[RESEND PATCH 1/3] arm_mpam: resctrl: Fix MBA CDP alloc_capable handling on unmount

James Morse james.morse at arm.com
Mon Apr 20 07:05:14 PDT 2026


From: Zeng Heng <zengheng4 at huawei.com>

The code to set MBA's alloc_capable to true appears to be trying to
restore alloc_capable on unmount. This can never work because
resctrl_arch_set_cdp_enabled() is never invoked with RDT_RESOURCE_MBA
as the rid parameter. Consequently,
mpam_resctrl_controls[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].cdp_enabled always remains false.

The alloc_capable setting in resctrl_arch_set_cdp_enabled() is to
re-enable MBA if the caller opts in to separate control values using
CDP for this resource. This doesn't happen today.

Add a comment to describe this.

However a bug remains where MBA allocation is permanently disabled after
the mount with CDP option. Remounting without CDP cannot restore the MBA
partition capability.

Add a check to re-enable MBA when CDP is disabled, which happens on
unmount.

Fixes: 6789fb99282c ("arm_mpam: resctrl: Add CDP emulation")
Signed-off-by: Zeng Heng <zengheng4 at huawei.com>
[ morse: Added comment for existing code, added hunk to fix this bug from
  Ben H ]
Reviewed-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
---
 drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
index a9938006d0e6..4205fb2ee312 100644
--- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
@@ -220,10 +220,18 @@ int resctrl_arch_set_cdp_enabled(enum resctrl_res_level rid, bool enable)
 	if (cdp_enabled && !mpam_resctrl_controls[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].cdp_enabled)
 		mpam_resctrl_controls[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].resctrl_res.alloc_capable = false;
 
+	/*
+	 * If resctrl has attempted to enable CDP on MBA, re-enable MBA as two
+	 * configurations will be provided so there is no aliasing problem.
+	 */
 	if (mpam_resctrl_controls[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].cdp_enabled &&
 	    mpam_resctrl_controls[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].class)
 		mpam_resctrl_controls[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].resctrl_res.alloc_capable = true;
 
+	/* On unmount when CDP is disabled, re-enable MBA */
+	if (!cdp_enabled && mpam_resctrl_controls[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].class)
+		mpam_resctrl_controls[RDT_RESOURCE_MBA].resctrl_res.alloc_capable = true;
+
 	if (enable) {
 		if (mpam_partid_max < 1)
 			return -EINVAL;
-- 
2.53.0




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