From: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
To: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
H Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>, Babu Moger <Babu.Moger@amd.com>,
shameerali.kolothum.thodi@huawei.com,
Jamie Iles <jamie@nuviainc.com>,
D Scott Phillips OS <scott@os.amperecomputing.com>,
lcherian@marvell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 18/24] x86/resctrl: Make ctrlval arrays the same size
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:03:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46b42971-724c-c585-efec-c824838d7434@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bfb7310d-7a38-e0b9-b63b-d12ec453ac85@intel.com>
Hi Reinette,
On 15/06/2021 19:09, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> On 6/14/2021 1:09 PM, James Morse wrote:
>> The CODE and DATA resources report a num_closid that is half the
>> actual size supported by the hardware. This behaviour is visible
>> to user-space when CDP is enabled.
>> The CODE and DATA resources have their own ctrlval arrays which are half
>> the size of the underlying hardware because num_closid was already
>> adjusted. One holds the odd configurations values, the other even.
>>
>> Before the CDP resources can be merged, the 'half the closids'
>> behaviour needs to be implemented by schemata_list_create(), but
>> this causes the ctrl_val[] array to be full sized.
>>
>> Remove the logic from the architecture specific rdt_get_cdp_config()
>> setup, and add it to schemata_list_create(). Functions that
>> walk take num_closid directly from struct rdt_hw_resource also
>
> This is unclear to me ... "Functions that walk ..." seems like it is missing to describe
> what they are walking.
Yup, I'm missing at least a word here! Fixed as:
| functions that walk all the configurations, such as domain_setup_ctrlval() and
| reset_all_ctrls() , take the num_closids directly from...
>> have to halve num_closid as only the lower half of each array is
>> in use. domain_setup_ctrlval() and reset_all_ctrls() both copy
>> struct rdt_hw_resource's num_closid to a struct msr_param. Correct
>> the value here. This is temporary as a subsequent patch will merge
>> the all three ctrl_val[] arrays such that when CDP is in use, the
>
> the all three -> all three ?
Yes. Thanks!
(I've never managed to spot things like this in text I wrote)
Thanks,
James
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-17 17:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-14 20:09 [PATCH v4 00/24] x86/resctrl: Merge the CDP resources James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 01/24] x86/resctrl: Split struct rdt_resource James Morse
2021-06-15 18:07 ` Reinette Chatre
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 02/24] x86/resctrl: Split struct rdt_domain James Morse
2021-06-15 17:51 ` Babu Moger
2021-06-17 17:02 ` James Morse
2021-06-15 18:07 ` Reinette Chatre
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 03/24] x86/resctrl: Add a separate schema list for resctrl James Morse
2021-06-15 17:51 ` Babu Moger
2021-06-17 17:02 ` James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 04/24] x86/resctrl: Pass the schema in info dir's private pointer James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 05/24] x86/resctrl: Label the resources with their configuration type James Morse
2021-06-15 18:08 ` Reinette Chatre
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 06/24] x86/resctrl: Walk the resctrl schema list instead of an arch list James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 07/24] x86/resctrl: Store the effective num_closid in the schema James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 08/24] x86/resctrl: Add resctrl_arch_get_num_closid() James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 09/24] x86/resctrl: Pass the schema to resctrl filesystem functions James Morse
2021-06-15 18:08 ` Reinette Chatre
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 10/24] x86/resctrl: Swizzle rdt_resource and resctrl_schema in pseudo_lock_region James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 11/24] x86/resctrl: Move the schemata names into struct resctrl_schema James Morse
2021-06-15 18:08 ` Reinette Chatre
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 12/24] x86/resctrl: Group staged configuration into a separate struct James Morse
2021-06-15 18:08 ` Reinette Chatre
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 13/24] x86/resctrl: Allow different CODE/DATA configurations to be staged James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 14/24] x86/resctrl: Rename update_domains() resctrl_arch_update_domains() James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 15/24] x86/resctrl: Add a helper to read a closid's configuration James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 16/24] x86/resctrl: Add a helper to read/set the CDP configuration James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 17/24] x86/resctrl: Pass configuration type to resctrl_arch_get_config() James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 18/24] x86/resctrl: Make ctrlval arrays the same size James Morse
2021-06-15 18:09 ` Reinette Chatre
2021-06-17 17:03 ` James Morse [this message]
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 19/24] x86/resctrl: Apply offset correction when config is staged James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 20/24] x86/resctrl: Calculate the index from the configuration type James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 21/24] x86/resctrl: Merge the ctrl_val arrays James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 22/24] x86/resctrl: Remove rdt_cdp_peer_get() James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 23/24] x86/resctrl: Expand resctrl_arch_update_domains()'s msr_param range James Morse
2021-06-14 20:09 ` [PATCH v4 24/24] x86/resctrl: Merge the CDP resources James Morse
2021-06-15 16:16 ` [PATCH v4 00/24] " Reinette Chatre
2021-06-15 16:48 ` James Morse
2021-06-15 17:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-15 18:05 ` Reinette Chatre
2021-06-17 17:03 ` James Morse
2021-06-15 17:50 ` Babu Moger
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