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If a memory bandwidth associated with a CLOSID is aggressively >> >> "a memory bandwidth" -> "memory bandwidth"? > > ack. > >> >>> throttled, and it moves into Kernel mode, the Kernel operations are also >> >> What does "it" refer to here? From text it seems to be the "CLOSID" but that >> does not sound right? Should "it" instead be something like "a task with that >> CLOSID"? > > sure. > >> >> "Kernel" -> "kernel"? > > ack. >> >>> aggressively throttled. This can stall forward progress and eventually >>> degrade overall system performance. AMD hardware supports a feature >>> Privilege-Level Zero Association (PLZA) to change the association of the >>> thread as soon as it begins executing. >> >> "change the association of the thread as soon as it begins executing." I am >> not able to parse this. > > How about ? > > Customers have identified an issue while using the QoS resource Control > feature. If memory bandwidth associated with a CLOSID is aggressively > throttled, and a task with that CLOSID moves into kernel mode, the kernel operations are also aggressively throttled. This can stall forward progress and eventually degrade overall system performance. > AMD hardware supports a feature Privilege-Level Zero Association (PLZA) > to change the CPU association at the user-to-kernel transition, so the kernel execution can use a different association than user mode. "change the CPU association at the user-to-kernel transition" -> What is this trying to describe? CPU association of what? "a different association"? What does this mean? > > Privilege-Level Zero Association (PLZA) allows the user to specify a> CLOSID and/or RMID associated with execution in Privilege-Level > Zero. When enabled on a CPU, as the CPU enters Privilege-Level Zero, > allocation and monitoring for that CPU will be associated with the > PLZA CLOSID and/or RMID. Otherwise, the CPU will be associated with > the CLOSID and RMID given by PQR_ASSOC. Sounds like this is vague because MSR_IA32_PQR_PLZA_ASSOC has not been introduced yet. Could it help to introduce MSR_IA32_PQR_PLZA_ASSOC as part of this patch and then the changelog can be specific about PLZA feature introducing this new MSR and how it complements MSR_IA32_PQR_ASSOC? ... >>>   Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +- >>>   arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h              | 1 + >>>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c              | 2 ++ >>>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c                 | 1 + >> >> Please split changes to other subsystems and make these changes >> obvious with their own subject prefix to avoid sneaking changes into >> other subsystems via resctrl. >> > > Ok. Will be two patches. > 1. For Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > 2.  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h >     arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c >     arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c The resctrl changes found in (2) would be documented in (1)? That does not look right. Why not just split the resctrl changes from the cpufeatures changes? This would be similar to how you did ABMC enabling. Reinette