PSRADM(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures PSRADM(8)

NAME

psradm - change processor operational status

SYNOPSIS

psradm -f | -i | -n | -s [-v] [-F] processor_id


psradm -a -f | -i | -n | -s [-v] [-F]


psradm -aS [-v]

DESCRIPTION

The psradm utility changes the operational status of processors. The
legal states for the processor are on-line, off-line, spare, faulted, no-
intr, and disabled.


An on-line processor processes LWPs (lightweight processes) and can be
interrupted by I/O devices in the system.


An off-line processor does not process any LWPs. Usually, an off-line
processor is not interruptible by I/O devices in the system. On some
processors or under certain conditions, it might not be possible to
disable interrupts for an off-line processor. Thus, the actual effect of
being off-line might vary from machine to machine.


A spare processor does not process any LWPs. A spare processor can be
brought on-line, off-line or to no-intr by a privileged user of the
system or by the kernel in response to changes in the system state.


A faulted processor is identified by the kernel, which monitors the
behavior of processors over time. A privileged user can set the state of
a faulted processor to be on-line, off-line, spare or no-intr, but must
use the force option to do so.


A no-intr processor processes LWPs but is not interruptible by I/O
devices.


With the -aS option, simultaneous multi-threading is disabled. The -a
option means "apply to every core" and is currently required. Each CPU
core has its SMT siblings placed in the disabled state, and they will
effectively stay unused. That is, only one CPU in each core will be
processing I/O, scheduling processes, etc. A CPU can only be moved back
out of the disabled state with the -F option.


A processor can not be taken off-line, disabled, or made spare if there
are LWPs that are bound to the processor unless the additional -F option
is used. The -F option removes processor bindings of such LWPs before
changing the processor's operational status. On some architectures, it
might not be possible to take certain processors off-line or spare if,
for example, the system depends on some resource provided by the
processor.


At least one processor in the system must be able to process LWPs. At
least one processor must also be able to be interrupted. Since an off-
line or spare processor can be interruptible, it is possible to have an
operational system with one processor no-intr and all other processors
off-line or spare but with one or more accepting interrupts.


If any of the specified processors are powered off, psradm might power on
one or more processors.


Only users with the PRIV_SYS_RES_CONFIG privilege can use the psradm
utility.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-a
Perform the action on all processors, or as many as possible.


-f
Take the specified processors off-line.


-F
Force the transition to the additional specified state. Required if
one or more of the specified processors was in the faulted state.
Set the specified processors to faulted, if no other transition
option was specified. Forced transitions can only be made to
faulted, spare, or off-line states. Administrators are encouraged
to use the -Q option for pbind(8) to find out which threads will be
affected by forced a processor state transition.


-i
Set the specified processors no-intr.


-n
Bring the specified processors on-line.


-S
Disable simultaneous multi-threading (hyper-threading).


-s
Make the specified processors spare.


-v
Output a message giving the results of each attempted operation.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

processor_id
The processor ID of the processor to be set on-line or
off-line, spare, or no-intr.

Specify processor_id as an individual processor number
(for example, 3), multiple processor numbers separated by
spaces (for example, 1 2 3), or a range of processor
numbers (for example, 1-4). It is also possible to
combine ranges and (individual or multiple) processor_ids
(for example, 1-3 5 7-8 9).

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Setting Processors to off-line

The following example sets processors 2 and 3 off-line:


% psradm -f 2 3

Example 2: Setting Processors to no-intr

The following example sets processors 1 and 2 no-intr:


% psradm -i 1 2

Example 3: Setting Processors to spare

The following example sets processors 1 and 2 spare, even if either of
the processors was in the faulted state:


% psradm -F -s 1 2

Example 4: Setting All Processors on-line

% psradm -a -n

Example 5: Forcing Processors to off-line

The following example sets processors 1 and 2 offline, and revokes the
processor bindings from the processes bound to them:


% psradm -F -f 1 2

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0
Successful completion.


>0
An error occurred.

FILES

/etc/wtmpx
Records logging processor status changes

SEE ALSO

p_online(2), processor_bind(2), attributes(7), pbind(8), psrinfo(8),
psrset(8)

DIAGNOSTICS

psradm: processor 4: Invalid argument

The specified processor does not exist in the configuration.


psradm: processor 3: Device busy

The specified processor could not be taken off-line because it either
has LWPs bound to it, is the last on-line processor in the system, or
is needed by the system because it provides some essential service.


psradm: processor 3: Device busy

The specified processor could not be set no-intr because it is the
last interruptible processor in the system, or it is the only
processor in the system that can service interrupts needed by the
system.


psradm: processor 3: Device busy

The specified processor is powered off, and it cannot be powered on
because some platform-specific resource is unavailable.


psradm: processor 0: Not owner

The user does not have permission to change processor status.


psradm: processor 2: Operation not supported

The specified processor is powered off, and the platform does not
support power on of individual processors.


April 25, 2019 PSRADM(8)