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Message-ID: <SJ0PR12MB5676D9A11E18CE124722DE57A0639@SJ0PR12MB5676.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:22:14 +0000
From: Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono@...dia.com>
To: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
"catalin.marinas@....com" <catalin.marinas@....com>,
"will@...nel.org" <will@...nel.org>,
"mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>
CC: "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
Vikram Sethi <vsethi@...dia.com>,
Richard Wiley <rwiley@...dia.com>,
Eric Funsten <efunsten@...dia.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] perf: arm_cspmu: Separate Arm and vendor module
Hi Suzuki,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 4:32 PM
> To: Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono@...dia.com>; catalin.marinas@....com;
> will@...nel.org; mark.rutland@....com
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> tegra@...r.kernel.org; Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>; Jonathan
> Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>; Vikram Sethi <vsethi@...dia.com>; Richard
> Wiley <rwiley@...dia.com>; Eric Funsten <efunsten@...dia.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf: arm_cspmu: Separate Arm and vendor module
>
> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
>
>
> On 18/04/2023 20:33, Besar Wicaksono wrote:
> > Hi Suzuki,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 6:07 AM
> >> To: Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono@...dia.com>;
> catalin.marinas@....com;
> >> will@...nel.org; mark.rutland@....com
> >> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> linux-
> >> tegra@...r.kernel.org; Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>; Jonathan
> >> Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>; Vikram Sethi <vsethi@...dia.com>;
> Richard
> >> Wiley <rwiley@...dia.com>; Eric Funsten <efunsten@...dia.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf: arm_cspmu: Separate Arm and vendor
> module
> >>
> >> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
> >>
> >>
> >> On 18/04/2023 07:20, Besar Wicaksono wrote:
> >>> Arm Coresight PMU driver consists of main standard code and vendor
> >>> backend code. Both are currently built as a single module.
> >>> This patch adds vendor registration API to separate the two to
> >>> keep things modular. Vendor module shall register to the main
> >>> module on loading and trigger device reprobe.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono@...dia.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> Changes from v1:
> >>> * Added separate Kconfig entry for nvidia backend
> >>> * Added lock to protect accesses to the lists
> >>> * Added support for matching subset devices from a vendor
> >>> * Added state tracking to avoid reprobe when a device is in use
> >>> v1: ttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20230403163905.20354-1-
> >> bwicaksono@...dia.com/T/#u
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/Kconfig | 9 +-
> >>> drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/Makefile | 6 +-
> >>> drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c | 280
> >> +++++++++++++++++++++++---
> >>> drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.h | 32 ++-
> >>> drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/nvidia_cspmu.c | 39 +++-
> >>> drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/nvidia_cspmu.h | 17 --
> >>> 6 files changed, 325 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
> >>> delete mode 100644 drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/nvidia_cspmu.h
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/Kconfig
> >> b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/Kconfig
> >>> index 0b316fe69a45..8ce7b45a0075 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/Kconfig
> >>> +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/Kconfig
> >>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> >>> # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> >>> #
> >>> -# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights
> >> reserved.
> >>> +# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All
> rights
> >> reserved.
> >>>
> >>> config ARM_CORESIGHT_PMU_ARCH_SYSTEM_PMU
> >>> tristate "ARM Coresight Architecture PMU"
> >>> @@ -11,3 +11,10 @@ config
> ARM_CORESIGHT_PMU_ARCH_SYSTEM_PMU
> >>> based on ARM CoreSight PMU architecture. Note that this PMU
> >>> architecture does not have relationship with the ARM CoreSight
> >>> Self-Hosted Tracing.
> >>> +
> >>> +config NVIDIA_CORESIGHT_PMU_ARCH_SYSTEM_PMU
> >>> + tristate "NVIDIA Coresight Architecture PMU"
> >>> + depends on ARM_CORESIGHT_PMU_ARCH_SYSTEM_PMU
> >>> + help
> >>> + Provides NVIDIA specific attributes for performance monitoring unit
> >>> + (PMU) devices based on ARM CoreSight PMU architecture.
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/Makefile
> >> b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/Makefile
> >>> index fedb17df982d..f8ae22411d59 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/Makefile
> >>> +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/Makefile
> >>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> >>> -# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights
> >> reserved.
> >>> +# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All
> rights
> >> reserved.
> >>> #
> >>> # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> >>>
> >>> -obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CORESIGHT_PMU_ARCH_SYSTEM_PMU) +=
> >> arm_cspmu_module.o
> >>> -arm_cspmu_module-y := arm_cspmu.o nvidia_cspmu.o
> >>> +obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CORESIGHT_PMU_ARCH_SYSTEM_PMU) +=
> >> arm_cspmu.o
> >>> +obj-$(CONFIG_NVIDIA_CORESIGHT_PMU_ARCH_SYSTEM_PMU) +=
> >> nvidia_cspmu.o
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
> >> b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
> >>> index e31302ab7e37..c55ea2b74454 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
> >>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
> >>> * The user should refer to the vendor technical documentation to get
> >> details
> >>> * about the supported events.
> >>> *
> >>> - * Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights
> >> reserved.
> >>> + * Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All
> rights
> >> reserved.
> >>> *
> >>> */
> >>>
> >>> @@ -25,13 +25,14 @@
> >>> #include <linux/ctype.h>
> >>> #include <linux/interrupt.h>
> >>> #include <linux/io-64-nonatomic-lo-hi.h>
> >>> +#include <linux/list.h>
> >>> #include <linux/module.h>
> >>> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> >>> #include <linux/perf_event.h>
> >>> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> >>> #include <acpi/processor.h>
> >>>
> >>> #include "arm_cspmu.h"
> >>> -#include "nvidia_cspmu.h"
> >>>
> >>> #define PMUNAME "arm_cspmu"
> >>> #define DRVNAME "arm-cs-arch-pmu"
> >>> @@ -117,11 +118,52 @@
> >>> */
> >>> #define HILOHI_MAX_POLL 1000
> >>>
> >>> -/* JEDEC-assigned JEP106 identification code */
> >>> -#define ARM_CSPMU_IMPL_ID_NVIDIA 0x36B
> >>> -
> >>> static unsigned long arm_cspmu_cpuhp_state;
> >>>
> >>> +/* List of Coresight PMU instances in the system. */
> >>> +static LIST_HEAD(arm_cspmus);
> >>> +
> >>> +/* List of registered vendor backends. */
> >>> +static LIST_HEAD(arm_cspmu_impls);
> >>> +
> >>> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(arm_cspmu_lock);
> >>> +
> >>> +/*
> >>> + * State of the generic driver.
> >>> + * 0 => registering backend.
> >>> + * 1 => ready to use.
> >>> + * 2 or more => in use.
> >>> + */
> >>> +#define ARM_CSPMU_STATE_REG 0
> >>> +#define ARM_CSPMU_STATE_READY 1
> >>> +static atomic_t arm_cspmu_state;
> >>> +
> >>> +static void arm_cspmu_state_ready(void)
> >>> +{
> >>> + atomic_set(&arm_cspmu_state, ARM_CSPMU_STATE_READY);
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +static bool try_arm_cspmu_state_reg(void)
> >>> +{
> >>> + const int old = ARM_CSPMU_STATE_READY;
> >>> + const int new = ARM_CSPMU_STATE_REG;
> >>> +
> >>> + return atomic_cmpxchg(&arm_cspmu_state, old, new) == old;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +static bool try_arm_cspmu_state_get(void)
> >>> +{
> >>> + return atomic_inc_not_zero(&arm_cspmu_state);
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +static void arm_cspmu_state_put(void)
> >>> +{
> >>> + int ret;
> >>> +
> >>> + ret = atomic_dec_if_positive(&arm_cspmu_state);
> >>> + WARN_ON(ret < 0);
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>
> >> As long as the vendor module is set for the PMU instance, it won't be
> >> unloaded as long as there are any perf events and thus the specific
> >> driver cannot be unloaded. So, you don't need explicit refcount
> >> maintenance for each pmu callbacks.
> >>
> >
> > The arm_cspmu_state mainly protects during new backend registration
> when
> > the device is attached to standard implementation. All devices are attached
> to
> > standard implementation initially when arm_cspmu module is loaded, since
> there
> > is no backend yet. On backend registration, the standard impl is replaced by
> > backend impl. However, the module unloading mechanism doesn't provide
> > protection because standard impl is owned by arm_cspmu module, which
> > is not unloaded during registration.
> >
> > The refcount may not be required if the devices are not attached to standard
> > Implementation by default, and the unreg doesn't fallback to it. But that
> makes
> > the devices usable only when there is a vendor backend available.
>
> Ok, thanks for the explanation. But I still think we :
>
> - Don't need a single global refcount for all the PMUs. Instead this
> could be per PMU instance (arm_cspmu), only when it is backed by
Ok, we can add refcount per PMU.
> "generic" backend, others get module refcount. If the refcount of
> "generic" PMU is positive, during the registration of a matching
> backend driver, we could simply mark that as pending reprobe.
>
> - And only do the refcount for the following call backs:
>
> pmu:: event_init -> hold the refcount
> pmu:: destroy -> drop the refcount and trigger a reprobe if one was
> pending (see above)
Is it safe to reprobe on destroy ? The reprobe will free and reallocate
the memory managed by the device.
Thanks,
Besar
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