Hi
Could anybody explain me how to check how many L1/L2 cache my cpu have. I'm using CentOS 5.6
*cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep CPU *
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz
Diagram of a generic dual-core processor, with CPU-local level 1 caches, and a shared, on-die level 2 cache.
*http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Dual_Core_Generic.svg*
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From /proc/cpuinfo we see that CPU have 6MB L2 cache, but we see it doubled
and it's not true because according Intel specification we know that this CPU have shared L2 cache.
*grep 'cache size' /proc/cpuinfo *
cache size : 6144 KB
cache size : 6144 KB
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Here we can see that cpu have 6MiB L2 cache and 64KiB L1 cache
*dmesg |grep 'CPU: L' *
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 6144K
L2 - true
L1 - not true because each CPU core have 64 KiB memory cache (Instruction and Data)
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Into sys directory we can find some information about cache size but again not all information are true
L2 - not true
L1 - true
*cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/size *
32K
32K
6144K
32K
32K
6144K
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getconf show information only for one core.
*getconf -a |grep CACHE *
LEVEL1_ICACHE_SIZE 32768
LEVEL1_DCACHE_SIZE 32768
LEVEL2_CACHE_SIZE 6291456
L1 - 64KiB - not true
L2 - 6MiB - true
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According the most powerful tool - x86info we can presume that we have:
*x86info -c *
Found 2 identical CPUs
Extended Family: 0 Extended Model: 1 Family: 6 Model: 23 Stepping: 6
Type: 0 (Original OEM)
CPU Model (x86info's best guess): Core 2 Duo P8600
Processor name string (BIOS programmed): Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz
Cache info
L1 Instruction cache: 32KB, 8-way associative. 64 byte line size.
L1 Data cache: 32KB, 8-way associative. 64 byte line size.
L2 cache: 6MB, 24-way set associative, 64-byte line size.
TLB info
Instruction TLB: 4x 4MB page entries, or 8x 2MB pages entries, 4-way associative
Instruction TLB: 4K pages, 4-way associative, 128 entries.
Data TLB: 4MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries
L1 Data TLB: 4KB pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries
L1 Data TLB: 4MB pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries
Data TLB: 4K pages, 4-way associative, 256 entries.
64 byte prefetching.
Total processor threads: 2
This system has 1 dual-core processor running at an estimated 2.50GHz
L1 - 128Kib - true
L2 - 12 MiB - not true ########################## Output form dmidecode is useless.
dmidecode -t processor L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006 L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
################################## Is there any tool which can clearly indicate how many L1/L2 cache cpu have.
If someone have any idea how to clearly designate L1/L2 cache don't hesitate share your knowledge .. ;) P.S. Sorry for my English ...
Regards