linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/17] x86/resctrl: Introduce interface to display number of ABMC counters

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <b3aae7f9-2a42-470d-a465-98555a58863e@amd.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:23:59 -0600
From: "Moger, Babu" <babu.moger@....com>
To: James Morse <james.morse@....com>, corbet@....net, fenghua.yu@...el.com,
 reinette.chatre@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
 bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com
Cc: x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, paulmck@...nel.org, rdunlap@...radead.org,
 tj@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, yanjiewtw@...il.com,
 kim.phillips@....com, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com, seanjc@...gle.com,
 jmattson@...gle.com, leitao@...ian.org, jpoimboe@...nel.org,
 rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
 jithu.joseph@...el.com, kai.huang@...el.com, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com,
 daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, sandipan.das@....com,
 ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com, peternewman@...gle.com,
 maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eranian@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/17] x86/resctrl: Introduce interface to display
 number of ABMC counters

Hi James,

On 2/20/24 12:14, James Morse wrote:
> Hi Babu,
> 
> On 19/01/2024 18:22, Babu Moger wrote:
>> The ABMC feature provides an option to the user to pin (or assign) the
>> RMID to the hardware counter and monitor the bandwidth for a longer
>> duration. There are only a limited number of hardware counters.
>>
>> Provide the interface to display the number of ABMC counters supported.
> 
> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
>> index a6c336b6de61..fa492ea820f0 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c
>> @@ -823,6 +823,10 @@ int __init rdt_get_mon_l3_config(struct rdt_resource *r)
>>  			resctrl_file_fflags_init("mbm_local_bytes_config",
>>  						 RFTYPE_MON_INFO | RFTYPE_RES_CACHE);
>>  		}
>> +
> 
>> +		if (rdt_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ABMC))
> 
> Please put this in a header and calling it something like
> resctrl_arch_has_assignable_counters(). These X86 feature definition macros aren't
> available on other architectures!

Sure. Will do.

> 
> 
>> +			resctrl_file_fflags_init("mbm_assignable_counters",
>> +						 RFTYPE_MON_INFO);
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	l3_mon_evt_init(r);
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
>> index 3e233251e7ed..53be5cd1c28e 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
>> @@ -811,6 +811,17 @@ static int rdtgroup_rmid_show(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
>>  	return ret;
>>  }
>>  
>> +static int rdtgroup_mbm_assignable_counters_show(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
>> +						 struct seq_file *s, void *v)
>> +{
>> +	struct rdt_resource *r = of->kn->parent->priv;
> 
>> +	struct rdt_hw_resource *hw_res = resctrl_to_arch_res(r);
> 
> (After the move out to /fs/ the resctrl_to_arch_res() macro is private to the arch code.
>  Needing to do this when providing a value to user-space is the indication that the value
>  should be in struct rdt_resource instead!)

Ok. Sure. Will

> 
> 
>> +	seq_printf(s, "%d\n", hw_res->mbm_assignable_counters);
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_CPU_RESCTRL
>>  
>>  /*
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> James

-- 
Thanks
Babu Moger