Re: [PATCH v2 07/45] arm64: mpam: Context switch the MPAM registers
From: Shaopeng Tan (Fujitsu) <hidden>
Date: 2026-01-08 10:06:38
Also in:
kvmarm, lkml
Hello Ben,
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
From: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> MPAM allows traffic in the SoC to be labeled by the OS, these labels are used to apply policy in caches and bandwidth regulators, and to monitor traffic in the SoC. The label is made up of a PARTID and PMG value. The x86 equivalent calls these CLOSID and RMID, but they don't map precisely. MPAM has two CPU system registers that is used to hold the PARTID and PMG values that traffic generated at each exception level will use. These can be set per-task by the resctrl file system. (resctrl is the defacto interface for controlling this stuff). Add a helper to switch this. struct task_struct's separate CLOSID and RMID fields are insufficient to implement resctrl using MPAM, as resctrl can change the PARTID (CLOSID) and PMG (sort of like the RMID) separately. On x86, the rmid is an independent number, so a race that writes a mismatched closid and rmid into hardware is benign. On arm64, the pmg bits extend the partid. (i.e. partid-5 has a pmg-0 that is not the same as partid-6's pmg-0). In this case, mismatching the values will 'dirty' a pmg value that resctrl believes is clean, and is not tracking with its 'limbo' code. To avoid this, the partid and pmg are always read and written as a pair. Instead of making struct task_struct's closid and rmid fields an endian-unsafe union, add the value to struct thread_info and always use READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() when accessing this field. Resctrl allows a per-cpu 'default' value to be set, this overrides the values when scheduling a task in the default control-group, which has PARTID 0. The way 'code data prioritisation' gets emulated means the register value for the default group needs to be a variable. The current system register value is kept in a per-cpu variable to avoid writing to the system register if the value isn't going to change. Writes to this register may reset the hardware state for regulating bandwidth. Finally, there is no reason to context switch these registers unless there is a driver changing the values in struct task_struct. Hide the whole thing behind a static key. This also allows the driver to disable MPAM in response to errors reported by hardware. Move the existing static key to belong to the arch code, as in the future the MPAM driver may become a loadable module. All this should depend on whether there is an MPAM driver, hide it behind CONFIG_ARM64_MPAM. CC: Amit Singh Tomar <redacted> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@arm.com> --- CONFIG_MPAM -> CONFIG_ARM64_MPAM in commit message Remove extra DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE Function name in comment, __mpam_sched_in() -> mpam_thread_switch() Remove unused headers Expand comment (Jonathan) --- arch/arm64/Kconfig | 2 + arch/arm64/include/asm/mpam.h | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h | 3 ++ arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile | 1 + arch/arm64/kernel/mpam.c | 13 +++++ arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 7 +++ drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c | 2 - drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h | 4 +- 8 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/mpam.h create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/mpam.cdiff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index 93173f0a09c7..cdcc5b76a110 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig@@ -2049,6 +2049,8 @@ config ARM64_MPAM MPAM is exposed to user-space via the resctrl pseudo filesystem. + This option enables the extra context switch code. + endmenu # "ARMv8.4 architectural features" menu "ARMv8.5 architectural features"diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mpam.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mpam.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2ab3dca6977c --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mpam.h@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ +/* Copyright (C) 2025 Arm Ltd. */ + +#ifndef __ASM__MPAM_H +#define __ASM__MPAM_H + +#include <linux/jump_label.h> +#include <linux/percpu.h> +#include <linux/sched.h> + +#include <asm/sysreg.h> + +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mpam_enabled); +DECLARE_PER_CPU(u64, arm64_mpam_default); +DECLARE_PER_CPU(u64, arm64_mpam_current); + +/* + * The value of the MPAM0_EL1 sysreg when a task is in resctrl's default group. + * This is used by the context switch code to use the resctrl CPU property + * instead. The value is modified when CDP is enabled/disabled by mounting + * the resctrl filesystem. + */ +extern u64 arm64_mpam_global_default; + +/* + * The resctrl filesystem writes to the partid/pmg values for threads and CPUs, + * which may race with reads in mpam_thread_switch(). Ensure only one of the old + * or new values are used. Particular care should be taken with the pmg field as + * mpam_thread_switch() may read a partid and pmg that don't match, causing this + * value to be stored with cache allocations, despite being considered 'free' by + * resctrl. + * + * A value in struct thread_info is used instead of struct task_struct as the + * cpu's u64 register format is used. In struct task_struct there are two u32, + * rmid and closid for the x86 case, but as we can't use them here do something + * else. Creating a union would mean only accesses from the created u64 would be + * endian safe and so be less clear. + */ +static inline u64 mpam_get_regval(struct task_struct *tsk) +{ +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MPAM + return READ_ONCE(task_thread_info(tsk)->mpam_partid_pmg); +#else + return 0; +#endif +} + +static inline void mpam_thread_switch(struct task_struct *tsk) +{ + u64 oldregval; + int cpu = smp_processor_id(); + u64 regval = mpam_get_regval(tsk); + + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_MPAM) || + !static_branch_likely(&mpam_enabled)) + return; + + if (regval == READ_ONCE(arm64_mpam_global_default)) + regval = READ_ONCE(per_cpu(arm64_mpam_default, cpu)); + + oldregval = READ_ONCE(per_cpu(arm64_mpam_current, cpu)); + if (oldregval == regval) + return; + + write_sysreg_s(regval, SYS_MPAM1_EL1); + isb(); + + /* Synchronising the EL0 write is left until the ERET to EL0 */ + write_sysreg_s(regval, SYS_MPAM0_EL1); + + WRITE_ONCE(per_cpu(arm64_mpam_current, cpu), regval); +}
How about changing the code as follows? (Refer to "mte_thread_switch(next);" in "arch/arm64/kernel/process.c")
static inline u64 mpam_get_regval(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MPAM
return READ_ONCE(task_thread_info(tsk)->mpam_partid_pmg);
-#else
- return 0;
-#endif
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MPAM
static inline void mpam_thread_switch(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
u64 oldregval;
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
u64 regval = mpam_get_regval(tsk);
- if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_MPAM) ||
- !static_branch_likely(&mpam_enabled))
+ if (!static_branch_likely(&mpam_enabled))
return;
if (regval == READ_ONCE(arm64_mpam_global_default))@@ -101,4 +96,8 @@ static inline void mpam_thread_switch(struct task_struct *tsk) WRITE_ONCE(per_cpu(arm64_mpam_current, cpu), regval); } +#else +static inline void mpam_thread_switch(struct task_struct *tsk){} +#endif +
Best regards, Shaopeng TAN
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+#endif /* __ASM__MPAM_H */diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h index a803b887b0b4..fc801a26ff9e 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ struct thread_info { #ifdef CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK void *scs_base; void *scs_sp; +#endif +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MPAM + u64 mpam_partid_pmg; #endif u32 cpu; };diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile index 76f32e424065..15979f366519 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP) += crash_dump.o obj-$(CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO) += vmcore_info.o obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SDE_INTERFACE) += sdei.o obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH) += pointer_auth.o +obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64_MPAM) += mpam.o obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64_MTE) += mte.o obj-y += vdso-wrap.o obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO) += vdso32-wrap.odiff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/mpam.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/mpam.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9866d2ca0faa --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/mpam.c@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +/* Copyright (C) 2025 Arm Ltd. */ + +#include <asm/mpam.h> + +#include <linux/jump_label.h> +#include <linux/percpu.h> + +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mpam_enabled); +DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, arm64_mpam_default); +DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, arm64_mpam_current); + +u64 arm64_mpam_global_default;diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c index fba7ca102a8c..b510c0699313 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ #include <asm/fpsimd.h> #include <asm/gcs.h> #include <asm/mmu_context.h> +#include <asm/mpam.h> #include <asm/mte.h> #include <asm/processor.h> #include <asm/pointer_auth.h>@@ -737,6 +738,12 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev, if (prev->thread.sctlr_user != next->thread.sctlr_user) update_sctlr_el1(next->thread.sctlr_user); + /* + * MPAM thread switch happens after the DSB to ensure prev's accesses + * use prev's MPAM settings. + */ + mpam_thread_switch(next); + /* the actual thread switch */ last = cpu_switch_to(prev, next);diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c index b495d5291868..860181266b15 100644 --- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c +++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ #include "mpam_internal.h" -DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mpam_enabled); /* This moves to arch code */ - /* * mpam_list_lock protects the SRCU lists when writing. Once the * mpam_enabled key is enabled these lists are read-only,diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h index aaaf31ca9210..e6e7ba4342d6 100644 --- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h +++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ #include <linux/srcu.h> #include <linux/types.h> +#include <asm/mpam.h> + #define MPAM_MSC_MAX_NUM_RIS 16 struct platform_device; -DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mpam_enabled); - #ifdef CONFIG_MPAM_KUNIT_TEST #define PACKED_FOR_KUNIT __packed #else --2.43.0