Re: [PATCH 5/7] x86/resctrl: Add interface to enable/disable SDCIAE

[Moger, Babu]

Hi Reinette,

Noticed I didn't respond to this comment.

On 9/19/24 10:35, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Babu,
> 
> On 9/18/24 1:10 PM, Moger, Babu wrote:
>> On 9/13/24 15:51, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>>> On 8/16/24 9:16 AM, Babu Moger wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>>> +        if (enable) {
>>>> +            ret = closid_alloc_sdciae(r);
>>>> +            if (ret < 0) {
>>>> +                rdt_last_cmd_puts("SDCIAE CLOSID is not available\n");
>>>> +                goto out_sdciae;
>>>> +            }
>>>> +        } else {
>>>> +            sdciae_closid = get_sdciae_closid(r);
>>>> +            closid_free(sdciae_closid);
>>>> +        }
>>>
>>>
>>>> +
>>>> +        ret = resctrl_arch_set_sdciae_enabled(RDT_RESOURCE_L3, enable);
>>>
>>> I assume that once SDCIAE is enabled the I/O traffic will start flowing to
>>> whatever
>>> was the last CBM of the max CLOSID? Is this intended or should there be
>>> some default
>>> CBM that this feature should start with?
>>
>> It will start with whatever the last CBM for max CLOSID.
> 
> This seems arbitrary based on whatever allocation the previous resource group
> using the CLOSID has. When a new resource group is created resctrl ensures
> that it is created with all usable allocations, see rdtgroup_init_cat().

Checked again with with the team here. When SDCIAE is enabled, it uses the
value in L3QosAllocMask15 (value in L3_MASK_15 MSR).  Enabling SDCIAE does
not change the value of L3QosAllocMask15.


> Letting cache injection start with whatever allocation remnant programmed
> in a register does not seem ideal. What if, for example, after that resource
> group was removed, a new exclusive resource group was created that overlaps
> with that allocation? 

In that case. it will share the bit mask with the exclusive group. We may
need to add a text about it.
-- 
Thanks
Babu Moger