linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 9/9] x86/resctrl: Add mount option to enable soft RMID

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Date:   Thu, 11 May 2023 14:41:13 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
CC:     Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 9/9] x86/resctrl: Add mount option to enable soft RMID

Hi Peter,

On 4/21/2023 7:17 AM, Peter Newman wrote:
> Add the 'mbm_soft_rmid' mount option to enable soft RMIDs.
> 
> This requires adding a mechanism for disabling a monitoring event at
> mount time to prevent the llc_occupancy event from being presented to
> the user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h |  3 ++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> index e6ff31a4dbc4..604e3d550601 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
> @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct rdt_fs_context {
>  	bool				enable_cdpl2;
>  	bool				enable_cdpl3;
>  	bool				enable_mba_mbps;
> +	bool				enable_mbm_soft_rmid;
>  };
>  
>  static inline struct rdt_fs_context *rdt_fc2context(struct fs_context *fc)
> @@ -76,12 +77,14 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(rdt_mon_enable_key);
>   * @evtid:		event id
>   * @name:		name of the event
>   * @configurable:	true if the event is configurable
> + * @enabled:		true if event is disabled
>   * @list:		entry in &rdt_resource->evt_list
>   */
>  struct mon_evt {
>  	enum resctrl_event_id	evtid;
>  	char			*name;
>  	bool			configurable;
> +	bool			disabled;
>  	struct list_head	list;
>  };

Note the description of member named "enabled" of member
named "disabled".


Reinette