From: Yicong Yang <hidden> Date: 2024-10-15 02:19:01
From: Yicong Yang <redacted>
The core CPU control framework supports runtime SMT control which
is not yet supported on arm64. Besides the general vulnerabilities
concerns we want this runtime control on our arm64 server for:
- better single CPU performance in some cases
- saving overall power consumption
This patchset implements it in the following aspects:
- Provides a default topology_is_primary_thread()
- support retrieve SMT thread number on OF based system
- support retrieve SMT thread number on ACPI based system
- select HOTPLUG_SMT for arm64
Tests has been done on our real ACPI based arm64 server and on
ACPI/OF based QEMU VMs.
Change since v5:
- Drop the dependency on CONFIG_SMP since it's always on on arm64, per Pierre
- Avoid potential multiple calls of cpu_smt_set_num_threads() on asymmetric system, per Dietmar
- Detect heterogenous SMT topology and issue a warning for partly support, per Pierre
- Thanks Dietmar for testing, didn't pickup the tag due to code changes. Thanks testing by Pierre
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240806085320.63514-1-yangyicong@huawei.com/
Change since v4:
- Provide a default topology_is_primary_thread() in the framework, Per Will
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20231121092602.47792-1-yangyicong@huawei.com/
Change since v3:
- Fix some build and kconfig error reported by kernel test robot [off-list ref]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20231114040110.54590-1-yangyicong@huawei.com/
Change since v2:
- Detect SMT thread number at topology build from ACPI/DT, avoid looping CPUs
- Split patches into ACPI/OF/arch_topology path and enable the kconfig for arm64
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20231010115335.13862-1-yangyicong@huawei.com/
Yicong Yang (4):
cpu/SMT: Provide a default topology_is_primary_thread()
arch_topology: Support SMT control for OF based system
arm64: topology: Support SMT control on ACPI based system
arm64: Kconfig: Enable HOTPLUG_SMT
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h | 2 +-
drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 21 ++++++++++
include/linux/topology.h | 14 +++++++
6 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--
2.24.0
From: Yicong Yang <hidden> Date: 2024-10-15 02:19:01
From: Yicong Yang <redacted>
Currently if architectures want to support HOTPLUG_SMT they need to
provide a topology_is_primary_thread() telling the framework which
thread in the SMT cannot offline. However arm64 doesn't have a
restriction on which thread in the SMT cannot offline, a simplest
choice is that just make 1st thread as the "primary" thread. So
just make this as the default implementation in the framework and
let architectures like x86 that have special primary thread to
override this function (which they've already done).
There's no need to provide a stub function if !CONFIG_SMP or
!CONFIG_HOTPLUG_SMP. In such case the testing CPU is already
the 1st CPU in the SMT so it's always the primary thread.
Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <redacted>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h | 2 +-
include/linux/topology.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
From: Yicong Yang <hidden> Date: 2024-10-15 02:19:02
From: Yicong Yang <redacted>
For ACPI we'll build the topology from PPTT and we cannot directly
get the SMT number of each core. Instead using a temporary xarray
to record the heterogeneous information (from ACPI_PPTT_ACPI_IDENTICAL)
and SMT information of the first core in its heterogeneous CPU cluster
when building the topology. Then we can know the largest SMT number
in the system.
The core's SMT control provides two interface to the users [1]:
1) enable/disable SMT by writing on/off
2) enable/disable SMT by writing thread number 1/max_thread_number
If a system have more than one SMT thread number the 2) may
not handle it well, since there're multiple thread numbers in the
system and 2) only accept 1/max_thread_number. So issue a warning
to notify the users if such system detected.
[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu#n542
Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <redacted>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)
@@ -57,6 +71,30 @@ int __init parse_acpi_topology(void)cpu_topology[cpu].thread_id=topology_id;topology_id=find_acpi_cpu_topology(cpu,1);cpu_topology[cpu].core_id=topology_id;++/*+*BuilduptheXArrayusingtheheterogeneousIDof+*theCPUcluster.StoretheCPUandSMTinformation+*ofthefirstappearedCPUintheCPUclusterofthis+*heterogeneousIDsincetheSMTinformationshouldbe+*thesameinthisCPUcluster.Thenwecanknowthe+*SMTinformationofeachheterogeneousCPUsinthe+*system.+*/+hetero_id=find_acpi_cpu_topology_hetero_id(cpu);+entry=(structcpu_smt_info*)xa_load(&hetero_cpu,hetero_id);+if(!entry){+entry=kzalloc(sizeof(*entry),GFP_KERNEL);+WARN_ON(!entry);++entry->cpu=cpu;+entry->core_id=topology_id;+entry->thread_num=1;+xa_store(&hetero_cpu,hetero_id,+entry,GFP_KERNEL);+}elseif(entry->core_id==topology_id){+entry->thread_num++;+}}else{cpu_topology[cpu].thread_id=-1;cpu_topology[cpu].core_id=topology_id;
@@ -67,6 +105,29 @@ int __init parse_acpi_topology(void)cpu_topology[cpu].package_id=topology_id;}+/*+*Thisshouldbeashortloopdependingonthenumberofheterogeneous+*CPUclusters.Typicallyonahomogeneoussystemthere'sonlyone+*entryintheXArray.+*/+xa_for_each(&hetero_cpu,hetero_id,entry){+/*+*Ifmax_smt_thread_numhasbeeninitializedanddoesn'tmatch+*thethreadnumberofthisentry,thenthesystemhas+*heterogeneousSMTtopology.+*/+if(entry->thread_num!=max_smt_thread_num&&max_smt_thread_num)+pr_warn_once("Heterogeneous SMT topology is partly supported by SMT control\n");++if(entry->thread_num>max_smt_thread_num)+max_smt_thread_num=entry->thread_num;++xa_erase(&hetero_cpu,hetero_id);+kfree(entry);+}++cpu_smt_set_num_threads(max_smt_thread_num,max_smt_thread_num);+xa_destroy(&hetero_cpu);return0;}#endif
From: Yicong Yang <hidden> Date: 2024-10-15 02:19:07
From: Yicong Yang <redacted>
On building the topology from the devicetree, we've already
gotten the SMT thread number of each core. Update the largest
SMT thread number and enable the SMT control by the end of
topology parsing.
The core's SMT control provides two interface to the users [1]:
1) enable/disable SMT by writing on/off
2) enable/disable SMT by writing thread number 1/max_thread_number
If a system have more than one SMT thread number the 2) may
not handle it well, since there're multiple thread numbers in the
system and 2) only accept 1/max_thread_number. So issue a warning
to notify the users if such system detected.
[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu#n542
Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <redacted>
---
drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
@@ -561,6 +563,17 @@ static int __init parse_core(struct device_node *core, int package_id,i++;}while(1);+if(max_smt_thread_num<i)+max_smt_thread_num=i;++/*+*Ifmax_smt_thread_numhasbeeninitializedanddoesn'tmatch+*thethreadnumberofthisentry,thenthesystemhas+*heterogeneousSMTtopology.+*/+if(max_smt_thread_num&&max_smt_thread_num!=i)+pr_warn_once("Heterogeneous SMT topology is partly supported by SMT control\n");+cpu=get_cpu_for_node(core);if(cpu>=0){if(!leaf){
@@ -673,6 +686,14 @@ static int __init parse_socket(struct device_node *socket)if(!has_socket)ret=parse_cluster(socket,0,-1,0);+/*+*NotifytheCPUframeworkoftheSMTsupport.Athreadnumberof1+*canbehandledbytheframeworksowedon'tneedtocheck+*max_smt_thread_numtoseewesupportSMTornot.+*/+if(max_smt_thread_num)+cpu_smt_set_num_threads(max_smt_thread_num,max_smt_thread_num);+returnret;}
From: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@arm.com> Date: 2024-10-23 15:43:37
Hello Yicong,
On 10/15/24 04:18, Yicong Yang wrote:
quoted hunk
From: Yicong Yang <redacted>
On building the topology from the devicetree, we've already
gotten the SMT thread number of each core. Update the largest
SMT thread number and enable the SMT control by the end of
topology parsing.
The core's SMT control provides two interface to the users [1]:
1) enable/disable SMT by writing on/off
2) enable/disable SMT by writing thread number 1/max_thread_number
If a system have more than one SMT thread number the 2) may
not handle it well, since there're multiple thread numbers in the
system and 2) only accept 1/max_thread_number. So issue a warning
to notify the users if such system detected.
[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu#n542
Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <redacted>
---
drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
@@ -561,6 +563,17 @@ static int __init parse_core(struct device_node *core, int package_id,i++;}while(1);+if(max_smt_thread_num<i)+max_smt_thread_num=i;
Shouldn't the conditions above/below be inverted ?
I.e. (max_smt_thread_num != i) should never be true if there is
max_smt_thread_num = i;
just before
quoted hunk
+
+ /*
+ * If max_smt_thread_num has been initialized and doesn't match
+ * the thread number of this entry, then the system has
+ * heterogeneous SMT topology.
+ */
+ if (max_smt_thread_num && max_smt_thread_num != i)
+ pr_warn_once("Heterogeneous SMT topology is partly supported by SMT control\n");
+
cpu = get_cpu_for_node(core);
if (cpu >= 0) {
if (!leaf) {
@@ -673,6 +686,14 @@ static int __init parse_socket(struct device_node *socket) if (!has_socket) ret = parse_cluster(socket, 0, -1, 0);+ /*+ * Notify the CPU framework of the SMT support. A thread number of 1+ * can be handled by the framework so we don't need to check+ * max_smt_thread_num to see we support SMT or not.+ */+ if (max_smt_thread_num)+ cpu_smt_set_num_threads(max_smt_thread_num, max_smt_thread_num);+ return ret; }
From: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@arm.com> Date: 2024-10-24 08:44:42
Hello Yicong,
On 10/15/24 04:18, Yicong Yang wrote:
From: Yicong Yang <redacted>
For ACPI we'll build the topology from PPTT and we cannot directly
get the SMT number of each core. Instead using a temporary xarray
to record the heterogeneous information (from ACPI_PPTT_ACPI_IDENTICAL)
and SMT information of the first core in its heterogeneous CPU cluster
when building the topology. Then we can know the largest SMT number
in the system.
Is it possible to also state that the logic only work for PPTT versions
prior to 6.2. Otherwise find_acpi_cpu_topology_hetero_id() will return
the id of the root node of the PPTT, and all the CPUs of the platform
will be assumed to be identical.
quoted hunk
The core's SMT control provides two interface to the users [1]:
1) enable/disable SMT by writing on/off
2) enable/disable SMT by writing thread number 1/max_thread_number
If a system have more than one SMT thread number the 2) may
not handle it well, since there're multiple thread numbers in the
system and 2) only accept 1/max_thread_number. So issue a warning
to notify the users if such system detected.
[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu#n542
Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <redacted>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)
It doesn't seem that the 'cpu' is used. Maybe this should be removed,
or used in the error message (I think this could be removed).
quoted hunk
+};
+
/*
* Propagate the topology information of the processor_topology_node tree to the
* cpu_topology array.
*/
int __init parse_acpi_topology(void)
{
+ int max_smt_thread_num = 0;
+ struct cpu_smt_info *entry;
+ struct xarray hetero_cpu;
+ unsigned long hetero_id;
int cpu, topology_id;
if (acpi_disabled)
return 0;
+ xa_init(&hetero_cpu);
+
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
topology_id = find_acpi_cpu_topology(cpu, 0);
if (topology_id < 0)
@@ -57,6 +71,30 @@ int __init parse_acpi_topology(void) cpu_topology[cpu].thread_id = topology_id; topology_id = find_acpi_cpu_topology(cpu, 1); cpu_topology[cpu].core_id = topology_id;++ /*+ * Build up the XArray using the heterogeneous ID of+ * the CPU cluster. Store the CPU and SMT information+ * of the first appeared CPU in the CPU cluster of this+ * heterogeneous ID since the SMT information should be+ * the same in this CPU cluster. Then we can know the+ * SMT information of each heterogeneous CPUs in the+ * system.+ */
A suggestion just in case:
/*
* In the PPTT, CPUs below a node with the 'identical
* implementation' flag have the same number of threads.
* Count the number of threads for only one CPU (i.e.
* one core_id) among those with the same hetero_id.
*
* One entry is created for each node having:
* - the 'identical implementation' flag
* - its parent not having the flag
*/
@@ -67,6 +105,29 @@ int __init parse_acpi_topology(void) cpu_topology[cpu].package_id = topology_id; }+ /*+ * This should be a short loop depending on the number of heterogeneous+ * CPU clusters. Typically on a homogeneous system there's only one+ * entry in the XArray.+ */
I think it should be ok to remove the above/below comments
+ xa_for_each(&hetero_cpu, hetero_id, entry) {
+ /*
+ * If max_smt_thread_num has been initialized and doesn't match
+ * the thread number of this entry, then the system has
+ * heterogeneous SMT topology.
+ */
+ if (entry->thread_num != max_smt_thread_num && max_smt_thread_num)
+ pr_warn_once("Heterogeneous SMT topology is partly supported by SMT control\n");
+
+ if (entry->thread_num > max_smt_thread_num)
+ max_smt_thread_num = entry->thread_num;
+
+ xa_erase(&hetero_cpu, hetero_id);
+ kfree(entry);
+ }
+
+ cpu_smt_set_num_threads(max_smt_thread_num, max_smt_thread_num);
+ xa_destroy(&hetero_cpu);
return 0;
}
#endif
Otherwise I tested the SMT detection and it worked well
From: Yicong Yang <hidden> Date: 2024-10-24 14:47:58
On 2024/10/23 23:43, Pierre Gondois wrote:
Hello Yicong,
On 10/15/24 04:18, Yicong Yang wrote:
quoted
From: Yicong Yang <redacted>
On building the topology from the devicetree, we've already
gotten the SMT thread number of each core. Update the largest
SMT thread number and enable the SMT control by the end of
topology parsing.
The core's SMT control provides two interface to the users [1]:
1) enable/disable SMT by writing on/off
2) enable/disable SMT by writing thread number 1/max_thread_number
If a system have more than one SMT thread number the 2) may
not handle it well, since there're multiple thread numbers in the
system and 2) only accept 1/max_thread_number. So issue a warning
to notify the users if such system detected.
[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu#n542
Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <redacted>
---
drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct scale_freq_data __rcu *, sft_data);
static struct cpumask scale_freq_counters_mask;
static bool scale_freq_invariant;
+static unsigned int max_smt_thread_num;
DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, capacity_freq_ref) = 1;
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(capacity_freq_ref);
@@ -561,6 +563,17 @@ static int __init parse_core(struct device_node *core, int package_id,
i++;
} while (1);
+ if (max_smt_thread_num < i)
+ max_smt_thread_num = i;
Shouldn't the conditions above/below be inverted ?
I.e. (max_smt_thread_num != i) should never be true if there is
max_smt_thread_num = i;
just before
you're right. will get this fixed. thanks for catching this.
Thanks.
quoted
+
+ /*
+ * If max_smt_thread_num has been initialized and doesn't match
+ * the thread number of this entry, then the system has
+ * heterogeneous SMT topology.
+ */
+ if (max_smt_thread_num && max_smt_thread_num != i)
+ pr_warn_once("Heterogeneous SMT topology is partly supported by SMT control\n");
+
cpu = get_cpu_for_node(core);
if (cpu >= 0) {
if (!leaf) {
@@ -673,6 +686,14 @@ static int __init parse_socket(struct device_node *socket)
if (!has_socket)
ret = parse_cluster(socket, 0, -1, 0);
+ /*
+ * Notify the CPU framework of the SMT support. A thread number of 1
+ * can be handled by the framework so we don't need to check
+ * max_smt_thread_num to see we support SMT or not.
+ */
+ if (max_smt_thread_num)
+ cpu_smt_set_num_threads(max_smt_thread_num, max_smt_thread_num);
+
return ret;
}
From: Yicong Yang <hidden> Date: 2024-10-24 15:10:07
On 2024/10/24 16:44, Pierre Gondois wrote:
Hello Yicong,
On 10/15/24 04:18, Yicong Yang wrote:
quoted
From: Yicong Yang <redacted>
For ACPI we'll build the topology from PPTT and we cannot directly
get the SMT number of each core. Instead using a temporary xarray
to record the heterogeneous information (from ACPI_PPTT_ACPI_IDENTICAL)
and SMT information of the first core in its heterogeneous CPU cluster
when building the topology. Then we can know the largest SMT number
in the system.
Is it possible to also state that the logic only work for PPTT versions
prior to 6.2. Otherwise find_acpi_cpu_topology_hetero_id() will return
the id of the root node of the PPTT, and all the CPUs of the platform
will be assumed to be identical.
sure. of course.
quoted
The core's SMT control provides two interface to the users [1]:
1) enable/disable SMT by writing on/off
2) enable/disable SMT by writing thread number 1/max_thread_number
If a system have more than one SMT thread number the 2) may
not handle it well, since there're multiple thread numbers in the
system and 2) only accept 1/max_thread_number. So issue a warning
to notify the users if such system detected.
[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu#n542
Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <redacted>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)
return !!is_threaded;
}
+struct cpu_smt_info {
+ int thread_num;
+ int core_id;
+ int cpu;
It doesn't seem that the 'cpu' is used. Maybe this should be removed,
or used in the error message (I think this could be removed).
sure. will remove..
quoted
+};
+
/*
* Propagate the topology information of the processor_topology_node tree to the
* cpu_topology array.
*/
int __init parse_acpi_topology(void)
{
+ int max_smt_thread_num = 0;
+ struct cpu_smt_info *entry;
+ struct xarray hetero_cpu;
+ unsigned long hetero_id;
int cpu, topology_id;
if (acpi_disabled)
return 0;
+ xa_init(&hetero_cpu);
+
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
topology_id = find_acpi_cpu_topology(cpu, 0);
if (topology_id < 0)
@@ -57,6 +71,30 @@ int __init parse_acpi_topology(void)
cpu_topology[cpu].thread_id = topology_id;
topology_id = find_acpi_cpu_topology(cpu, 1);
cpu_topology[cpu].core_id = topology_id;
+
+ /*
+ * Build up the XArray using the heterogeneous ID of
+ * the CPU cluster. Store the CPU and SMT information
+ * of the first appeared CPU in the CPU cluster of this
+ * heterogeneous ID since the SMT information should be
+ * the same in this CPU cluster. Then we can know the
+ * SMT information of each heterogeneous CPUs in the
+ * system.
+ */
A suggestion just in case:
/*
* In the PPTT, CPUs below a node with the 'identical
* implementation' flag have the same number of threads.
* Count the number of threads for only one CPU (i.e.
* one core_id) among those with the same hetero_id.
*
* One entry is created for each node having:
* - the 'identical implementation' flag
* - its parent not having the flag
*/
@@ -67,6 +105,29 @@ int __init parse_acpi_topology(void)
cpu_topology[cpu].package_id = topology_id;
}
+ /*
+ * This should be a short loop depending on the number of heterogeneous
+ * CPU clusters. Typically on a homogeneous system there's only one
+ * entry in the XArray.
+ */
I think it should be ok to remove the above/below comments
I'd leave the above comment since this won't make people who are awared of the efficiency feel
nervous about the loop here...
will drop the below comment.
quoted
+ xa_for_each(&hetero_cpu, hetero_id, entry) {
+ /*
+ * If max_smt_thread_num has been initialized and doesn't match
+ * the thread number of this entry, then the system has
+ * heterogeneous SMT topology.
+ */
+ if (entry->thread_num != max_smt_thread_num && max_smt_thread_num)
+ pr_warn_once("Heterogeneous SMT topology is partly supported by SMT control\n");
+
+ if (entry->thread_num > max_smt_thread_num)
+ max_smt_thread_num = entry->thread_num;
+
+ xa_erase(&hetero_cpu, hetero_id);
+ kfree(entry);
+ }
+
+ cpu_smt_set_num_threads(max_smt_thread_num, max_smt_thread_num);
+ xa_destroy(&hetero_cpu);
return 0;
}
#endif
Otherwise I tested the SMT detection and it worked well