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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 17:10:59 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Haitao Huang <haitao.huang@...ux.intel.com>, jarkko@...nel.org,
dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, tj@...nel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org,
cgroups@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: kai.huang@...el.com, reinette.chatre@...el.com,
Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 22/28] Docs/x86/sgx: Add description for cgroup support
Hi,
On 7/12/23 16:01, Haitao Huang wrote:
> From: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>
>
> Add initial documentation of how to regulate the distribution of
> SGX Enclave Page Cache (EPC) memory via the Miscellaneous cgroup
> controller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
> ---
> Documentation/arch/x86/sgx.rst | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/sgx.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/sgx.rst
> index 2bcbffacbed5..f6ca5594dcf2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/sgx.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/sgx.rst
> @@ -300,3 +300,80 @@ to expected failures and handle them as follows:
> first call. It indicates a bug in the kernel or the userspace client
> if any of the second round of ``SGX_IOC_VEPC_REMOVE_ALL`` calls has
> a return code other than 0.
> +
> +
> +Cgroup Support
> +==============
> +
> +The "sgx_epc" resource within the Miscellaneous cgroup controller regulates
> +distribution of SGX EPC memory, which is a subset of system RAM that
> +is used to provide SGX-enabled applications with protected memory,
> +and is otherwise inaccessible, i.e. shows up as reserved in
> +/proc/iomem and cannot be read/written outside of an SGX enclave.
> +
> +Although current systems implement EPC by stealing memory from RAM,
> +for all intents and purposes the EPC is independent from normal system
> +memory, e.g. must be reserved at boot from RAM and cannot be converted
> +between EPC and normal memory while the system is running. The EPC is
> +managed by the SGX subsystem and is not accounted by the memory
> +controller. Note that this is true only for EPC memory itself, i.e.
> +normal memory allocations related to SGX and EPC memory, e.g. the
> +backing memory for evicted EPC pages, are accounted, limited and
> +protected by the memory controller.
> +
> +Much like normal system memory, EPC memory can be overcommitted via
> +virtual memory techniques and pages can be swapped out of the EPC
> +to their backing store (normal system memory allocated via shmem).
> +The SGX EPC subsystem is analogous to the memory subsytem, and
> +it implements limit and protection models for EPC memory.
> +
> +SGX EPC Interface Files
> +-----------------------
> +
> +For a generic description of the Miscellaneous controller interface
> +files, please see Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
> +
> +All SGX EPC memory amounts are in bytes unless explicitly stated
> +otherwise. If a value which is not PAGE_SIZE aligned is written,
> +the actual value used by the controller will be rounded down to
> +the closest PAGE_SIZE multiple.
> +
> + misc.capacity
> + A read-only flat-keyed file shown only in the root cgroup.
> + The sgx_epc resource will show the total amount of EPC
> + memory available on the platform.
> +
> + misc.current
> + A read-only flat-keyed file shown in the non-root cgroups.
> + The sgx_epc resource will show the current active EPC memory
> + usage of the cgroup and its descendants. EPC pages that are
> + swapped out to backing RAM are not included in the current count.
> +
> + misc.max
> + A read-write single value file which exists on non-root
> + cgroups. The sgx_epc resource will show the EPC usage
> + hard limit. The default is "max".
> +
> + If a cgroup's EPC usage reaches this limit, EPC allocations,
> + e.g. for page fault handling, will be blocked until EPC can
> + be reclaimed from the cgroup. If EPC cannot be reclaimed in
> + a timely manner, reclaim will be forced, e.g. by ignoring LRU.
> +
> + misc.events
> + A read-write flat-keyed file which exists on non-root cgroups.
> + Writes to the file reset the event counters to zero. A value
> + change in this file generates a file modified event.
> +
> + max
> + The number of times the cgroup has triggered a reclaim
> + due to its EPC usage approaching (or exceeding) its max
> + EPC boundary.
The indentation here (above) is a little confusing.
Is this formatted the way that is intended?
> +
> +Migration
> +---------
> +
> +Once an EPC page is charged to a cgroup (during allocation), it
> +remains charged to the original cgroup until the page is released
> +or reclaimed. Migrating a process to a different cgroup doesn't
> +move the EPC charges that it incurred while in the previous cgroup
> +to its new cgroup.
--
~Randy
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