From: Babu Moger <babu.moger@amd.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v6 01/18] x86/cpufeatures: Support Privilege Level Zero Association (PLZA)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 10:10:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6d0336754b14f33fbc3c5e276ffd7ab12e0d0435.1790867441.git.babu.moger@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1790867441.git.babu.moger@amd.com>
When 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),
which allows the CPU's CLOSID and/or RMID association to be changed during
the transition from user mode to kernel mode. This allows the kernel to run
using a different CLOSID and/or RMID than user space, which can improve
system performance and/or allow kernel work to be monitored separately.
Note that PLZA feature associates CLOSID and/or RMID to kernel work, and
therefore influences resource allocation and/or monitoring for all
resources, not only memory bandwidth.
The feature is detected via CPUID_Fn80000020_EBX_x00 [Bit 9]: Privilege
Level Zero Association (PLZA).
The PLZA feature details are documented in [1] available from [2].
[1] AMD64 Zen6 Platform Quality of Service (PQOS) Extensions:
Publication # 69193 Revision: 1.00, Issue Date: March 2026
Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@amd.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206537 # [2]
---
v6: Highlight that CLOSID/RMID association affects all resources,
not just memory bandwidth.
v5: Added Acked-by from Boris.
Updated the changelog to include cache allocation and monitoring.
Moved the Link tag last.
Updated subject line for cpufeatures.
v4: Split the patch into 2. This patch only handles x86 changes.
Re-wrote the changelog along the ABMC changes.
v3: Code did not change. Patch order changed.
Added documentation link.
v2: Rebased on top of the latest tip.
---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index bce3cc6bbadd..64ad09084766 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@
* and purposes if CLEAR_CPU_BUF_VM is set).
*/
#define X86_FEATURE_X2AVIC_EXT (21*32+20) /* AMD SVM x2AVIC support for 4k vCPUs */
+#define X86_FEATURE_PLZA (21*32+21) /* Privilege Level Zero Association */
/*
* BUG word(s)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
index 580b252e07cc..e103ea8b62df 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static const struct cpuid_bit cpuid_bits[] = {
{ X86_FEATURE_BMEC, CPUID_EBX, 3, 0x80000020, 0 },
{ X86_FEATURE_ABMC, CPUID_EBX, 5, 0x80000020, 0 },
{ X86_FEATURE_SDCIAE, CPUID_EBX, 6, 0x80000020, 0 },
+ { X86_FEATURE_PLZA, CPUID_EBX, 9, 0x80000020, 0 },
{ X86_FEATURE_AMD_WORKLOAD_CLASS, CPUID_EAX, 22, 0x80000021, 0 },
{ X86_FEATURE_TSA_SQ_NO, CPUID_ECX, 1, 0x80000021, 0 },
{ X86_FEATURE_TSA_L1_NO, CPUID_ECX, 2, 0x80000021, 0 },
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-01 15:11 UTC|newest]
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2026-10-01 15:10 [PATCH v6 00/18] x86,fs/resctrl: Add kernel-mode (e.g., PLZA) support to the resctrl subsystem Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` Babu Moger [this message]
2026-10-15 14:16 ` [PATCH v6 01/18] x86/cpufeatures: Support Privilege Level Zero Association (PLZA) Reinette Chatre
2026-10-15 23:02 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 02/18] x86/resctrl: Add PLZA support to command-line options Babu Moger
2026-10-15 14:17 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-15 23:03 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 03/18] x86/resctrl: Add PLZA configuration definitions and data structures Babu Moger
2026-10-15 14:22 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-15 23:07 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-19 16:16 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-20 18:02 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-20 21:47 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-20 22:40 ` Moger, Babu
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 04/18] fs/resctrl: Introduce kernel mode enum Babu Moger
2026-10-15 14:44 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-15 23:09 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-19 16:17 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-21 13:58 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-21 15:58 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-21 16:22 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 05/18] x86,arm,fs/resctrl: Introduce architecture hook to program global kernel mode Babu Moger
2026-10-15 14:30 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-15 23:12 ` Moger, Babu
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 06/18] fs/resctrl: Introduce kernel mode states for resctrl Babu Moger
2026-10-15 14:37 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-16 15:10 ` Moger, Babu
2026-10-19 16:18 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-20 14:20 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 07/18] fs/resctrl: Introduce resctrl_set_kmode_support() to register supported modes Babu Moger
2026-10-15 14:40 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-16 15:27 ` Moger, Babu
2026-10-19 16:19 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-20 14:46 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 08/18] x86/resctrl: Register RESCTRL_GLOBAL_ENABLE_PER_CPU when PLZA is available Babu Moger
2026-10-15 14:46 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-16 15:50 ` Moger, Babu
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 09/18] fs/resctrl: Add interface to display kernel mode status Babu Moger
2026-10-15 15:16 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-16 19:10 ` Moger, Babu
2026-10-19 16:20 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-21 15:21 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 10/18] fs/resctrl: Add support for hidden resource group files Babu Moger
2026-10-15 15:27 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-16 20:53 ` Moger, Babu
2026-10-19 16:22 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-20 19:10 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-20 22:00 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-21 15:53 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 11/18] fs/resctrl: Introduce kmode_cpus/kmode_cpus_list per rdtgroup Babu Moger
2026-10-15 15:31 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-16 21:33 ` Moger, Babu
2026-10-19 16:34 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-21 15:36 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 12/18] fs/resctrl: Add CPU hotplug support for kernel mode associations Babu Moger
2026-10-15 15:33 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-16 22:21 ` Moger, Babu
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 13/18] fs/resctrl: Deactivate kernel mode associations when a group is removed Babu Moger
2026-10-15 15:43 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-19 15:47 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-19 16:37 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-21 15:02 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 14/18] fs/resctrl: Control visibility of global per-CPU kernel mode group files Babu Moger
2026-10-15 15:46 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-19 16:31 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-19 22:00 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-21 16:59 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-21 17:32 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-21 18:18 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 15/18] fs/resctrl: Reject mode changes for groups backing kernel mode Babu Moger
2026-10-15 15:49 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-19 17:43 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-19 22:01 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-20 16:41 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 16/18] fs/resctrl: Add interface to modify kernel mode via info/kernel_mode Babu Moger
2026-10-15 16:07 ` Reinette Chatre
2026-10-20 0:21 ` Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 17/18] fs/resctrl: Allow user space to write kmode_cpus/kmode_cpus_list Babu Moger
2026-10-01 15:10 ` [PATCH v6 18/18] fs/resctrl: Add kernel mode documentation and examples Babu Moger
2026-10-17 0:13 ` [PATCH v6 00/18] x86,fs/resctrl: Add kernel-mode (e.g., PLZA) support to the resctrl subsystem Drew Fustini
2026-10-21 18:45 ` Babu Moger
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