[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/5] Intel Code/Data Prioritization(CDP) feature enabling
On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 01:08:33PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 02/09/15 09:27, He Chen wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Code/Data Prioritization(CDP) is offered in Intel Broadwell and later server > > platforms, which is an extension of CAT. CDP enables isolation and separate > > prioritization of code and data fetches to the L3 cache in a software > > configurable manner, which can enable workload prioritization and tuning of > > cache capacity to the characteristics of the workload. CDP extends Cache > > Allocation Technology (CAT) by providing separate code and data capacity bit > > masks(CBM) per Class of Service (COS). CDP is used on VM basis in the Xen > > implementation. > > > > More information about CDP, please refer to Intel SDM, Volumn 3, section > > 17.16 > > http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/manuals/64-ia-32-architectures-software-developer-manual-325462.pdf > > > > This patch series enables CDP feature in Xen based on CAT code, including > > extending CBM operation functions and introducing new commands to > > enable/disable > > CDP dynamically. For all the changes, please see in each patch. > > > > This patchset has been tested on Intel Broadwell server platform. > > > > To make this patchset better, any comment or suggestion is welcomed, I would > > really appreciate it. > > I have taken a look at patches 1-3. For the most part, it looks good. > > The main point I have is on patch 2, as to whether it is sensible to > permit enabling/disabling cdp at runtime. I suggest that it is not > sensible, and should be a command line parameter instead. > > If this is agreed as ok going forwards, patches 3 through 5 should > become rather more simple. I guess it would be OK, and a helpful change. Let's see the next version. Chao _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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