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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-07-16 10:53:54 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-07-16 10:53:54 -0700
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Merge tag 'x86_cache_for_v6.11_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 resource control updates from Borislav Petkov: - Enable Sub-NUMA clustering to work with resource control on Intel by teaching resctrl to handle scopes due to the clustering which partitions the L3 cache into sets. Modify and extend the subsystem to handle such scopes properly * tag 'x86_cache_for_v6.11_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/resctrl: Update documentation with Sub-NUMA cluster changes x86/resctrl: Detect Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) mode x86/resctrl: Enable shared RMID mode on Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) systems x86/resctrl: Make __mon_event_count() handle sum domains x86/resctrl: Fill out rmid_read structure for smp_call*() to read a counter x86/resctrl: Handle removing directories in Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) mode x86/resctrl: Create Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) monitor files x86/resctrl: Allocate a new field in union mon_data_bits x86/resctrl: Refactor mkdir_mondata_subdir() with a helper function x86/resctrl: Initialize on-stack struct rmid_read instances x86/resctrl: Add a new field to struct rmid_read for summation of domains x86/resctrl: Prepare for new Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) monitor files x86/resctrl: Block use of mba_MBps mount option on Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) systems x86/resctrl: Introduce snc_nodes_per_l3_cache x86/resctrl: Add node-scope to the options for feature scope x86/resctrl: Split the rdt_domain and rdt_hw_domain structures x86/resctrl: Prepare for different scope for control/monitor operations x86/resctrl: Prepare to split rdt_domain structure x86/resctrl: Prepare for new domain scope
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@@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ When monitoring is enabled all MON groups will also contain:
all tasks in the group. In CTRL_MON groups these files provide
the sum for all tasks in the CTRL_MON group and all tasks in
MON groups. Please see example section for more details on usage.
+ On systems with Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) enabled there are extra
+ directories for each node (located within the "mon_L3_XX" directory
+ for the L3 cache they occupy). These are named "mon_sub_L3_YY"
+ where "YY" is the node number.
"mon_hw_id":
Available only with debug option. The identifier used by hardware
@@ -484,6 +488,29 @@ if non-contiguous 1s value is supported. On a system with a 20-bit mask
each bit represents 5% of the capacity of the cache. You could partition
the cache into four equal parts with masks: 0x1f, 0x3e0, 0x7c00, 0xf8000.
+Notes on Sub-NUMA Cluster mode
+==============================
+When SNC mode is enabled, Linux may load balance tasks between Sub-NUMA
+nodes much more readily than between regular NUMA nodes since the CPUs
+on Sub-NUMA nodes share the same L3 cache and the system may report
+the NUMA distance between Sub-NUMA nodes with a lower value than used
+for regular NUMA nodes.
+
+The top-level monitoring files in each "mon_L3_XX" directory provide
+the sum of data across all SNC nodes sharing an L3 cache instance.
+Users who bind tasks to the CPUs of a specific Sub-NUMA node can read
+the "llc_occupancy", "mbm_total_bytes", and "mbm_local_bytes" in the
+"mon_sub_L3_YY" directories to get node local data.
+
+Memory bandwidth allocation is still performed at the L3 cache
+level. I.e. throttling controls are applied to all SNC nodes.
+
+L3 cache allocation bitmaps also apply to all SNC nodes. But note that
+the amount of L3 cache represented by each bit is divided by the number
+of SNC nodes per L3 cache. E.g. with a 100MB cache on a system with 10-bit
+allocation masks each bit normally represents 10MB. With SNC mode enabled
+with two SNC nodes per L3 cache, each bit only represents 5MB.
+
Memory bandwidth Allocation and monitoring
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