Re: [PATCH v8 05/13] x86/resctrl: Detect and configure Slow Memory Bandwidth Allocation

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Babu,

On 11/30/2022 12:40 PM, Moger, Babu wrote:
> On 11/30/22 14:07, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>> On 11/30/2022 10:43 AM, Moger, Babu wrote:
>>> On 11/22/22 18:12, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>>>> On 11/4/2022 1:00 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
>>>>> The QoS slow memory configuration details are available via
>>>>> CPUID_Fn80000020_EDX_x02. Detect the available details and
>>>>> initialize the rest to defaults.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c        |   36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>>>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c |    2 +-
>>>>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h    |    1 +
>>>>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c    |    8 ++++--
>>>>>  4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
>>>>> index e31c98e2fafc..6571d08e2b0d 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
>>>>> @@ -162,6 +162,13 @@ bool is_mba_sc(struct rdt_resource *r)
>>>>>  	if (!r)
>>>>>  		return rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].r_resctrl.membw.mba_sc;
>>>>>  
>>>>> +	/*
>>>>> +	 * The software controller support is only applicable to MBA resource.
>>>>> +	 * Make sure to check for resource type again.
>>>>> +	 */
>>>> /again/d
>>>>
>>>> Not all callers of is_mba_sc() check if it is called for an MBA resource.
>>>>
>>>>> +	if (r->rid != RDT_RESOURCE_MBA)
>>>>> +		return false;
>>>>> +
>>>>>  	return r->membw.mba_sc;
>>>>>  }
>>>>>  
>>>>> @@ -225,9 +232,15 @@ static bool __rdt_get_mem_config_amd(struct rdt_resource *r)
>>>>>  	struct rdt_hw_resource *hw_res = resctrl_to_arch_res(r);
>>>>>  	union cpuid_0x10_3_eax eax;
>>>>>  	union cpuid_0x10_x_edx edx;
>>>>> -	u32 ebx, ecx;
>>>>> +	u32 ebx, ecx, subleaf;
>>>>>  
>>>>> -	cpuid_count(0x80000020, 1, &eax.full, &ebx, &ecx, &edx.full);
>>>>> +	/*
>>>>> +	 * Query CPUID_Fn80000020_EDX_x01 for MBA and
>>>>> +	 * CPUID_Fn80000020_EDX_x02 for SMBA
>>>>> +	 */
>>>>> +	subleaf = (r->rid == RDT_RESOURCE_SMBA) ? 2 :  1;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	cpuid_count(0x80000020, subleaf, &eax.full, &ebx, &ecx, &edx.full);
>>>>>  	hw_res->num_closid = edx.split.cos_max + 1;
>>>>>  	r->default_ctrl = MAX_MBA_BW_AMD;
>>>>>  
>>>>> @@ -750,6 +763,19 @@ static __init bool get_mem_config(void)
>>>>>  	return false;
>>>>>  }
>>>>>  
>>>>> +static __init bool get_slow_mem_config(void)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	struct rdt_hw_resource *hw_res = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_SMBA];
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	if (!rdt_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SMBA))
>>>>> +		return false;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD)
>>>>> +		return __rdt_get_mem_config_amd(&hw_res->r_resctrl);
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	return false;
>>>>> +}
>>>>> +
>>>>>  static __init bool get_rdt_alloc_resources(void)
>>>>>  {
>>>>>  	struct rdt_resource *r;
>>>>> @@ -780,6 +806,9 @@ static __init bool get_rdt_alloc_resources(void)
>>>>>  	if (get_mem_config())
>>>>>  		ret = true;
>>>>>  
>>>>> +	if (get_slow_mem_config())
>>>>> +		ret = true;
>>>>> +
>>>>>  	return ret;
>>>>>  }
>>>>>  
>>>>> @@ -869,6 +898,9 @@ static __init void rdt_init_res_defs_amd(void)
>>>>>  		} else if (r->rid == RDT_RESOURCE_MBA) {
>>>>>  			hw_res->msr_base = MSR_IA32_MBA_BW_BASE;
>>>>>  			hw_res->msr_update = mba_wrmsr_amd;
>>>>> +		} else if (r->rid == RDT_RESOURCE_SMBA) {
>>>>> +			hw_res->msr_base = MSR_IA32_SMBA_BW_BASE;
>>>>> +			hw_res->msr_update = mba_wrmsr_amd;
>>>>>  		}
>>>>>  	}
>>>>>  }
>>>> I mentioned earlier that this can be moved to init of
>>>> rdt_resources_all[]. No strong preference, leaving here works
>>>> also.
>>> I am little confused about this comment. Initialization of
>>> rdt_resources_all in core.c is mostly generic initialization. The msr_base
>>> and msr_update routines here are vendor specific. I would prefer to keep
>>> this in
>> This is a contradiction. Yes, rdt_resources_all[] initialization in core.c
>> is indeed generic initialization, so why is SMBA there? If this was really
>> generic initialization then the entire initialization of SMBA resource
>> should rather move to AMD specific code.
>>
>> SMBA is an AMD only feature yet its resource initialization is fragmented
>> with one portion treated as generic and another portion treated as vendor
>> specific while it all is vendor specific.
>>
>> The current fragmentation is not clear to me. Keeping the initialization
>> as you have in patch #2 is the simplest and that is what prompted me
>> to suggest the move to keep initialization together at that location.
>>
>>> rdt_init_res_defs_amd.Is that ok?
>> The generic vs non-generic initialization argument is not convincing to me. 
>> Could you please elaborate why you prefer it this way? I already mentioned
>> that I do not have a strong preference but I would like to understand what
>> the motivation for this split initialization is.
>>
> I dont have any strong argument. I was thinking, in case Intel supports
> this resource in the future then they only have to change
> rdt_init_res_defs_intel.

I agree that this is not a strong argument. If this happens then Intel can split
the initialization also. This is also not the only bits that would need
changing since only __rdt_get_mem_config_amd() can initialize an SMBA
resource.

It does not sound like there is a clear winner. To answer your earlier question
more succinctly, yes, from my perspective you can keep the change to
rdt_init_res_defs_amd(). At least with this change things would be more
familiar between MBA and SMBA and it will be obvious that SMBA is not
supported by Intel.

Reinette