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amd-memory-encryption
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pti
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microcode
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resctrl_ui
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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.. include:: <isonum.txt>
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===========================================
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User Interface for Resource Control feature
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===========================================
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:Copyright: |copy| 2016 Intel Corporation
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:Authors: - Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
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- Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
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- Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@intel.com>
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Intel refers to this feature as Intel Resource Director Technology(Intel(R) RDT).
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AMD refers to this feature as AMD Platform Quality of Service(AMD QoS).
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Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation
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Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
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Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
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Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@intel.com>
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This feature is enabled by the CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL and the x86 /proc/cpuinfo
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flag bits:
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RDT (Resource Director Technology) Allocation - "rdt_a"
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CAT (Cache Allocation Technology) - "cat_l3", "cat_l2"
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CDP (Code and Data Prioritization ) - "cdp_l3", "cdp_l2"
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CQM (Cache QoS Monitoring) - "cqm_llc", "cqm_occup_llc"
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MBM (Memory Bandwidth Monitoring) - "cqm_mbm_total", "cqm_mbm_local"
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MBA (Memory Bandwidth Allocation) - "mba"
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To use the feature mount the file system:
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============================================= ================================
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RDT (Resource Director Technology) Allocation "rdt_a"
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CAT (Cache Allocation Technology) "cat_l3", "cat_l2"
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CDP (Code and Data Prioritization) "cdp_l3", "cdp_l2"
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CQM (Cache QoS Monitoring) "cqm_llc", "cqm_occup_llc"
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MBM (Memory Bandwidth Monitoring) "cqm_mbm_total", "cqm_mbm_local"
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MBA (Memory Bandwidth Allocation) "mba"
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============================================= ================================
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To use the feature mount the file system::
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# mount -t resctrl resctrl [-o cdp[,cdpl2][,mba_MBps]] /sys/fs/resctrl
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mount options are:
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"cdp": Enable code/data prioritization in L3 cache allocations.
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"cdpl2": Enable code/data prioritization in L2 cache allocations.
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"mba_MBps": Enable the MBA Software Controller(mba_sc) to specify MBA
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"cdp":
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Enable code/data prioritization in L3 cache allocations.
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"cdpl2":
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Enable code/data prioritization in L2 cache allocations.
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"mba_MBps":
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Enable the MBA Software Controller(mba_sc) to specify MBA
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bandwidth in MBps
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L2 and L3 CDP are controlled seperately.
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and allocation, see the "Resource alloc and monitor groups" section.
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Info directory
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--------------
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==============
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The 'info' directory contains information about the enabled
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resources. Each resource has its own subdirectory. The subdirectory
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Cache resource(L3/L2) subdirectory contains the following files
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related to allocation:
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"num_closids": The number of CLOSIDs which are valid for this
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"num_closids":
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The number of CLOSIDs which are valid for this
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resource. The kernel uses the smallest number of
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CLOSIDs of all enabled resources as limit.
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"cbm_mask": The bitmask which is valid for this resource.
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"cbm_mask":
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The bitmask which is valid for this resource.
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This mask is equivalent to 100%.
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"min_cbm_bits": The minimum number of consecutive bits which
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"min_cbm_bits":
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The minimum number of consecutive bits which
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must be set when writing a mask.
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"shareable_bits": Bitmask of shareable resource with other executing
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"shareable_bits":
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Bitmask of shareable resource with other executing
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entities (e.g. I/O). User can use this when
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setting up exclusive cache partitions. Note that
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some platforms support devices that have their
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own settings for cache use which can over-ride
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these bits.
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"bit_usage": Annotated capacity bitmasks showing how all
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"bit_usage":
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Annotated capacity bitmasks showing how all
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instances of the resource are used. The legend is:
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"0" - Corresponding region is unused. When the system's
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"0":
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Corresponding region is unused. When the system's
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resources have been allocated and a "0" is found
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in "bit_usage" it is a sign that resources are
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wasted.
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"H" - Corresponding region is used by hardware only
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"H":
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Corresponding region is used by hardware only
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but available for software use. If a resource
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has bits set in "shareable_bits" but not all
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of these bits appear in the resource groups'
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schematas then the bits appearing in
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"shareable_bits" but no resource group will
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be marked as "H".
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"X" - Corresponding region is available for sharing and
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"X":
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Corresponding region is available for sharing and
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used by hardware and software. These are the
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bits that appear in "shareable_bits" as
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well as a resource group's allocation.
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"S" - Corresponding region is used by software
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"S":
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Corresponding region is used by software
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and available for sharing.
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"E" - Corresponding region is used exclusively by
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"E":
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Corresponding region is used exclusively by
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one resource group. No sharing allowed.
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"P" - Corresponding region is pseudo-locked. No
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"P":
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Corresponding region is pseudo-locked. No
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sharing allowed.
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Memory bandwitdh(MB) subdirectory contains the following files
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with respect to allocation:
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"min_bandwidth": The minimum memory bandwidth percentage which
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"min_bandwidth":
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The minimum memory bandwidth percentage which
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user can request.
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"bandwidth_gran": The granularity in which the memory bandwidth
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"bandwidth_gran":
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The granularity in which the memory bandwidth
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percentage is allocated. The allocated
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b/w percentage is rounded off to the next
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control step available on the hardware. The
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available bandwidth control steps are:
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min_bandwidth + N * bandwidth_gran.
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"delay_linear": Indicates if the delay scale is linear or
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"delay_linear":
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Indicates if the delay scale is linear or
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non-linear. This field is purely informational
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only.
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If RDT monitoring is available there will be an "L3_MON" directory
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with the following files:
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"num_rmids": The number of RMIDs available. This is the
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"num_rmids":
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The number of RMIDs available. This is the
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upper bound for how many "CTRL_MON" + "MON"
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groups can be created.
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"mon_features": Lists the monitoring events if
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"mon_features":
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Lists the monitoring events if
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monitoring is enabled for the resource.
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"max_threshold_occupancy":
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control files). If the command was successful, it will read as "ok".
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If the command failed, it will provide more information that can be
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conveyed in the error returns from file operations. E.g.
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::
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# echo L3:0=f7 > schemata
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bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
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mask f7 has non-consecutive 1-bits
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Resource alloc and monitor groups
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---------------------------------
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=================================
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Resource groups are represented as directories in the resctrl file
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system. The default group is the root directory which, immediately
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Resource allocation rules
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-------------------------
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When a task is running the following rules define which resources are
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available to it:
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Notes on cache occupancy monitoring and control
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-----------------------------------------------
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===============================================
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When moving a task from one group to another you should remember that
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this only affects *new* cache allocations by the task. E.g. you may have
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a task in a monitor group showing 3 MB of cache occupancy. If you move
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equal parts with masks: 0x1f, 0x3e0, 0x7c00, 0xf8000.
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Memory bandwidth Allocation and monitoring
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------------------------------------------
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==========================================
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For Memory bandwidth resource, by default the user controls the resource
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by indicating the percentage of total memory bandwidth.
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resctrl added support for specifying the bandwidth in MBps as well. The
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kernel underneath would use a software feedback mechanism or a "Software
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Controller(mba_sc)" which reads the actual bandwidth using MBM counters
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and adjust the memowy bandwidth percentages to ensure
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and adjust the memowy bandwidth percentages to ensure::
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"actual bandwidth < user specified bandwidth".
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L3 schemata file details (code and data prioritization disabled)
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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With CDP disabled the L3 schemata format is:
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With CDP disabled the L3 schemata format is::
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L3:<cache_id0>=<cbm>;<cache_id1>=<cbm>;...
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L3 schemata file details (CDP enabled via mount option to resctrl)
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------------------------------------------------------------------
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When CDP is enabled L3 control is split into two separate resources
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so you can specify independent masks for code and data like this:
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so you can specify independent masks for code and data like this::
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L3data:<cache_id0>=<cbm>;<cache_id1>=<cbm>;...
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L3code:<cache_id0>=<cbm>;<cache_id1>=<cbm>;...
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L2 schemata file details
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------------------------
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L2 cache does not support code and data prioritization, so the
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schemata format is always:
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schemata format is always::
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L2:<cache_id0>=<cbm>;<cache_id1>=<cbm>;...
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------------------------------------------
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Memory b/w domain is L3 cache.
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::
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MB:<cache_id0>=bandwidth0;<cache_id1>=bandwidth1;...
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---------------------------------------------
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Memory bandwidth domain is L3 cache.
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::
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MB:<cache_id0>=bw_MBps0;<cache_id1>=bw_MBps1;...
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Reading the schemata file will show the state of all resources
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on all domains. When writing you only need to specify those values
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which you wish to change. E.g.
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::
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# cat schemata
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L3DATA:0=fffff;1=fffff;2=fffff;3=fffff
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L3CODE:0=fffff;1=fffff;2=fffff;3=fffff
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Cache Pseudo-Locking
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--------------------
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====================
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CAT enables a user to specify the amount of cache space that an
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application can fill. Cache pseudo-locking builds on the fact that a
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CPU can still read and write data pre-allocated outside its current
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The creation of a cache pseudo-locked region is triggered by a request
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from the user to do so that is accompanied by a schemata of the region
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to be pseudo-locked. The cache pseudo-locked region is created as follows:
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- Create a CAT allocation CLOSNEW with a CBM matching the schemata
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from the user of the cache region that will contain the pseudo-locked
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memory. This region must not overlap with any current CAT allocation/CLOS
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application self needs to ensure it remains affine to the correct cores.
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Pseudo-locking is accomplished in two stages:
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1) During the first stage the system administrator allocates a portion
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of cache that should be dedicated to pseudo-locking. At this time an
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equivalent portion of memory is allocated, loaded into allocated
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An example of cache pseudo-locked region creation and usage can be found below.
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Cache Pseudo-Locking Debugging Interface
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---------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------
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The pseudo-locking debugging interface is enabled by default (if
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CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is enabled) and can be found in /sys/kernel/debug/resctrl.
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location is present in the cache. The pseudo-locking debugging interface uses
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the tracing infrastructure to provide two ways to measure cache residency of
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the pseudo-locked region:
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1) Memory access latency using the pseudo_lock_mem_latency tracepoint. Data
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from these measurements are best visualized using a hist trigger (see
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example below). In this test the pseudo-locked region is traversed at
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write-only file, pseudo_lock_measure, is present in this directory. The
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measurement of the pseudo-locked region depends on the number written to this
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debugfs file:
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1 - writing "1" to the pseudo_lock_measure file will trigger the latency
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1:
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writing "1" to the pseudo_lock_measure file will trigger the latency
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measurement captured in the pseudo_lock_mem_latency tracepoint. See
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example below.
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2 - writing "2" to the pseudo_lock_measure file will trigger the L2 cache
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2:
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writing "2" to the pseudo_lock_measure file will trigger the L2 cache
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residency (cache hits and misses) measurement captured in the
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pseudo_lock_l2 tracepoint. See example below.
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3 - writing "3" to the pseudo_lock_measure file will trigger the L3 cache
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3:
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writing "3" to the pseudo_lock_measure file will trigger the L3 cache
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residency (cache hits and misses) measurement captured in the
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pseudo_lock_l3 tracepoint.
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All measurements are recorded with the tracing infrastructure. This requires
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the relevant tracepoints to be enabled before the measurement is triggered.
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Example of latency debugging interface:
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Example of latency debugging interface
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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In this example a pseudo-locked region named "newlock" was created. Here is
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how we can measure the latency in cycles of reading from this region and
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visualize this data with a histogram that is available if CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS
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is set:
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is set::
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# :> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
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# echo 'hist:keys=latency' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/resctrl/pseudo_lock_mem_latency/trigger
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# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/resctrl/pseudo_lock_mem_latency/enable
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Entries: 9
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Dropped: 0
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Example of cache hits/misses debugging:
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Example of cache hits/misses debugging
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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In this example a pseudo-locked region named "newlock" was created on the L2
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cache of a platform. Here is how we can obtain details of the cache hits
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and misses using the platform's precision counters.
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::
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# :> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
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# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/resctrl/pseudo_lock_l2/enable
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pseudo_lock_mea-1672 [002] .... 3132.860500: pseudo_lock_l2: hits=4097 miss=0
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Examples for RDT allocation usage:
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Examples for RDT allocation usage
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1) Example 1
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Example 1
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---------
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On a two socket machine (one L3 cache per socket) with just four bits
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for cache bit masks, minimum b/w of 10% with a memory bandwidth
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granularity of 10%
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granularity of 10%.
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::
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# mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl
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# cd /sys/fs/resctrl
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If the MBA is specified in MB(megabytes) then user can enter the max b/w in MB
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rather than the percentage values.
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::
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# echo "L3:0=3;1=c\nMB:0=1024;1=500" > /sys/fs/resctrl/p0/schemata
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# echo "L3:0=3;1=3\nMB:0=1024;1=500" > /sys/fs/resctrl/p1/schemata
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In the above example the tasks in "p1" and "p0" on socket 0 would use a max b/w
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of 1024MB where as on socket 1 they would use 500MB.
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Example 2
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---------
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2) Example 2
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Again two sockets, but this time with a more realistic 20-bit mask.
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Two real time tasks pid=1234 running on processor 0 and pid=5678 running on
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processor 1 on socket 0 on a 2-socket and dual core machine. To avoid noisy
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neighbors, each of the two real-time tasks exclusively occupies one quarter
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of L3 cache on socket 0.
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::
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# mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl
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# cd /sys/fs/resctrl
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First we reset the schemata for the default group so that the "upper"
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50% of the L3 cache on socket 0 and 50% of memory b/w cannot be used by
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ordinary tasks:
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ordinary tasks::
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# echo "L3:0=3ff;1=fffff\nMB:0=50;1=100" > schemata
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Next we make a resource group for our first real time task and give
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it access to the "top" 25% of the cache on socket 0.
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::
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# mkdir p0
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# echo "L3:0=f8000;1=fffff" > p0/schemata
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also use taskset(1) to ensure the task always runs on a dedicated CPU
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on socket 0. Most uses of resource groups will also constrain which
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processors tasks run on.
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::
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# echo 1234 > p0/tasks
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# taskset -cp 1 1234
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Ditto for the second real time task (with the remaining 25% of cache):
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Ditto for the second real time task (with the remaining 25% of cache)::
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# mkdir p1
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# echo "L3:0=7c00;1=fffff" > p1/schemata
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@ -678,37 +727,39 @@ For the same 2 socket system with memory b/w resource and CAT L3 the
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schemata would look like(Assume min_bandwidth 10 and bandwidth_gran is
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10):
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For our first real time task this would request 20% memory b/w on socket
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0.
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For our first real time task this would request 20% memory b/w on socket 0.
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::
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# echo -e "L3:0=f8000;1=fffff\nMB:0=20;1=100" > p0/schemata
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For our second real time task this would request an other 20% memory b/w
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on socket 0.
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::
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# echo -e "L3:0=f8000;1=fffff\nMB:0=20;1=100" > p0/schemata
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Example 3
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---------
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3) Example 3
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A single socket system which has real-time tasks running on core 4-7 and
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non real-time workload assigned to core 0-3. The real-time tasks share text
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and data, so a per task association is not required and due to interaction
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with the kernel it's desired that the kernel on these cores shares L3 with
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the tasks.
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::
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# mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl
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# cd /sys/fs/resctrl
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First we reset the schemata for the default group so that the "upper"
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50% of the L3 cache on socket 0, and 50% of memory bandwidth on socket 0
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cannot be used by ordinary tasks:
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cannot be used by ordinary tasks::
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# echo "L3:0=3ff\nMB:0=50" > schemata
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Next we make a resource group for our real time cores and give it access
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to the "top" 50% of the cache on socket 0 and 50% of memory bandwidth on
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socket 0.
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::
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# mkdir p0
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# echo "L3:0=ffc00\nMB:0=50" > p0/schemata
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@ -717,11 +768,11 @@ Finally we move core 4-7 over to the new group and make sure that the
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kernel and the tasks running there get 50% of the cache. They should
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also get 50% of memory bandwidth assuming that the cores 4-7 are SMT
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siblings and only the real time threads are scheduled on the cores 4-7.
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::
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# echo F0 > p0/cpus
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Example 4
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---------
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4) Example 4
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The resource groups in previous examples were all in the default "shareable"
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mode allowing sharing of their cache allocations. If one resource group
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@ -732,18 +783,20 @@ In this example a new exclusive resource group will be created on a L2 CAT
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system with two L2 cache instances that can be configured with an 8-bit
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capacity bitmask. The new exclusive resource group will be configured to use
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25% of each cache instance.
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::
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# mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl/
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# cd /sys/fs/resctrl
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First, we observe that the default group is configured to allocate to all L2
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cache:
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cache::
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# cat schemata
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L2:0=ff;1=ff
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|
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We could attempt to create the new resource group at this point, but it will
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fail because of the overlap with the schemata of the default group:
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fail because of the overlap with the schemata of the default group::
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||||
|
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# mkdir p0
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# echo 'L2:0=0x3;1=0x3' > p0/schemata
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# cat p0/mode
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|
|
@ -756,6 +809,8 @@ schemata overlaps
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To ensure that there is no overlap with another resource group the default
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resource group's schemata has to change, making it possible for the new
|
||||
resource group to become exclusive.
|
||||
::
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||||
|
||||
# echo 'L2:0=0xfc;1=0xfc' > schemata
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# echo exclusive > p0/mode
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||||
# grep . p0/*
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||||
|
|
@ -765,7 +820,8 @@ p0/schemata:L2:0=03;1=03
|
|||
p0/size:L2:0=262144;1=262144
|
||||
|
||||
A new resource group will on creation not overlap with an exclusive resource
|
||||
group:
|
||||
group::
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||||
|
||||
# mkdir p1
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||||
# grep . p1/*
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||||
p1/cpus:0
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||||
|
|
@ -773,28 +829,32 @@ p1/mode:shareable
|
|||
p1/schemata:L2:0=fc;1=fc
|
||||
p1/size:L2:0=786432;1=786432
|
||||
|
||||
The bit_usage will reflect how the cache is used:
|
||||
The bit_usage will reflect how the cache is used::
|
||||
|
||||
# cat info/L2/bit_usage
|
||||
0=SSSSSSEE;1=SSSSSSEE
|
||||
|
||||
A resource group cannot be forced to overlap with an exclusive resource group:
|
||||
A resource group cannot be forced to overlap with an exclusive resource group::
|
||||
|
||||
# echo 'L2:0=0x1;1=0x1' > p1/schemata
|
||||
-sh: echo: write error: Invalid argument
|
||||
# cat info/last_cmd_status
|
||||
overlaps with exclusive group
|
||||
|
||||
Example of Cache Pseudo-Locking
|
||||
-------------------------------
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
Lock portion of L2 cache from cache id 1 using CBM 0x3. Pseudo-locked
|
||||
region is exposed at /dev/pseudo_lock/newlock that can be provided to
|
||||
application for argument to mmap().
|
||||
::
|
||||
|
||||
# mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl/
|
||||
# cd /sys/fs/resctrl
|
||||
|
||||
Ensure that there are bits available that can be pseudo-locked, since only
|
||||
unused bits can be pseudo-locked the bits to be pseudo-locked needs to be
|
||||
removed from the default resource group's schemata:
|
||||
removed from the default resource group's schemata::
|
||||
|
||||
# cat info/L2/bit_usage
|
||||
0=SSSSSSSS;1=SSSSSSSS
|
||||
# echo 'L2:1=0xfc' > schemata
|
||||
|
|
@ -803,7 +863,7 @@ removed from the default resource group's schemata:
|
|||
|
||||
Create a new resource group that will be associated with the pseudo-locked
|
||||
region, indicate that it will be used for a pseudo-locked region, and
|
||||
configure the requested pseudo-locked region capacity bitmask:
|
||||
configure the requested pseudo-locked region capacity bitmask::
|
||||
|
||||
# mkdir newlock
|
||||
# echo pseudo-locksetup > newlock/mode
|
||||
|
|
@ -811,7 +871,7 @@ configure the requested pseudo-locked region capacity bitmask:
|
|||
|
||||
On success the resource group's mode will change to pseudo-locked, the
|
||||
bit_usage will reflect the pseudo-locked region, and the character device
|
||||
exposing the pseudo-locked region will exist:
|
||||
exposing the pseudo-locked region will exist::
|
||||
|
||||
# cat newlock/mode
|
||||
pseudo-locked
|
||||
|
|
@ -820,6 +880,8 @@ pseudo-locked
|
|||
# ls -l /dev/pseudo_lock/newlock
|
||||
crw------- 1 root root 243, 0 Apr 3 05:01 /dev/pseudo_lock/newlock
|
||||
|
||||
::
|
||||
|
||||
/*
|
||||
* Example code to access one page of pseudo-locked cache region
|
||||
* from user space.
|
||||
|
|
@ -921,7 +983,7 @@ Read lock:
|
|||
B) If success read the directory structure.
|
||||
C) funlock
|
||||
|
||||
Example with bash:
|
||||
Example with bash::
|
||||
|
||||
# Atomically read directory structure
|
||||
$ flock -s /sys/fs/resctrl/ find /sys/fs/resctrl
|
||||
|
|
@ -936,7 +998,7 @@ echo mask > /sys/fs/resctrl/newres/schemata
|
|||
|
||||
$ flock /sys/fs/resctrl/ ./create-dir.sh
|
||||
|
||||
Example with C:
|
||||
Example with C::
|
||||
|
||||
/*
|
||||
* Example code do take advisory locks
|
||||
|
|
@ -999,8 +1061,8 @@ void main(void)
|
|||
resctrl_release_lock(fd);
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
Examples for RDT Monitoring along with allocation usage:
|
||||
|
||||
Examples for RDT Monitoring along with allocation usage
|
||||
=======================================================
|
||||
Reading monitored data
|
||||
----------------------
|
||||
Reading an event file (for ex: mon_data/mon_L3_00/llc_occupancy) would
|
||||
|
|
@ -1009,9 +1071,9 @@ group or CTRL_MON group.
|
|||
|
||||
|
||||
Example 1 (Monitor CTRL_MON group and subset of tasks in CTRL_MON group)
|
||||
---------
|
||||
------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||||
On a two socket machine (one L3 cache per socket) with just four bits
|
||||
for cache bit masks
|
||||
for cache bit masks::
|
||||
|
||||
# mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl
|
||||
# cd /sys/fs/resctrl
|
||||
|
|
@ -1029,6 +1091,7 @@ Tasks that are under the control of group "p0" may only allocate from the
|
|||
Tasks in group "p1" use the "lower" 50% of cache on both sockets.
|
||||
|
||||
Create monitor groups and assign a subset of tasks to each monitor group.
|
||||
::
|
||||
|
||||
# cd /sys/fs/resctrl/p1/mon_groups
|
||||
# mkdir m11 m12
|
||||
|
|
@ -1036,6 +1099,7 @@ Create monitor groups and assign a subset of tasks to each monitor group.
|
|||
# echo 5679 > m12/tasks
|
||||
|
||||
fetch data (data shown in bytes)
|
||||
::
|
||||
|
||||
# cat m11/mon_data/mon_L3_00/llc_occupancy
|
||||
16234000
|
||||
|
|
@ -1045,13 +1109,14 @@ fetch data (data shown in bytes)
|
|||
16789000
|
||||
|
||||
The parent ctrl_mon group shows the aggregated data.
|
||||
::
|
||||
|
||||
# cat /sys/fs/resctrl/p1/mon_data/mon_l3_00/llc_occupancy
|
||||
31234000
|
||||
|
||||
Example 2 (Monitor a task from its creation)
|
||||
---------
|
||||
On a two socket machine (one L3 cache per socket)
|
||||
--------------------------------------------
|
||||
On a two socket machine (one L3 cache per socket)::
|
||||
|
||||
# mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl
|
||||
# cd /sys/fs/resctrl
|
||||
|
|
@ -1059,17 +1124,18 @@ On a two socket machine (one L3 cache per socket)
|
|||
|
||||
An RMID is allocated to the group once its created and hence the <cmd>
|
||||
below is monitored from its creation.
|
||||
::
|
||||
|
||||
# echo $$ > /sys/fs/resctrl/p1/tasks
|
||||
# <cmd>
|
||||
|
||||
Fetch the data
|
||||
Fetch the data::
|
||||
|
||||
# cat /sys/fs/resctrl/p1/mon_data/mon_l3_00/llc_occupancy
|
||||
31789000
|
||||
|
||||
Example 3 (Monitor without CAT support or before creating CAT groups)
|
||||
---------
|
||||
---------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
Assume a system like HSW has only CQM and no CAT support. In this case
|
||||
the resctrl will still mount but cannot create CTRL_MON directories.
|
||||
|
|
@ -1078,6 +1144,7 @@ able to monitor all tasks including kernel threads.
|
|||
|
||||
This can also be used to profile jobs cache size footprint before being
|
||||
able to allocate them to different allocation groups.
|
||||
::
|
||||
|
||||
# mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl
|
||||
# cd /sys/fs/resctrl
|
||||
|
|
@ -1090,6 +1157,7 @@ able to allocate them to different allocation groups.
|
|||
Monitor the groups separately and also get per domain data. From the
|
||||
below its apparent that the tasks are mostly doing work on
|
||||
domain(socket) 0.
|
||||
::
|
||||
|
||||
# cat /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/m01/mon_L3_00/llc_occupancy
|
||||
31234000
|
||||
|
|
@ -1107,15 +1175,17 @@ Example 4 (Monitor real time tasks)
|
|||
A single socket system which has real time tasks running on cores 4-7
|
||||
and non real time tasks on other cpus. We want to monitor the cache
|
||||
occupancy of the real time threads on these cores.
|
||||
::
|
||||
|
||||
# mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl
|
||||
# cd /sys/fs/resctrl
|
||||
# mkdir p1
|
||||
|
||||
Move the cpus 4-7 over to p1
|
||||
Move the cpus 4-7 over to p1::
|
||||
|
||||
# echo f0 > p1/cpus
|
||||
|
||||
View the llc occupancy snapshot
|
||||
View the llc occupancy snapshot::
|
||||
|
||||
# cat /sys/fs/resctrl/p1/mon_data/mon_L3_00/llc_occupancy
|
||||
11234000
|
||||
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