prometheus / prometheus/node_exporter

[feature request] support Intel CPU Uncore Frequency

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Description

Uncore Frequency plays an important role in AI workloads.
It hurts performance badly if the frequency is low.
We'd like to monitor min_freq_khz, max_freq_khz and current_freq_khz.

  1. monitor min_freq_khz and max_freq_khz to check if the bios configuration is correct:
# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_uncore_frequency/uncore00/{min_freq_khz,max_freq_khz}
2200000
2200000
  1. monitor current_freq_khz to check if there is a electrical power issue:
# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_uncore_frequency/uncore00/current_freq_khz
2200000

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Research direction

Start by locating the node_exporter collector that reads Linux CPU sysfs data, then inspect the Intel uncore paths under /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_uncore_frequency/uncore00/. Add monitoring for min_freq_khz, max_freq_khz, and current_freq_khz, and verify that the exported metrics reflect the sample values shown in the issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
observability, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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