Re: [PATCH v8 02/21] x86/resctrl: Remove the limit on the number of CLOSID

[James Morse]

Hello!

On 11/04/2025 17:42, James Morse wrote:
> From: Amit Singh Tomar <amitsinght@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Resctrl allocates and finds free CLOSID values using the bits of a u32.
> This restricts the number of control groups that can be created by
> user-space.
> 
> MPAM has an architectural limit of 2^16 CLOSID values, Intel x86 could
> be extended beyond 32 values. There is at least one MPAM platform which
> supports more than 32 CLOSID values.
> 
> Replace the fixed size bitmap with calls to the bitmap API to allocate
> an array of a sufficient size.
> 
> ffs() returns '1' for bit 0, hence the existing code subtracts 1 from
> the index to get the CLOSID value. find_first_bit() returns the bit
> number which does not need adjusting.

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> index 776c8e347654..4e0308040c6e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c

> @@ -152,20 +152,31 @@ int closids_supported(void)
>  	return closid_free_map_len;
>  }
>  
> -static void closid_init(void)
> +static int closid_init(void)
>  {
>  	struct resctrl_schema *s;
> -	u32 rdt_min_closid = 32;
> +	u32 rdt_min_closid = ~0;
>  
>  	/* Compute rdt_min_closid across all resources */
>  	list_for_each_entry(s, &resctrl_schema_all, list)
>  		rdt_min_closid = min(rdt_min_closid, s->num_closid);

Platforms that don't have any controls - only monitors - will still call closid_init().
Previously this initialised the fixed-sized bitmap, which was harmless as helpers like
closid_alloc() are never called.

With this change, rdt_min_closid keeps its dummy initialisation value of ~0, meaning this:

> -	closid_free_map = BIT_MASK(rdt_min_closid) - 1;
> +	closid_free_map = bitmap_alloc(rdt_min_closid, GFP_KERNEL);

Blows up with a greater than 'max order' error.

I've added a list_empty() check to the top of the function:
|       /* Monitor only platforms still call closid_init() */
|       if (list_empty(&resctrl_schema_all))
|               return 0;

(list-empty as its clearer what goes wrong without the check).
I reckon this is minor, so I'll keep the existing tags.


I'm not aware of anyone building a monitor-only MPAM platform - I configured one by
accident with one of the software models!


Thanks,

James