Re: [PATCH v3 10/11] perf/x86/intel: Perform rotation on Intel CQM RMIDs

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 01:34:31PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> enum rmid_cycle_state {
> 	RMID_AVAILABLE = 0,
> 	RMID_LIMBO,
> 	RMID_YOUNG,
> };
> 
> struct cqm_rmid_entry {
> 	...
> 	enum rmid_cycle_state state;
> };
> 
> static void __intel_sqm_stable(void *arg)
> {
> 	list_for_each_entry(entry, &cqm_rmid_limbo_lru, list) {
> 		if (entry->state == RMID_YOUNG)
> 			break;
> 
> 		if (__rmid_read(entry->rmid) > __threshold)
> 			entry->state = RMID_LIMBO;
> 	}
> }
> 
> static bool intel_cqm_rmid_stabilize()
> {
> 	unsigned long queue_time = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(__rotation_period);
> 	unsigned int nr_limbo = 0;
> 	...
> 
> 	list_for_each_entry(entry, &cqm_rmid_limbo_lru, list) {
> 		if (time_after(entry->queue_time, queue_time))
> 			break;
> 
> 		entry->state = RMID_AVAILABLE;
> 		nr_limbo++;

For optional goodness:

		if (nr_limbo > max_scan_size)
			break;

Which will limit the number of RMIDs you'll scan from the IPI, and
thereby limit the time taken there.

> 	}
> 
> 	if (!nr_limbo)
> 		return;
> 
> 	on_each_cpu_mask(&cqm_cpumask, __intel_cqm_stable, NULL, true);
> 
> 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &cqm_rmid_limbo_lru, list) {
> 		if (entry->state == RMID_YOUNG)
> 			break;
> 
> 		if (entry->state == RMID_AVAILABLE)
> 			list_move(&cqm_rmid_free_list, &entry->list);
> 	}
> }
> 
> 
> Would not something like that work?