Re: [PATCH] fs/resctrl: Do not allocate a monitor context when releasing limbo RMIDs

From: Jinjie Ruan

Date: Fri Oct 30 2026 - 05:26:04 EST


Please ignore this patch.

在 2026/10/30 17:21, Jinjie Ruan 写道:
> Busy RMIDs of a monitor domain are normally released by the limbo
> handler once their cache occupancy drops below the threshold. When a
> domain goes offline, its busy RMIDs are released without checking
> occupancy, since the domain is going away and the RMIDs must not be
> left behind.
>
> On the monitor domain offline path, __check_limbo() allocates
> the monitor context that an occupancy check needs before it scans
> the busy RMIDs, but without using it, and returns early when that
> allocation fails. Then the caller destroys the domain's monitoring state,
> including the bitmap that records which RMIDs are busy, so nothing can
> clear those bits afterwards and the busy counts never reach zero. Those
> RMIDs never return to the free list and, where the RMID depends on
> the CLOSID, the dirty count of their CLOSID never decreases. The allocation
> can also wait for a monitor to become free, which stalls the CPU offline
> path on a context that is not going to be used.
>
> Only MPAM systems are affected. An architecture that can always read an
> RMID allocates nothing for the monitor context, so the allocation can
> neither fail nor wait there.
>
> So move the release of busy RMIDs into a separate function that does
> not take a monitor context and leave the occupancy check to
> __check_limbo().
>
> This is not a revert of the fixed commit. It preserves the original fix's
> intent of not reading a counter in the offline path.
>
> Fixes: fc16126cc11d ("x86,fs/resctrl: Prevent out-of-bounds access while offlining CPU when SNC enabled")
> Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/resctrl/internal.h | 2 +-
> fs/resctrl/monitor.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/resctrl/internal.h b/fs/resctrl/internal.h
> index e62a277dee85..1c85e06f09bf 100644
> --- a/fs/resctrl/internal.h
> +++ b/fs/resctrl/internal.h
> @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ void cqm_handle_limbo(struct work_struct *work);
>
> bool has_busy_rmid(struct rdt_l3_mon_domain *d);
>
> -void __check_limbo(struct rdt_l3_mon_domain *d, bool force_free);
> +void release_limbo_rmids(struct rdt_l3_mon_domain *d);
>
> void resctrl_file_fflags_init(const char *config, unsigned long fflags);
>
> diff --git a/fs/resctrl/monitor.c b/fs/resctrl/monitor.c
> index 88674e28b2f8..3c9f65888004 100644
> --- a/fs/resctrl/monitor.c
> +++ b/fs/resctrl/monitor.c
> @@ -124,18 +124,42 @@ static void limbo_release_entry(struct rmid_entry *entry)
> closid_num_dirty_rmid[entry->closid]--;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Release the RMIDs that are marked as busy for this domain without
> + * checking their LLC occupancy. Cache lines may still be tagged with
> + * these RMIDs and will be accounted to the next user of each RMID.
> + */
> +void release_limbo_rmids(struct rdt_l3_mon_domain *d)
> +{
> + u32 idx_limit = resctrl_arch_system_num_rmid_idx();
> + struct rmid_entry *entry;
> + u32 idx, cur_idx = 1;
> +
> + for (;;) {
> + idx = find_next_bit(d->rmid_busy_llc, idx_limit, cur_idx);
> + if (idx >= idx_limit)
> + break;
> +
> + entry = __rmid_entry(idx);
> + clear_bit(idx, d->rmid_busy_llc);
> + if (!--entry->busy)
> + limbo_release_entry(entry);
> + cur_idx = idx + 1;
> + }
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Check the RMIDs that are marked as busy for this domain. If the
> * reported LLC occupancy is below the threshold clear the busy bit and
> * decrement the count. If the busy count gets to zero on an RMID, we
> * free the RMID
> */
> -void __check_limbo(struct rdt_l3_mon_domain *d, bool force_free)
> +static void __check_limbo(struct rdt_l3_mon_domain *d)
> {
> struct rdt_resource *r = resctrl_arch_get_resource(RDT_RESOURCE_L3);
> u32 idx_limit = resctrl_arch_system_num_rmid_idx();
> struct rmid_entry *entry;
> - bool rmid_dirty = true;
> + bool rmid_dirty;
> u32 idx, cur_idx = 1;
> void *arch_mon_ctx;
> void *arch_priv;
> @@ -161,30 +185,28 @@ void __check_limbo(struct rdt_l3_mon_domain *d, bool force_free)
> break;
>
> entry = __rmid_entry(idx);
> - if (!force_free) {
> - if (resctrl_arch_rmid_read(r, &d->hdr, entry->closid,
> - entry->rmid, QOS_L3_OCCUP_EVENT_ID,
> - arch_priv, &val, arch_mon_ctx)) {
> - rmid_dirty = true;
> - } else {
> - rmid_dirty = (val >= resctrl_rmid_realloc_threshold);
> -
> - /*
> - * x86's CLOSID and RMID are independent numbers,
> - * so the entry's CLOSID is an empty CLOSID
> - * (X86_RESCTRL_EMPTY_CLOSID). On Arm the RMID
> - * (PMG) extends the CLOSID (PARTID) space with
> - * bits that aren't used to select the configuration.
> - * It is thus necessary to track both CLOSID and
> - * RMID because there may be dependencies between
> - * them on some architectures.
> - */
> - trace_mon_llc_occupancy_limbo(entry->closid, entry->rmid,
> - d->hdr.id, val);
> - }
> + if (resctrl_arch_rmid_read(r, &d->hdr, entry->closid,
> + entry->rmid, QOS_L3_OCCUP_EVENT_ID,
> + arch_priv, &val, arch_mon_ctx)) {
> + rmid_dirty = true;
> + } else {
> + rmid_dirty = (val >= resctrl_rmid_realloc_threshold);
> +
> + /*
> + * x86's CLOSID and RMID are independent numbers,
> + * so the entry's CLOSID is an empty CLOSID
> + * (X86_RESCTRL_EMPTY_CLOSID). On Arm the RMID
> + * (PMG) extends the CLOSID (PARTID) space with
> + * bits that aren't used to select the configuration.
> + * It is thus necessary to track both CLOSID and
> + * RMID because there may be dependencies between
> + * them on some architectures.
> + */
> + trace_mon_llc_occupancy_limbo(entry->closid, entry->rmid,
> + d->hdr.id, val);
> }
>
> - if (force_free || !rmid_dirty) {
> + if (!rmid_dirty) {
> clear_bit(idx, d->rmid_busy_llc);
> if (!--entry->busy)
> limbo_release_entry(entry);
> @@ -843,7 +865,7 @@ void cqm_handle_limbo(struct work_struct *work)
> if (cpumask_empty(&d->hdr.cpu_mask))
> goto out_unlock;
>
> - __check_limbo(d, false);
> + __check_limbo(d);
>
> if (has_busy_rmid(d)) {
> d->cqm_work_cpu = cpumask_any_housekeeping(&d->hdr.cpu_mask,
> diff --git a/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> index 5dcbb0a964e8..20c800e678d5 100644
> --- a/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> +++ b/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> @@ -4592,7 +4592,7 @@ void resctrl_offline_mon_domain(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain_hdr *h
> * the RMID as busy creates RMID leaks if the
> * package never comes back.
> */
> - __check_limbo(d, true);
> + release_limbo_rmids(d);
> }
>
> domain_destroy_l3_mon_state(d);

--
Best regards,
Jinjie