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Exposing architecture specific per process information is useful for various reasons. An example is the AVX512 usage on x86 which is important for task placement for power/performance optimizations. Adding this information to the existing /prcc/pid/status file would be the obvious choise, but it has been agreed on that a explicit arch_status file is better in separating the generic and architecture specific information. [ tglx: Massage changelog ] Signed-off-by: Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Andrew Morton <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: Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190606012236.9391-1-aubrey.li@linux.intel.com
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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config PROC_FS
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bool "/proc file system support" if EXPERT
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default y
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help
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This is a virtual file system providing information about the status
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of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on
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your hard disk: the files are created on the fly by the kernel when
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you try to access them. Also, you cannot read the files with older
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version of the program less: you need to use more or cat.
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It's totally cool; for example, "cat /proc/interrupts" gives
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information about what the different IRQs are used for at the moment
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(there is a small number of Interrupt ReQuest lines in your computer
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that are used by the attached devices to gain the CPU's attention --
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often a source of trouble if two devices are mistakenly configured
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to use the same IRQ). The program procinfo to display some
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information about your system gathered from the /proc file system.
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Before you can use the /proc file system, it has to be mounted,
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meaning it has to be given a location in the directory hierarchy.
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That location should be /proc. A command such as "mount -t proc proc
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/proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job.
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The /proc file system is explained in the file
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<file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> and on the proc(5) manpage
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("man 5 proc").
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This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several
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programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here.
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config PROC_KCORE
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bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
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depends on PROC_FS && MMU
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select CRASH_CORE
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help
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Provides a virtual ELF core file of the live kernel. This can
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be read with gdb and other ELF tools. No modifications can be
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made using this mechanism.
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config PROC_VMCORE
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bool "/proc/vmcore support"
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depends on PROC_FS && CRASH_DUMP
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default y
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help
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Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
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config PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
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bool "Device Hardware/Firmware Log Collection"
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depends on PROC_VMCORE
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default n
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help
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After kernel panic, device drivers can collect the device
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specific snapshot of their hardware or firmware before the
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underlying devices are initialized in crash recovery kernel.
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Note that the device driver must be present in the crash
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recovery kernel's initramfs to collect its underlying device
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snapshot.
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If you say Y here, the collected device dumps will be added
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as ELF notes to /proc/vmcore.
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config PROC_SYSCTL
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bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EXPERT
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depends on PROC_FS
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select SYSCTL
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default y
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---help---
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The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing
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certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring
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a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary
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interface is through /proc/sys. If you say Y here a tree of
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modifiable sysctl entries will be generated beneath the
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/proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files
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in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this
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option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB.
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As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless
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building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very
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limited in memory.
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config PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
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default y
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depends on PROC_FS && MMU
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bool "Enable /proc page monitoring" if EXPERT
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help
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Various /proc files exist to monitor process memory utilization:
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/proc/pid/smaps, /proc/pid/clear_refs, /proc/pid/pagemap,
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/proc/kpagecount, and /proc/kpageflags. Disabling these
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interfaces will reduce the size of the kernel by approximately 4kb.
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config PROC_CHILDREN
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bool "Include /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children file"
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default n
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help
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Provides a fast way to retrieve first level children pids of a task. See
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<file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> for more information.
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Say Y if you are running any user-space software which takes benefit from
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this interface. For example, rkt is such a piece of software.
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config PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS
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def_bool n
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depends on PROC_FS
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