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<title>linux-stable.git/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl, branch linux-rolling-stable</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>x86/resctrl: Fix memory bandwidth counter width for Hygon</title>
<updated>2026-01-13T15:44:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xiaochen Shen</name>
<email>shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-09T06:26:50+00:00</published>
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The memory bandwidth calculation relies on reading the hardware counter
and measuring the delta between samples. To ensure accurate measurement,
the software reads the counter frequently enough to prevent it from
rolling over twice between reads.

The default Memory Bandwidth Monitoring (MBM) counter width is 24 bits.
Hygon CPUs provide a 32-bit width counter, but they do not support the
MBM capability CPUID leaf (0xF.[ECX=1]:EAX) to report the width offset
(from 24 bits).

Consequently, the kernel falls back to the 24-bit default counter width,
which causes incorrect overflow handling on Hygon CPUs.

Fix this by explicitly setting the counter width offset to 8 bits (resulting
in a 32-bit total counter width) for Hygon CPUs.

Fixes: d8df126349da ("x86/cpu/hygon: Add missing resctrl_cpu_detect() in bsp_init helper")
Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Shen &lt;shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251209062650.1536952-3-shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net
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The memory bandwidth calculation relies on reading the hardware counter
and measuring the delta between samples. To ensure accurate measurement,
the software reads the counter frequently enough to prevent it from
rolling over twice between reads.

The default Memory Bandwidth Monitoring (MBM) counter width is 24 bits.
Hygon CPUs provide a 32-bit width counter, but they do not support the
MBM capability CPUID leaf (0xF.[ECX=1]:EAX) to report the width offset
(from 24 bits).

Consequently, the kernel falls back to the 24-bit default counter width,
which causes incorrect overflow handling on Hygon CPUs.

Fix this by explicitly setting the counter width offset to 8 bits (resulting
in a 32-bit total counter width) for Hygon CPUs.

Fixes: d8df126349da ("x86/cpu/hygon: Add missing resctrl_cpu_detect() in bsp_init helper")
Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Shen &lt;shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251209062650.1536952-3-shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Add missing resctrl initialization for Hygon</title>
<updated>2026-01-13T15:20:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xiaochen Shen</name>
<email>shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-09T06:26:49+00:00</published>
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Hygon CPUs supporting Platform QoS features currently undergo partial resctrl
initialization through resctrl_cpu_detect() in the Hygon BSP init helper and
AMD/Hygon common initialization code. However, several critical data
structures remain uninitialized for Hygon CPUs in the following paths:

 - get_mem_config()-&gt; __rdt_get_mem_config_amd():
     rdt_resource::membw,alloc_capable
     hw_res::num_closid

 - rdt_init_res_defs()-&gt;rdt_init_res_defs_amd():
     rdt_resource::cache
     hw_res::msr_base,msr_update

Add the missing AMD/Hygon common initialization to ensure proper Platform QoS
functionality on Hygon CPUs.

Fixes: d8df126349da ("x86/cpu/hygon: Add missing resctrl_cpu_detect() in bsp_init helper")
Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Shen &lt;shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251209062650.1536952-2-shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net
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Hygon CPUs supporting Platform QoS features currently undergo partial resctrl
initialization through resctrl_cpu_detect() in the Hygon BSP init helper and
AMD/Hygon common initialization code. However, several critical data
structures remain uninitialized for Hygon CPUs in the following paths:

 - get_mem_config()-&gt; __rdt_get_mem_config_amd():
     rdt_resource::membw,alloc_capable
     hw_res::num_closid

 - rdt_init_res_defs()-&gt;rdt_init_res_defs_amd():
     rdt_resource::cache
     hw_res::msr_base,msr_update

Add the missing AMD/Hygon common initialization to ensure proper Platform QoS
functionality on Hygon CPUs.

Fixes: d8df126349da ("x86/cpu/hygon: Add missing resctrl_cpu_detect() in bsp_init helper")
Signed-off-by: Xiaochen Shen &lt;shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251209062650.1536952-2-shenxiaochen@open-hieco.net
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86_cache_for_v6.19_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-12-02T19:55:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-02T19:55:58+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 resource control updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Add support for AMD's Smart Data Cache Injection feature which allows
   for direct insertion of data from I/O devices into the L3 cache, thus
   bypassing DRAM and saving its bandwidth; the resctrl side of the
   feature allows the size of the L3 used for data injection to be
   controlled

 - Add Intel Clearwater Forest to the list of CPUs which support
   Sub-NUMA clustering

 - Other fixes and cleanups

* tag 'x86_cache_for_v6.19_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  fs/resctrl: Update bit_usage to reflect io_alloc
  fs/resctrl: Introduce interface to modify io_alloc capacity bitmasks
  fs/resctrl: Modify struct rdt_parse_data to pass mode and CLOSID
  fs/resctrl: Introduce interface to display io_alloc CBMs
  fs/resctrl: Add user interface to enable/disable io_alloc feature
  fs/resctrl: Introduce interface to display "io_alloc" support
  x86,fs/resctrl: Implement "io_alloc" enable/disable handlers
  x86,fs/resctrl: Detect io_alloc feature
  x86/resctrl: Add SDCIAE feature in the command line options
  x86/cpufeatures: Add support for L3 Smart Data Cache Injection Allocation Enforcement
  fs/resctrl: Consider sparse masks when initializing new group's allocation
  x86/resctrl: Support Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) mode on Clearwater Forest
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Pull x86 resource control updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Add support for AMD's Smart Data Cache Injection feature which allows
   for direct insertion of data from I/O devices into the L3 cache, thus
   bypassing DRAM and saving its bandwidth; the resctrl side of the
   feature allows the size of the L3 used for data injection to be
   controlled

 - Add Intel Clearwater Forest to the list of CPUs which support
   Sub-NUMA clustering

 - Other fixes and cleanups

* tag 'x86_cache_for_v6.19_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  fs/resctrl: Update bit_usage to reflect io_alloc
  fs/resctrl: Introduce interface to modify io_alloc capacity bitmasks
  fs/resctrl: Modify struct rdt_parse_data to pass mode and CLOSID
  fs/resctrl: Introduce interface to display io_alloc CBMs
  fs/resctrl: Add user interface to enable/disable io_alloc feature
  fs/resctrl: Introduce interface to display "io_alloc" support
  x86,fs/resctrl: Implement "io_alloc" enable/disable handlers
  x86,fs/resctrl: Detect io_alloc feature
  x86/resctrl: Add SDCIAE feature in the command line options
  x86/cpufeatures: Add support for L3 Smart Data Cache Injection Allocation Enforcement
  fs/resctrl: Consider sparse masks when initializing new group's allocation
  x86/resctrl: Support Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) mode on Clearwater Forest
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86,fs/resctrl: Implement "io_alloc" enable/disable handlers</title>
<updated>2025-11-21T21:35:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Babu Moger</name>
<email>babu.moger@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-13T00:57:30+00:00</published>
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"io_alloc" is the generic name of the new resctrl feature that enables system
software to configure the portion of cache allocated for I/O traffic. On AMD
systems, "io_alloc" resctrl feature is backed by AMD's L3 Smart Data Cache
Injection Allocation Enforcement (SDCIAE).

Introduce the architecture-specific functions that resctrl fs should call to
enable, disable, or check status of the "io_alloc" feature. Change SDCIAE state
by setting (to enable) or clearing (to disable) bit 1 of
MSR_IA32_L3_QOS_EXT_CFG on all logical processors within the cache domain.

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/9e9070100c320eab5368e088a3642443dee95ed7.1762995456.git.babu.moger@amd.com
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"io_alloc" is the generic name of the new resctrl feature that enables system
software to configure the portion of cache allocated for I/O traffic. On AMD
systems, "io_alloc" resctrl feature is backed by AMD's L3 Smart Data Cache
Injection Allocation Enforcement (SDCIAE).

Introduce the architecture-specific functions that resctrl fs should call to
enable, disable, or check status of the "io_alloc" feature. Change SDCIAE state
by setting (to enable) or clearing (to disable) bit 1 of
MSR_IA32_L3_QOS_EXT_CFG on all logical processors within the cache domain.

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/9e9070100c320eab5368e088a3642443dee95ed7.1762995456.git.babu.moger@amd.com
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86,fs/resctrl: Detect io_alloc feature</title>
<updated>2025-11-21T21:04:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Babu Moger</name>
<email>babu.moger@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-13T00:57:29+00:00</published>
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AMD's SDCIAE (SDCI Allocation Enforcement) PQE feature enables system software
to control the portions of L3 cache used for direct insertion of data from I/O
devices into the L3 cache.

Introduce a generic resctrl cache resource property "io_alloc_capable" as the
first part of the new "io_alloc" resctrl feature that will support AMD's
SDCIAE. Any architecture can set a cache resource as "io_alloc_capable" if
a portion of the cache can be allocated for I/O traffic.

Set the "io_alloc_capable" property for the L3 cache resource on x86 (AMD)
systems that support SDCIAE.

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/df85a9a6081674fd3ef6b4170920485512ce2ded.1762995456.git.babu.moger@amd.com
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AMD's SDCIAE (SDCI Allocation Enforcement) PQE feature enables system software
to control the portions of L3 cache used for direct insertion of data from I/O
devices into the L3 cache.

Introduce a generic resctrl cache resource property "io_alloc_capable" as the
first part of the new "io_alloc" resctrl feature that will support AMD's
SDCIAE. Any architecture can set a cache resource as "io_alloc_capable" if
a portion of the cache can be allocated for I/O traffic.

Set the "io_alloc_capable" property for the L3 cache resource on x86 (AMD)
systems that support SDCIAE.

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/df85a9a6081674fd3ef6b4170920485512ce2ded.1762995456.git.babu.moger@amd.com
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Add SDCIAE feature in the command line options</title>
<updated>2025-11-21T21:03:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Babu Moger</name>
<email>babu.moger@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-13T00:57:28+00:00</published>
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Add a kernel command-line parameter to enable or disable the exposure of
the L3 Smart Data Cache Injection Allocation Enforcement (SDCIAE) hardware
feature to resctrl.

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/c623edf7cb369ba9da966de47d9f1b666778a40e.1762995456.git.babu.moger@amd.com
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Add a kernel command-line parameter to enable or disable the exposure of
the L3 Smart Data Cache Injection Allocation Enforcement (SDCIAE) hardware
feature to resctrl.

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/c623edf7cb369ba9da966de47d9f1b666778a40e.1762995456.git.babu.moger@amd.com
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86,fs/resctrl: Fix NULL pointer dereference with events force-disabled in mbm_event mode</title>
<updated>2025-10-20T16:06:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Babu Moger</name>
<email>babu.moger@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-16T13:34:19+00:00</published>
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The following NULL pointer dereference is encountered on mount of resctrl fs
after booting a system that supports assignable counters with the
"rdt=!mbmtotal,!mbmlocal" kernel parameters:

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
  RIP: 0010:mbm_cntr_get
  Call Trace:
  rdtgroup_assign_cntr_event
  rdtgroup_assign_cntrs
  rdt_get_tree

Specifying the kernel parameter "rdt=!mbmtotal,!mbmlocal" effectively disables
the legacy X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_TOTAL and X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL features
and the MBM events they represent. This results in the per-domain MBM event
related data structures to not be allocated during early initialization.

resctrl fs initialization follows by implicitly enabling both MBM total and
local events on a system that supports assignable counters (mbm_event mode),
but this enabling occurs after the per-domain data structures have been
created.

After booting, resctrl fs assumes that an enabled event can access all its
state. This results in NULL pointer dereference when resctrl attempts to
access the un-allocated structures of an enabled event.

Remove the late MBM event enabling from resctrl fs.

This leaves a problem where the X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_TOTAL and
X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL features may be disabled while assignable counter
(mbm_event) mode is enabled without any events to support. Switching between
the "default" and "mbm_event" mode without any events is not practical.

Create a dependency between the X86_FEATURE_{CQM_MBM_TOTAL,CQM_MBM_LOCAL} and
X86_FEATURE_ABMC (assignable counter) hardware features. An x86 system that
supports assignable counters now requires support of X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_TOTAL
or X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL.

This ensures all needed MBM related data structures are created before use and
that it is only possible to switch between "default" and "mbm_event" mode when
the same events are available in both modes. This dependency does not exist in
the hardware but this usage of these feature settings work for known systems.

  [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Fixes: 13390861b426e ("x86,fs/resctrl: Detect Assignable Bandwidth Monitoring feature details")
Co-developed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/a62e6ac063d0693475615edd213d5be5e55443e6.1760560934.git.babu.moger@amd.com
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The following NULL pointer dereference is encountered on mount of resctrl fs
after booting a system that supports assignable counters with the
"rdt=!mbmtotal,!mbmlocal" kernel parameters:

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
  RIP: 0010:mbm_cntr_get
  Call Trace:
  rdtgroup_assign_cntr_event
  rdtgroup_assign_cntrs
  rdt_get_tree

Specifying the kernel parameter "rdt=!mbmtotal,!mbmlocal" effectively disables
the legacy X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_TOTAL and X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL features
and the MBM events they represent. This results in the per-domain MBM event
related data structures to not be allocated during early initialization.

resctrl fs initialization follows by implicitly enabling both MBM total and
local events on a system that supports assignable counters (mbm_event mode),
but this enabling occurs after the per-domain data structures have been
created.

After booting, resctrl fs assumes that an enabled event can access all its
state. This results in NULL pointer dereference when resctrl attempts to
access the un-allocated structures of an enabled event.

Remove the late MBM event enabling from resctrl fs.

This leaves a problem where the X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_TOTAL and
X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL features may be disabled while assignable counter
(mbm_event) mode is enabled without any events to support. Switching between
the "default" and "mbm_event" mode without any events is not practical.

Create a dependency between the X86_FEATURE_{CQM_MBM_TOTAL,CQM_MBM_LOCAL} and
X86_FEATURE_ABMC (assignable counter) hardware features. An x86 system that
supports assignable counters now requires support of X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_TOTAL
or X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL.

This ensures all needed MBM related data structures are created before use and
that it is only possible to switch between "default" and "mbm_event" mode when
the same events are available in both modes. This dependency does not exist in
the hardware but this usage of these feature settings work for known systems.

  [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Fixes: 13390861b426e ("x86,fs/resctrl: Detect Assignable Bandwidth Monitoring feature details")
Co-developed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/a62e6ac063d0693475615edd213d5be5e55443e6.1760560934.git.babu.moger@amd.com
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Fix miscount of bandwidth event when reactivating previously unavailable RMID</title>
<updated>2025-10-13T19:24:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Babu Moger</name>
<email>babu.moger@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-10T17:08:35+00:00</published>
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Users can create as many monitoring groups as the number of RMIDs supported
by the hardware. However, on AMD systems, only a limited number of RMIDs
are guaranteed to be actively tracked by the hardware. RMIDs that exceed
this limit are placed in an "Unavailable" state.

When a bandwidth counter is read for such an RMID, the hardware sets
MSR_IA32_QM_CTR.Unavailable (bit 62). When such an RMID starts being tracked
again the hardware counter is reset to zero. MSR_IA32_QM_CTR.Unavailable
remains set on first read after tracking re-starts and is clear on all
subsequent reads as long as the RMID is tracked.

resctrl miscounts the bandwidth events after an RMID transitions from the
"Unavailable" state back to being tracked. This happens because when the
hardware starts counting again after resetting the counter to zero, resctrl
in turn compares the new count against the counter value stored from the
previous time the RMID was tracked.

This results in resctrl computing an event value that is either undercounting
(when new counter is more than stored counter) or a mistaken overflow (when
new counter is less than stored counter).

Reset the stored value (arch_mbm_state::prev_msr) of MSR_IA32_QM_CTR to
zero whenever the RMID is in the "Unavailable" state to ensure accurate
counting after the RMID resets to zero when it starts to be tracked again.

Example scenario that results in mistaken overflow
==================================================
1. The resctrl filesystem is mounted, and a task is assigned to a
   monitoring group.

   $mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl
   $mkdir /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/
   $echo 1234 &gt; /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/tasks

   $cat /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/mon_data/mon_L3_*/mbm_total_bytes
   21323            &lt;- Total bytes on domain 0
   "Unavailable"    &lt;- Total bytes on domain 1

   Task is running on domain 0. Counter on domain 1 is "Unavailable".

2. The task runs on domain 0 for a while and then moves to domain 1. The
   counter starts incrementing on domain 1.

   $cat /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/mon_data/mon_L3_*/mbm_total_bytes
   7345357          &lt;- Total bytes on domain 0
   4545             &lt;- Total bytes on domain 1

3. At some point, the RMID in domain 0 transitions to the "Unavailable"
   state because the task is no longer executing in that domain.

   $cat /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/mon_data/mon_L3_*/mbm_total_bytes
   "Unavailable"    &lt;- Total bytes on domain 0
   434341           &lt;- Total bytes on domain 1

4.  Since the task continues to migrate between domains, it may eventually
    return to domain 0.

    $cat /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/mon_data/mon_L3_*/mbm_total_bytes
    17592178699059  &lt;- Overflow on domain 0
    3232332         &lt;- Total bytes on domain 1

In this case, the RMID on domain 0 transitions from "Unavailable" state to
active state. The hardware sets MSR_IA32_QM_CTR.Unavailable (bit 62) when
the counter is read and begins tracking the RMID counting from 0.

Subsequent reads succeed but return a value smaller than the previously
saved MSR value (7345357). Consequently, the resctrl's overflow logic is
triggered, it compares the previous value (7345357) with the new, smaller
value and incorrectly interprets this as a counter overflow, adding a large
delta.

In reality, this is a false positive: the counter did not overflow but was
simply reset when the RMID transitioned from "Unavailable" back to active
state.

Here is the text from APM [1] available from [2].

"In PQOS Version 2.0 or higher, the MBM hardware will set the U bit on the
first QM_CTR read when it begins tracking an RMID that it was not
previously tracking. The U bit will be zero for all subsequent reads from
that RMID while it is still tracked by the hardware. Therefore, a QM_CTR
read with the U bit set when that RMID is in use by a processor can be
considered 0 when calculating the difference with a subsequent read."

[1] AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 2: System Programming
    Publication # 24593 Revision 3.41 section 19.3.3 Monitoring L3 Memory
    Bandwidth (MBM).

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Fixes: 4d05bf71f157d ("x86/resctrl: Introduce AMD QOS feature")
Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # needs adjustments for &lt;= v6.17
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206537 # [2]
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Users can create as many monitoring groups as the number of RMIDs supported
by the hardware. However, on AMD systems, only a limited number of RMIDs
are guaranteed to be actively tracked by the hardware. RMIDs that exceed
this limit are placed in an "Unavailable" state.

When a bandwidth counter is read for such an RMID, the hardware sets
MSR_IA32_QM_CTR.Unavailable (bit 62). When such an RMID starts being tracked
again the hardware counter is reset to zero. MSR_IA32_QM_CTR.Unavailable
remains set on first read after tracking re-starts and is clear on all
subsequent reads as long as the RMID is tracked.

resctrl miscounts the bandwidth events after an RMID transitions from the
"Unavailable" state back to being tracked. This happens because when the
hardware starts counting again after resetting the counter to zero, resctrl
in turn compares the new count against the counter value stored from the
previous time the RMID was tracked.

This results in resctrl computing an event value that is either undercounting
(when new counter is more than stored counter) or a mistaken overflow (when
new counter is less than stored counter).

Reset the stored value (arch_mbm_state::prev_msr) of MSR_IA32_QM_CTR to
zero whenever the RMID is in the "Unavailable" state to ensure accurate
counting after the RMID resets to zero when it starts to be tracked again.

Example scenario that results in mistaken overflow
==================================================
1. The resctrl filesystem is mounted, and a task is assigned to a
   monitoring group.

   $mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl
   $mkdir /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/
   $echo 1234 &gt; /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/tasks

   $cat /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/mon_data/mon_L3_*/mbm_total_bytes
   21323            &lt;- Total bytes on domain 0
   "Unavailable"    &lt;- Total bytes on domain 1

   Task is running on domain 0. Counter on domain 1 is "Unavailable".

2. The task runs on domain 0 for a while and then moves to domain 1. The
   counter starts incrementing on domain 1.

   $cat /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/mon_data/mon_L3_*/mbm_total_bytes
   7345357          &lt;- Total bytes on domain 0
   4545             &lt;- Total bytes on domain 1

3. At some point, the RMID in domain 0 transitions to the "Unavailable"
   state because the task is no longer executing in that domain.

   $cat /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/mon_data/mon_L3_*/mbm_total_bytes
   "Unavailable"    &lt;- Total bytes on domain 0
   434341           &lt;- Total bytes on domain 1

4.  Since the task continues to migrate between domains, it may eventually
    return to domain 0.

    $cat /sys/fs/resctrl/mon_groups/test1/mon_data/mon_L3_*/mbm_total_bytes
    17592178699059  &lt;- Overflow on domain 0
    3232332         &lt;- Total bytes on domain 1

In this case, the RMID on domain 0 transitions from "Unavailable" state to
active state. The hardware sets MSR_IA32_QM_CTR.Unavailable (bit 62) when
the counter is read and begins tracking the RMID counting from 0.

Subsequent reads succeed but return a value smaller than the previously
saved MSR value (7345357). Consequently, the resctrl's overflow logic is
triggered, it compares the previous value (7345357) with the new, smaller
value and incorrectly interprets this as a counter overflow, adding a large
delta.

In reality, this is a false positive: the counter did not overflow but was
simply reset when the RMID transitioned from "Unavailable" back to active
state.

Here is the text from APM [1] available from [2].

"In PQOS Version 2.0 or higher, the MBM hardware will set the U bit on the
first QM_CTR read when it begins tracking an RMID that it was not
previously tracking. The U bit will be zero for all subsequent reads from
that RMID while it is still tracked by the hardware. Therefore, a QM_CTR
read with the U bit set when that RMID is in use by a processor can be
considered 0 when calculating the difference with a subsequent read."

[1] AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 2: System Programming
    Publication # 24593 Revision 3.41 section 19.3.3 Monitoring L3 Memory
    Bandwidth (MBM).

  [ bp: Split commit message into smaller paragraph chunks for better
    consumption. ]

Fixes: 4d05bf71f157d ("x86/resctrl: Introduce AMD QOS feature")
Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # needs adjustments for &lt;= v6.17
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206537 # [2]
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<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Support Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) mode on Clearwater Forest</title>
<updated>2025-10-13T14:59:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chen Yu</name>
<email>yu.c.chen@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-26T04:17:22+00:00</published>
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Clearwater Forest supports SNC mode. Add it to the snc_cpu_ids[] table.

Signed-off-by: Chen Yu &lt;yu.c.chen@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
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Clearwater Forest supports SNC mode. Add it to the snc_cpu_ids[] table.

Signed-off-by: Chen Yu &lt;yu.c.chen@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/resctrl: Configure mbm_event mode if supported</title>
<updated>2025-09-15T10:52:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Babu Moger</name>
<email>babu.moger@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-05T21:34:31+00:00</published>
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Configure mbm_event mode on AMD platforms. On AMD platforms, it is
recommended to use the mbm_event mode, if supported, to prevent the
hardware from resetting counters between reads. This can result in
misleading values or display "Unavailable" if no counter is assigned
to the event.

Enable mbm_event mode, known as ABMC (Assignable Bandwidth Monitoring
Counters) on AMD, by default if the system supports it.

Update ABMC across all logical processors within the resctrl domain to
ensure proper functionality.

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/cover.1757108044.git.babu.moger@amd.com
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Configure mbm_event mode on AMD platforms. On AMD platforms, it is
recommended to use the mbm_event mode, if supported, to prevent the
hardware from resetting counters between reads. This can result in
misleading values or display "Unavailable" if no counter is assigned
to the event.

Enable mbm_event mode, known as ABMC (Assignable Bandwidth Monitoring
Counters) on AMD, by default if the system supports it.

Update ABMC across all logical processors within the resctrl domain to
ensure proper functionality.

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger &lt;babu.moger@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre &lt;reinette.chatre@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/cover.1757108044.git.babu.moger@amd.com
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