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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 19:27:22 +0530
From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>,
Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
Naveen N Rao <naveen@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pseries/lparcfg: Add resource group monitoring
On 7/16/25 16:15, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> Systems can now be partitioned into resource groups. By default all
> systems will be part of default resource group. Once a resource group is
> created, and resources allocated to the resource group, those resources
> will be removed from the default resource group. If a LPAR moved to a
> resource group, then it can only use resources in the resource group.
>
> So maximum processors that can be allocated to a LPAR can be equal or
> smaller than the resources in the resource group.
>
> lparcfg can now exposes the resource group id to which this LPAR belongs
> to. It also exposes the number of processors in the current resource
> group. The default resource group id happens to be 0. These would be
> documented in the upcoming PAPR update.
Could you please add a link to patch on power utils on how it is being consumed?
>
> Example of an LPAR in a default resource group
> root@...p11-lp3 $ grep resource_group /proc/powerpc/lparcfg
> resource_group_number=0
> resource_group_active_processors=50
> root@...p11-lp3 $
>
> Example of an LPAR in a non-default resource group
> root@...p11-lp5 $ grep resource_group /proc/powerpc/lparcfg
> resource_group_number=1
> resource_group_active_processors=30
> root@...p11-lp5 $
>
> Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: "Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c
> index cc22924f159f..6554537984fb 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c
Does MODULE_VERS need to increased?
> @@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ struct hvcall_ppp_data {
> u8 capped;
> u8 weight;
> u8 unallocated_weight;
> + u8 resource_group_index;
> + u16 active_procs_in_resource_group;
> u16 active_procs_in_pool;
> u16 active_system_procs;
> u16 phys_platform_procs;
> @@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ struct hvcall_ppp_data {
> };
>
> /*
> - * H_GET_PPP hcall returns info in 4 parms.
> + * H_GET_PPP hcall returns info in 5 parms.
> * entitled_capacity,unallocated_capacity,
> * aggregation, resource_capability).
> *
> @@ -94,11 +96,11 @@ struct hvcall_ppp_data {
> * R5 = Unallocated Processor Capacity Percentage.
> * R6 (AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH).
> * XXXX - reserved (0)
> - * XXXX - reserved (0)
> + * XXXX - Active Cores in Resource Group
> * XXXX - Group Number
> * XXXX - Pool Number.
> * R7 (IIJJKKLLMMNNOOPP).
> - * XX - reserved. (0)
> + * XX - Resource group Number
> * XX - bit 0-6 reserved (0). bit 7 is Capped indicator.
> * XX - variable processor Capacity Weight
> * XX - Unallocated Variable Processor Capacity Weight.
> @@ -120,9 +122,11 @@ static unsigned int h_get_ppp(struct hvcall_ppp_data *ppp_data)
> ppp_data->entitlement = retbuf[0];
> ppp_data->unallocated_entitlement = retbuf[1];
>
> + ppp_data->active_procs_in_resource_group = (retbuf[2] >> 4 * 8) & 0xffff;
> ppp_data->group_num = (retbuf[2] >> 2 * 8) & 0xffff;
> ppp_data->pool_num = retbuf[2] & 0xffff;
>
> + ppp_data->resource_group_index = (retbuf[3] >> 7 * 8) & 0xff;
> ppp_data->capped = (retbuf[3] >> 6 * 8) & 0x01;
> ppp_data->weight = (retbuf[3] >> 5 * 8) & 0xff;
> ppp_data->unallocated_weight = (retbuf[3] >> 4 * 8) & 0xff;
> @@ -236,6 +240,13 @@ static void parse_ppp_data(struct seq_file *m)
> seq_printf(m, "unallocated_capacity=%lld\n",
> ppp_data.unallocated_entitlement);
>
> + if (ppp_data.active_procs_in_resource_group) {
ppp_data.active_procs_in_resource_group can ever be zero?
If the entry is absent in lparcfg, then lparstat will print it as 0 (which happens to be
default RG, while default RG may have processors)
> + seq_printf(m, "resource_group_number=%d\n",
> + ppp_data.resource_group_index);
> + seq_printf(m, "resource_group_active_processors=%d\n",
> + ppp_data.active_procs_in_resource_group);
> + }
> +
> /* The last bits of information returned from h_get_ppp are only
> * valid if the ibm,partition-performance-parameters-level
> * property is >= 1.
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