Re: [PATCH v9 03/13] x86/cpufeatures: Add Bandwidth Monitoring Event Configuration feature flag

From: Reinette Chatre
Date: Thu Dec 15 2022 - 12:14:07 EST


Hi Babu,

On 12/1/2022 7:36 AM, Babu Moger wrote:
> Newer AMD processors support the new feature Bandwidth Monitoring Event
> Configuration (BMEC).
>
> The feature support is identified via CPUID Fn8000_0020_EBX_x0 (ECX=0).
> Bits Field Name Description
> 3 EVT_CFG Bandwidth Monitoring Event Configuration (BMEC)
>
> Currently, the bandwidth monitoring events mbm_total_bytes and

Please drop "Currently,".

> mbm_local_bytes are set to count all the total and local reads/writes
> respectively. With the introduction of slow memory, the two counters
> are not enough to count all the different types of memory events. With
> the feature BMEC, the users have the option to configure
> mbm_total_bytes and mbm_local_bytes to count the specific type of
> events.
>
> Each BMEC event has a configuration MSR, which contains one field for
> each bandwidth type that can be used to configure the bandwidth event
> to track any combination of supported bandwidth types. The event will
> count requests from every bandwidth type bit that is set in the
> corresponding configuration register.
>
> Following are the types of events supported:
>
> ==== ========================================================
> Bits Description
> ==== ========================================================
> 6 Dirty Victims from the QOS domain to all types of memory
> 5 Reads to slow memory in the non-local NUMA domain
> 4 Reads to slow memory in the local NUMA domain
> 3 Non-temporal writes to non-local NUMA domain
> 2 Non-temporal writes to local NUMA domain
> 1 Reads to memory in the non-local NUMA domain
> 0 Reads to memory in the local NUMA domain
> ==== ========================================================
>
> By default, the mbm_total_bytes configuration is set to 0x7F to count
> all the event types and the mbm_local_bytes configuration is set to
> 0x15 to count all the local memory events.
>
> Feature description is available in the specification, "AMD64
> Technology Platform Quality of Service Extensions, Revision: 1.03
> Publication

Missing end quote above.

>
> Link: https://www.amd.com/en/support/tech-docs/amd64-technology-platform-quality-service-extensions
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206537
> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxx>

Same comment about "Link:" ordering as for patch 1.

> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c | 2 ++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> index b6a45e56cd0c..415796d7b309 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> @@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
> #define X86_FEATURE_CALL_DEPTH (11*32+19) /* "" Call depth tracking for RSB stuffing */
> #define X86_FEATURE_MSR_TSX_CTRL (11*32+20) /* "" MSR IA32_TSX_CTRL (Intel) implemented */
> #define X86_FEATURE_SMBA (11*32+21) /* Slow Memory Bandwidth Allocation */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_BMEC (11*32+22) /* Bandwidth Monitoring Event Configuration */
>
> /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:1 (EAX), word 12 */
> #define X86_FEATURE_AVX_VNNI (12*32+ 4) /* AVX VNNI instructions */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c
> index d95221117129..f6748c8bd647 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c
> @@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ static const struct cpuid_dep cpuid_deps[] = {
> { X86_FEATURE_CQM_OCCUP_LLC, X86_FEATURE_CQM_LLC },
> { X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_TOTAL, X86_FEATURE_CQM_LLC },
> { X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL, X86_FEATURE_CQM_LLC },
> + { X86_FEATURE_BMEC, X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_TOTAL },
> + { X86_FEATURE_BMEC, X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL },
> { X86_FEATURE_AVX512_BF16, X86_FEATURE_AVX512VL },
> { X86_FEATURE_AVX512_FP16, X86_FEATURE_AVX512BW },
> { X86_FEATURE_ENQCMD, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES },
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
> index d925753084fb..0dad49a09b7a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static const struct cpuid_bit cpuid_bits[] = {
> { X86_FEATURE_PROC_FEEDBACK, CPUID_EDX, 11, 0x80000007, 0 },
> { X86_FEATURE_MBA, CPUID_EBX, 6, 0x80000008, 0 },
> { X86_FEATURE_SMBA, CPUID_EBX, 2, 0x80000020, 0 },
> + { X86_FEATURE_BMEC, CPUID_EBX, 3, 0x80000020, 0 },
> { X86_FEATURE_PERFMON_V2, CPUID_EAX, 0, 0x80000022, 0 },
> { X86_FEATURE_AMD_LBR_V2, CPUID_EAX, 1, 0x80000022, 0 },
> { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
>
>

With changelog comments addressed:

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

Reinette