Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] platform/x86: hfi: Introduce AMD Hardware Feedback Interface Driver

From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Mon Oct 14 2024 - 05:23:06 EST


On Thu, 10 Oct 2024, Mario Limonciello wrote:

> From: Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@xxxxxxx>
>
> The AMD Heterogeneous core design and Hardware Feedback Interface (HFI)
> provide behavioral classification and a dynamically updated ranking table
> for the scheduler to use when choosing cores for tasks.
>
> There are two CPU core types defined: `Classic Core` and `Dense Core`.
> "Classic" cores are the standard performance cores, while "Dense" cores
> are optimized for area and efficiency.
>
> Heterogeneous compute refers to CPU implementations that are comprised
> of more than one architectural class, each with two capabilities. This
> means each CPU reports two separate capabilities: "perf" and "eff".
>
> Each capability lists all core ranking numbers between 0 and 255, where
> a higher number represents a higher capability.
>
> Heterogeneous systems can also extend to more than two architectural
> classes.
>
> The purpose of the scheduling feedback mechanism is to provide information
> to the operating system scheduler in real time, allowing the scheduler to
> direct threads to the optimal core during task scheduling.
>
> All core ranking data are provided by the BIOS via a shared memory ranking
> table, which the driver reads and uses to update core capabilities to the
> scheduler. When the hardware updates the table, it generates a platform
> interrupt to notify the OS to read the new ranking table.
>
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206537
> Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@xxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> * Drop unnecessary select
> * Make tristate instead of bool
> * Drop error messages
> * Drop unnecessary function declarations for init
> * Fix cleanup for amd_hfi_exit()
> * Drop unnecessary variables for upcoming features
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/amd/Kconfig | 1 +
> drivers/platform/x86/amd/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Kconfig | 20 +++
> drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Makefile | 7 ++
> drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/hfi.c | 169 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 198 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Kconfig
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Makefile
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/hfi.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/Kconfig
> index f88682d36447..c3f69dbe3037 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/Kconfig
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>
> source "drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmf/Kconfig"
> source "drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmc/Kconfig"
> +source "drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Kconfig"
>
> config AMD_HSMP
> tristate "AMD HSMP Driver"
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/Makefile b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/Makefile
> index dcec0a46f8af..2676fc81fee5 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/Makefile
> @@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ amd_hsmp-y := hsmp.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_AMD_HSMP) += amd_hsmp.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_AMD_PMF) += pmf/
> obj-$(CONFIG_AMD_WBRF) += wbrf.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_AMD_HFI) += hfi/
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..08051cd4f74d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +#
> +# AMD Hardware Feedback Interface Driver
> +#
> +
> +config AMD_HFI
> + bool "AMD Hetero Core Hardware Feedback Driver"
> + depends on ACPI
> + depends on CPU_SUP_AMD
> + help
> + Select this option to enable the AMD Heterogeneous Core Hardware Feedback Interface. If
> + selected, hardware provides runtime thread classification guidance to the operating system
> + on the performance and energy efficiency capabilities of each heterogeneous CPU core.
> + These capabilities may vary due to the inherent differences in the core types and can
> + also change as a result of variations in the operating conditions of the system such
> + as power and thermal limits. If selected, the kernel relays updates in heterogeneous
> + CPUs' capabilities to userspace, allowing for more optimal task scheduling and
> + resource allocation, leveraging the diverse set of cores available.
> +
> +
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Makefile b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..672c6ac106e9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +#
> +# AMD Hardware Feedback Interface Driver
> +#
> +
> +obj-$(CONFIG_AMD_HFI) += amd_hfi.o
> +amd_hfi-objs := hfi.o
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/hfi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/hfi.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..da2e667107e8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/amd/hfi/hfi.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +/*
> + * AMD Hardware Feedback Interface Driver
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2024 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
> + *
> + * Author: Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@xxxxxxx>
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "amd-hfi: " fmt
> +
> +#include <linux/acpi.h>
> +#include <linux/cpu.h>
> +#include <linux/cpumask.h>
> +#include <linux/gfp.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/io.h>
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
> +#include <linux/printk.h>
> +#include <linux/smp.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>

One more,

string.h doesn't look like being used but I could have failed to notice
something.

--
i.

> +#define AMD_HFI_DRIVER "amd_hfi"
> +#define AMD_HETERO_CPUID_27 0x80000027
> +static struct platform_device *device;
> +
> +struct amd_hfi_data {
> + const char *name;
> + struct device *dev;
> + struct mutex lock;
> +};
> +
> +struct amd_hfi_classes {
> + u32 perf;
> + u32 eff;
> +} __packed;
> +
> +/**
> + * struct amd_hfi_cpuinfo - HFI workload class info per CPU
> + * @cpu: cpu index
> + * @cpus: mask of cpus associated with amd_hfi_cpuinfo
> + * @class_index: workload class ID index
> + * @nr_class: max number of workload class supported
> + * @amd_hfi_classes: current cpu workload class ranking data
> + *
> + * Parameters of a logical processor linked with hardware feedback class
> + */
> +struct amd_hfi_cpuinfo {
> + int cpu;
> + cpumask_var_t cpus;
> + s16 class_index;
> + u8 nr_class;
> + struct amd_hfi_classes *amd_hfi_classes;
> +};
> +
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct amd_hfi_cpuinfo, amd_hfi_cpuinfo) = {.class_index = -1};
> +
> +static int amd_hfi_alloc_class_data(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> + struct amd_hfi_cpuinfo *hfi_cpuinfo;
> + struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> + int idx;
> + int nr_class_id;
> +
> + nr_class_id = cpuid_eax(AMD_HETERO_CPUID_27);
> + if (nr_class_id < 0 || nr_class_id > 255) {
> + dev_warn(dev, "failed to get supported class number from CPUID %d\n",
> + AMD_HETERO_CPUID_27);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + for_each_possible_cpu(idx) {
> + hfi_cpuinfo = per_cpu_ptr(&amd_hfi_cpuinfo, idx);
> + hfi_cpuinfo->amd_hfi_classes = devm_kmalloc(dev, nr_class_id *
> + sizeof(struct amd_hfi_classes), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!hfi_cpuinfo->amd_hfi_classes)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + hfi_cpuinfo->nr_class = nr_class_id;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void amd_hfi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> + struct amd_hfi_data *dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> +
> + mutex_destroy(&dev->lock);
> +}
> +
> +static const struct acpi_device_id amd_hfi_platform_match[] = {
> + { "AMDI0104", 0},
> + { }
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, amd_hfi_platform_match);
> +
> +static int amd_hfi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> + struct amd_hfi_data *amd_hfi_data;
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (!acpi_match_device(amd_hfi_platform_match, &pdev->dev))
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> + amd_hfi_data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*amd_hfi_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!amd_hfi_data)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + amd_hfi_data->dev = &pdev->dev;
> +
> + mutex_init(&amd_hfi_data->lock);
> + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, amd_hfi_data);
> +
> + /* alloc data array for hardware feedback class data */
> + ret = amd_hfi_alloc_class_data(pdev);
> + if (ret)
> + goto out;
> +
> +out:
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static struct platform_driver amd_hfi_driver = {
> + .driver = {
> + .name = AMD_HFI_DRIVER,
> + .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> + .acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(amd_hfi_platform_match),
> + },
> + .probe = amd_hfi_probe,
> + .remove_new = amd_hfi_remove,
> +};
> +
> +static int __init amd_hfi_init(void)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (acpi_disabled ||
> + !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HETERO_CORE_TOPOLOGY) ||
> + !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_WORKLOAD_CLASS))
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> + device = platform_device_register_simple(AMD_HFI_DRIVER, -1, NULL, 0);
> + if (IS_ERR(device)) {
> + pr_err("unable to register hfi platform device\n");
> + return PTR_ERR(device);
> + }
> +
> + ret = platform_driver_register(&amd_hfi_driver);
> + if (ret)
> + pr_err("Failed to register hfi driver\n");
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static __exit void amd_hfi_exit(void)
> +{
> + platform_device_unregister(device);
> + platform_driver_unregister(&amd_hfi_driver);
> +}
> +module_init(amd_hfi_init);
> +module_exit(amd_hfi_exit);
> +
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AMD Hardware Feedback Interface Driver");
>