[v2] hwmon: coretemp: avoid RDMSR interruptions to isolated CPUs
Commit Message
The coretemp driver uses rdmsr_on_cpu calls to read
MSR_IA32_PACKAGE_THERM_STATUS/MSR_IA32_THERM_STATUS registers,
which contain information about current core temperature.
For certain low latency applications, the RDMSR interruption exceeds
the applications requirements.
So disallow reading of crit_alarm and temp files via /sys, returning
-EINVAL, in case CPU isolation is enabled.
Temperature information from the housekeeping cores should be
sufficient to infer die temperature.
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
---
v2: improve changelog to mention that an error is returned,
and sysfs file is not disabled (Guenter Roeck)
Comments
On 12/16/22 06:07, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> The coretemp driver uses rdmsr_on_cpu calls to read
> MSR_IA32_PACKAGE_THERM_STATUS/MSR_IA32_THERM_STATUS registers,
> which contain information about current core temperature.
>
> For certain low latency applications, the RDMSR interruption exceeds
> the applications requirements.
>
> So disallow reading of crit_alarm and temp files via /sys, returning
> -EINVAL, in case CPU isolation is enabled.
>
> Temperature information from the housekeeping cores should be
> sufficient to infer die temperature.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
>
> ---
> v2: improve changelog to mention that an error is returned,
> and sysfs file is not disabled (Guenter Roeck)
>
You did not address my feedback. I requested a code change.
Returning -EINVAL is unacceptable, and a solution not creating
the sysfs attributes to start with would be preferred.
Guenter
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
> index 9bee4d33fbdf..30a35f4130d5 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> #include <asm/msr.h>
> #include <asm/processor.h>
> #include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
> +#include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
>
> #define DRVNAME "coretemp"
>
> @@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ static ssize_t show_crit_alarm(struct device *dev,
> struct platform_data *pdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> struct temp_data *tdata = pdata->core_data[attr->index];
>
> +
> + if (!housekeeping_cpu(tdata->cpu, HK_TYPE_MISC))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> mutex_lock(&tdata->update_lock);
> rdmsr_on_cpu(tdata->cpu, tdata->status_reg, &eax, &edx);
> mutex_unlock(&tdata->update_lock);
> @@ -158,6 +163,8 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev,
>
> /* Check whether the time interval has elapsed */
> if (!tdata->valid || time_after(jiffies, tdata->last_updated + HZ)) {
> + if (!housekeeping_cpu(tdata->cpu, HK_TYPE_MISC))
> + return -EINVAL;
> rdmsr_on_cpu(tdata->cpu, tdata->status_reg, &eax, &edx);
> /*
> * Ignore the valid bit. In all observed cases the register
>
>
>
>
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <asm/msr.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
+#include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
#define DRVNAME "coretemp"
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ static ssize_t show_crit_alarm(struct device *dev,
struct platform_data *pdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
struct temp_data *tdata = pdata->core_data[attr->index];
+
+ if (!housekeeping_cpu(tdata->cpu, HK_TYPE_MISC))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
mutex_lock(&tdata->update_lock);
rdmsr_on_cpu(tdata->cpu, tdata->status_reg, &eax, &edx);
mutex_unlock(&tdata->update_lock);
@@ -158,6 +163,8 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev,
/* Check whether the time interval has elapsed */
if (!tdata->valid || time_after(jiffies, tdata->last_updated + HZ)) {
+ if (!housekeeping_cpu(tdata->cpu, HK_TYPE_MISC))
+ return -EINVAL;
rdmsr_on_cpu(tdata->cpu, tdata->status_reg, &eax, &edx);
/*
* Ignore the valid bit. In all observed cases the register