[PATCH 1/3] selftests/resctrl: Introduced linked list management for IMC counters

From: Yifan Wu

Date: Tue Mar 24 2026 - 08:59:47 EST


Added linked list based management for IMC counter configurations,
allowing the system to dynamically allocate and clean up resources based on
actual hardware capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Yifan Wu <wuyifan50@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index 175101022bf3..29c9f76132f0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#include <linux/perf_event.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/bits.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
#include "kselftest.h"

#define MB (1024 * 1024)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
index f20d2194c35f..ac58d3862281 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct membw_read_format {
};

struct imc_counter_config {
+ struct list_head imc_list;
__u32 type;
__u64 event;
__u64 umask;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ struct imc_counter_config {
static char mbm_total_path[1024];
static int imcs;
static struct imc_counter_config imc_counters_config[MAX_IMCS];
+LIST_HEAD(imc_counters_configs);
static const struct resctrl_test *current_test;

static void read_mem_bw_initialize_perf_event_attr(int i)
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@ static int read_from_imc_dir(char *imc_dir, unsigned int *count)
*/
static int num_of_imcs(void)
{
+ struct imc_counter_config *imc_counters_config;
char imc_dir[512], *temp;
unsigned int count = 0;
struct dirent *ep;
@@ -263,14 +266,23 @@ static int num_of_imcs(void)
* first character is a numerical digit or not.
*/
if (temp[0] >= '0' && temp[0] <= '9') {
+ imc_counters_config = malloc(sizeof(struct imc_counter_config));
+ if (!imc_counters_config) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Unable to allocate memory for iMC counters\n");
+
+ return -1;
+ }
+ memset(imc_counters_config, 0, sizeof(struct imc_counter_config));
sprintf(imc_dir, "%s/%s/", DYN_PMU_PATH,
ep->d_name);
ret = read_from_imc_dir(imc_dir, &count);
if (ret) {
+ free(imc_counters_config);
closedir(dp);

return ret;
}
+ list_add(&imc_counters_config->imc_list, &imc_counters_configs);
}
}
closedir(dp);
@@ -303,6 +315,19 @@ int initialize_read_mem_bw_imc(void)
return 0;
}

+void cleanup_read_mem_bw_imc(void)
+{
+ struct imc_counter_config *next_imc_counters_config;
+ struct imc_counter_config *imc_counters_config;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(imc_counters_config, next_imc_counters_config,
+ &imc_counters_configs, imc_list) {
+ list_del(&imc_counters_config->imc_list);
+ free(imc_counters_config);
+ }
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&imc_counters_configs);
+}
+
static void perf_close_imc_read_mem_bw(void)
{
int mc;
--
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