}
 
 /*
- * cpu_is_first_sibling_in_core(cpu)
- * return 1 if given CPU is 1st HT sibling in the core
+ * get_cpu_position_in_core(cpu)
+ * return the position of the CPU among its HT siblings in the core
+ * return -1 if the sibling is not in list
  */
-int cpu_is_first_sibling_in_core(int cpu)
+int get_cpu_position_in_core(int cpu)
 {
-       return cpu == parse_int_file("/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%d/topology/thread_siblings_list", cpu);
+       char path[64];
+       FILE *filep;
+       int this_cpu;
+       char character;
+       int i;
+
+       sprintf(path,
+               "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%d/topology/thread_siblings_list",
+               cpu);
+       filep = fopen(path, "r");
+       if (filep == NULL) {
+               perror(path);
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
+       for (i = 0; i < topo.num_threads_per_core; i++) {
+               fscanf(filep, "%d", &this_cpu);
+               if (this_cpu == cpu) {
+                       fclose(filep);
+                       return i;
+               }
+
+               /* Account for no separator after last thread*/
+               if (i != (topo.num_threads_per_core - 1))
+                       fscanf(filep, "%c", &character);
+       }
+
+       fclose(filep);
+       return -1;
 }
 
 /*
 {
        char path[80];
        FILE *filep;
-       int sib1, sib2;
-       int matches;
+       int sib1;
+       int matches = 0;
        char character;
+       char str[100];
+       char *ch;
 
        sprintf(path, "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%d/topology/thread_siblings_list", cpu);
        filep = fopen_or_die(path, "r");
+
        /*
         * file format:
-        * if a pair of number with a character between: 2 siblings (eg. 1-2, or 1,4)
-        * otherwinse 1 sibling (self).
+        * A ',' separated or '-' separated set of numbers
+        * (eg 1-2 or 1,3,4,5)
         */
-       matches = fscanf(filep, "%d%c%d\n", &sib1, &character, &sib2);
+       fscanf(filep, "%d%c\n", &sib1, &character);
+       fseek(filep, 0, SEEK_SET);
+       fgets(str, 100, filep);
+       ch = strchr(str, character);
+       while (ch != NULL) {
+               matches++;
+               ch = strchr(ch+1, character);
+       }
 
        fclose(filep);
-
-       if (matches == 3)
-               return 2;
-       else
-               return 1;
+       return matches+1;
 }
 
 /*
 
        my_package_id = get_physical_package_id(cpu_id);
        my_core_id = get_core_id(cpu_id);
-
-       if (cpu_is_first_sibling_in_core(cpu_id)) {
-               my_thread_id = 0;
+       my_thread_id = get_cpu_position_in_core(cpu_id);
+       if (!my_thread_id)
                topo.num_cores++;
-       } else {
-               my_thread_id = 1;
-       }
 
        init_counter(EVEN_COUNTERS, my_thread_id, my_core_id, my_package_id, cpu_id);
        init_counter(ODD_COUNTERS, my_thread_id, my_core_id, my_package_id, cpu_id);