel configuration (kernel_max above).
+
+		online: cpus that are online and being scheduled.
+
+		possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be
+		brought online if they are present.
+
+		present: cpus that have been identified as being present in
+		the system.
+
+		See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information.
+
+
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
+Date:		October 2009
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org>
+Description:	Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to
+
+		When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that points
+		to the corresponding NUMA node directory.
+
+		For example, the following symlink is created for cpu42
+		in NUMA node 2:
+
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2
+
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_id
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings_list
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/physical_package_id
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/thread_siblings
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/thread_siblings_list
+Date:		December 2008
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	CPU topology files that describe a logical CPU's relationship
+		to other cores and threads in the same physical package.
+
+		One cpu# directory is created per logical CPU in the system,
+		e.g. /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/.
+
+		Briefly, the files above are:
+
+		core_id: the CPU core ID of cpu#. Typically it is the
+		hardware platform's identifier (rather than the kernel's).
+		The actual value is architecture and platform dependent.
+
+		core_siblings: internal kernel map of cpu#'s hardware threads
+		within the same physical_package_id.
+
+		core_siblings_list: human-readable list of the logical CPU
+		numbers within the same physical_package_id as cpu#.
+
+		physical_package_id: physical package id of cpu#. Typically
+		corresponds to a physical socket number, but the actual value
+		is architecture and platform dependent.
+
+		thread_siblings: internel kernel map of cpu#'s hardware
+		threads within the same core as cpu#
+
+		thread_siblings_list: human-readable list of cpu#'s hardware
+		threads within the same core as cpu#
+
+		See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information.
+
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governer_ro
+Date:		September 2007
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism
+
+		Various CPUs today support multiple idle levels that are
+		differentiated by varying exit latencies and power
+		consumption during idle.
+
+		Idle policy (governor) is differentiated from idle mechanism
+		(driver)
+
+		current_driver: displays current idle mechanism
+
+		current_governor_ro: displays current idle policy
+
+		See files in Documentation/cpuidle/ for more information.
+
+
+What:      /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X
+Date:      August 2008
+KernelVersion:	2.6.27
+Contact:	mark.langsdorf@amd.com
+Description:	These files exist in every cpu's cache index directories.
+		There are currently 2 cache_disable_# files in each
+		directory.  Reading from these files on a supported
+		processor will return that cache disable index value
+		for that processor and node.  Writing to one of these
+		files will cause the specificed cache index to be disabled.
+
+		Currently, only AMD Family 10h Processors support cache index
+		disable, and only for their L3 caches.  See the BIOS and
+		Kernel Developer's Guide at
+		http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/31116-Public-GH-BKDG_3.20_2-4-09.pdf
+		for formatting information and other details on the
+		cache index disable.
+Users:    joachim.deguara@amd.com