linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 01/20] x86/cpufeatures: Add support for Assignable Bandwidth Monitoring Counters (ABMC)

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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:55:54 -0700
From: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/20] x86/cpufeatures: Add support for Assignable
 Bandwidth Monitoring Counters (ABMC)

Hi Babu,

On 7/3/24 2:48 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
> Users can create as many monitor groups as RMIDs supported by the hardware.
> However, bandwidth monitoring feature on AMD system only guarantees that
> RMIDs currently assigned to a processor will be tracked by hardware. The
> counters of any other RMIDs which are no longer being tracked will be
> reset to zero. The MBM event counters return "Unavailable" for the RMIDs
> that are not tracked by hardware. So, there can be only limited number of
> groups that can give guaranteed monitoring numbers. With ever changing
> configurations there is no way to definitely know which of these groups
> are being tracked for certain point of time. Users do not have the option
> to monitor a group or set of groups for certain period of time without
> worrying about RMID being reset in between.
> 
> The ABMC feature provides an option to the user to assign a hardware
> counter to an RMID and monitor the bandwidth as long as it is assigned.
> The assigned RMID will be tracked by the hardware until the user unassigns
> it manually. There is no need to worry about counters being reset during
> this period. Additionally, the user can specify a bitmask identifying the
> specific bandwidth types from the given source to track with the counter.
> 
> Without ABMC enabled, monitoring will work in current mode without
> assignment option.
> 
> Linux resctrl subsystem provides the interface to count maximum of two
> memory bandwidth events per group, from a combination of available total
> and local events. Keeping the current interface, users can enable a maximum
> of 2 ABMC counters per group. User will also have the option to enable only
> one counter to the group. If the system runs out of assignable ABMC
> counters, kernel will display an error. Users need to disable an already
> enabled counter to make space for new assignments.
> 
> The feature can be detected via CPUID_Fn80000020_EBX_x00 bit 5.
> Bits Description
> 5    ABMC (Assignable Bandwidth Monitoring Counters)
> 
> The feature details are documented in APM listed below [1].
> [1] AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 2: System Programming
> Publication # 24593 Revision 3.41 section 19.3.3.3 Assignable Bandwidth
> Monitoring (ABMC).
> 
> Note: Checkpatch checks/warnings are ignored to maintain coding style.

This note may be more appropriate below the '---' separator line.

> 
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206537
> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
> ---

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

Reinette