[RFC PATCH 3/4] x86/resctrl: Apply Intel MBM quirk from rdt_get_l3_mon_config()

From: Tony Luck

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 12:14:29 EST


The Intel quirk to adjust Memory Bandwidth Monitoring (MBM) values on
certain CPUs is applied early, before discovering if MBM is supported.

Move the call to rdt_get_l3_mon_config(), but keep the decision on
whether it is needed in __check_quirks_intel() with all the other
model specific tests.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h | 4 +--
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c | 35 +++++++++++++++-----------
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
index e3cfa0c10e92..e46eb9a4c725 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ static inline struct rdt_hw_resource *resctrl_to_arch_res(struct rdt_resource *r

extern struct rdt_hw_resource rdt_resources_all[];

+extern bool __initdata intel_rdt_mbm_need_quirk;
+
void arch_mon_domain_online(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_l3_mon_domain *d);

/* CPUID.(EAX=10H, ECX=ResID=1).EAX */
@@ -228,8 +230,6 @@ int rdt_get_l3_mon_config(struct rdt_resource *r);

bool rdt_cpu_has(int flag);

-void __init intel_rdt_mbm_apply_quirk(void);
-
void rdt_domain_reconfigure_cdp(struct rdt_resource *r);
void resctrl_arch_mbm_cntr_assign_set_one(struct rdt_resource *r);

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
index 2677b8a6c15b..da94a12f9256 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ static __init void __check_quirks_intel(void)
set_rdt_options("!l3cat");
fallthrough;
case INTEL_BROADWELL_X:
- intel_rdt_mbm_apply_quirk();
+ intel_rdt_mbm_need_quirk = true;
break;
}
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
index 0c2aa20148a1..0bce199a5f7b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ bool rdt_mon_capable;
*/
unsigned int __ro_after_init rdt_l3_mon_scale;

+bool __initdata intel_rdt_mbm_need_quirk;
+
#define CF(cf) ((unsigned long)(1048576 * (cf) + 0.5))

static int snc_nodes_per_l3_cache = 1;
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ static int snc_nodes_per_l3_cache = 1;
* 1. The threshold 0 is changed to rmid count - 1 so don't do correction
* for the case.
* 2. MBM total and local correction table indexed by core counter which is
- * equal to (x86_cache_max_rmid + 1) / 8 - 1 and is from 0 up to 27.
+ * equal to r->mon.num_rmid / 8 - 1 and is from 0 up to 27.
* 3. The correction factor is normalized to 2^20 (1048576) so it's faster
* to calculate corrected value by shifting:
* corrected_value = (original_value * correction_factor) >> 20
@@ -421,6 +423,20 @@ static __init int snc_get_config(void)
return ret;
}

+static void __init intel_rdt_mbm_apply_quirk(u32 num_rmid)
+{
+ int cf_index;
+
+ cf_index = num_rmid / 8 - 1;
+ if (cf_index >= ARRAY_SIZE(mbm_cf_table)) {
+ pr_info("No MBM correction factor available\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ mbm_cf_rmidthreshold = mbm_cf_table[cf_index].rmidthreshold;
+ mbm_cf = mbm_cf_table[cf_index].cf;
+}
+
int __init rdt_get_l3_mon_config(struct rdt_resource *r)
{
struct rdt_hw_resource *hw_res = resctrl_to_arch_res(r);
@@ -500,25 +516,14 @@ int __init rdt_get_l3_mon_config(struct rdt_resource *r)
hw_res->mbm_cntr_assign_enabled = true;
}

+ if (intel_rdt_mbm_need_quirk)
+ intel_rdt_mbm_apply_quirk(r->mon.num_rmid);
+
r->mon_capable = true;

return 0;
}

-void __init intel_rdt_mbm_apply_quirk(void)
-{
- int cf_index;
-
- cf_index = (boot_cpu_data.x86_cache_max_rmid + 1) / 8 - 1;
- if (cf_index >= ARRAY_SIZE(mbm_cf_table)) {
- pr_info("No MBM correction factor available\n");
- return;
- }
-
- mbm_cf_rmidthreshold = mbm_cf_table[cf_index].rmidthreshold;
- mbm_cf = mbm_cf_table[cf_index].cf;
-}
-
static void resctrl_abmc_set_one_amd(void *arg)
{
bool *enable = arg;
--
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