Re: [PATCH 06/18] x86/resctrl: Allow the allocator to check if a CLOSID can allocate clean RMID

[Shawn Wang]

Hi James,

On 10/21/2022 9:11 PM, James Morse wrote:
> MPAM's PMG bits extend its PARTID space, meaning the same PMG value can be
> used for different control groups.
>
> This means once a CLOSID is allocated, all its monitoring ids may still be
> dirty, and held in limbo.
>
> Add a helper to allow the CLOSID allocator to check if a CLOSID has dirty
> RMID values. This behaviour is enabled by a kconfig option selected by
> the architecture, which avoids a pointless search for x86.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h |  1 +
>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/monitor.c  | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c | 18 +++++++++------
>   3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

> +/**
> + * resctrl_closid_is_dirty - Determine if clean RMID can be allocate for this
> + *                           CLOSID.
> + * @closid: The CLOSID that is being queried.
> + *
> + * MPAM's equivalent of RMID are per-CLOSID, meaning a freshly allocate CLOSID
> + * may not be able to allocate clean RMID. To avoid this the allocator will
> + * only return clean CLOSID.
> + */
> +bool resctrl_closid_is_dirty(u32 closid)
> +{
> +	struct rmid_entry *entry;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	lockdep_assert_held(&rdtgroup_mutex);
> +
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RESCTRL_RMID_DEPENDS_ON_CLOSID))
> +		return false;

Since dirty closid occurs when the kconfig option for MPAM is enabled, it seems
that the condition of the if statement here should take the opposite value:
	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RESCTRL_RMID_DEPENDS_ON_CLOSID))

> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < resctrl_arch_system_num_rmid_idx(); i++) {
> +		entry = &rmid_ptrs[i];
> +		if (entry->closid != closid)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		if (entry->busy)
> +			return true;
> +	}
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +

Shawn