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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-01-29 17:48:22 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-01-29 17:48:22 -0800 |
| commit | f0b13428c95da67bbf77915e320030d9f18e7fcc (patch) | |
| tree | 3583026263af738e99c021655e8ae2547c2f068c /Documentation | |
| parent | a46d3f9b1c9888a244ed1ce8da0eca98c3f378e2 (diff) | |
| parent | 31516de306c0c9235156cdc7acb976ea21f1f646 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'x86-cache-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86/cache updates from Thomas Gleixner:
"A set of patches which add support for L2 cache partitioning to the
Intel RDT facility"
* 'x86-cache-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/intel_rdt: Add command line parameter to control L2_CDP
x86/intel_rdt: Enable L2 CDP in MSR IA32_L2_QOS_CFG
x86/intel_rdt: Add two new resources for L2 Code and Data Prioritization (CDP)
x86/intel_rdt: Enumerate L2 Code and Data Prioritization (CDP) feature
x86/intel_rdt: Add L2CDP support in documentation
x86/intel_rdt: Update documentation
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt | 13 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 1bdcf572c2ac..f73bd08a59ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3684,7 +3684,8 @@ rdt= [HW,X86,RDT] Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is: - cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, mba. + cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp, + mba. E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use: rdt=cmt,!mba diff --git a/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt b/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt index 6851854cf69d..756fd76b78a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt @@ -7,15 +7,24 @@ Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@intel.com> This feature is enabled by the CONFIG_INTEL_RDT Kconfig and the -X86 /proc/cpuinfo flag bits "rdt", "cqm", "cat_l3" and "cdp_l3". +X86 /proc/cpuinfo flag bits: +RDT (Resource Director Technology) Allocation - "rdt_a" +CAT (Cache Allocation Technology) - "cat_l3", "cat_l2" +CDP (Code and Data Prioritization ) - "cdp_l3", "cdp_l2" +CQM (Cache QoS Monitoring) - "cqm_llc", "cqm_occup_llc" +MBM (Memory Bandwidth Monitoring) - "cqm_mbm_total", "cqm_mbm_local" +MBA (Memory Bandwidth Allocation) - "mba" To use the feature mount the file system: - # mount -t resctrl resctrl [-o cdp] /sys/fs/resctrl + # mount -t resctrl resctrl [-o cdp[,cdpl2]] /sys/fs/resctrl mount options are: "cdp": Enable code/data prioritization in L3 cache allocations. +"cdpl2": Enable code/data prioritization in L2 cache allocations. + +L2 and L3 CDP are controlled seperately. RDT features are orthogonal. A particular system may support only monitoring, only control, or both monitoring and control. |