[PATCH] x86/resctrl: Allow AET to use PMT/TPMI as loadable modules
From: Tony Luck
Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 13:27:25 EST
The resctrl subsystem is always built into the base kernel. Currently,
enumerating Application Event Tracing (AET) features requires functions
from INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY and INTEL_TPMI. Because resctrl makes direct calls
to these functions, it enforces a strict dependency requiring both PMT and
TPMI to be built-in.
This is overly restrictive. Use the symbol_get() mechanism to allow resctrl
to resolve these symbols at runtime, whether they reside in the base kernel
or in loadable modules.
Update the exports for intel_pmt_get_regions_by_feature() and
intel_pmt_put_feature_group() to be accessible via symbol_get(). Replace
the direct calls with indirect calls using function pointers.
Finally, adjust the Kconfig dependencies to allow X86_CPU_RESCTRL_INTEL_AET
to be enabled even when INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY and INTEL_TPMI are configured
as modules.
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++---
drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c
index 89b8b619d5d5..b2a47774157f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/intel_vsec.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/minmax.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <linux/rculist.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
@@ -304,37 +305,57 @@ static enum pmt_feature_id lookup_pfid(const char *pfname)
*/
bool intel_aet_get_events(void)
{
+ struct pmt_feature_group *(*get_feature)(enum pmt_feature_id id);
+ void (*put_feature)(struct pmt_feature_group *p);
struct pmt_feature_group *p;
enum pmt_feature_id pfid;
struct event_group **peg;
bool ret = false;
+ get_feature = symbol_get(intel_pmt_get_regions_by_feature);
+ if (!get_feature)
+ return ret;
+ put_feature = symbol_get(intel_pmt_put_feature_group);
+ if (!put_feature) {
+ symbol_put(intel_pmt_get_regions_by_feature);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
for_each_event_group(peg) {
pfid = lookup_pfid((*peg)->pfname);
- p = intel_pmt_get_regions_by_feature(pfid);
+ p = get_feature(pfid);
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(p))
continue;
if (enable_events(*peg, p)) {
(*peg)->pfg = p;
ret = true;
} else {
- intel_pmt_put_feature_group(p);
+ put_feature(p);
}
}
+ symbol_put(intel_pmt_get_regions_by_feature);
+ symbol_put(intel_pmt_put_feature_group);
+
return ret;
}
void __exit intel_aet_exit(void)
{
+ void (*put_feature)(struct pmt_feature_group *p);
struct event_group **peg;
+ put_feature = symbol_get(intel_pmt_put_feature_group);
+ if (!put_feature)
+ return;
+
for_each_event_group(peg) {
if ((*peg)->pfg) {
- intel_pmt_put_feature_group((*peg)->pfg);
+ put_feature((*peg)->pfg);
(*peg)->pfg = NULL;
}
}
+ symbol_put(intel_pmt_put_feature_group);
}
#define DATA_VALID BIT_ULL(63)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry.c
index a52803bfe124..4504fb9fd83c 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry.c
@@ -287,13 +287,13 @@ struct pmt_feature_group *intel_pmt_get_regions_by_feature(enum pmt_feature_id i
return no_free_ptr(feature_group);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(intel_pmt_get_regions_by_feature);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(intel_pmt_get_regions_by_feature);
void intel_pmt_put_feature_group(struct pmt_feature_group *feature_group)
{
kref_put(&feature_group->kref, pmt_feature_group_release);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(intel_pmt_put_feature_group);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(intel_pmt_put_feature_group);
int pmt_telem_read(struct telem_endpoint *ep, u32 id, u64 *data, u32 count)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index e2df1b147184..fb3e40fc1e03 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ config X86_CPU_RESCTRL
config X86_CPU_RESCTRL_INTEL_AET
bool "Intel Application Energy Telemetry"
- depends on X86_64 && X86_CPU_RESCTRL && CPU_SUP_INTEL && INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY=y && INTEL_TPMI=y
+ depends on X86_64 && X86_CPU_RESCTRL && CPU_SUP_INTEL && INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY && INTEL_TPMI
help
Enable per-RMID telemetry events in resctrl.
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