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Message-ID: <40ff2cd0-c8b9-460b-b98a-087cb251324e@amd.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 11:56:36 -0500
From: "Moger, Babu" <bmoger@....com>
To: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
 Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>, corbet@....net, tony.luck@...el.com,
 tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 08/27] x86/resctrl: Introduce mbm_cntr_cfg to track
 assignable counters at domain

Hi Reinette,

On 5/22/2025 4:02 PM, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Babu,
> 
> shortlog: "at domain" -> "per domain"?
> 
Sure.

> On 5/15/25 3:51 PM, Babu Moger wrote:
>> In mbm_cntr_assign mode hardware counters are assigned/unassigned to an
>> MBM event of a monitor group. Hardware counters are assigned/unassigned
>> at monitoring domain level.
>>
>> Manage a monitoring domain's hardware counters using a per monitoring
>> domain array of struct mbm_cntr_cfg that is indexed by the hardware
>> counter ID. A hardware counter's configuration contains the MBM event
>> ID and points to the monitoring group that it is assigned to, with a
>> NULL pointer meaning that the hardware counter is available for assignment.
>>
>> There is no direct way to determine which hardware counters are assigned
>> to a particular monitoring group. Check every entry of every hardware
>> counter configuration array in every monitoring domain to query which
>> MBM events of a monitoring group is tracked by hardware. Such queries are
>> acceptable because of a very small number of assignable counters (32
>> to 64).
>>
>> Suggested-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
>> ---
>> v13: Resolved conflicts caused by the recent FS/ARCH code restructure.
>>       The files monitor.c/rdtgroup.c have been split between FS and ARCH directories.
>>
>> v12: Fixed the struct mbm_cntr_cfg code documentation.
>>       Removed few strange charactors in changelog.
>>       Added the counter range for better understanding.
>>       Moved the struct mbm_cntr_cfg definition to resctrl/internal.h as
>>       suggested by James.
>>
>> v11: Refined the change log based on Reinette's feedback.
>>       Fixed few style issues.
>>
>> v10: Patch changed completely to handle the counters at domain level.
>>       https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CALPaoCj+zWq1vkHVbXYP0znJbe6Ke3PXPWjtri5AFgD9cQDCUg@mail.gmail.com/
>>       Removed Reviewed-by tag.
>>       Did not see the need to add cntr_id in mbm_state structure. Not used in the code.
>>
>> v9: Added Reviewed-by tag. No other changes.
>>
>> v8: Minor commit message changes.
>>
>> v7: Added check mbm_cntr_assignable for allocating bitmap mbm_cntr_map
>>
>> v6: New patch to add domain level assignment.
>> ---
>>   fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c   | 11 +++++++++++
>>   include/linux/resctrl.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
>> index 51f8f8d3ccbc..e2005fc9acd9 100644
>> --- a/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
>> +++ b/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
>> @@ -4085,6 +4085,7 @@ static void rdtgroup_setup_default(void)
>>   
>>   static void domain_destroy_mon_state(struct rdt_mon_domain *d)
>>   {
>> +	kfree(d->cntr_cfg);
>>   	bitmap_free(d->rmid_busy_llc);
>>   	kfree(d->mbm_total);
>>   	kfree(d->mbm_local);
>> @@ -4171,6 +4172,16 @@ static int domain_setup_mon_state(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_mon_domain
>>   			return -ENOMEM;
>>   		}
>>   	}
>> +	if (resctrl_is_mbm_enabled() && r->mon.mbm_cntr_assignable) {
>> +		tsize = sizeof(*d->cntr_cfg);
>> +		d->cntr_cfg = kcalloc(r->mon.num_mbm_cntrs, tsize, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +		if (!d->cntr_cfg) {
>> +			bitmap_free(d->rmid_busy_llc);
>> +			kfree(d->mbm_total);
>> +			kfree(d->mbm_local);
>> +			return -ENOMEM;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>>   
>>   	return 0;
>>   }
>> diff --git a/include/linux/resctrl.h b/include/linux/resctrl.h
>> index bdb264875ef6..d77981d1fcb9 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/resctrl.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/resctrl.h
>> @@ -156,6 +156,20 @@ struct rdt_ctrl_domain {
>>   	u32				*mbps_val;
>>   };
>>   
>> +/**
>> + * struct mbm_cntr_cfg - Assignable counter configuration
>> + * @evtid:		MBM event to which the counter is assigned. Only valid
>> + *			if @rdtgroup is not NULL.
>> + * @evt_cfg:		Event configuration value.
> 
> @evt_cfg is not introduced in changelog nor defined here. Please add a snippet here
> on what @evt_cfg's values represent. This is important since this is exposed
> as resctrl fs API to architectures so all architectures need to use same values when
> interacting with resctrl.

Sure.

@evt_cfg: A value that represents memory transactions (e.g., reads, 
writes, etc.).

> 
>> + * @rdtgrp:		resctrl group assigned to the counter. NULL if the
>> + *			counter is free.
>> + */
>> +struct mbm_cntr_cfg {
>> +	enum resctrl_event_id   evtid;
>> +	u32                     evt_cfg;
>> +	struct rdtgroup         *rdtgrp;
> 
> Please align struct member names using TABs.

Sure.

> 
>> +};
>> +
>>   /**
>>    * struct rdt_mon_domain - group of CPUs sharing a resctrl monitor resource
>>    * @hdr:		common header for different domain types
>> @@ -167,6 +181,7 @@ struct rdt_ctrl_domain {
>>    * @cqm_limbo:		worker to periodically read CQM h/w counters
>>    * @mbm_work_cpu:	worker CPU for MBM h/w counters
>>    * @cqm_work_cpu:	worker CPU for CQM h/w counters
>> + * @cntr_cfg:		assignable counters configuration
> 
> "array of assignable counters' configuration (indexed by counter ID)"

Sure.

> 
>>    */
>>   struct rdt_mon_domain {
>>   	struct rdt_domain_hdr		hdr;
>> @@ -178,6 +193,7 @@ struct rdt_mon_domain {
>>   	struct delayed_work		cqm_limbo;
>>   	int				mbm_work_cpu;
>>   	int				cqm_work_cpu;
>> +	struct mbm_cntr_cfg		*cntr_cfg;
>>   };
>>   
>>   /**
> 
> Reinette
> 

thanks
Babu

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