[PATCH v9 09/12] arm,x86/resctrl: Resolve INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY symbols at runtime

From: Tony Luck

Date: Wed Jul 01 2026 - 17:38:16 EST


resctrl is always built-in, but INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY and INTEL_TPMI are
logically independent and should be loadable modules. Switch AET to use the
function-pointer registration API instead of direct link-time references to
PMT symbols.

Prepare for the file system to call resctrl_arch_pre_mount() on every mount
by moving AET enumeration into resctrl_arch_pre_mount() and cleanup into
resctrl_arch_unmount(). This allows the PMT module to be unloaded whenever
the filesystem is not mounted.

Remove intel_aet_exit because all cleanup now happens in the unmount path.

Note that the Linux file system code does not serialize calls to
fs_context_operations::get_tree(), so there may be arbitrarily many parallel
calls if users invoke mount(2) multiple times.

Use "pmt_in_use" to detect nested mount attempts.

event_group::num_rmid may be reset (reduced) during enumeration. This is
not worth resetting on unmount because the same reduction would occur on
each subsequent mount.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
--
v9:
Drop broken atomic ops introduced in v8
Check pmt_in_use in intel_aet_pre_mount() to detect nested
mount flow.
---
include/linux/resctrl.h | 6 +++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h | 23 ++++++++--
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c | 25 +++++++++--
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++----
drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c | 4 ++
5 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/resctrl.h b/include/linux/resctrl.h
index e1501ee72d28..4dc41dc99dc2 100644
--- a/include/linux/resctrl.h
+++ b/include/linux/resctrl.h
@@ -564,6 +564,12 @@ void resctrl_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
*/
void resctrl_arch_pre_mount(void);

+/*
+ * Architecture hook called when mount fails, or on unmount.
+ * No locks are held.
+ */
+void resctrl_arch_unmount(void);
+
/**
* resctrl_arch_rmid_read() - Read the eventid counter corresponding to rmid
* for this resource and domain.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
index e3cfa0c10e92..a891017f69ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
@@ -234,15 +234,15 @@ void rdt_domain_reconfigure_cdp(struct rdt_resource *r);
void resctrl_arch_mbm_cntr_assign_set_one(struct rdt_resource *r);

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL_INTEL_AET
-bool intel_aet_get_events(void);
-void __exit intel_aet_exit(void);
+bool intel_aet_pre_mount(void);
+void intel_aet_unmount(void);
int intel_aet_read_event(int domid, u32 rmid, void *arch_priv, u64 *val);
void intel_aet_mon_domain_setup(int cpu, int id, struct rdt_resource *r,
struct list_head *add_pos);
bool intel_handle_aet_option(bool force_off, char *tok);
#else
-static inline bool intel_aet_get_events(void) { return false; }
-static inline void __exit intel_aet_exit(void) { }
+static inline bool intel_aet_pre_mount(void) { return false; }
+static inline void intel_aet_unmount(void) { }
static inline int intel_aet_read_event(int domid, u32 rmid, void *arch_priv, u64 *val)
{
return -EINVAL;
@@ -253,4 +253,19 @@ static inline void intel_aet_mon_domain_setup(int cpu, int id, struct rdt_resour
static inline bool intel_handle_aet_option(bool force_off, char *tok) { return false; }
#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_PMT_TELEMETRY_MODULE
+static inline bool intel_aet_try_module_get(struct module *mod)
+{
+ return try_module_get(mod);
+}
+
+static inline void intel_aet_module_put(struct module *mod)
+{
+ module_put(mod);
+}
+#else
+static inline bool intel_aet_try_module_get(struct module *mod) { return true; }
+static inline void intel_aet_module_put(struct module *mod) { }
+#endif
+
#endif /* _ASM_X86_RESCTRL_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
index 3169441a2d40..3ef620d8e0c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@

#define pr_fmt(fmt) "resctrl: " fmt

+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>

#include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
#include <asm/cpuid/api.h>
@@ -798,7 +800,7 @@ void resctrl_arch_pre_mount(void)
struct rdt_resource *r = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_PERF_PKG].r_resctrl;
int cpu;

- if (!intel_aet_get_events())
+ if (!intel_aet_pre_mount())
return;

/*
@@ -814,6 +816,25 @@ void resctrl_arch_pre_mount(void)
cpus_read_unlock();
}

+void resctrl_arch_unmount(void)
+{
+ struct rdt_resource *r = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_PERF_PKG].r_resctrl;
+ int cpu;
+
+ intel_aet_unmount();
+
+ if (!r->mon_capable)
+ return;
+
+ cpus_read_lock();
+ mutex_lock(&domain_list_lock);
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+ domain_remove_cpu_mon(cpu, r);
+ r->mon_capable = false;
+ mutex_unlock(&domain_list_lock);
+ cpus_read_unlock();
+}
+
enum {
RDT_FLAG_CMT,
RDT_FLAG_MBM_TOTAL,
@@ -1187,8 +1208,6 @@ late_initcall(resctrl_arch_late_init);

static void __exit resctrl_arch_exit(void)
{
- intel_aet_exit();
-
cpuhp_remove_state(rdt_online);

resctrl_exit();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c
index c26bd813e057..c2e27ce52248 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/intel_aet.c
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
#include <linux/intel_vsec.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/minmax.h>
-#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <linux/rculist.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static void (*put_feature)(struct pmt_feature_group *p);
* struct pmt_feature_group to indicate that its events are successfully
* enabled.
*/
-bool intel_aet_get_events(void)
+static bool aet_get_events(void)
{
struct pmt_feature_group *p;
enum pmt_feature_id pfid;
@@ -319,14 +319,14 @@ bool intel_aet_get_events(void)

for_each_event_group(peg) {
pfid = lookup_pfid((*peg)->pfname);
- p = intel_pmt_get_regions_by_feature(pfid);
+ p = get_feature(pfid);
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(p))
continue;
if (enable_events(*peg, p)) {
(*peg)->pfg = p;
ret = true;
} else {
- intel_pmt_put_feature_group(p);
+ put_feature(p);
}
}

@@ -359,16 +359,58 @@ void intel_aet_unregister_enumeration(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(intel_aet_unregister_enumeration, "INTEL_PMT");

-void __exit intel_aet_exit(void)
+/*
+ * Track whether pmt_telemetry enumeration succeeded during mount to
+ * detect nested mount attempts and for use during unmount.
+ */
+static bool pmt_in_use;
+
+bool intel_aet_pre_mount(void)
+{
+ bool ret;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&aet_register_lock);
+
+ /* Nested mount attempt. File system code will return -EBUSY */
+ if (pmt_in_use)
+ return false;
+
+ if (!get_feature || !put_feature)
+ return false;
+
+ if (!intel_aet_try_module_get(pmt_module))
+ return false;
+
+ ret = aet_get_events();
+
+ if (!ret)
+ intel_aet_module_put(pmt_module);
+ else
+ pmt_in_use = true;
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+void intel_aet_unmount(void)
{
struct event_group **peg;

+ guard(mutex)(&aet_register_lock);
+ if (!pmt_in_use)
+ return;
+
for_each_event_group(peg) {
- if ((*peg)->pfg) {
- intel_pmt_put_feature_group((*peg)->pfg);
- (*peg)->pfg = NULL;
+ struct event_group *e = *peg;
+
+ if (e->pfg) {
+ for (int j = 0; j < e->num_events; j++)
+ resctrl_disable_mon_event(e->evts[j].id);
+ put_feature(e->pfg);
+ e->pfg = NULL;
}
}
+ intel_aet_module_put(pmt_module);
+ pmt_in_use = false;
}

#define DATA_VALID BIT_ULL(63)
diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
index 7079870ca894..5859cc0f5e37 100644
--- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ void resctrl_arch_pre_mount(void)
{
}

+void resctrl_arch_unmount(void)
+{
+}
+
bool resctrl_arch_get_cdp_enabled(enum resctrl_res_level rid)
{
return mpam_resctrl_controls[rid].cdp_enabled;
--
2.54.0