Re: [PATCH v7 11/14] mpam,x86/resctrl: Resolve INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY symbols at runtime

From: Reinette Chatre

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 19:26:06 EST


Hi Tony,

Regarding a subject prefix ... We do not yet have a precedent for prefix
when MPAM, x86 and fs is changed so this series may indeed have the
opportunity to set that precedent. When doing so, please be consistent.

On 6/1/26 12:56 PM, Tony Luck wrote:
> resctrl is always built-in, but INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY and INTEL_TPMI are
> logically independent and should be loadable modules. Switch AET to use
> the function-pointer registration API (introduced in the preceding patch)

Please drop "(introduced in the preceding patch)" since patches may not
always keep this series's order once merged.

> instead of direct link-time references to PMT symbols.
>
> Prepare for the file system to call resctrl_arch_pre_mount() on every mount
> by moving AET enumeration into resctrl_arch_pre_mount() and cleanup into
> resctrl_arch_unmount(). This allows the PMT module to be unloaded whenever
> the filesystem is not mounted.
>
> Remove intel_aet_exit because all cleanup now happens in the unmount path.
>
> Note that the Linux file system code does not serialize calls to
> fs_context_operations::get_tree(), so there may be arbitrarily many
> parallel calls if users invoke mount(2) multiple times.
>
> Add locking and state (resctrl_arch_mount_entries) to avoid repeated
> enumeration on nested mount requests from file system code (which will be
> failed with -EBUSY status).
>
> event_group::num_rmid may be reset (reduced) during enumeration. This is
> not worth resetting on unmount because the same reduction would occur on
> each subsequent mount.

Even more important to ensure that PMT is done with its enumeration when
AET enumeration starts?

>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/resctrl.h | 3 ++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h | 8 ++--
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++--
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
> drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c | 4 ++
> 5 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/resctrl.h b/include/linux/resctrl.h
> index 3705f0214fa6..9534d42e0c57 100644
> --- a/include/linux/resctrl.h
> +++ b/include/linux/resctrl.h
> @@ -557,6 +557,9 @@ void resctrl_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
> */
> void resctrl_arch_pre_mount(void);
>
> +/* Called to report unmount. */
> +void resctrl_arch_unmount(void);
> +
> /**
> * resctrl_arch_rmid_read() - Read the eventid counter corresponding to rmid
> * for this resource and domain.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> index 3b09cfe9a046..017a19143ec9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> @@ -234,15 +234,15 @@ void rdt_domain_reconfigure_cdp(struct rdt_resource *r);
> void resctrl_arch_mbm_cntr_assign_set_one(struct rdt_resource *r);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL_INTEL_AET
> -bool intel_aet_get_events(void);
> -void __exit intel_aet_exit(void);
> +bool intel_aet_pre_mount(void);
> +void intel_aet_unmount(void);
> int intel_aet_read_event(int domid, u32 rmid, void *arch_priv, u64 *val);
> void intel_aet_mon_domain_setup(int cpu, int id, struct rdt_resource *r,
> struct list_head *add_pos);
> bool intel_handle_aet_option(bool force_off, char *tok);
> #else
> -static inline bool intel_aet_get_events(void) { return false; }
> -static inline void __exit intel_aet_exit(void) { }
> +static inline bool intel_aet_pre_mount(void) { return false; }
> +static inline void intel_aet_unmount(void) { }
> static inline int intel_aet_read_event(int domid, u32 rmid, void *arch_priv, u64 *val)
> {
> return -EINVAL;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
> index 934492c7e643..9336299b9647 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
> @@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
>
> #define pr_fmt(fmt) "resctrl: " fmt
>
> +#include <linux/cleanup.h>
> #include <linux/cpu.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/err.h>
> #include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
>
> #include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
> #include <asm/msr.h>
> @@ -776,12 +778,20 @@ static int resctrl_arch_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(resctrl_arch_mount_lock);

Please document what this mutex protects.

> +static int resctrl_arch_mount_entries;
> +
> void resctrl_arch_pre_mount(void)
> {
> struct rdt_resource *r = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_PERF_PKG].r_resctrl;
> int cpu;
>
> - if (!intel_aet_get_events())
> + guard(mutex)(&resctrl_arch_mount_lock);
> +
> + if (++resctrl_arch_mount_entries > 1)
> + return;
> +
> + if (!intel_aet_pre_mount())
> return;
>
> /*
> @@ -798,6 +808,33 @@ void resctrl_arch_pre_mount(void)
> cpus_read_unlock();
> }
>
> +void resctrl_arch_unmount(void)
> +{
> + struct rdt_resource *r = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_PERF_PKG].r_resctrl;
> + int cpu;
> +
> + guard(mutex)(&resctrl_arch_mount_lock);
> +
> + if (--resctrl_arch_mount_entries > 0)
> + return;
> +
> + WARN_ON(resctrl_arch_mount_entries < 0);
> +
> + intel_aet_unmount();
> +
> + if (!r->mon_capable)
> + return;
> +
> + cpus_read_lock();
> + mutex_lock(&domain_list_lock);
> + for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
> + domain_remove_cpu_mon(cpu, r);
> + r->mon_capable = false;
> + rdt_mon_feature_count--;
> + mutex_unlock(&domain_list_lock);
> + cpus_read_unlock();
> +}
> +
> enum {
> RDT_FLAG_CMT,
> RDT_FLAG_MBM_TOTAL,
> @@ -1174,8 +1211,6 @@ late_initcall(resctrl_arch_late_init);
>
> static void __exit resctrl_arch_exit(void)
> {
> - intel_aet_exit();
> -
> cpuhp_remove_state(rdt_online);
>
> resctrl_exit();
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c
> index db671725acbb..74c34593876b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c
> @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
> #include <linux/intel_vsec.h>
> #include <linux/io.h>
> #include <linux/minmax.h>
> -#include <linux/mutex.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> #include <linux/printk.h>
> #include <linux/rculist.h>
> #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
> @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static void (*put_feature)(struct pmt_feature_group *p);
> * struct pmt_feature_group to indicate that its events are successfully
> * enabled.
> */
> -bool intel_aet_get_events(void)
> +static bool aet_get_events(void)
> {
> struct pmt_feature_group *p;
> enum pmt_feature_id pfid;
> @@ -317,14 +317,14 @@ bool intel_aet_get_events(void)
>
> 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);
> }
> }
>
> @@ -353,16 +353,56 @@ void intel_aet_unregister_enumeration(void)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(intel_aet_unregister_enumeration, "INTEL_PMT");
>
> -void __exit intel_aet_exit(void)
> +/*
> + * The pmt_telemetry module may not be loaded when the resctrl file system

Is this accurate? What prevents pmt_telemetry module from being loaded when
resctrl file system is mounted?

> + * is mounted. Keep track of whether a hold was placed on the module to know
> + * whether to release it during unmount.
> + */
> +static bool have_pmt_hold;
> +
> +bool intel_aet_pre_mount(void)
> +{
> + bool ret;
> +
> + guard(mutex)(&aet_register_lock);
> + if (!get_feature || !put_feature)
> + return false;
> +
> + if (pmt_module) {
> + if (!try_module_get(pmt_module))
> + return false;
> + have_pmt_hold = true;
> + }
> +
> + ret = aet_get_events();
> +
> + if (!ret && pmt_module && have_pmt_hold) {
> + module_put(pmt_module);
> + have_pmt_hold = false;
> + }
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +void intel_aet_unmount(void)
> {
> struct event_group **peg;
>
> + guard(mutex)(&aet_register_lock);

Could this get a short-circuit to make behavior on AMD obvious?

> for_each_event_group(peg) {
> if ((*peg)->pfg) {
> - intel_pmt_put_feature_group((*peg)->pfg);
> + struct event_group *e = *peg;
> +
> + for (int j = 0; j < e->num_events; j++)
> + resctrl_disable_mon_event(e->evts[j].id);
> + put_feature((*peg)->pfg);
> (*peg)->pfg = NULL;
> }
> }
> + if (have_pmt_hold && pmt_module) {
> + module_put(pmt_module);
> + have_pmt_hold = false;
> + }
> }
>
> #define DATA_VALID BIT_ULL(63)
> diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
> index 7079870ca894..5859cc0f5e37 100644
> --- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
> +++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
> @@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ void resctrl_arch_pre_mount(void)
> {
> }
>
> +void resctrl_arch_unmount(void)
> +{
> +}
> +
> bool resctrl_arch_get_cdp_enabled(enum resctrl_res_level rid)
> {
> return mpam_resctrl_controls[rid].cdp_enabled;

Reinette