[PATCH v3 00/18] Intel Cache Allocation Technology
From: Fenghua Yu
Date: Fri Oct 07 2016 - 19:45:02 EST
From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
[I know we are in the middle of the merge window ... just putting
these out there now so that if anyone has a boring meeting or plane
ride they can have something interesting to do]
Dave: Got rid of the atomic ops in fork() ... in fact there is no hook
at all now. Membership in a resource group is indicated by the
value of the current->closid field. So fork overhead is just
the extra time to copy the task_struct that is one "int" bigger.
We also got rid of some memory acceses in intel_rdt_sched_in()
(which is also now fully in-line, so no function call). Maybe
current->closid could be re-positioned inside the task_struct
to get it into a warmer cache location.
Shaohua:Sorry, no "procs" file yet. It can be added as another patch
(hint: if you write it, it will happen faster :-)
PeterZ: Using bitfields for the CPUID field extraction.
Nilay: Using DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE now.
Boris: Using init_scattered_cpuid_features()
Thomas: So many comments ... I hope we got them all covered.
Totally revamped patch series to make review easier. Here's a
guide to what is in each patch, and what you can expect to see
on a running system with patches up to each point applied. Some
code got copied ... so Vikas deserves some Author credit, but I
didn't track which bits ended up in which new piece.
0001-Documentation-ABI-Add-a-document-entry-for-cache-id.patch
0002-cacheinfo-Introduce-cache-id.patch
0003-x86-intel_cacheinfo-Enable-cache-id-in-x86.patch
These three define an "id" for each cache ... we need a "name"
for a cache so we can say what restrictions to apply to each
cache in the system. All you will see at this point is an
extra "id" file in each /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/
directory.
0004-x86-intel_rdt-Feature-discovery.patch
Look at CPUID for the features related to cache allocation.
At this point /proc/cpuinfo shows extra flags for the features
found on your system.
0005-Documentation-x86-Documentation-for-Intel-resource-a.patch
Documentation patch could be anywhere in this sequence. We
put in early so you can read it to see how to use the
interface.
0006-x86-intel_rdt-Add-CONFIG-Makefile-and-basic-initiali.patch
Add CONFIG_INTEL_RDT (default "n" ... you'll have to set
it to have this, and all the following patches do anything).
Template driver here just checks for features and spams
the console with one line for each.
0007-x86-intel_rdt-Add-Haswell-feature-discovery.patch
There are some Haswell systems that support cache allocation,
but they were made before the CPUID bits were fully defined.
So we check by probing the PQR_ASSOC MSR to see if CLOSID
bits stick. Unless you have one of these Haswells, you won't
see any difference here.
0008-x86-intel_rdt-Pick-up-L3-RDT-parameters-from-CPUID.patch
This is all new code, not seen in the previous versions of this
patch series. L3 cache allocation is just the first of several
resource control features. Define rdt_resource structure that
contains all the useful things we need to know about a resource.
Pick up the parameters for the resource from CPUID. The console
spam strings change format here.
0009-x86-cqm-Move-PQR_ASSOC-management-code-into-generic-.patch
The PQR_ASSOC MSR has a field for the CLOSID (which we need
define which allocation rules are in effect). But it also
contains the RMID (used by CQM and MBM perf monitoring).
The perf code got here first, but defined structures that
make it easy for the two systems to co-exist without stomping
on each other. This patch moves the relevant parts into a
common header file and changes the scope from "static" to
global so we can access them. No visible change.
0010-x86-intel_rdt-Build-structures-for-each-resource-bas.patch
For each enabled resource, we build a list of "rdt_domains" based
on hotplug cpu notifications. Since we only have L3 at this point,
this is just a list of L3 caches (named by the "id" established
in the first three patches). As each cache is found we initialize
the array of CBMs (cache bit masks). No visible change here.
0011-x86-intel_rdt-Add-basic-resctrl-filesystem-support.patch
Our interface is a kernfs backed file system. Establish the
mount point, and provide mount/unmount functionality.
At this point "/sys/fs/resctrl" appears. You can mount and
unmount the resctrl file system (if your system supports
code/data prioritization, you can use the "cdp" mount option).
The file system is empty and doesn't allow creation of any
files or subdirectories.
0012-x86-intel_rdt-Add-info-files-to-resctrl-file-system.patch
Parameters for each resource are buried in CPUID leaf 0x10.
This isn't very user friendly for scripts and applications
that want to configure resource allocation. Create an
"info" directory, with a subdirectory for each resource
containing a couple of useful parameters. Visible change:
$ ls -l /sys/fs/resctrl/info/L3
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 7 11:20 cbm_val
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 7 11:20 num_closid
0013-x86-intel_rdt-Add-mkdir-to-resctrl-file-system.patch
Each resource group is represented by a directory in the
resctrl file system. The root directory is the default group.
Use "mkdir" to create new groups and "rmdir" to remove them.
The maximum number of groups is defined by the effective
number of CLOSIDs.
Visible change: If you have CDP (and enable with the "cdp"
mount option) you will find that you can only create half
as many groups as without (e.g. 8 vs. 16 on Broadwell, but
the default group uses one ... so actually 7, 15).
0014-x86-intel_rdt-Add-cpus-file.patch
One of the control mechanisms for a resource group is the
logical CPU. Initially all CPUs are assigned to the default
group. They can be reassigned to other groups by writing
a cpumask to the "cpus" file. See the documentation for what
this means.
Visible change: "cpus" file in the root, and automatically
in each created subdirectory. You can "echo" masks to these
files and watch as CPUs added to one group are removed from
whatever group they previously belonged to. Removing a directory
will give all CPUs owned by it back to the default (root)
group.
0015-x86-intel_rdt-Add-tasks-files.patch
Tasks can be assigned to resource groups by writing their PID
to a "tasks" file (which removes the task from its previous
group). Forked/cloned tasks inherit the group from their
parent. You cannot remove a group (directory) that has any
tasks assigned.
Visible change: "tasks" files appear. E.g. (we see two tasks
in the group, our shell, and the "cat" that it spawned).
# echo $$ > p0/tasks; cat p0/tasks
268890
268914
0016-x86-intel_rdt-Add-schemata-file.patch
The "schemata" file in each group/directory defines what
access tasks controlled by this resource are permitted.
One line per resource type. Fields for each instance of
the resource. You redefine the access by wrting to the
file in the same format.
Visible change: "schemata" file which starts out with maximum
allowed resources. E.g.
$ cat schemata
L3:0=fffff;1=fffff
Now restrict this group to just 20% of L3 on first cache, but
allow 50% on the second
# echo L3:0=f;1=3ff > schemata
0017-x86-intel_rdt-Add-scheduler-hook.patch
When context switching we check if we are changing resource
groups for the new process, and update the PQR_ASSOC MSR with
the new CLOSID if needed.
Visble change: Everything should be working now. Tasks run with
the permitted access to L3 cache.
0018-MAINTAINERS-Add-maintainer-for-Intel-RDT-resource-al.patch
New files ... need a maintainer. Fenghua has the job.
Test note: The patches haven't been tested on 32-bit yet.
Fenghua Yu (15):
Documentation, ABI: Add a document entry for cache id
cacheinfo: Introduce cache id
x86, intel_cacheinfo: Enable cache id in x86
x86/intel_rdt: Feature discovery
Documentation, x86: Documentation for Intel resource allocation user
interface
x86/intel_rdt: Add CONFIG, Makefile, and basic initialization
x86/intel_rdt: Add Haswell feature discovery
x86/intel_rdt: Pick up L3 RDT parameters from CPUID
x86/cqm: Move PQR_ASSOC management code into generic code used by both
CQM and CAT
x86/intel_rdt: Add basic resctrl filesystem support
x86/intel_rdt: Add "info" files to resctrl file system
x86/intel_rdt: Add mkdir to resctrl file system
x86/intel_rdt: Add tasks files
x86/intel_rdt: Add scheduler hook
MAINTAINERS: Add maintainer for Intel RDT resource allocation
Tony Luck (3):
x86/intel_rdt: Build structures for each resource based on cache
topology
x86/intel_rdt: Add cpus file
x86/intel_rdt: Add schemata file
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 16 +
Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt | 162 ++++
MAINTAINERS | 8 +
arch/x86/Kconfig | 12 +
arch/x86/events/intel/cqm.c | 23 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 5 +
arch/x86/include/asm/intel_rdt.h | 205 +++++
arch/x86/include/asm/intel_rdt_common.h | 27 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 2 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c | 20 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.c | 294 +++++++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c | 939 +++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_schemata.c | 260 ++++++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c | 3 +
arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 4 +
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 4 +
drivers/base/cacheinfo.c | 5 +
include/linux/cacheinfo.h | 3 +
include/linux/sched.h | 3 +
include/uapi/linux/magic.h | 1 +
20 files changed, 1975 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt
create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/intel_rdt.h
create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/intel_rdt_common.h
create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.c
create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_schemata.c
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