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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/microcode.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/pti.txt | 2 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt b/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt index 6851854cf69d..756fd76b78a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/intel_rdt_ui.txt @@ -7,15 +7,24 @@ Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@intel.com> This feature is enabled by the CONFIG_INTEL_RDT Kconfig and the -X86 /proc/cpuinfo flag bits "rdt", "cqm", "cat_l3" and "cdp_l3". +X86 /proc/cpuinfo flag bits: +RDT (Resource Director Technology) Allocation - "rdt_a" +CAT (Cache Allocation Technology) - "cat_l3", "cat_l2" +CDP (Code and Data Prioritization ) - "cdp_l3", "cdp_l2" +CQM (Cache QoS Monitoring) - "cqm_llc", "cqm_occup_llc" +MBM (Memory Bandwidth Monitoring) - "cqm_mbm_total", "cqm_mbm_local" +MBA (Memory Bandwidth Allocation) - "mba" To use the feature mount the file system: - # mount -t resctrl resctrl [-o cdp] /sys/fs/resctrl + # mount -t resctrl resctrl [-o cdp[,cdpl2]] /sys/fs/resctrl mount options are: "cdp": Enable code/data prioritization in L3 cache allocations. +"cdpl2": Enable code/data prioritization in L2 cache allocations. + +L2 and L3 CDP are controlled seperately. RDT features are orthogonal. A particular system may support only monitoring, only control, or both monitoring and control. diff --git a/Documentation/x86/microcode.txt b/Documentation/x86/microcode.txt index f57e1b45e628..79fdb4a8148a 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/microcode.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/microcode.txt @@ -108,12 +108,11 @@ packages already put them there. ==================== The loader supports also loading of a builtin microcode supplied through -the regular firmware builtin method CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL. Only -64-bit is currently supported. +the regular builtin firmware method CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE. Only 64-bit is +currently supported. Here's an example: -CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-3a-09 amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin" CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware" diff --git a/Documentation/x86/pti.txt b/Documentation/x86/pti.txt index d11eff61fc9a..5cd58439ad2d 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/pti.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/pti.txt @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ this protection comes at a cost: non-PTI SYSCALL entry code, so requires mapping fewer things into the userspace page tables. The downside is that stacks must be switched at entry time. - d. Global pages are disabled for all kernel structures not + c. Global pages are disabled for all kernel structures not mapped into both kernel and userspace page tables. This feature of the MMU allows different processes to share TLB entries mapping the kernel. Losing the feature means more |
