Re: [PATCH v8 20/25] x86/resctrl: Report "Unassigned" for MBM events in mbm_cntr_assign mode

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Babu,

On 10/9/24 10:39 AM, Babu Moger wrote:
> In mbm_cntr_assign mode, the hardware counter should be assigned to read
> the MBM events.
> 
> Report "Unassigned" in case the user attempts to read the events without
> assigning the counter.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v8: Used MBM_EVENT_ARRAY_INDEX to get the index for the MBM event.
>     Documentation update to make the text generic.
> 
> v7: Moved the documentation under "mon_data".
>     Updated the text little bit.
> 
> v6: Added more explaination in the resctrl.rst
>     Added checks to detect "Unassigned" before reading RMID.
> 
> v5: New patch.
> ---
>  Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst        | 10 ++++++++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
> index 1b5c05a35793..99ee9c87952b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
> @@ -419,6 +419,16 @@ When monitoring is enabled all MON groups will also contain:
>  	for the L3 cache they occupy). These are named "mon_sub_L3_YY"
>  	where "YY" is the node number.
>  
> +	When supported the 'mbm_cntr_assign' mode allows users to assign a
> +	counter to mon_hw_id, event pair enabling bandwidth monitoring for
> +	as long as the counter remains assigned. The hardware will continue
> +	tracking the assigned mon_hw_id until the user manually unassigns
> +	it, ensuring that counters are not reset during this period. With
> +	a limited number of counters, the system may run out of assignable
> +	counters at some point. In that case, MBM event counters will return

nit: "at some point" can be dropped for clarity.

> +	"Unassigned" when the event is read. Users must manually assign a
> +	counter to read the events.
> +
>  "mon_hw_id":
>  	Available only with debug option. The identifier used by hardware
>  	for the monitor group. On x86 this is the RMID.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c
> index 50fa1fe9a073..5a9d15b2c319 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c
> @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ int rdtgroup_mondata_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
>  	struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp;
>  	struct rdt_resource *r;
>  	union mon_data_bits md;
> -	int ret = 0;
> +	int ret = 0, index;
>  
>  	rdtgrp = rdtgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn);
>  	if (!rdtgrp) {
> @@ -576,6 +576,15 @@ int rdtgroup_mondata_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
>  	evtid = md.u.evtid;
>  	r = &rdt_resources_all[resid].r_resctrl;
>  
> +	if (resctrl_arch_mbm_cntr_assign_enabled(r) && evtid != QOS_L3_OCCUP_EVENT_ID) {
> +		index = MBM_EVENT_ARRAY_INDEX(evtid);
> +		if (index != INVALID_CONFIG_INDEX &&
> +		    rdtgrp->mon.cntr_id[index] == MON_CNTR_UNSET) {
> +			rr.err = -ENOENT;
> +			goto checkresult;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
>  	if (md.u.sum) {
>  		/*
>  		 * This file requires summing across all domains that share
> @@ -613,6 +622,8 @@ int rdtgroup_mondata_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
>  		seq_puts(m, "Error\n");
>  	else if (rr.err == -EINVAL)
>  		seq_puts(m, "Unavailable\n");
> +	else if (rr.err == -ENOENT)
> +		seq_puts(m, "Unassigned\n");
>  	else
>  		seq_printf(m, "%llu\n", rr.val);
>  

Reinette