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Subject: [hwloc-devel] Cache size/sharing errors on 8x4 Opteron system
From: Peter Thoman (peter.thoman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-22 10:36:39

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Hi,
this is my first post on this mailing list -- I just found hwloc and it
seems like a useful tool for my research.
As an initial test I ran hwloc-info on our 8 socket Opteron 8356 system
(32 cores), the full results are attached below. The node information is
correct, as is the level 2 cache information. However, the L1 cache size
is wrong and the L3 cache is in fact shared between each set of 4 cores
(its size is correct though).
I couldn't find any in-depth description on how hwloc tries to determine
this information, so I'm not sure if this behaviour is caused by our
system lacking some required feature or by a problem in hwloc. If you
need more information I'll be happy to provide it.

Best regards,
  Peter

[petert_at_m01 ~]$ hwloc/inst/bin/hwloc-info --version
hwloc-info 0.9.1a1
[petert_at_m01 ~]$ hwloc/inst/bin/hwloc-info -
System(63GB)
  Node#0(8061MB) + Socket#1
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#0 + P#0
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#1 + P#1
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#2 + P#2
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#3 + P#3
  Node#1(8080MB) + Socket#2
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#0 + P#4
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#1 + P#5
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#2 + P#6
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#3 + P#7
  Node#2(8080MB) + Socket#3
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#0 + P#8
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#1 + P#9
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#2 + P#10
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#3 + P#11
  Node#3(8080MB) + Socket#4
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#0 + P#12
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#1 + P#13
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#2 + P#14
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#3 + P#15
  Node#4(8080MB) + Socket#5
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#0 + P#16
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#1 + P#17
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#2 + P#18
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#3 + P#19
  Node#5(8080MB) + Socket#6
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#0 + P#20
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#1 + P#21
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#2 + P#22
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#3 + P#23
  Node#6(8080MB) + Socket#7
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#0 + P#24
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#1 + P#25
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#2 + P#26
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#3 + P#27
  Node#7(8080MB) + Socket#8
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#0 + P#28
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#1 + P#29
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#2 + P#30
    L3(2048KB) + L2(512KB) + L1(512KB) + Core#3 + P#31

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