[PATCH v3 3/9] arm_mpam: Disable Narrow-PARTID when MBA lacks support

From: Zeng Heng

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 09:24:02 EST


MPAM supports mixed systems with MSCs that may or may not implement
Narrow-PARTID. However, when the MBA MSC uses percentage-based throttling
(non-bitmap partition control) and lacks Narrow-PARTID support,
resctrl cannot correctly apply control group configurations across
multiple PARTIDs.

Since there is no straightforward way to program compatible control
values in this scenario, disable Narrow-PARTID system-wide when
detected. The detection occurs at initialization time on the first
call to get_num_reqpartid() from mpam_resctrl_pick_counters(),
which is guaranteed to occur after mpam_resctrl_pick_mba() has
set up the MBA resource class.

If MBA MSCs lack Narrow-PARTID support, get_num_reqpartid() falls back
to returning the number of internal PARTIDs (mpam_intpartid_max).

Signed-off-by: Zeng Heng <zengheng4@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
index 222ea1d199e1..1b18c095cfce 100644
--- a/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_resctrl.c
@@ -240,9 +240,45 @@ u32 resctrl_arch_get_num_closid(struct rdt_resource *ignored)
return mpam_intpartid_max + 1;
}

+/*
+ * Determine the effective number of PARTIDs available for resctrl.
+ *
+ * This function performs a one-time check to determine if Narrow-PARTID
+ * can be used. It must be called after mpam_resctrl_pick_mba() has
+ * initialized the MBA resource, as the MBA class properties are used
+ * to detect Narrow-PARTID support.
+ *
+ * The first call occurs in mpam_resctrl_pick_counters(), ensuring the
+ * prerequisite initialization is complete.
+ */
+static u32 get_num_reqpartid(void)
+{
+ struct mpam_resctrl_res *res;
+ struct rdt_resource *r_mba;
+ struct mpam_props *cprops;
+ static bool first = true;
+
+ if (first) {
+ r_mba = resctrl_arch_get_resource(RDT_RESOURCE_MBA);
+ res = container_of(r_mba, struct mpam_resctrl_res, resctrl_res);
+ if (!res->class)
+ goto out;
+
+ /* If MBA MSCs lack Narrow-PARTID support, roll back. */
+ cprops = &res->class->props;
+ if (!mpam_has_feature(mpam_feat_partid_nrw, cprops))
+ mpam_partid_max = mpam_intpartid_max;
+
+ }
+
+out:
+ first = false;
+ return mpam_partid_max + 1;
+}
+
u32 resctrl_arch_system_num_rmid_idx(void)
{
- return (mpam_pmg_max + 1) * (mpam_partid_max + 1);
+ return (mpam_pmg_max + 1) * get_num_reqpartid();
}

u32 resctrl_arch_rmid_idx_encode(u32 closid, u32 rmid)
--
2.25.1