Add support for cache allocation.
Thanks Martin for the previous version comments, this is the v3 version for RFC
, I’v have some PoC code [2]. The follow changes are partly finished by the PoC.
#Propose Changes
## virsh command line
1. Extend output of nodeinfo, to expose L3 cache size for Level 3 (last level
cache size).
This will expose how many cache on a host which can be used.
root@s2600wt:~/linux# virsh nodeinfo | grep L3
L3 cache size: 56320 KiB
2. Extend capabilities outputs.
virsh capabilities | grep resctrl
<cpu>
...
<resctrl name='L3' unit='KiB' cache_size='56320' cache_unit='2816'/>
</cpu>
This will tell that the host have enabled resctrl(which you can find it in
/sys/fs/resctrl),
And it supports to allocate 'L3' type cache, total 'L3' cache size is 56320
KiB, and the minimum unit size of 'L3' cache is 2816 KiB.
P.S. L3 cache size unit is the minum l3 cache unit can be allocated. It's
hardware related and can not be changed.
3. Add new virsh command 'nodecachestats':
This API is to expose vary cache resouce left on each hardware (cpu socket).
It will be formated as:
<resource_type>.<resource_id>: left size KiB
for example I have a 2 socket cpus host, and I'v enabled cat_l3 feature only
root@s2600wt:~/linux# virsh nodecachestats
L3.0 : 56320 KiB
L3.1 : 56320 KiB
P.S. resource_type can be L3, L3DATA, L3CODE, L2 for now.
4. Add new interface to manage how many cache can be allociated for a domain
root@s2600wt:~/linux# virsh cachetune kvm02 --l3.count 2
root@s2600wt:~/linux# virsh cachetune kvm02
l3.count : 2
This will allocate 2 units(2816 * 2) l3 cache for domain kvm02
## Domain XML changes
Cache Tuneing
<domain>
...
<cachetune>
<l3_cache_count>2</l3_cache_count>
</cachetune>
...
</domain>
## Restriction for using cache tune on multiple sockets' host.
The l3 cache is per socket resource, kernel need to konw about what's affinity
looks like, so for a VM which running on a mulitple socket's host, it should
have NUMA setting or vcpuset pin setting. Or cache tune will fail.
[1] kernel support
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/tree/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.c?h=x86/cache
[2] libvirt PoC(not finished yet)
https://github.com/taget/libvirt/commits/cat_new
Best Regards
Eli Qiao(乔立勇）OpenStack Core team OTC Intel.
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