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SubjectRE: [PATCH v8 03/13] x86/cpufeatures: Add Bandwidth Monitoring Event Configuration feature flag
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Hi Fenghua,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yu, Fenghua <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 12:17 PM
> To: Moger, Babu <Babu.Moger@amd.com>; corbet@lwn.net; Chatre, Reinette
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> Subject: RE: [PATCH v8 03/13] x86/cpufeatures: Add Bandwidth Monitoring
> Event Configuration feature flag
>
> Hi, Babu,
>
> > 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
> > 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, QOS_EVT_CFG (0xc000_0400h +
> > EventID) 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
> >
> > Link:
> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
> > amd.com%2Fen%2Fsupport%2Ftech-docs%2Famd64-technology-
> &amp;data=05%7C0
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> >
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> > Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@amd.com>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
> > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c | 1 +
> > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c | 1 +
> > 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> > b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> > index d68b4c9c181d..6732ca0117be 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> > @@ -306,6 +306,7 @@
> > #define X86_FEATURE_RSB_VMEXIT_LITE (11*32+17) /* "" Fill RSB on
> VM
> > exit when EIBRS is enabled */
> > #define X86_FEATURE_CALL_DEPTH (11*32+18) /* "" Call depth
> > tracking for RSB stuffing */
> > #define X86_FEATURE_SMBA (11*32+19) /* Slow Memory
> > Bandwidth Allocation */
> > +#define X86_FEATURE_BMEC (11*32+20) /* AMD
> Bandwidth
> > Monitoring Event Configuration (BMEC) */
> >
> > /* 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 c881bcafba7d..4555f9596ccf
> > 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c
> > @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ 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_LLC },
>
> Shouldn't X86_FEATURE_BMEC really depend on
> X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL and _TOTAL?
>
> CQM_MBM_LOCAL and/or _TOTAL can be disabled but CQM_LLC can still be
> enabled. In this case, BMEC shouldn't be enabled, right? But with this patch,
> BMEC will be enabled but it won't work well as CQM_MBM_TOTAL/_LOCAL
> are not enabled.

Yes. You are right.
>
> You may remove the above line and add these two lines:
>
> + { X86_FEATURE_BMEC,
> X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_TOTAL },
> + { X86_FEATURE_BMEC,
> X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL },
>

Sure. Will add these lines.
Thanks
Babu
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