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Fenghua Yu 628af07fc5 x86/resctrl: Use an IPI instead of task_work_add() to update PQR_ASSOC MSR 
commit ae28d1aae4 upstream

Currently, when moving a task to a resource group the PQR_ASSOC MSR is
updated with the new closid and rmid in an added task callback. If the
task is running, the work is run as soon as possible. If the task is not
running, the work is executed later in the kernel exit path when the
kernel returns to the task again.

Updating the PQR_ASSOC MSR as soon as possible on the CPU a moved task
is running is the right thing to do. Queueing work for a task that is
not running is unnecessary (the PQR_ASSOC MSR is already updated when
the task is scheduled in) and causing system resource waste with the way
in which it is implemented: Work to update the PQR_ASSOC register is
queued every time the user writes a task id to the "tasks" file, even if
the task already belongs to the resource group.

This could result in multiple pending work items associated with a
single task even if they are all identical and even though only a single
update with most recent values is needed. Specifically, even if a task
is moved between different resource groups while it is sleeping then it
is only the last move that is relevant but yet a work item is queued
during each move.

This unnecessary queueing of work items could result in significant
system resource waste, especially on tasks sleeping for a long time.
For example, as demonstrated by Shakeel Butt in [1] writing the same
task id to the "tasks" file can quickly consume significant memory. The
same problem (wasted system resources) occurs when moving a task between
different resource groups.

As pointed out by Valentin Schneider in [2] there is an additional issue
with the way in which the queueing of work is done in that the task_struct
update is currently done after the work is queued, resulting in a race with
the register update possibly done before the data needed by the update is
available.

To solve these issues, update the PQR_ASSOC MSR in a synchronous way
right after the new closid and rmid are ready during the task movement,
only if the task is running. If a moved task is not running nothing
is done since the PQR_ASSOC MSR will be updated next time the task is
scheduled. This is the same way used to update the register when tasks
are moved as part of resource group removal.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CALvZod7E9zzHwenzf7objzGKsdBmVwTgEJ0nPgs0LUFU3SN5Pw@mail.gmail.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201123022433.17905-1-valentin.schneider@arm.com

 [ bp: Massage commit message and drop the two update_task_closid_rmid()
   variants. ]

Fixes: e02737d5b8 ("x86/intel_rdt: Add tasks files")
Reported-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
Reported-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/17aa2fb38fc12ce7bb710106b3e7c7b45acb9e94.1608243147.git.reinette.chatre@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
 		2021-01-17 14:05:34 +01:00
Documentation x86/CPU/AMD: Save AMD NodeId as cpu_die_id 2020-12-30 11:51:47 +01:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
arch x86/resctrl: Use an IPI instead of task_work_add() to update PQR_ASSOC MSR 2021-01-17 14:05:34 +01:00
block scsi: block: Fix a race in the runtime power management code 2021-01-06 14:48:37 +01:00
certs PKCS#7: Refactor verify_pkcs7_signature() 2019-08-05 18:40:18 -04:00
crypto crypto: asym_tpm: correct zero out potential secrets 2021-01-12 20:16:17 +01:00
drivers chtls: Fix chtls resources release sequence 2021-01-17 14:05:34 +01:00
fs btrfs: send: fix wrong file path when there is an inode with a pending rmdir 2021-01-12 20:16:23 +01:00
include vfio iommu: Add dma available capability 2021-01-17 14:05:30 +01:00
init exec: Transform exec_update_mutex into a rw_semaphore 2021-01-09 13:44:55 +01:00
ipc ipc/util.c: sysvipc_find_ipc() incorrectly updates position index 2020-05-20 08:20:16 +02:00
kernel workqueue: Kick a worker based on the actual activation of delayed works 2021-01-12 20:16:09 +01:00
lib lib/genalloc: fix the overflow when size is too big 2021-01-12 20:16:10 +01:00
mm mm: don't wake kswapd prematurely when watermark boosting is disabled 2020-12-30 11:51:27 +01:00
net nexthop: Unlink nexthop group entry in error path 2021-01-17 14:05:32 +01:00
samples samples: bpf: Fix lwt_len_hist reusing previous BPF map 2020-12-30 11:51:12 +01:00
scripts depmod: handle the case of /sbin/depmod without /sbin in PATH 2021-01-12 20:16:10 +01:00
security ima: Don't modify file descriptor mode on the fly 2020-12-30 11:51:39 +01:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek: Add two "Intel Reference board" SSID in the ALC256. 2021-01-12 20:16:23 +01:00
tools tools: selftests: add test for changing routes with PTMU exceptions 2021-01-17 14:05:32 +01:00
usr initramfs: restore default compression behavior 2020-04-08 09:08:38 +02:00
virt kvm: check tlbs_dirty directly 2021-01-12 20:16:22 +01:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2019-08-31 10:00:51 +02:00
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.gitignore Modules updates for v5.4 2019-09-22 10:34:46 -07:00
.mailmap ARM: SoC fixes 2019-11-10 13:41:59 -08:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Remove Simon as Renesas SoC Co-Maintainer 2019-10-10 08:12:51 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: do not descend to ./Kbuild when cleaning 2019-08-21 21:03:58 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS Documentation/llvm: add documentation on building w/ Clang/LLVM 2020-08-26 10:40:46 +02:00
Makefile Linux 5.4.89 2021-01-12 20:16:25 +01:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.