linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 24/24] x86/resctrl: Separate arch and fs resctrl locks

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Message-ID: <38b2508e-ffcc-e415-cf61-de13f7fe3047@arm.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:39:18 +0000
From:   James Morse <james.morse@....com>
To:     Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Babu Moger <Babu.Moger@....com>,
        shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com,
        D Scott Phillips OS <scott@...amperecomputing.com>,
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        Xin Hao <xhao@...ux.alibaba.com>, peternewman@...gle.com,
        dfustini@...libre.com, amitsinght@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 24/24] x86/resctrl: Separate arch and fs resctrl locks

Hi Reinette,

On 09/11/2023 17:48, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> On 10/25/2023 11:03 AM, James Morse wrote:
>> resctrl has one mutex that is taken by the architecture specific code,
>> and the filesystem parts. The two interact via cpuhp, where the
>> architecture code updates the domain list. Filesystem handlers that
>> walk the domains list should not run concurrently with the cpuhp
>> callback modifying the list.
>>
>> Exposing a lock from the filesystem code means the interface is not
>> cleanly defined, and creates the possibility of cross-architecture
>> lock ordering headaches. The interaction only exists so that certain
>> filesystem paths are serialised against CPU hotplug. The CPU hotplug
>> code already has a mechanism to do this using cpus_read_lock().
>>
>> MPAM's monitors have an overflow interrupt, so it needs to be possible
>> to walk the domains list in irq context. RCU is ideal for this,
>> but some paths need to be able to sleep to allocate memory.
>>
>> Because resctrl_{on,off}line_cpu() take the rdtgroup_mutex as part
>> of a cpuhp callback, cpus_read_lock() must always be taken first.
>> rdtgroup_schemata_write() already does this.
>>
>> Most of the filesystem code's domain list walkers are currently
>> protected by the rdtgroup_mutex taken in rdtgroup_kn_lock_live().
>> The exceptions are rdt_bit_usage_show() and the mon_config helpers
>> which take the lock directly.
>>
>> Make the domain list protected by RCU. An architecture-specific
>> lock prevents concurrent writers. rdt_bit_usage_show() could
>> walk the domain list using RCU, but to keep all the filesystem
>> operations the same, this is changed to call cpus_read_lock().
>> The mon_config helpers send multiple IPIs, take the cpus_read_lock()
>> in these cases.
>>
>> The other filesystem list walkers need to be able to sleep.
>> Add cpus_read_lock() to rdtgroup_kn_lock_live() so that the
>> cpuhp callbacks can't be invoked when file system operations are
>> occurring.
>>
>> Add lockdep_assert_cpus_held() in the cases where the
>> rdtgroup_kn_lock_live() call isn't obvious.
>>
>> Resctrl's domain online/offline calls now need to take the
>> rdtgroup_mutex themselves.

> Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>

Thanks!


James