node-feature-discovery/source/cpu/pstate.go

/*
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*/

package cpu

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"runtime"
)

// Discover returns feature names for p-state related features such as turbo boost.
func turboEnabled() (bool, error) {
	// On other platforms, the frequency boost mechanism is software-based.
	// So skip pstate detection on other architectures.
	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" && runtime.GOARCH != "386" {
		return false, nil
	}

	// Only looking for turbo boost for now...
	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo")
	if err != nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("can't detect whether turbo boost is enabled: %s", err.Error())
	}
	if bytes[0] == byte('0') {
		return true, nil
	}

	return false, nil
}