[PATCH v3 26/29] arm_mpam: Use long MBWU counters if supported

Ben Horgan ben.horgan at arm.com
Thu Nov 6 07:43:28 PST 2025


Hi Peter,

On 11/6/25 15:18, Peter Newman wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM James Morse <james.morse at arm.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Rohit Mathew <rohit.mathew at arm.com>
>>
>> Now that the larger counter sizes are probed, make use of them.
>>
>> Callers of mpam_msmon_read() may not know (or care!) about the different
>> counter sizes. Allow them to specify mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu and have the
>> driver pick the counter to use.
>>
>> Only 32bit accesses to the MSC are required to be supported by the
>> spec, but these registers are 64bits. The lower half may overflow
>> into the higher half between two 32bit reads. To avoid this, use
>> a helper that reads the top half multiple times to check for overflow.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rohit Mathew <rohit.mathew at arm.com>
>> [morse: merged multiple patches from Rohit, added explicit counter selection ]
>> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan at arm.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron at huawei.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay at nvidia.com>
>> Tested-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay at nvidia.com>
>> ---
>> Changes since v2:
>>  * Removed mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu as a top-level bit for explicit 31bit counter
>>    selection.
>>  * Allow callers of mpam_msmon_read() to specify mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu and have
>>    the driver pick a supported counter size.
>>  * Rephrased commit message.
>>
>> Changes since v1:
>>  * Only clear OFLOW_STATUS_L on MBWU counters.
>>
>> Changes since RFC:
>>  * Commit message wrangling.
>>  * Refer to 31 bit counters as opposed to 32 bit (registers).
>> ---
>>  drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>  1 file changed, 116 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
>> index f4d07234ce10..c207a6d2832c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
>> +++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
>> @@ -897,6 +897,48 @@ struct mon_read {
>>         int                             err;
>>  };
>>
>> +static bool mpam_ris_has_mbwu_long_counter(struct mpam_msc_ris *ris)
>> +{
>> +       return (mpam_has_feature(mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_63counter, &ris->props) ||
>> +               mpam_has_feature(mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_44counter, &ris->props));
>> +}
>> +
>> +static u64 mpam_msc_read_mbwu_l(struct mpam_msc *msc)
>> +{
>> +       int retry = 3;
>> +       u32 mbwu_l_low;
>> +       u64 mbwu_l_high1, mbwu_l_high2;
>> +
>> +       mpam_mon_sel_lock_held(msc);
>> +
>> +       WARN_ON_ONCE((MSMON_MBWU_L + sizeof(u64)) > msc->mapped_hwpage_sz);
>> +       WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &msc->accessibility));
>> +
>> +       mbwu_l_high2 = __mpam_read_reg(msc, MSMON_MBWU_L + 4);
>> +       do {
>> +               mbwu_l_high1 = mbwu_l_high2;
>> +               mbwu_l_low = __mpam_read_reg(msc, MSMON_MBWU_L);
>> +               mbwu_l_high2 = __mpam_read_reg(msc, MSMON_MBWU_L + 4);
>> +
>> +               retry--;
>> +       } while (mbwu_l_high1 != mbwu_l_high2 && retry > 0);
>> +
>> +       if (mbwu_l_high1 == mbwu_l_high2)
>> +               return (mbwu_l_high1 << 32) | mbwu_l_low;
>> +       return MSMON___NRDY_L;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void mpam_msc_zero_mbwu_l(struct mpam_msc *msc)
>> +{
>> +       mpam_mon_sel_lock_held(msc);
>> +
>> +       WARN_ON_ONCE((MSMON_MBWU_L + sizeof(u64)) > msc->mapped_hwpage_sz);
>> +       WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &msc->accessibility));
>> +
>> +       __mpam_write_reg(msc, MSMON_MBWU_L, 0);
>> +       __mpam_write_reg(msc, MSMON_MBWU_L + 4, 0);
>> +}
>> +
>>  static void gen_msmon_ctl_flt_vals(struct mon_read *m, u32 *ctl_val,
>>                                    u32 *flt_val)
>>  {
>> @@ -924,7 +966,9 @@ static void gen_msmon_ctl_flt_vals(struct mon_read *m, u32 *ctl_val,
>>                                                ctx->csu_exclude_clean);
>>
>>                 break;
>> -       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu:
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_31counter:
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_44counter:
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_63counter:
>>                 *ctl_val |= MSMON_CFG_MBWU_CTL_TYPE_MBWU;
>>
>>                 if (mpam_has_feature(mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_rwbw, &m->ris->props))
>> @@ -946,7 +990,9 @@ static void read_msmon_ctl_flt_vals(struct mon_read *m, u32 *ctl_val,
>>                 *ctl_val = mpam_read_monsel_reg(msc, CFG_CSU_CTL);
>>                 *flt_val = mpam_read_monsel_reg(msc, CFG_CSU_FLT);
>>                 return;
>> -       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu:
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_31counter:
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_44counter:
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_63counter:
>>                 *ctl_val = mpam_read_monsel_reg(msc, CFG_MBWU_CTL);
>>                 *flt_val = mpam_read_monsel_reg(msc, CFG_MBWU_FLT);
>>                 return;
>> @@ -959,6 +1005,9 @@ static void read_msmon_ctl_flt_vals(struct mon_read *m, u32 *ctl_val,
>>  static void clean_msmon_ctl_val(u32 *cur_ctl)
>>  {
>>         *cur_ctl &= ~MSMON_CFG_x_CTL_OFLOW_STATUS;
>> +
>> +       if (FIELD_GET(MSMON_CFG_x_CTL_TYPE, *cur_ctl) == MSMON_CFG_MBWU_CTL_TYPE_MBWU)
>> +               *cur_ctl &= ~MSMON_CFG_MBWU_CTL_OFLOW_STATUS_L;
>>  }
>>
>>  static void write_msmon_ctl_flt_vals(struct mon_read *m, u32 ctl_val,
>> @@ -978,10 +1027,15 @@ static void write_msmon_ctl_flt_vals(struct mon_read *m, u32 ctl_val,
>>                 mpam_write_monsel_reg(msc, CSU, 0);
>>                 mpam_write_monsel_reg(msc, CFG_CSU_CTL, ctl_val | MSMON_CFG_x_CTL_EN);
>>                 break;
>> -       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu:
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_44counter:
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_63counter:
>> +               mpam_msc_zero_mbwu_l(m->ris->vmsc->msc);
>> +               fallthrough;
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_31counter:
>>                 mpam_write_monsel_reg(msc, CFG_MBWU_FLT, flt_val);
>>                 mpam_write_monsel_reg(msc, CFG_MBWU_CTL, ctl_val);
>>                 mpam_write_monsel_reg(msc, MBWU, 0);
>> +
>>                 mpam_write_monsel_reg(msc, CFG_MBWU_CTL, ctl_val | MSMON_CFG_x_CTL_EN);
>>
>>                 mbwu_state = &m->ris->mbwu_state[m->ctx->mon];
>> @@ -993,10 +1047,19 @@ static void write_msmon_ctl_flt_vals(struct mon_read *m, u32 ctl_val,
>>         }
>>  }
>>
>> -static u64 mpam_msmon_overflow_val(struct mpam_msc_ris *ris)
>> +static u64 mpam_msmon_overflow_val(enum mpam_device_features type)
>>  {
>> -       /* TODO: scaling, and long counters */
>> -       return GENMASK_ULL(30, 0);
>> +       /* TODO: implement scaling counters */
>> +       switch (type) {
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_63counter:
>> +               return GENMASK_ULL(62, 0);
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_44counter:
>> +               return GENMASK_ULL(43, 0);
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_31counter:
>> +               return GENMASK_ULL(30, 0);
>> +       default:
>> +               return 0;
>> +       }
>>  }
>>
>>  /* Call with MSC lock held */
>> @@ -1037,11 +1100,24 @@ static void __ris_msmon_read(void *arg)
>>                         nrdy = now & MSMON___NRDY;
>>                 now = FIELD_GET(MSMON___VALUE, now);
>>                 break;
>> -       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu:
>> -               now = mpam_read_monsel_reg(msc, MBWU);
>> -               if (mpam_has_feature(mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_hw_nrdy, rprops))
>> -                       nrdy = now & MSMON___NRDY;
>> -               now = FIELD_GET(MSMON___VALUE, now);
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_31counter:
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_44counter:
>> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_63counter:
> 
> Should you check for one of these three features instead of
> mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu further up in this function when checking for
> reset_on_next_read?
> 
> -       if (m->type == mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu) {
> +       switch (m->type) {
> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_31counter:
> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_44counter:
> +       case mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_63counter:
>                 mbwu_state = &ris->mbwu_state[ctx->mon];
>                 if (mbwu_state) {
>                         reset_on_next_read = mbwu_state->reset_on_next_read;
>                         mbwu_state->reset_on_next_read = false;
>                 }
> +               break;
> +       default:
> +               break;
>         }
> 

Yes, this looks like a correct change to me.

[...]
>>  int mpam_msmon_read(struct mpam_component *comp, struct mon_cfg *ctx,
>>                     enum mpam_device_features type, u64 *val)
>>  {
>>         int err;
>>         struct mon_read arg;
>>         u64 wait_jiffies = 0;
>> -       struct mpam_props *cprops = &comp->class->props;
>> +       struct mpam_class *class = comp->class;
>> +       struct mpam_props *cprops = &class->props;
>>
>>         might_sleep();
>>
>> @@ -1129,9 +1218,12 @@ int mpam_msmon_read(struct mpam_component *comp, struct mon_cfg *ctx,
>>         };
>>         *val = 0;
>>
>> +       if (type == mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu)
>> +               type = mpam_msmon_choose_counter(class);
> 
> `type` was already recorded in arg->type, so the result of this lookup
> will be ignored on the first call to _msmon_read()
> 
> If mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu can somehow still result in -EBUSY, then the
> repeat call may use the right type.

Good spot. I think we can just move the 'if' further up. I'll make these
changes when I do the repost for James.

> 
> Thanks,
> -Peter

Thanks,

Ben




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