linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 05/16] cacheinfo: Allow early detection and population of cache attributes

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Message-ID: <f8c39072-df60-ee9e-e05c-b85ebf328362@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 1 Jun 2022 11:25:37 +0800
From:   Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>
To:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Qing Wang <wangqing@...o.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/16] cacheinfo: Allow early detection and population
 of cache attributes

Hi Sudeep,

On 5/25/22 4:14 PM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> Some architecture/platforms may need to setup cache properties very
> early in the boot along with other cpu topologies so that all these
> information can be used to build sched_domains which is used by the
> scheduler.
> 
> Allow detect_cache_attributes to be called quite early during the boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> ---
>   drivers/base/cacheinfo.c  | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>   include/linux/cacheinfo.h |  1 +
>   2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 

With the comments improved, as below:

Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>


> diff --git a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
> index ed74db18468f..976142f3e81d 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
> @@ -193,14 +193,8 @@ static int cache_setup_of_node(unsigned int cpu)
>   {
>   	struct device_node *np;
>   	struct cacheinfo *this_leaf;
> -	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
>   	unsigned int index = 0;
>   
> -	/* skip if fw_token is already populated */
> -	if (this_cpu_ci->info_list->fw_token) {
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -
>   	np = of_cpu_device_node_get(cpu);
>   	if (!np) {
>   		pr_err("Failed to find cpu%d device node\n", cpu);
> @@ -236,6 +230,18 @@ int __weak cache_setup_acpi(unsigned int cpu)
>   
>   unsigned int coherency_max_size;
>   
> +static int cache_setup_properties(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	if (of_have_populated_dt())
> +		ret = cache_setup_of_node(cpu);
> +	else if (!acpi_disabled)
> +		ret = cache_setup_acpi(cpu);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>   static int cache_shared_cpu_map_setup(unsigned int cpu)
>   {
>   	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
> @@ -246,21 +252,21 @@ static int cache_shared_cpu_map_setup(unsigned int cpu)
>   	if (this_cpu_ci->cpu_map_populated)
>   		return 0;
>   
> -	if (of_have_populated_dt())
> -		ret = cache_setup_of_node(cpu);
> -	else if (!acpi_disabled)
> -		ret = cache_setup_acpi(cpu);
> -
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> +	/*
> +	 * skip setting up cache properties if LLC is valid, just need
> +	 * to update the shared cpu_map if the cache attributes were
> +	 * populated early before all the cpus are brought online
> +	 */
> +	if (!last_level_cache_is_valid(cpu)) {
> +		ret = cache_setup_properties(cpu);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +	}
>   
>   	for (index = 0; index < cache_leaves(cpu); index++) {
>   		unsigned int i;
>   
>   		this_leaf = per_cpu_cacheinfo_idx(cpu, index);
> -		/* skip if shared_cpu_map is already populated */
> -		if (!cpumask_empty(&this_leaf->shared_cpu_map))
> -			continue;
>   
>   		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &this_leaf->shared_cpu_map);
>   		for_each_online_cpu(i) {
> @@ -330,10 +336,13 @@ int __weak populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu)
>   	return -ENOENT;
>   }
>   
> -static int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
> +int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
>   {
>   	int ret;
>   
> +	if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu)) /* Already setup */
> +		goto update_cpu_map;
> +
>   	if (init_cache_level(cpu) || !cache_leaves(cpu))
>   		return -ENOENT;
>  

Here it might be worthy to explain when CPU's cache info has been
populated, by mentioning CPU info can be populated at booting
and hot-add time.
  
> @@ -349,6 +358,8 @@ static int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
>   	ret = populate_cache_leaves(cpu);
>   	if (ret)
>   		goto free_ci;
> +
> +update_cpu_map:
>   	/*
>   	 * For systems using DT for cache hierarchy, fw_token
>   	 * and shared_cpu_map will be set up here only if they are
> diff --git a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
> index 7e429bc5c1a4..00b7a6ae8617 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
> @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ int populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu);
>   int cache_setup_acpi(unsigned int cpu);
>   bool last_level_cache_is_valid(unsigned int cpu);
>   bool last_level_cache_is_shared(unsigned int cpu_x, unsigned int cpu_y);
> +int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu);
>   #ifndef CONFIG_ACPI_PPTT
>   /*
>    * acpi_find_last_cache_level is only called on ACPI enabled
> 

Thanks,
Gavin