Re: [PATCH v13 11/32] x86,fs/resctrl: Handle events that can be read from any CPU

[Chen, Yu C]

Hi Tony,

On 10/30/2025 12:20 AM, Tony Luck wrote:
> resctrl assumes that monitor events can only be read from a CPU in the
> cpumask_t set of each domain.  This is true for x86 events accessed
> with an MSR interface, but may not be true for other access methods such
> as MMIO.
>
> Introduce and use flag mon_evt::any_cpu, settable by architecture, that
> indicates there are no restrictions on which CPU can read that event.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>

[snip]

> -void resctrl_enable_mon_event(enum resctrl_event_id eventid)
> +void resctrl_enable_mon_event(enum resctrl_event_id eventid, bool any_cpu)
>   {
>   	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(eventid < QOS_FIRST_EVENT || eventid >= QOS_NUM_EVENTS))
>   		return;
> @@ -984,6 +984,7 @@ void resctrl_enable_mon_event(enum resctrl_event_id eventid)
>   		return;
>   	}
>   
> +	mon_event_all[eventid].any_cpu = any_cpu;
>   	mon_event_all[eventid].enabled = true;
>   }
>   

It seems that cpu_on_correct_domain() was dropped, due to
the refactor of __mon_event_count() in patch 0006 means it is no
longer needed.  But we still invoke smp_processor_id() in preemptible
context in __l3_mon_event_count() before further checkings, which would
cause a warning.
[ 4266.361951] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] 
code: grep/1603
[ 4266.363231] caller is __l3_mon_event_count+0x30/0x2a0
[ 4266.364250] Call Trace:
[ 4266.364262]  <TASK>
[ 4266.364273]  dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
[ 4266.364289]  check_preemption_disabled+0xca/0xe0
[ 4266.364303]  __l3_mon_event_count+0x30/0x2a0
[ 4266.364320]  mon_event_count+0x22/0x90
[ 4266.364334]  rdtgroup_mondata_show+0x108/0x390
[ 4266.364353]  seq_read_iter+0x10d/0x450
[ 4266.364368]  vfs_read+0x215/0x330
[ 4266.364386]  ksys_read+0x6b/0xe0
[ 4266.364401]  do_syscall_64+0x57/0xd70

thanks,
Chenyu