[PATCH v3 1/2] powerpc: Detect the presence of big-cores via "ibm, thread-groups"
Murilo Opsfelder Araujo
muriloo at linux.ibm.com
Mon Jul 9 02:03:34 AEST 2018
On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 02:35:48PM +0530, Gautham R. Shenoy wrote:
> From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> On IBM POWER9, the device tree exposes a property array identifed by
> "ibm,thread-groups" which will indicate which groups of threads share a
> particular set of resources.
>
> As of today we only have one form of grouping identifying the group of
> threads in the core that share the L1 cache, translation cache and
> instruction data flow.
>
> This patch defines the helper function to parse the contents of
> "ibm,thread-groups" and a new structure to contain the parsed output.
>
> The patch also creates the sysfs file named "small_core_siblings" that
> returns the physical ids of the threads in the core that share the L1
> cache, translation cache and instruction data flow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 8 ++
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h | 22 +++
> arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c | 154 +++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c | 35 +++++
> 4 files changed, 219 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
> index 9c5e7732..62f24de 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
> @@ -487,3 +487,11 @@ Description: Information about CPU vulnerabilities
> "Not affected" CPU is not affected by the vulnerability
> "Vulnerable" CPU is affected and no mitigation in effect
> "Mitigation: $M" CPU is affected and mitigation $M is in effect
> +
> +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu[0-9]+/small_core_siblings
> +Date: 05-Jul-2018
> +KernelVersion: v4.18.0
> +Contact: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> +Description: List of Physical ids of CPUs which share the the L1 cache,
> + translation cache and instruction data-flow with this CPU.
What about this?
Description: List of physical CPU IDs that share a common L1 cache,
translation cache and instruction data flow with this CPU.
Or perhaps just remove the extra "the".
> +Values: Comma separated list of decimal integers.
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
> index d71a909..33226d7 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
> @@ -23,11 +23,13 @@
> extern int threads_per_core;
> extern int threads_per_subcore;
> extern int threads_shift;
> +extern bool has_big_cores;
> extern cpumask_t threads_core_mask;
> #else
> #define threads_per_core 1
> #define threads_per_subcore 1
> #define threads_shift 0
> +#define has_big_cores 0
> #define threads_core_mask (*get_cpu_mask(0))
> #endif
>
> @@ -69,12 +71,32 @@ static inline cpumask_t cpu_online_cores_map(void)
> return cpu_thread_mask_to_cores(cpu_online_mask);
> }
>
> +#define MAX_THREAD_LIST_SIZE 8
> +struct thread_groups {
> + unsigned int property;
> + unsigned int nr_groups;
> + unsigned int threads_per_group;
> + unsigned int thread_list[MAX_THREAD_LIST_SIZE];
> +};
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> int cpu_core_index_of_thread(int cpu);
> int cpu_first_thread_of_core(int core);
> +int parse_thread_groups(struct device_node *dn, struct thread_groups *tg);
> +int get_cpu_thread_group_start(int cpu, struct thread_groups *tg);
> #else
> static inline int cpu_core_index_of_thread(int cpu) { return cpu; }
> static inline int cpu_first_thread_of_core(int core) { return core; }
> +static inline int parse_thread_groups(struct device_node *dn,
> + struct thread_groups *tg)
> +{
> + return -ENODATA;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int get_cpu_thread_group_start(int cpu, struct thread_groups *tg)
> +{
> + return -1;
> +}
> #endif
>
> static inline int cpu_thread_in_core(int cpu)
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
> index 40b44bb..989edc1 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
> @@ -402,10 +402,12 @@ void __init check_for_initrd(void)
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>
> int threads_per_core, threads_per_subcore, threads_shift;
> +bool has_big_cores;
> cpumask_t threads_core_mask;
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(threads_per_core);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(threads_per_subcore);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(threads_shift);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(has_big_cores);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(threads_core_mask);
>
> static void __init cpu_init_thread_core_maps(int tpc)
> @@ -433,6 +435,152 @@ static void __init cpu_init_thread_core_maps(int tpc)
>
> u32 *cpu_to_phys_id = NULL;
>
> +/*
> + * parse_thread_groups: Parses the "ibm,thread-groups" device tree
> + * property for the CPU device node @dn and stores
> + * the parsed output in the thread_groups
> + * structure @tg.
> + *
> + * @dn: The device node of the CPU device.
> + * @tg: Pointer to a thread group structure into which the parsed
> + * output of "ibm,thread-groups" is stored.
> + *
> + * ibm,thread-groups[0..N-1] array defines which group of threads in
> + * the CPU-device node can be grouped together based on the property.
> + *
> + * ibm,thread-groups[0] tells us the property based on which the
> + * threads are being grouped together. If this value is 1, it implies
> + * that the threads in the same group share L1, translation cache.
> + *
> + * ibm,thread-groups[1] tells us how many such thread groups exist.
> + *
> + * ibm,thread-groups[2] tells us the number of threads in each such
> + * group.
> + *
> + * ibm,thread-groups[3..N-1] is the list of threads identified by
> + * "ibm,ppc-interrupt-server#s" arranged as per their membership in
> + * the grouping.
> + *
> + * Example: If ibm,thread-groups = [1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12] it
> + * implies that there are 2 groups of 4 threads each, where each group
> + * of threads share L1, translation cache.
> + *
> + * The "ibm,ppc-interrupt-server#s" of the first group is {5,6,7,8}
> + * and the "ibm,ppc-interrupt-server#s" of the second group is {9, 10,
> + * 11, 12} structure
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success, -EINVAL if the property does not exist,
> + * -ENODATA if property does not have a value, and -EOVERFLOW if the
> + * property data isn't large enough.
> + */
> +int parse_thread_groups(struct device_node *dn,
> + struct thread_groups *tg)
> +{
> + unsigned int nr_groups, threads_per_group, property;
> + int i;
> + u32 thread_group_array[3 + MAX_THREAD_LIST_SIZE];
> + u32 *thread_list;
> + size_t total_threads;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = of_property_read_u32_array(dn, "ibm,thread-groups",
> + thread_group_array, 3);
> +
> + if (ret)
> + goto out_err;
> +
> + property = thread_group_array[0];
> + nr_groups = thread_group_array[1];
> + threads_per_group = thread_group_array[2];
> + total_threads = nr_groups * threads_per_group;
> +
> + ret = of_property_read_u32_array(dn, "ibm,thread-groups",
> + thread_group_array,
> + 3 + total_threads);
> + if (ret)
> + goto out_err;
> +
> + thread_list = &thread_group_array[3];
> +
> + for (i = 0 ; i < total_threads; i++)
> + tg->thread_list[i] = thread_list[i];
> +
> + tg->property = property;
> + tg->nr_groups = nr_groups;
> + tg->threads_per_group = threads_per_group;
> +
> + return 0;
> +out_err:
> + tg->property = 0;
> + tg->nr_groups = 0;
> + tg->threads_per_group = 0;
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * dt_has_big_core : Parses the device tree property
> + * "ibm,thread-groups" for device node pointed by @dn
> + * and stores the parsed output in the structure
> + * pointed to by @tg. Then checks if the output in
> + * @tg corresponds to a big-core.
> + *
> + * @dn: Device node pointer of the CPU node being checked for a
> + * big-core.
> + * @tg: Pointer to thread_groups struct in which parsed output of
> + * "ibm,thread-groups" is recorded.
> + *
> + * Returns true if the @dn points to a big-core.
> + * Returns false if there is an error in parsing "ibm,thread-groups"
> + * or the parsed output doesn't correspond to a big-core.
> + */
> +static inline bool dt_has_big_core(struct device_node *dn,
> + struct thread_groups *tg)
> +{
> + if (parse_thread_groups(dn, tg))
> + return false;
> +
> + if (tg->property != 1)
> + return false;
> +
> + if (tg->nr_groups < 1)
> + return false;
> +
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * get_cpu_thread_group_start : Searches the thread group in tg->thread_list
> + * that @cpu belongs to.
> + *
> + * @cpu : The logical CPU whose thread group is being searched.
> + * @tg : The thread-group structure of the CPU node which @cpu belongs
> + * to.
> + *
> + * Returns the index to tg->thread_list that points to the the start
> + * of the thread_group that @cpu belongs to.
> + *
> + * Returns -1 if cpu doesn't belong to any of the groups pointed to by
> + * tg->thread_list.
> + */
> +int get_cpu_thread_group_start(int cpu, struct thread_groups *tg)
> +{
> + int hw_cpu_id = get_hard_smp_processor_id(cpu);
> + int i, j;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < tg->nr_groups; i++) {
> + int group_start = i * tg->threads_per_group;
> +
> + for (j = 0; j < tg->threads_per_group; j++) {
> + int idx = group_start + j;
> +
> + if (tg->thread_list[idx] == hw_cpu_id)
> + return group_start;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + return -1;
> +}
> +
> /**
> * setup_cpu_maps - initialize the following cpu maps:
> * cpu_possible_mask
> @@ -457,6 +605,7 @@ void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
> int cpu = 0;
> int nthreads = 1;
>
> + has_big_cores = true;
> DBG("smp_setup_cpu_maps()\n");
>
> cpu_to_phys_id = __va(memblock_alloc(nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(u32),
> @@ -467,6 +616,7 @@ void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
> const __be32 *intserv;
> __be32 cpu_be;
> int j, len;
> + struct thread_groups tg;
>
> DBG(" * %pOF...\n", dn);
>
> @@ -505,6 +655,10 @@ void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
> cpu++;
> }
>
> + if (has_big_cores && !dt_has_big_core(dn, &tg)) {
> + has_big_cores = false;
> + }
> +
> if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) {
> of_node_put(dn);
> break;
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
> index 755dc98..f5717de 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
> #include <asm/smp.h>
> #include <asm/pmc.h>
> #include <asm/firmware.h>
> +#include <asm/cputhreads.h>
>
> #include "cacheinfo.h"
> #include "setup.h"
> @@ -1025,6 +1026,33 @@ static ssize_t show_physical_id(struct device *dev,
> }
> static DEVICE_ATTR(physical_id, 0444, show_physical_id, NULL);
>
> +static ssize_t show_small_core_siblings(struct device *dev,
> + struct device_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf)
> +{
Interesting enough, checkpatch.pl warned about this function name:
WARNING: Consider renaming function(s) 'show_small_core_siblings' to 'small_core_siblings_show'
#354: FILE: arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c:1053:
+}
> + struct cpu *cpu = container_of(dev, struct cpu, dev);
> + struct device_node *dn = of_get_cpu_node(cpu->dev.id, NULL);
> + struct thread_groups tg;
> + int i, j;
> + ssize_t ret = 0;
> +
> + if (parse_thread_groups(dn, &tg))
> + return -ENODATA;
> +
> + i = get_cpu_thread_group_start(cpu->dev.id, &tg);
> +
> + if (i == -1)
> + return -ENODATA;
> +
> + for (j = 0; j < tg.threads_per_group - 1; j++)
> + ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "%d,", tg.thread_list[i + j]);
> +
> + ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "%d\n", tg.thread_list[i + j]);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(small_core_siblings, 0444, show_small_core_siblings, NULL);
> +
> static int __init topology_init(void)
> {
> int cpu, r;
> @@ -1048,6 +1076,13 @@ static int __init topology_init(void)
> register_cpu(c, cpu);
>
> device_create_file(&c->dev, &dev_attr_physical_id);
> +
> + if (has_big_cores) {
> + const struct device_attribute *attr =
> + &dev_attr_small_core_siblings;
> +
> + device_create_file(&c->dev, attr);
> + }
> }
> }
> r = cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "powerpc/topology:online",
> --
> 1.9.4
>
--
Murilo
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