From: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@linux.intel.com>
To: jarkko@kernel.org, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, tj@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org,
cgroups@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: zhiquan1.li@intel.com,
Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@linux.intel.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 18/18] Docs/x86/sgx: Add description for cgroup support
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 10:36:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221202183655.3767674-19-kristen@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221202183655.3767674-1-kristen@linux.intel.com>
Add initial documentation of how to regulate the distribution of
SGX Enclave Page Cache (EPC) memory via the Miscellaneous cgroup
controller.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/x86/sgx.rst | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 77 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/sgx.rst b/Documentation/x86/sgx.rst
index 2bcbffacbed5..f6ca5594dcf2 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/sgx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/sgx.rst
@@ -300,3 +300,80 @@ to expected failures and handle them as follows:
first call. It indicates a bug in the kernel or the userspace client
if any of the second round of ``SGX_IOC_VEPC_REMOVE_ALL`` calls has
a return code other than 0.
+
+
+Cgroup Support
+==============
+
+The "sgx_epc" resource within the Miscellaneous cgroup controller regulates
+distribution of SGX EPC memory, which is a subset of system RAM that
+is used to provide SGX-enabled applications with protected memory,
+and is otherwise inaccessible, i.e. shows up as reserved in
+/proc/iomem and cannot be read/written outside of an SGX enclave.
+
+Although current systems implement EPC by stealing memory from RAM,
+for all intents and purposes the EPC is independent from normal system
+memory, e.g. must be reserved at boot from RAM and cannot be converted
+between EPC and normal memory while the system is running. The EPC is
+managed by the SGX subsystem and is not accounted by the memory
+controller. Note that this is true only for EPC memory itself, i.e.
+normal memory allocations related to SGX and EPC memory, e.g. the
+backing memory for evicted EPC pages, are accounted, limited and
+protected by the memory controller.
+
+Much like normal system memory, EPC memory can be overcommitted via
+virtual memory techniques and pages can be swapped out of the EPC
+to their backing store (normal system memory allocated via shmem).
+The SGX EPC subsystem is analogous to the memory subsytem, and
+it implements limit and protection models for EPC memory.
+
+SGX EPC Interface Files
+-----------------------
+
+For a generic description of the Miscellaneous controller interface
+files, please see Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+
+All SGX EPC memory amounts are in bytes unless explicitly stated
+otherwise. If a value which is not PAGE_SIZE aligned is written,
+the actual value used by the controller will be rounded down to
+the closest PAGE_SIZE multiple.
+
+ misc.capacity
+ A read-only flat-keyed file shown only in the root cgroup.
+ The sgx_epc resource will show the total amount of EPC
+ memory available on the platform.
+
+ misc.current
+ A read-only flat-keyed file shown in the non-root cgroups.
+ The sgx_epc resource will show the current active EPC memory
+ usage of the cgroup and its descendants. EPC pages that are
+ swapped out to backing RAM are not included in the current count.
+
+ misc.max
+ A read-write single value file which exists on non-root
+ cgroups. The sgx_epc resource will show the EPC usage
+ hard limit. The default is "max".
+
+ If a cgroup's EPC usage reaches this limit, EPC allocations,
+ e.g. for page fault handling, will be blocked until EPC can
+ be reclaimed from the cgroup. If EPC cannot be reclaimed in
+ a timely manner, reclaim will be forced, e.g. by ignoring LRU.
+
+ misc.events
+ A read-write flat-keyed file which exists on non-root cgroups.
+ Writes to the file reset the event counters to zero. A value
+ change in this file generates a file modified event.
+
+ max
+ The number of times the cgroup has triggered a reclaim
+ due to its EPC usage approaching (or exceeding) its max
+ EPC boundary.
+
+Migration
+---------
+
+Once an EPC page is charged to a cgroup (during allocation), it
+remains charged to the original cgroup until the page is released
+or reclaimed. Migrating a process to a different cgroup doesn't
+move the EPC charges that it incurred while in the previous cgroup
+to its new cgroup.
--
2.38.1
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Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-02 18:36 [PATCH v2 00/18] Add Cgroup support for SGX EPC memory Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 01/18] x86/sgx: Call cond_resched() at the end of sgx_reclaim_pages() Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 21:33 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 21:37 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 21:45 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 22:17 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 22:37 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 02/18] x86/sgx: Store struct sgx_encl when allocating new VA pages Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 21:35 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 21:40 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 21:48 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 22:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-12-02 22:47 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 22:49 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 03/18] x86/sgx: Add 'struct sgx_epc_lru_lists' to encapsulate lru list(s) Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 21:39 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-08 15:31 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-08 18:03 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 04/18] x86/sgx: Use sgx_epc_lru_lists for existing active page list Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 21:43 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 21:51 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 22:10 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 05/18] x86/sgx: Track epc pages on reclaimable or unreclaimable lists Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 22:13 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 22:28 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 06/18] x86/sgx: Introduce RECLAIM_IN_PROGRESS flag for EPC pages Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 22:15 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-08 15:46 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-08 18:13 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 07/18] x86/sgx: Use a list to track to-be-reclaimed pages during reclaim Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 22:33 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-05 16:33 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-05 17:03 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-05 18:25 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 08/18] x86/sgx: Allow reclaiming up to 32 pages, but scan 16 by default Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-08 9:26 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-08 9:27 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 09/18] x86/sgx: Return the number of EPC pages that were successfully reclaimed Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-08 9:30 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 10/18] x86/sgx: Add option to ignore age of page during EPC reclaim Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-08 9:37 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 11/18] x86/sgx: Prepare for multiple LRUs Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-08 9:42 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 12/18] x86/sgx: Expose sgx_reclaim_pages() for use by EPC cgroup Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-08 9:46 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 13/18] x86/sgx: Add helper to grab pages from an arbitrary EPC LRU Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-08 9:56 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 14/18] x86/sgx: Add EPC OOM path to forcefully reclaim EPC Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-08 15:21 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-09 16:05 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-09 16:22 ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-12 18:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-12-26 20:43 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 15/18] cgroup/misc: Add per resource callbacks for css events Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-08 14:53 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-08 15:15 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 16/18] cgroup/misc: Prepare for SGX usage Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-08 15:23 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` [PATCH v2 17/18] x86/sgx: Add support for misc cgroup controller Kristen Carlson Accardi
2022-12-08 15:30 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-12-02 18:36 ` Kristen Carlson Accardi [this message]
2023-04-03 21:26 ` [EXTERNAL] [PATCH v2 00/18] Add Cgroup support for SGX EPC memory Anand Krishnamoorthi
2023-04-13 18:49 ` Anand Krishnamoorthi
2023-04-18 16:44 ` Mikko Ylinen
2023-04-27 16:53 ` Anand Krishnamoorthi
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