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<title>x86/resctrl: Add missing resctrl initialization for Hygon</title>
<updated>2026-02-06T15:40:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xiaochen Shen</name>
<email>shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-09T06:26:49+00:00</published>
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commit 6ee98aabdc700b5705e4f1833e2edc82a826b53b upstream.

Hygon CPUs supporting Platform QoS features currently undergo partial resctrl
initialization through resctrl_cpu_detect() in the Hygon BSP init helper and
AMD/Hygon common initialization code. However, several critical data
structures remain uninitialized for Hygon CPUs in the following paths:

 - get_mem_config()-&gt; __rdt_get_mem_config_amd():
     rdt_resource::membw,alloc_capable
     hw_res::num_closid

 - rdt_init_res_defs()-&gt;rdt_init_res_defs_amd():
     rdt_resource::cache
     hw_res::msr_base,msr_update

Add the missing AMD/Hygon common initialization to ensure proper Platform QoS
functionality on Hygon CPUs.

Fixes: d8df126349da ("x86/cpu/hygon: Add missing resctrl_cpu_detect() in bsp_init helper")
Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Shen &lt;shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251209062650.1536952-2-shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 6ee98aabdc700b5705e4f1833e2edc82a826b53b upstream.

Hygon CPUs supporting Platform QoS features currently undergo partial resctrl
initialization through resctrl_cpu_detect() in the Hygon BSP init helper and
AMD/Hygon common initialization code. However, several critical data
structures remain uninitialized for Hygon CPUs in the following paths:

 - get_mem_config()-&gt; __rdt_get_mem_config_amd():
     rdt_resource::membw,alloc_capable
     hw_res::num_closid

 - rdt_init_res_defs()-&gt;rdt_init_res_defs_amd():
     rdt_resource::cache
     hw_res::msr_base,msr_update

Add the missing AMD/Hygon common initialization to ensure proper Platform QoS
functionality on Hygon CPUs.

Fixes: d8df126349da ("x86/cpu/hygon: Add missing resctrl_cpu_detect() in bsp_init helper")
Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Shen &lt;shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251209062650.1536952-2-shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Fix memory bandwidth counter width for Hygon</title>
<updated>2026-02-06T15:40:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xiaochen Shen</name>
<email>shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-09T06:26:50+00:00</published>
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commit 7517e899e1b87b4c22a92c7e40d8733c48e4ec3c upstream.

The memory bandwidth calculation relies on reading the hardware counter
and measuring the delta between samples. To ensure accurate measurement,
the software reads the counter frequently enough to prevent it from
rolling over twice between reads.

The default Memory Bandwidth Monitoring (MBM) counter width is 24 bits.
Hygon CPUs provide a 32-bit width counter, but they do not support the
MBM capability CPUID leaf (0xF.[ECX=1]:EAX) to report the width offset
(from 24 bits).

Consequently, the kernel falls back to the 24-bit default counter width,
which causes incorrect overflow handling on Hygon CPUs.

Fix this by explicitly setting the counter width offset to 8 bits (resulting
in a 32-bit total counter width) for Hygon CPUs.

Fixes: d8df126349da ("x86/cpu/hygon: Add missing resctrl_cpu_detect() in bsp_init helper")
Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Shen &lt;shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251209062650.1536952-3-shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 7517e899e1b87b4c22a92c7e40d8733c48e4ec3c upstream.

The memory bandwidth calculation relies on reading the hardware counter
and measuring the delta between samples. To ensure accurate measurement,
the software reads the counter frequently enough to prevent it from
rolling over twice between reads.

The default Memory Bandwidth Monitoring (MBM) counter width is 24 bits.
Hygon CPUs provide a 32-bit width counter, but they do not support the
MBM capability CPUID leaf (0xF.[ECX=1]:EAX) to report the width offset
(from 24 bits).

Consequently, the kernel falls back to the 24-bit default counter width,
which causes incorrect overflow handling on Hygon CPUs.

Fix this by explicitly setting the counter width offset to 8 bits (resulting
in a 32-bit total counter width) for Hygon CPUs.

Fixes: d8df126349da ("x86/cpu/hygon: Add missing resctrl_cpu_detect() in bsp_init helper")
Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Shen &lt;shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251209062650.1536952-3-shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Annotate get_mem_config() functions as __init</title>
<updated>2024-10-22T13:39:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nathan Chancellor</name>
<email>nathan@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-17T16:02:53+00:00</published>
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commit d5fd042bf4cfb557981d65628e1779a492cd8cfa upstream.

After a recent LLVM change [1] that deduces __cold on functions that only call
cold code (such as __init functions), there is a section mismatch warning from
__get_mem_config_intel(), which got moved to .text.unlikely. as a result of
that optimization:

  WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: \
  __get_mem_config_intel+0x77 (section: .text.unlikely.) -&gt; thread_throttle_mode_init (section: .init.text)

Mark __get_mem_config_intel() as __init as well since it is only called
from __init code, which clears up the warning.

While __rdt_get_mem_config_amd() does not exhibit a warning because it
does not call any __init code, it is a similar function that is only
called from __init code like __get_mem_config_intel(), so mark it __init
as well to keep the code symmetrical.

CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=n would turn this into a fatal error.

Fixes: 05b93417ce5b ("x86/intel_rdt/mba: Add primary support for Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA)")
Fixes: 4d05bf71f157 ("x86/resctrl: Introduce AMD QOS feature")
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/6b11573b8c5e3d36beee099dbe7347c2a007bf53 [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240917-x86-restctrl-get_mem_config_intel-init-v3-1-10d521256284@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit d5fd042bf4cfb557981d65628e1779a492cd8cfa upstream.

After a recent LLVM change [1] that deduces __cold on functions that only call
cold code (such as __init functions), there is a section mismatch warning from
__get_mem_config_intel(), which got moved to .text.unlikely. as a result of
that optimization:

  WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: \
  __get_mem_config_intel+0x77 (section: .text.unlikely.) -&gt; thread_throttle_mode_init (section: .init.text)

Mark __get_mem_config_intel() as __init as well since it is only called
from __init code, which clears up the warning.

While __rdt_get_mem_config_amd() does not exhibit a warning because it
does not call any __init code, it is a similar function that is only
called from __init code like __get_mem_config_intel(), so mark it __init
as well to keep the code symmetrical.

CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=n would turn this into a fatal error.

Fixes: 05b93417ce5b ("x86/intel_rdt/mba: Add primary support for Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA)")
Fixes: 4d05bf71f157 ("x86/resctrl: Introduce AMD QOS feature")
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/6b11573b8c5e3d36beee099dbe7347c2a007bf53 [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240917-x86-restctrl-get_mem_config_intel-init-v3-1-10d521256284@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Free the ctrlval arrays when domain_setup_mon_state() fails</title>
<updated>2021-10-20T09:44:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>James Morse</name>
<email>james.morse@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-09-17T16:59:58+00:00</published>
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commit 64e87d4bd3201bf8a4685083ee4daf5c0d001452 upstream.

domain_add_cpu() is called whenever a CPU is brought online. The
earlier call to domain_setup_ctrlval() allocates the control value
arrays.

If domain_setup_mon_state() fails, the control value arrays are not
freed.

Add the missing kfree() calls.

Fixes: 1bd2a63b4f0de ("x86/intel_rdt/mba_sc: Add initialization support")
Fixes: edf6fa1c4a951 ("x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Add RMID (Resource monitoring ID) management")
Signed-off-by: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210917165958.28313-1-james.morse@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 64e87d4bd3201bf8a4685083ee4daf5c0d001452 upstream.

domain_add_cpu() is called whenever a CPU is brought online. The
earlier call to domain_setup_ctrlval() allocates the control value
arrays.

If domain_setup_mon_state() fails, the control value arrays are not
freed.

Add the missing kfree() calls.

Fixes: 1bd2a63b4f0de ("x86/intel_rdt/mba_sc: Add initialization support")
Fixes: edf6fa1c4a951 ("x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Add RMID (Resource monitoring ID) management")
Signed-off-by: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210917165958.28313-1-james.morse@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Fix AMD L3 QOS CDP enable/disable</title>
<updated>2020-12-01T16:53:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Babu Moger</name>
<email>babu.moger@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-30T15:57:20+00:00</published>
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When the AMD QoS feature CDP (code and data prioritization) is enabled
or disabled, the CDP bit in MSR 0000_0C81 is written on one of the CPUs
in an L3 domain (core complex). That is not correct - the CDP bit needs
to be updated on all the logical CPUs in the domain.

This was not spelled out clearly in the spec earlier. The specification
has been updated and the updated document, "AMD64 Technology Platform
Quality of Service Extensions Publication # 56375 Revision: 1.02 Issue
Date: October 2020" is available now. Refer the section: Code and Data
Prioritization.

Fix the issue by adding a new flag arch_has_per_cpu_cfg in rdt_cache
data structure.

The documentation can be obtained at:
https://developer.amd.com/wp-content/resources/56375.pdf
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206537

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Fixes: 4d05bf71f157 ("x86/resctrl: Introduce AMD QOS feature")
Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160675180380.15628.3309402017215002347.stgit@bmoger-ubuntu
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When the AMD QoS feature CDP (code and data prioritization) is enabled
or disabled, the CDP bit in MSR 0000_0C81 is written on one of the CPUs
in an L3 domain (core complex). That is not correct - the CDP bit needs
to be updated on all the logical CPUs in the domain.

This was not spelled out clearly in the spec earlier. The specification
has been updated and the updated document, "AMD64 Technology Platform
Quality of Service Extensions Publication # 56375 Revision: 1.02 Issue
Date: October 2020" is available now. Refer the section: Code and Data
Prioritization.

Fix the issue by adding a new flag arch_has_per_cpu_cfg in rdt_cache
data structure.

The documentation can be obtained at:
https://developer.amd.com/wp-content/resources/56375.pdf
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206537

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Fixes: 4d05bf71f157 ("x86/resctrl: Introduce AMD QOS feature")
Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160675180380.15628.3309402017215002347.stgit@bmoger-ubuntu
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86_cache_for_v5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2020-10-12T17:53:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-10-12T17:53:32+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 cache resource control updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Misc cleanups to the resctrl code in preparation for the ARM side
   (James Morse)

 - Add support for controlling per-thread memory bandwidth throttling
   delay values on hw which supports it (Fenghua Yu)

* tag 'x86_cache_for_v5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/resctrl: Enable user to view thread or core throttling mode
  x86/resctrl: Enumerate per-thread MBA controls
  cacheinfo: Move resctrl's get_cache_id() to the cacheinfo header file
  x86/resctrl: Add struct rdt_cache::arch_has_{sparse, empty}_bitmaps
  x86/resctrl: Merge AMD/Intel parse_bw() calls
  x86/resctrl: Add struct rdt_membw::arch_needs_linear to explain AMD/Intel MBA difference
  x86/resctrl: Use is_closid_match() in more places
  x86/resctrl: Include pid.h
  x86/resctrl: Use container_of() in delayed_work handlers
  x86/resctrl: Fix stale comment
  x86/resctrl: Remove struct rdt_membw::max_delay
  x86/resctrl: Remove unused struct mbm_state::chunks_bw
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Pull x86 cache resource control updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Misc cleanups to the resctrl code in preparation for the ARM side
   (James Morse)

 - Add support for controlling per-thread memory bandwidth throttling
   delay values on hw which supports it (Fenghua Yu)

* tag 'x86_cache_for_v5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/resctrl: Enable user to view thread or core throttling mode
  x86/resctrl: Enumerate per-thread MBA controls
  cacheinfo: Move resctrl's get_cache_id() to the cacheinfo header file
  x86/resctrl: Add struct rdt_cache::arch_has_{sparse, empty}_bitmaps
  x86/resctrl: Merge AMD/Intel parse_bw() calls
  x86/resctrl: Add struct rdt_membw::arch_needs_linear to explain AMD/Intel MBA difference
  x86/resctrl: Use is_closid_match() in more places
  x86/resctrl: Include pid.h
  x86/resctrl: Use container_of() in delayed_work handlers
  x86/resctrl: Fix stale comment
  x86/resctrl: Remove struct rdt_membw::max_delay
  x86/resctrl: Remove unused struct mbm_state::chunks_bw
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Fix spelling in user-visible warning messages</title>
<updated>2020-09-04T23:24:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Colin Ian King</name>
<email>colin.king@canonical.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-08-10T07:55:08+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=93921baa3f6ff77e57d7e772165aa7bd709b5387'/>
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Fix spelling mistake "Could't" -&gt; "Couldn't" in user-visible warning
messages.

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Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King &lt;colin.king@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200810075508.46490-1-colin.king@canonical.com
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Fix spelling mistake "Could't" -&gt; "Couldn't" in user-visible warning
messages.

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Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King &lt;colin.king@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200810075508.46490-1-colin.king@canonical.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Enable user to view thread or core throttling mode</title>
<updated>2020-08-26T15:53:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fenghua Yu</name>
<email>fenghua.yu@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-08-24T19:11:21+00:00</published>
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Early Intel hardware implementations of Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA)
could only control bandwidth at the processor core level. This meant that
when two processes with different bandwidth allocations ran simultaneously
on the same core the hardware had to resolve this difference. It did so by
applying the higher throttling value (lower bandwidth) to both processes.

Newer implementations can apply different throttling values to each
thread on a core.

Introduce a new resctrl file, "thread_throttle_mode", on Intel systems
that shows to the user how throttling values are allocated, per-core or
per-thread.

On systems that support per-core throttling, the file will display "max".
On newer systems that support per-thread throttling, the file will display
"per-thread".

AMD confirmed in [1] that AMD bandwidth allocation is already at thread
level but that the AMD implementation does not use a memory delay
throttle mode. So to avoid confusion the thread throttling mode would be
UNDEFINED on AMD systems and the "thread_throttle_mode" file will not be
visible.

Originally-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1598296281-127595-3-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Link: [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/18d277fd-6523-319c-d560-66b63ff606b8@amd.com
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Early Intel hardware implementations of Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA)
could only control bandwidth at the processor core level. This meant that
when two processes with different bandwidth allocations ran simultaneously
on the same core the hardware had to resolve this difference. It did so by
applying the higher throttling value (lower bandwidth) to both processes.

Newer implementations can apply different throttling values to each
thread on a core.

Introduce a new resctrl file, "thread_throttle_mode", on Intel systems
that shows to the user how throttling values are allocated, per-core or
per-thread.

On systems that support per-core throttling, the file will display "max".
On newer systems that support per-thread throttling, the file will display
"per-thread".

AMD confirmed in [1] that AMD bandwidth allocation is already at thread
level but that the AMD implementation does not use a memory delay
throttle mode. So to avoid confusion the thread throttling mode would be
UNDEFINED on AMD systems and the "thread_throttle_mode" file will not be
visible.

Originally-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1598296281-127595-3-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Link: [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/18d277fd-6523-319c-d560-66b63ff606b8@amd.com
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<entry>
<title>cacheinfo: Move resctrl's get_cache_id() to the cacheinfo header file</title>
<updated>2020-08-19T09:04:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>James Morse</name>
<email>james.morse@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-07-08T16:39:29+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=709c4362725abb5fa1e36fd94893a9b0d049df82'/>
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resctrl/core.c defines get_cache_id() for use in its cpu-hotplug
callbacks. This gets the id attribute of the cache at the corresponding
level of a CPU.

Later rework means this private function needs to be shared. Move
it to the header file.

The name conflicts with a different definition in intel_cacheinfo.c,
name it get_cpu_cacheinfo_id() to show its relation with
get_cpu_cacheinfo().

Now this is visible on other architectures, check the id attribute
has actually been set.

Signed-off-by: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200708163929.2783-11-james.morse@arm.com
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resctrl/core.c defines get_cache_id() for use in its cpu-hotplug
callbacks. This gets the id attribute of the cache at the corresponding
level of a CPU.

Later rework means this private function needs to be shared. Move
it to the header file.

The name conflicts with a different definition in intel_cacheinfo.c,
name it get_cpu_cacheinfo_id() to show its relation with
get_cpu_cacheinfo().

Now this is visible on other architectures, check the id attribute
has actually been set.

Signed-off-by: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200708163929.2783-11-james.morse@arm.com
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</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Add struct rdt_cache::arch_has_{sparse, empty}_bitmaps</title>
<updated>2020-08-19T08:41:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>James Morse</name>
<email>james.morse@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-07-08T16:39:28+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=316e7f901f5aedb415c72d1eedd7de0846238dd0'/>
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Intel CPUs expect the cache bitmap provided by user-space to have on a
single span of 1s, whereas AMD can support bitmaps like 0xf00f. Arm's
MPAM support also allows sparse bitmaps.

Similarly, Intel CPUs check at least one bit set, whereas AMD CPUs are
quite happy with an empty bitmap. Arm's MPAM allows an empty bitmap.

To move resctrl out to /fs/, platform differences like this need to be
explained.

Add two resource properties arch_has_{empty,sparse}_bitmaps. Test these
around the relevant parts of cbm_validate().

Merging the validate calls causes AMD to gain the min_cbm_bits test
needed for Haswell, but as it always sets this value to 1, it will never
match.

 [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Signed-off-by: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200708163929.2783-10-james.morse@arm.com
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Intel CPUs expect the cache bitmap provided by user-space to have on a
single span of 1s, whereas AMD can support bitmaps like 0xf00f. Arm's
MPAM support also allows sparse bitmaps.

Similarly, Intel CPUs check at least one bit set, whereas AMD CPUs are
quite happy with an empty bitmap. Arm's MPAM allows an empty bitmap.

To move resctrl out to /fs/, platform differences like this need to be
explained.

Add two resource properties arch_has_{empty,sparse}_bitmaps. Test these
around the relevant parts of cbm_validate().

Merging the validate calls causes AMD to gain the min_cbm_bits test
needed for Haswell, but as it always sets this value to 1, it will never
match.

 [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Signed-off-by: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200708163929.2783-10-james.morse@arm.com
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