resctrl uses RFTYPE flags for creating resctrl directory structure.
Definitions and directory structures are not documented. Add
comments to improve the readability and help future additions.
Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Peter Newman <peternewman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Tan Shaopeng <tan.shaopeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tan Shaopeng <tan.shaopeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v12: Moved the comments from arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
to Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst. (Boris)
---
Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 60 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
index 8154e9975d1e..520a7753d829 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
@@ -362,6 +362,66 @@ When monitoring is enabled all MON groups will also contain:
the sum for all tasks in the CTRL_MON group and all tasks in
MON groups. Please see example section for more details on usage.
+RESCTRL filesystem implementation notes
+=======================================
+RESCTRL filesystem has two main components
+ a. info
+ b. base
+
+/sys/fs/resctrl/
+ |
+ --> info (Top level directory named "info". Contains files that
+ | provide details on control and monitoring resources)
+ |
+ --> base (Root directory associated with default resource group
+ as well as directories created by user for MON and CTRL
+ groups. Contains files to interact with MON and CTRL
+ groups)
+
+ Note: resctrl uses flags for files, not for directories.
+ Directories are created based on the resource type. Added
+ directories below for better understanding. The RFTYPE flags
+ are defined in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h.
+
+ info directory structure
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------
+ --> RFTYPE_INFO
+ Directory: info
+ --> RFTYPE_TOP (Files in top level of info directory)
+ File: last_cmd_status
+
+ --> RFTYPE_MON (Files for all monitoring resources)
+ Directory: L3_MON
+ Files: mon_features, num_rmids
+
+ --> RFTYPE_RES_CACHE (Files for cache monitoring resources)
+ Directory: L3_MON
+ Files: max_threshold_occupancy,
+ mbm_total_bytes_config,
+ mbm_local_bytes_config
+
+ --> RFTYPE_CTRL (Files for all control resources)
+ Directories: L2, L3, MB, SMBA, L2CODE, L2DATA, L3CODE, L3DATA
+ File: num_closids
+
+ --> RFTYPE_RES_CACHE (Files for cache control resources)
+ Directories: L2, L3, L2CODE, L2DATA, L3CODE, L3DATA
+ Files: bit_usage, cbm_mask, min_cbm_bits,
+ shareable_bits
+
+ --> RFTYPE_RES_MB (Files for memory control resources)
+ Directories: MB, SMBA
+ Files: bandwidth_gran, delay_linear,
+ min_bandwidth, thread_throttle_mode
+
+ base directory structure
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------
+ --> RFTYPE_BASE (Files common for both MON and CTRL groups)
+ Files: cpus, cpus_list, tasks
+
+ --> RFTYPE_CTRL (Files for CTRL group)
+ Files: mode, schemata, size
+
Resource allocation rules
-------------------------
--
2.34.1
