[RFC] Add Arm cpu topology definition

Vincent Guittot vincent.guittot at linaro.org
Thu Jun 16 08:30:52 EDT 2011


On 16 June 2011 13:48, Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria at linaro.org> wrote:
> On 11 Jun 16, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>> The affinity between Arm processors is defined in the MPIDR register.
>> We can identify which processors are in the same cluster,
>> and which ones have performance interdependency. The cpu topology
>>  of an Arm platform can be set thanks to this register and this topology
>> is then used by sched_mc and sched_smt.
>
> Probably worth adding a note that sched_mc/sched_smt are disabled by default
> and need to be enabled by writing to their respective sysfs files.
>

ok

>> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot at linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/Kconfig                |   26 ++++++++
>>  arch/arm/include/asm/topology.h |   33 ++++++++++
>>  arch/arm/kernel/Makefile        |    1 +
>>  arch/arm/kernel/smp.c           |    6 ++
>>  arch/arm/kernel/topology.c      |  133 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  5 files changed, 199 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> index 9adc278..bacf9af 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> @@ -219,6 +219,24 @@ source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
>>
>>  menu "System Type"
>>
>> +config SCHED_MC
>> +     bool "Multi-core scheduler support"
>> +     depends on SMP && ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY
>> +     default n
>> +     help
>> +       Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
>> +       making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
>> +       increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
>> +
>> +config SCHED_SMT
>> +     bool "SMT scheduler support"
>> +     depends on SMP && ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY
>> +     default n
>> +     help
>> +       Improves the CPU scheduler's decision making when dealing with
>> +       MultiThreading at a cost of slightly increased overhead in some
>> +       places. If unsure say N here.
>> +
>>  config MMU
>>       bool "MMU-based Paged Memory Management Support"
>>       default y
>> @@ -1062,6 +1080,14 @@ if !MMU
>>  source "arch/arm/Kconfig-nommu"
>>  endif
>>
>> +config ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY
>> +     bool "Support cpu topology definition"
>> +     depends on SMP && CPU_V7
>> +     help
>> +       Support Arm cpu topology definition. The MPIDR register defines
>> +       affinity between processors which is used to set the cpu
>> +       topology of an Arm System.
>> +
>>  config ARM_ERRATA_411920
>>       bool "ARM errata: Invalidation of the Instruction Cache operation can fail"
>>       depends on CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/topology.h
>> index accbd7c..cb90d0a 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/topology.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/topology.h
>> @@ -1,6 +1,39 @@
>>  #ifndef _ASM_ARM_TOPOLOGY_H
>>  #define _ASM_ARM_TOPOLOGY_H
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY
>> +
>> +#include <linux/cpumask.h>
>> +
>> +struct cputopo_arm {
>> +     int thread_id;
>> +     int core_id;
>> +     int socket_id;
>> +     cpumask_t thread_sibling;
>> +     cpumask_t core_sibling;
>> +};
>> +
>> +extern struct cputopo_arm cpu_topology[NR_CPUS];
>> +
>> +#define topology_physical_package_id(cpu)    (cpu_topology[cpu].socket_id)
>> +#define topology_core_id(cpu)                (cpu_topology[cpu].core_id)
>> +#define topology_core_cpumask(cpu)   (&(cpu_topology[cpu].core_sibling))
>> +#define topology_thread_cpumask(cpu) (&(cpu_topology[cpu].thread_sibling))
>> +
>> +#define mc_capable() (cpu_topology[0].socket_id != -1)
>> +#define smt_capable()        (cpu_topology[0].thread_id != -1)
>> +
>> +void init_cpu_topology(void);
>> +void store_cpu_topology(unsigned int cpuid);
>> +const struct cpumask *cpu_coregroup_mask(unsigned int cpu);
>> +
>> +#else
>> +
>> +#define init_cpu_topology() {};
>> +#define store_cpu_topology(cpuid) {};
>> +
>> +#endif
>> +
>>  #include <asm-generic/topology.h>
>>
>>  #endif /* _ASM_ARM_TOPOLOGY_H */
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
>> index a5b31af..816a481 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
>> @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IWMMXT)                += iwmmxt.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_HAS_PMU)    += pmu.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS) += perf_event.o
>>  AFLAGS_iwmmxt.o                      := -Wa,-mcpu=iwmmxt
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY)  += topology.o
>>
>>  ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_EBSA110),y)
>>    obj-y              += io.o
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
>> index 344e52b..3e8dc3b 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
>> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
>>  #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
>>  #include <asm/cpu.h>
>>  #include <asm/cputype.h>
>> +#include <asm/topology.h>
>>  #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
>>  #include <asm/pgtable.h>
>>  #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
>> @@ -268,6 +269,9 @@ static void __cpuinit smp_store_cpu_info(unsigned int cpuid)
>>       struct cpuinfo_arm *cpu_info = &per_cpu(cpu_data, cpuid);
>>
>>       cpu_info->loops_per_jiffy = loops_per_jiffy;
>> +
>> +     store_cpu_topology(cpuid);
>> +
>>  }
>>
>>  /*
>> @@ -354,6 +358,8 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
>>  {
>>       unsigned int ncores = num_possible_cpus();
>>
>> +     init_cpu_topology();
>> +
>>       smp_store_cpu_info(smp_processor_id());
>>
>>       /*
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..d61723c
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
>> +/*
>> + * arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
>> + *
>> + * Copyright (C) 2011  vincent.guittot at linaro.org
>
> This should be
>
> Copyright (C) 2011 Linaro Limited.
>
> Written by: Vincent Guittot
>

ok

>> + *
>> + * based on arch/sh/kernel/topology.c
>> + *
>> + * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
>> + * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
>> + * for more details.
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include <linux/cpu.h>
>> +#include <linux/cpumask.h>
>> +#include <linux/init.h>
>> +#include <linux/percpu.h>
>> +#include <linux/node.h>
>> +#include <linux/nodemask.h>
>> +#include <linux/sched.h>
>> +
>> +#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
>> +#include <asm/topology.h>
>> +
>> +#define hard_smp_mpidr() \
>> +     ({ \
>> +             unsigned int cpunum; \
>> +             __asm__("mrc p15, 0, %0, c0, c0, 5"     \
>> +                     : "=r" (cpunum)); \
>> +             cpunum; \
>> +     })
>> +
>> +struct cputopo_arm cpu_topology[NR_CPUS];
>> +
>> +const struct cpumask *cpu_coregroup_mask(unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> +     return &(cpu_topology[cpu].core_sibling);
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * store_cpu_topology is called at boot when only one cpu is running
>> + * and with the mutex cpu_hotplug.lock locked, when several cpus have booted,
>> + * which prevents simultaneous write access to cpu_topology array
>> + */
>> +void store_cpu_topology(unsigned int cpuid)
>> +{
>> +     struct cputopo_arm *cpuid_topo = &(cpu_topology[cpuid]);
>> +     unsigned int mpidr;
>> +     unsigned int cpu;
>> +
>> +     /* If the cpu topology has been already set, just return */
>> +     if (cpuid_topo->core_id != -1)
>> +             return;
>> +
>> +     mpidr = hard_smp_mpidr();
>> +
>> +     /* create cpu topology mapping */
>> +     if (mpidr & (0x3 << 30)) {
>
> Use #defines for the MPIDR bit-fields
>
> #define MPIDR_U_BITMASK (0x3 << 30)
>
> BTW, Bit 31 seems to always be 1, do you really want that in the mask?
>

According to
http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0406b/index.html

we need to test both bit 31 and bit 24

>> +             /*
>> +              * This is a multiprocessor system
>> +              * multiprocessor format & multiprocessor mode field are set
>> +              */
>> +
>> +             if (mpidr & (0x1 << 24)) {
>
> According to
> http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0388f/CIHCHADB.html
>
> bit 24 is SBZ. Where is this redefined for MT?
>
>> +                     /* core performance interdependency */
>> +                     cpuid_topo->thread_id = (mpidr & 0x3);
>> +                     cpuid_topo->core_id =  ((mpidr >> 8) & 0xF);
>> +                     cpuid_topo->socket_id = ((mpidr >> 16) & 0xFF);
>
> Define BITMASKs for these bits too.
>

ok

>> +             } else {
>> +                     /* normal core interdependency */
>> +                     cpuid_topo->thread_id = -1;
>> +                     cpuid_topo->core_id = (mpidr & 0x3);
>> +                     cpuid_topo->socket_id = ((mpidr >> 8) & 0xF);
>> +             }
>> +     } else {
>> +             /*
>> +              * This is an uniprocessor system
>> +              * we are in multiprocessor format but uniprocessor system
>> +              * or in the old uniprocessor format
>> +              */
>> +
>> +             cpuid_topo->thread_id = -1;
>> +             cpuid_topo->core_id = 0;
>> +             cpuid_topo->socket_id = -1;
>> +     }
>> +
>> +     /* update core and thread sibling masks */
>> +     for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
>> +             struct cputopo_arm *cpu_topo = &(cpu_topology[cpu]);
>> +
>> +             if (cpuid_topo->socket_id == cpu_topo->socket_id) {
>> +                     cpumask_set_cpu(cpuid, &cpu_topo->core_sibling);
>> +                     if (cpu != cpuid)
>> +                             cpumask_set_cpu(cpu,
>> +                                     &cpuid_topo->core_sibling);
>> +
>> +                     if (cpuid_topo->core_id == cpu_topo->core_id) {
>> +                             cpumask_set_cpu(cpuid,
>> +                                     &cpu_topo->thread_sibling);
>> +                             if (cpu != cpuid)
>> +                                     cpumask_set_cpu(cpu,
>> +                                             &cpuid_topo->thread_sibling);
>> +                     }
>> +             }
>> +     }
>> +     smp_wmb();
>> +
>> +     printk(KERN_INFO "cpu %u : thread %d cpu %d, socket %d, mpidr %x\n",
>> +             cpuid, cpu_topology[cpuid].thread_id,
>> +             cpu_topology[cpuid].core_id,
>> +             cpu_topology[cpuid].socket_id, mpidr);
>> +
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * init_cpu_topology is called at boot when only one cpu is running
>> + * which prevent simultaneous write access to cpu_topology array
>> + */
>> +void init_cpu_topology(void)
>> +{
>> +     unsigned int cpu;
>> +
>> +     /* init core mask */
>> +     for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
>> +             struct cputopo_arm *cpu_topo = &(cpu_topology[cpu]);
>> +
>> +             cpu_topo->thread_id = -1;
>> +             cpu_topo->core_id =  -1;
>> +             cpu_topo->socket_id = -1;
>> +             cpumask_clear(&cpu_topo->core_sibling);
>> +             cpumask_clear(&cpu_topo->thread_sibling);
>> +     }
>> +     smp_wmb();
>> +}
>> --
>> 1.7.4.1
>>
>



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