Re: [PATCHv7 06/10] node: Add memory-side caching attributes

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Fri Mar 08 2019 - 11:22:01 EST


On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:50:34 -0700
Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> System memory may have caches to help improve access speed to frequently
> requested address ranges. While the system provided cache is transparent
> to the software accessing these memory ranges, applications can optimize
> their own access based on cache attributes.
>
> Provide a new API for the kernel to register these memory-side caches
> under the memory node that provides it.
>
> The new sysfs representation is modeled from the existing cpu cacheinfo
> attributes, as seen from /sys/devices/system/cpu/<cpu>/cache/. Unlike CPU
> cacheinfo though, the node cache level is reported from the view of the
> memory. A higher level number is nearer to the CPU, while lower levels
> are closer to the last level memory.
>
> The exported attributes are the cache size, the line size, associativity
> indexing, and write back policy, and add the attributes for the system
> memory caches to sysfs stable documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>

One utterly trivial point inline that git am pointed out.

J
> ---
> Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node | 34 +++++++
> drivers/base/node.c | 151 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/node.h | 39 +++++++
> 3 files changed, 224 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node
> index 41cb9345e1e0..970fef47e6cd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-node
> @@ -142,3 +142,37 @@ Contact: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>
> Description:
> This node's write latency in nanoseconds when access
> from nodes found in this class's linked initiators.
> +
> +What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memory_side_cache/indexY/
> +Date: December 2018
> +Contact: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>
> +Description:
> + The directory containing attributes for the memory-side cache
> + level 'Y'.
> +
> +What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memory_side_cache/indexY/indexing
> +Date: December 2018
> +Contact: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>
> +Description:
> + The caches associativity indexing: 0 for direct mapped,
> + non-zero if indexed.
> +
> +What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memory_side_cache/indexY/line_size
> +Date: December 2018
> +Contact: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>
> +Description:
> + The number of bytes accessed from the next cache level on a
> + cache miss.
> +
> +What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memory_side_cache/indexY/size
> +Date: December 2018
> +Contact: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>
> +Description:
> + The size of this memory side cache in bytes.
> +
> +What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memory_side_cache/indexY/write_policy
> +Date: December 2018
> +Contact: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>
> +Description:
> + The cache write policy: 0 for write-back, 1 for write-through,
> + other or unknown.
> diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
> index 2de546a040a5..8598fcbd2a17 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/node.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/node.c
> @@ -205,6 +205,155 @@ void node_set_perf_attrs(unsigned int nid, struct node_hmem_attrs *hmem_attrs,
> }
> }
> }
> +
> +/**
> + * struct node_cache_info - Internal tracking for memory node caches
> + * @dev: Device represeting the cache level
> + * @node: List element for tracking in the node
> + * @cache_attrs:Attributes for this cache level
> + */
> +struct node_cache_info {
> + struct device dev;
> + struct list_head node;
> + struct node_cache_attrs cache_attrs;
> +};
> +#define to_cache_info(device) container_of(device, struct node_cache_info, dev)
> +
> +#define CACHE_ATTR(name, fmt) \
> +static ssize_t name##_show(struct device *dev, \
> + struct device_attribute *attr, \
> + char *buf) \
> +{ \
> + return sprintf(buf, fmt "\n", to_cache_info(dev)->cache_attrs.name);\
> +} \
> +DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name);
> +
> +CACHE_ATTR(size, "%llu")
> +CACHE_ATTR(line_size, "%u")
> +CACHE_ATTR(indexing, "%u")
> +CACHE_ATTR(write_policy, "%u")
> +
> +static struct attribute *cache_attrs[] = {
> + &dev_attr_indexing.attr,
> + &dev_attr_size.attr,
> + &dev_attr_line_size.attr,
> + &dev_attr_write_policy.attr,
> + NULL,
> +};
> +ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(cache);
> +
> +static void node_cache_release(struct device *dev)
> +{
> + kfree(dev);
> +}
> +
> +static void node_cacheinfo_release(struct device *dev)
> +{
> + struct node_cache_info *info = to_cache_info(dev);
> + kfree(info);
> +}
> +
> +static void node_init_cache_dev(struct node *node)
> +{
> + struct device *dev;
> +
> + dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!dev)
> + return;
> +
> + dev->parent = &node->dev;
> + dev->release = node_cache_release;
> + if (dev_set_name(dev, "memory_side_cache"))
> + goto free_dev;
> +
> + if (device_register(dev))
> + goto free_name;
> +
> + pm_runtime_no_callbacks(dev);
> + node->cache_dev = dev;
> + return;
> +free_name:
> + kfree_const(dev->kobj.name);
> +free_dev:
> + kfree(dev);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * node_add_cache() - add cache attribute to a memory node
> + * @nid: Node identifier that has new cache attributes
> + * @cache_attrs: Attributes for the cache being added
> + */
> +void node_add_cache(unsigned int nid, struct node_cache_attrs *cache_attrs)
> +{
> + struct node_cache_info *info;
> + struct device *dev;
> + struct node *node;
> +
> + if (!node_online(nid) || !node_devices[nid])
> + return;
> +
> + node = node_devices[nid];
> + list_for_each_entry(info, &node->cache_attrs, node) {
> + if (info->cache_attrs.level == cache_attrs->level) {
> + dev_warn(&node->dev,
> + "attempt to add duplicate cache level:%d\n",
> + cache_attrs->level);
> + return;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + if (!node->cache_dev)
> + node_init_cache_dev(node);
> + if (!node->cache_dev)
> + return;
> +
> + info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!info)
> + return;
> +
> + dev = &info->dev;
> + dev->parent = node->cache_dev;
> + dev->release = node_cacheinfo_release;
> + dev->groups = cache_groups;
> + if (dev_set_name(dev, "index%d", cache_attrs->level))
> + goto free_cache;
> +
> + info->cache_attrs = *cache_attrs;
> + if (device_register(dev)) {
> + dev_warn(&node->dev, "failed to add cache level:%d\n",
> + cache_attrs->level);
> + goto free_name;
> + }
> + pm_runtime_no_callbacks(dev);
> + list_add_tail(&info->node, &node->cache_attrs);
> + return;
> +free_name:
> + kfree_const(dev->kobj.name);
> +free_cache:
> + kfree(info);
> +}
> +
> +static void node_remove_caches(struct node *node)
> +{
> + struct node_cache_info *info, *next;
> +
> + if (!node->cache_dev)
> + return;
> +
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(info, next, &node->cache_attrs, node) {
> + list_del(&info->node);
> + device_unregister(&info->dev);
> + }
> + device_unregister(node->cache_dev);
> +}
> +
> +static void node_init_caches(unsigned int nid)
> +{
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&node_devices[nid]->cache_attrs);
> +}
> +#else
> +static void node_init_caches(unsigned int nid) { }
> +static void node_remove_caches(struct node *node) { }
> #endif
>
> #define K(x) ((x) << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10))
> @@ -489,6 +638,7 @@ void unregister_node(struct node *node)
> {
> hugetlb_unregister_node(node); /* no-op, if memoryless node */
> node_remove_accesses(node);
> + node_remove_caches(node);
> device_unregister(&node->dev);
> }
>
> @@ -781,6 +931,7 @@ int __register_one_node(int nid)
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&node_devices[nid]->access_list);
> /* initialize work queue for memory hot plug */
> init_node_hugetlb_work(nid);
> + node_init_caches(nid);
>
> return error;
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/node.h b/include/linux/node.h
> index 45e14e1e0c18..8fa350e01acc 100644
> --- a/include/linux/node.h
> +++ b/include/linux/node.h
> @@ -35,10 +35,45 @@ struct node_hmem_attrs {
> unsigned int write_latency;
> };
>
> +enum cache_indexing {
> + NODE_CACHE_DIRECT_MAP,
> + NODE_CACHE_INDEXED,
> + NODE_CACHE_OTHER,
> +};
> +
> +enum cache_write_policy {
> + NODE_CACHE_WRITE_BACK,
> + NODE_CACHE_WRITE_THROUGH,
> + NODE_CACHE_WRITE_OTHER,
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * struct node_cache_attrs - system memory caching attributes
> + *
> + * @indexing: The ways memory blocks may be placed in cache
> + * @write_policy: Write back or write through policy
> + * @size: Total size of cache in bytes
> + * @line_size: Number of bytes fetched on a cache miss
> + * @level: The cache hierarchy level
> + */
> +struct node_cache_attrs {
> + enum cache_indexing indexing;
> + enum cache_write_policy write_policy;
> + u64 size;
> + u16 line_size;
> + u8 level;
> +};
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_HMEM_REPORTING
> +void node_add_cache(unsigned int nid, struct node_cache_attrs *cache_attrs);
> void node_set_perf_attrs(unsigned int nid, struct node_hmem_attrs *hmem_attrs,
> unsigned access);
> #else
> +static inline void node_add_cache(unsigned int nid,
> + struct node_cache_attrs *cache_attrs)
> +{
> +}
There is a stray space at the end of the line above...

> +
> static inline void node_set_perf_attrs(unsigned int nid,
> struct node_hmem_attrs *hmem_attrs,
> unsigned access)
> @@ -52,6 +87,10 @@ struct node {
> #if defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE) && defined(CONFIG_HUGETLBFS)
> struct work_struct node_work;
> #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HMEM_REPORTING
> + struct list_head cache_attrs;
> + struct device *cache_dev;
> +#endif
> };
>
> struct memory_block;