Re: [PATCH v5] x86/resctrl: Add event choices for mba_MBps

From: Moger, Babu
Date: Mon Dec 04 2023 - 11:25:08 EST


Hi Tony,

You are intending to achieve two things at once here.
1. Adding new mount option
2. Changing behaviour for the current option.
I think you need to split this patch into two. Few comments below.

On 12/1/23 15:47, Tony Luck wrote:
> The MBA Software Controller(mba_sc) is a feedback loop that uses
> measurements of local memory bandwidth to adjust MBA throttling levels to
> keep workloads in a resctrl group within a target bandwidth set in the
> schemata file.
>
> But on Intel systems the memory bandwidth monitoring events are
> independently enumerated. It is possible for a system to support
> total memory bandwidth monitoring, but not support local bandwidth
> monitoring. On such a system a user could not enable mba_sc mode.
> Users will see this highly unhelpful error message from mount:
>
> # mount -t resctrl -o mba_MBps resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl
> mount: /sys/fs/resctrl: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
> resctrl, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
> dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
>
> dmesg(1) does not provide any additional information.
>
> Add a new mount option "mba_MBps_event=[local|total]" that allows
> a user to specify which monitoring event to use. Also modify the
> existing "mba_MBps" option to switch to total bandwidth monitoring
> if local monitoring is not available.

I am not sure why you need both these options. I feel you just need one of
these options.

Thanks
Babu

>
> Update the once-per-second polling code to use the chosen event (local
> or total memory bandwidth).
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst | 7 +++-
> include/linux/resctrl.h | 2 ++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h | 3 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c | 21 ++++++-----
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++------
> 5 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
> index a6279df64a9d..f06cb189911a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
> @@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ mount options are:
> Enable code/data prioritization in L2 cache allocations.
> "mba_MBps":
> Enable the MBA Software Controller(mba_sc) to specify MBA
> - bandwidth in MBps
> + bandwidth in MBps. Defaults to using MBM local bandwidth,
> + but will use total bandwidth on systems that do not support
> + local bandwidth monitoring.
> +"mba_MBps_event=[local|total]":
> + Enable the MBA Software Controller(mba_sc) with a specific
> + MBM event as input to the feedback loop.
> "debug":
> Make debug files accessible. Available debug files are annotated with
> "Available only with debug option".
> diff --git a/include/linux/resctrl.h b/include/linux/resctrl.h
> index 66942d7fba7f..1feb3b2e64fa 100644
> --- a/include/linux/resctrl.h
> +++ b/include/linux/resctrl.h
> @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ enum membw_throttle_mode {
> * @throttle_mode: Bandwidth throttling mode when threads request
> * different memory bandwidths
> * @mba_sc: True if MBA software controller(mba_sc) is enabled
> + * @mba_mbps_event: Event (local or total) for mba_sc
> * @mb_map: Mapping of memory B/W percentage to memory B/W delay
> */
> struct resctrl_membw {
> @@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ struct resctrl_membw {
> bool arch_needs_linear;
> enum membw_throttle_mode throttle_mode;
> bool mba_sc;
> + enum resctrl_event_id mba_mbps_event;
> u32 *mb_map;
> };
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> index a4f1aa15f0a2..8b9b8f664324 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ struct rdt_fs_context {
> struct kernfs_fs_context kfc;
> bool enable_cdpl2;
> bool enable_cdpl3;
> - bool enable_mba_mbps;
> + bool enable_mba_mbps_local;
> + bool enable_mba_mbps_total;
> bool enable_debug;
> };
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
> index f136ac046851..d9e590f1cbc3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
> @@ -431,9 +431,10 @@ static int __mon_event_count(u32 rmid, struct rmid_read *rr)
> */
> static void mbm_bw_count(u32 rmid, struct rmid_read *rr)
> {
> - struct mbm_state *m = &rr->d->mbm_local[rmid];
> u64 cur_bw, bytes, cur_bytes;
> + struct mbm_state *m;
>
> + m = get_mbm_state(rr->d, rmid, rr->evtid);
> cur_bytes = rr->val;
> bytes = cur_bytes - m->prev_bw_bytes;
> m->prev_bw_bytes = cur_bytes;
> @@ -521,19 +522,21 @@ static void update_mba_bw(struct rdtgroup *rgrp, struct rdt_domain *dom_mbm)
> u32 closid, rmid, cur_msr_val, new_msr_val;
> struct mbm_state *pmbm_data, *cmbm_data;
> u32 cur_bw, delta_bw, user_bw;
> + enum resctrl_event_id evt_id;
> struct rdt_resource *r_mba;
> struct rdt_domain *dom_mba;
> struct list_head *head;
> struct rdtgroup *entry;
>
> - if (!is_mbm_local_enabled())
> + if (!is_mbm_enabled())
> return;
>
> r_mba = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].r_resctrl;
> + evt_id = r_mba->membw.mba_mbps_event;
>
> closid = rgrp->closid;
> rmid = rgrp->mon.rmid;
> - pmbm_data = &dom_mbm->mbm_local[rmid];
> + pmbm_data = get_mbm_state(dom_mbm, rmid, evt_id);
>
> dom_mba = get_domain_from_cpu(smp_processor_id(), r_mba);
> if (!dom_mba) {
> @@ -553,7 +556,7 @@ static void update_mba_bw(struct rdtgroup *rgrp, struct rdt_domain *dom_mbm)
> */
> head = &rgrp->mon.crdtgrp_list;
> list_for_each_entry(entry, head, mon.crdtgrp_list) {
> - cmbm_data = &dom_mbm->mbm_local[entry->mon.rmid];
> + cmbm_data = get_mbm_state(dom_mbm, entry->mon.rmid, evt_id);
> cur_bw += cmbm_data->prev_bw;
> delta_bw += cmbm_data->delta_bw;
> }
> @@ -616,18 +619,14 @@ static void mbm_update(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d, int rmid)
> rr.evtid = QOS_L3_MBM_TOTAL_EVENT_ID;
> rr.val = 0;
> __mon_event_count(rmid, &rr);
> + if (is_mba_sc(NULL) && rr.evtid == r->membw.mba_mbps_event)
> + mbm_bw_count(rmid, &rr);
> }
> if (is_mbm_local_enabled()) {
> rr.evtid = QOS_L3_MBM_LOCAL_EVENT_ID;
> rr.val = 0;
> __mon_event_count(rmid, &rr);
> -
> - /*
> - * Call the MBA software controller only for the
> - * control groups and when user has enabled
> - * the software controller explicitly.
> - */
> - if (is_mba_sc(NULL))
> + if (is_mba_sc(NULL) && rr.evtid == r->membw.mba_mbps_event)
> mbm_bw_count(rmid, &rr);
> }
> }
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> index 69a1de92384a..79141d33d5b4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> @@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ static bool supports_mba_mbps(void)
> {
> struct rdt_resource *r = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].r_resctrl;
>
> - return (is_mbm_local_enabled() &&
> + return (is_mbm_enabled() &&
> r->alloc_capable && is_mba_linear());
> }
>
> @@ -2302,7 +2302,7 @@ static bool supports_mba_mbps(void)
> * Enable or disable the MBA software controller
> * which helps user specify bandwidth in MBps.
> */
> -static int set_mba_sc(bool mba_sc)
> +static int set_mba_sc(bool mba_sc, enum resctrl_event_id mba_mbps_event)
> {
> struct rdt_resource *r = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].r_resctrl;
> u32 num_closid = resctrl_arch_get_num_closid(r);
> @@ -2313,6 +2313,7 @@ static int set_mba_sc(bool mba_sc)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> r->membw.mba_sc = mba_sc;
> + r->membw.mba_mbps_event = mba_mbps_event;
>
> list_for_each_entry(d, &r->domains, list) {
> for (i = 0; i < num_closid; i++)
> @@ -2445,13 +2446,14 @@ static void rdt_disable_ctx(void)
> {
> resctrl_arch_set_cdp_enabled(RDT_RESOURCE_L3, false);
> resctrl_arch_set_cdp_enabled(RDT_RESOURCE_L2, false);
> - set_mba_sc(false);
> + set_mba_sc(false, QOS_L3_MBM_LOCAL_EVENT_ID);
>
> resctrl_debug = false;
> }
>
> static int rdt_enable_ctx(struct rdt_fs_context *ctx)
> {
> + enum resctrl_event_id mba_mbps_event;
> int ret = 0;
>
> if (ctx->enable_cdpl2) {
> @@ -2466,8 +2468,12 @@ static int rdt_enable_ctx(struct rdt_fs_context *ctx)
> goto out_cdpl2;
> }
>
> - if (ctx->enable_mba_mbps) {
> - ret = set_mba_sc(true);
> + if (ctx->enable_mba_mbps_local || ctx->enable_mba_mbps_total) {
> + if (ctx->enable_mba_mbps_total)
> + mba_mbps_event = QOS_L3_MBM_TOTAL_EVENT_ID;
> + else
> + mba_mbps_event = QOS_L3_MBM_LOCAL_EVENT_ID;
> + ret = set_mba_sc(true, mba_mbps_event);
> if (ret)
> goto out_cdpl3;
> }
> @@ -2683,15 +2689,17 @@ enum rdt_param {
> Opt_cdp,
> Opt_cdpl2,
> Opt_mba_mbps,
> + Opt_mba_mbps_event,
> Opt_debug,
> nr__rdt_params
> };
>
> static const struct fs_parameter_spec rdt_fs_parameters[] = {
> - fsparam_flag("cdp", Opt_cdp),
> - fsparam_flag("cdpl2", Opt_cdpl2),
> - fsparam_flag("mba_MBps", Opt_mba_mbps),
> - fsparam_flag("debug", Opt_debug),
> + fsparam_flag("cdp", Opt_cdp),
> + fsparam_flag("cdpl2", Opt_cdpl2),
> + fsparam_flag("mba_MBps", Opt_mba_mbps),
> + fsparam_string("mba_MBps_event", Opt_mba_mbps_event),
> + fsparam_flag("debug", Opt_debug),
> {}
> };
>
> @@ -2715,7 +2723,27 @@ static int rdt_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
> case Opt_mba_mbps:
> if (!supports_mba_mbps())
> return -EINVAL;
> - ctx->enable_mba_mbps = true;
> + if (is_mbm_local_enabled())
> + ctx->enable_mba_mbps_local = true;
> + else if (is_mbm_total_enabled())
> + ctx->enable_mba_mbps_total = true;
> + else
> + return -EINVAL;
> + return 0;
> + case Opt_mba_mbps_event:
> + if (!supports_mba_mbps())
> + return -EINVAL;
> + if (!strcmp("local", param->string)) {
> + if (!is_mbm_local_enabled())
> + return -EINVAL;
> + ctx->enable_mba_mbps_local = true;
> + } else if (!strcmp("total", param->string)) {
> + if (!is_mbm_total_enabled())
> + return -EINVAL;
> + ctx->enable_mba_mbps_total = true;
> + } else {
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> return 0;
> case Opt_debug:
> ctx->enable_debug = true;

--
Thanks
Babu Moger