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Message-ID: <a03e5f5e-ac9c-f8b1-0260-d58ede569d67@amd.com>
Date:   Thu, 26 Oct 2023 17:40:25 -0500
From:   "Moger, Babu" <bmoger@....com>
To:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...itsu.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Jamie Iles <quic_jiles@...cinc.com>,
        Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86/resctrl: mba_MBps: Fall back to total b/w if local
 b/w unavailable

Hi Tony,

On 10/26/2023 3:02 PM, Tony Luck wrote:
> On Intel the various resource director technology (RDT) features are all
> orthogonal and independently enumerated. Thus it is possible to have
> a system that  provides "total" memory bandwidth measurements without
> providing "local" bandwidth measurements.
>
> If local bandwidth measurement is not available, do not give up on
> providing the "mba_MBps" feedback option completely, make the code fall
> back to using total bandwidth.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> ---
> Change since v2:
>
> Babu doesn't like the global variable. So here's a version without it.
>
> Note that my preference is still the v2 version. But as I tell newbies
> to Linux "Your job isn't to get YOUR patch upstream. You job is to get
> the problem fixed.".  So taking my own advice I don't really mind
> whether v2 or v3 is applied.
Hmm. I like v3 better. Few minor comments below.
>
>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c  | 43 ++++++++++++++++++--------
>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c |  2 +-
>   2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
> index f136ac046851..29e86310677d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
> @@ -418,6 +418,20 @@ static int __mon_event_count(u32 rmid, struct rmid_read *rr)
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> +/*
> + * For legacy compatibility use the local memory bandwidth to drive
> + * the mba_MBps feedback control loop. But on platforms that do not
> + * provide the local event fall back to use the total bandwidth event
> + * instead.
> + */
> +static enum resctrl_event_id pick_mba_mbps_event(void)
> +{
> +	if (is_mbm_local_enabled())
> +		return QOS_L3_MBM_LOCAL_EVENT_ID;
> +
> +	return QOS_L3_MBM_TOTAL_EVENT_ID;
> +}
> +
>   /*
>    * mbm_bw_count() - Update bw count from values previously read by
>    *		    __mon_event_count().
> @@ -431,9 +445,11 @@ static int __mon_event_count(u32 rmid, struct rmid_read *rr)
>    */
>   static void mbm_bw_count(u32 rmid, struct rmid_read *rr)
>   {
> -	struct mbm_state *m = &rr->d->mbm_local[rmid];
> +	enum resctrl_event_id mba_mbps_evt_id = pick_mba_mbps_event();

How about evt_id instead of mba_mbps_evt_id? It seems pretty mouthful 
for temp variable.

>   	u64 cur_bw, bytes, cur_bytes;
> +	struct mbm_state *m;
>   
> +	m = get_mbm_state(rr->d, rmid, mba_mbps_evt_id);
>   	cur_bytes = rr->val;
>   	bytes = cur_bytes - m->prev_bw_bytes;
>   	m->prev_bw_bytes = cur_bytes;
> @@ -518,6 +534,7 @@ void mon_event_count(void *info)
>    */
>   static void update_mba_bw(struct rdtgroup *rgrp, struct rdt_domain *dom_mbm)
>   {
> +	enum resctrl_event_id mba_mbps_evt_id = pick_mba_mbps_event();
same comment as above.
>   	u32 closid, rmid, cur_msr_val, new_msr_val;
>   	struct mbm_state *pmbm_data, *cmbm_data;
>   	u32 cur_bw, delta_bw, user_bw;
> @@ -526,14 +543,14 @@ static void update_mba_bw(struct rdtgroup *rgrp, struct rdt_domain *dom_mbm)
>   	struct list_head *head;
>   	struct rdtgroup *entry;
>   
> -	if (!is_mbm_local_enabled())
> +	if (!is_mbm_enabled())
>   		return;
>   
>   	r_mba = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].r_resctrl;
>   
>   	closid = rgrp->closid;
>   	rmid = rgrp->mon.rmid;
> -	pmbm_data = &dom_mbm->mbm_local[rmid];
> +	pmbm_data = get_mbm_state(dom_mbm, rmid, mba_mbps_evt_id);
>   
>   	dom_mba = get_domain_from_cpu(smp_processor_id(), r_mba);
>   	if (!dom_mba) {
> @@ -553,7 +570,7 @@ static void update_mba_bw(struct rdtgroup *rgrp, struct rdt_domain *dom_mbm)
>   	 */
>   	head = &rgrp->mon.crdtgrp_list;
>   	list_for_each_entry(entry, head, mon.crdtgrp_list) {
> -		cmbm_data = &dom_mbm->mbm_local[entry->mon.rmid];
> +		cmbm_data = get_mbm_state(dom_mbm, entry->mon.rmid, mba_mbps_evt_id);
>   		cur_bw += cmbm_data->prev_bw;
>   		delta_bw += cmbm_data->delta_bw;
>   	}
> @@ -595,7 +612,7 @@ static void update_mba_bw(struct rdtgroup *rgrp, struct rdt_domain *dom_mbm)
>   	 */
>   	pmbm_data->delta_comp = true;
>   	list_for_each_entry(entry, head, mon.crdtgrp_list) {
> -		cmbm_data = &dom_mbm->mbm_local[entry->mon.rmid];
> +		cmbm_data = get_mbm_state(dom_mbm, entry->mon.rmid, mba_mbps_evt_id);
>   		cmbm_data->delta_comp = true;
>   	}
>   }
> @@ -621,15 +638,15 @@ static void mbm_update(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d, int rmid)
>   		rr.evtid = QOS_L3_MBM_LOCAL_EVENT_ID;
>   		rr.val = 0;
>   		__mon_event_count(rmid, &rr);
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * Call the MBA software controller only for the
> -		 * control groups and when user has enabled
> -		 * the software controller explicitly.
> -		 */
> -		if (is_mba_sc(NULL))
> -			mbm_bw_count(rmid, &rr);
>   	}
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Call the MBA software controller only for the
> +	 * control groups and when user has enabled
> +	 * the software controller explicitly.
> +	 */
> +	if (is_mba_sc(NULL))
> +		mbm_bw_count(rmid, &rr);
>   }
>   
>   /*
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> index 69a1de92384a..0c4f8a1b8df0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> @@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ static bool supports_mba_mbps(void)
>   {
>   	struct rdt_resource *r = &rdt_resources_all[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].r_resctrl;
>   
> -	return (is_mbm_local_enabled() &&
> +	return (is_mbm_enabled() &&
>   		r->alloc_capable && is_mba_linear());
>   }
>   

Otherwise looks good to me.

Thanks

Babu

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