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[v2,4/5] intel_idle: Add no_ibrs module parameter to force disable IBRS

Message ID 20230620140625.1001886-5-longman@redhat.com
State New
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Series x86/speculation: Disable IBRS when idle | expand

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Waiman Long June 20, 2023, 2:06 p.m. UTC
Commit bf5835bcdb96 ("intel_idle: Disable IBRS during long idle")
disables IBRS when the cstate is 6 or lower. However, there are
some use cases where a customer may want to use max_cstate=1 to
lower latency. Such use cases will suffer from the performance
degradation caused by the enabling of IBRS in the sibling idle thread.
Add a "no_ibrs" module parameter to force disable IBRS and the
CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE flag if set.

In the case of a Skylake server with max_cstate=1, this new no_ibrs
option will increase the IRQ response latency as IRQ will now be
disabled.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/idle/intel_idle.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Peter Zijlstra June 21, 2023, 7:30 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 10:06:24AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> Commit bf5835bcdb96 ("intel_idle: Disable IBRS during long idle")
> disables IBRS when the cstate is 6 or lower. However, there are
> some use cases where a customer may want to use max_cstate=1 to
> lower latency. 

And then add the WRMSRs to increase latency again...

Since you're mucking about with all this, perhaps see if you can measure
the latency impact of all this.

> Such use cases will suffer from the performance
> degradation caused by the enabling of IBRS in the sibling idle thread.
> Add a "no_ibrs" module parameter to force disable IBRS and the
> CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE flag if set.
> 
> In the case of a Skylake server with max_cstate=1, this new no_ibrs
> option will increase the IRQ response latency as IRQ will now be
> disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/idle/intel_idle.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
> index 07fa23707b3c..366dacccc971 100644
> --- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
> +++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
> @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static int max_cstate = CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX - 1;
>  static unsigned int disabled_states_mask __read_mostly;
>  static unsigned int preferred_states_mask __read_mostly;
>  static bool force_irq_on __read_mostly;
> +static bool no_ibrs __read_mostly;
>  
>  static struct cpuidle_device __percpu *intel_idle_cpuidle_devices;
>  
> @@ -1907,12 +1908,15 @@ static void __init intel_idle_init_cstates_icpu(struct cpuidle_driver *drv)
>  			WARN_ON_ONCE(state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE);
>  			state->enter = intel_idle_xstate;
>  		} else if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS) &&
> -			   state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IBRS) {
> +			  ((state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IBRS) || no_ibrs)) {
>  			/*
>  			 * IBRS mitigation requires that C-states are entered
>  			 * with interrupts disabled.
>  			 */
> -			WARN_ON_ONCE(state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE);
> +			if (no_ibrs && (state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE))
> +				state->flags &= ~CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE;
> +			else
> +				WARN_ON_ONCE(state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE);
>  			state->enter = intel_idle_ibrs;
>  		} else if (state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE) {
>  			state->enter = intel_idle_irq;
> @@ -2165,3 +2169,9 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(preferred_cstates, "Mask of preferred idle states");
>   * 'CPUIDLE_FLAG_INIT_XSTATE' and 'CPUIDLE_FLAG_IBRS' flags.
>   */
>  module_param(force_irq_on, bool, 0444);
> +/*
> + * Force the disabling of IBRS when X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS is on and
> + * CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE isn't set.
> + */
> +module_param(no_ibrs, bool, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_ibrs, "Disable IBRS when idle");

Urgghhh.. the flag is CPUIDLE_FLAG_IBRS, so "no_ibrs" implies clearing
that flag.
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diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index 07fa23707b3c..366dacccc971 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@  static int max_cstate = CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX - 1;
 static unsigned int disabled_states_mask __read_mostly;
 static unsigned int preferred_states_mask __read_mostly;
 static bool force_irq_on __read_mostly;
+static bool no_ibrs __read_mostly;
 
 static struct cpuidle_device __percpu *intel_idle_cpuidle_devices;
 
@@ -1907,12 +1908,15 @@  static void __init intel_idle_init_cstates_icpu(struct cpuidle_driver *drv)
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE);
 			state->enter = intel_idle_xstate;
 		} else if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS) &&
-			   state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IBRS) {
+			  ((state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IBRS) || no_ibrs)) {
 			/*
 			 * IBRS mitigation requires that C-states are entered
 			 * with interrupts disabled.
 			 */
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE);
+			if (no_ibrs && (state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE))
+				state->flags &= ~CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE;
+			else
+				WARN_ON_ONCE(state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE);
 			state->enter = intel_idle_ibrs;
 		} else if (state->flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE) {
 			state->enter = intel_idle_irq;
@@ -2165,3 +2169,9 @@  MODULE_PARM_DESC(preferred_cstates, "Mask of preferred idle states");
  * 'CPUIDLE_FLAG_INIT_XSTATE' and 'CPUIDLE_FLAG_IBRS' flags.
  */
 module_param(force_irq_on, bool, 0444);
+/*
+ * Force the disabling of IBRS when X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS is on and
+ * CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE isn't set.
+ */
+module_param(no_ibrs, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_ibrs, "Disable IBRS when idle");