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authorFranck Cuny <franck@fcuny.net>2022-10-26 19:02:26 -0700
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+---
+title: containerd to firecracker
+date: 2021-05-15
+tags:
+ - linux
+ - firecracker
+ - containerd
+ - go
+---
+
+fly.io had an [interesting
+article](https://fly.io/blog/docker-without-docker/) about how they use
+docker images to create VMs for `firecracker`.
+
+They describe the process as follow:
+
+1. Pull a container from a registry
+2. Create a loop device to store the container's filesystem on
+3. Unpack the container into the mounted loop device
+4. Create a second block device and inject init, kernel, configuration
+ and other stuff
+5. Attach persistent volumes (if any)
+6. Create a TAP device and configure it
+7. Hand it off to Firecracker and boot that thing
+
+That's pretty detailed, and I'm curious how difficult it is to implement
+this. I've been meaning to look into Firecracker for a while and into
+containers'd API, so this is a perfect opportunity to get started. The
+code is available [here](https://github.com/fcuny/containerd-to-vm).
+
+# #1 Pull a container from a registry with `containerd`
+
+`containerd` has a pretty [detailed
+documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/containerd/containerd).
+From the main page we can see the following example to create a client.
+
+``` go
+import (
+ "github.com/containerd/containerd"
+ "github.com/containerd/containerd/cio"
+)
+
+
+func main() {
+ client, err := containerd.New("/run/containerd/containerd.sock")
+ defer client.Close()
+}
+```
+
+And pulling an image is also pretty straightforward:
+
+``` go
+image, err := client.Pull(context, "docker.io/library/redis:latest")
+```
+
+The `Pull` method returns an
+[`Image`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/containerd/containerd@v1.4.4/images#Image)
+and there's a few methods associated with it.
+
+As `containerd` has namespaces, it's possible to specify the namespace
+we want to use when working with the API:
+
+``` go
+ctx := namespaces.WithNamespace(context.Background(), "c2vm")
+image, err := client.Pull(ctx, "docker.io/library/redis:latest")
+```
+
+The image will now be stored in the `c2vm` namespace. We can verify this
+with:
+
+``` bash
+; sudo ctr -n c2vm images ls -q
+docker.io/library/redis:latest
+```
+
+# #2 Create a loop device to store the container's filesystem on
+
+This is going to be pretty straightforward. To create a loop device we
+need to:
+
+1. pre-allocate space to a file
+2. convert that file to some format
+3. mount it to some destination
+
+There's two commons ways to pre-allocate space to a file: `dd` and
+`fallocate` (there's likely way more ways to do this). I'll go with
+`fallocate` for this example.
+
+First, to be safe, we create a temporary file, and use `renameio` to
+handle the renaming (I recommend reading the doc of the module).
+
+``` go
+f, err := renameio.TempFile("", rawFile)
+if err != nil {
+ return err
+}
+defer f.Cleanup()
+```
+
+Now to do the pre-allocation (we're making an assumption here that 2GB
+is enough, we can likely check what's the size of the container before
+doing this):
+
+``` go
+command := exec.Command("fallocate", "-l", "2G", f.Name())
+if err := command.Run(); err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("fallocate error: %s", err)
+}
+```
+
+We can now convert that file to ext4:
+
+``` go
+command = exec.Command("mkfs.ext4", "-F", f.Name())
+if err := command.Run(); err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("mkfs.ext4 error: %s", err)
+}
+```
+
+Now we can rename safely the temporary file to the proper file we want:
+
+``` go
+f.CloseAtomicallyReplace()
+```
+
+And to mount that file
+
+``` go
+command = exec.Command("mount", "-o", "loop", rawFile, mntDir)
+if err := command.Run(); err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("mount error: %s", err)
+}
+```
+
+# #3 Unpack the container into the mounted loop device
+
+Extracting the container using `containerd` is pretty simple. Here's the
+function that I use:
+
+``` go
+func extract(ctx context.Context, client *containerd.Client, image containerd.Image, mntDir string) error {
+ manifest, err := images.Manifest(ctx, client.ContentStore(), image.Target(), platform)
+ if err != nil {
+ log.Fatalf("failed to get the manifest: %v\n", err)
+ }
+
+ for _, desc := range manifest.Layers {
+ log.Printf("extracting layer %s\n", desc.Digest.String())
+ layer, err := client.ContentStore().ReaderAt(ctx, desc)
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ if err := archive.Untar(content.NewReader(layer), mntDir, &archive.TarOptions{NoLchown: true}); err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ }
+
+ return nil
+}
+```
+
+Calling `images.Manifest` returns the
+[manifest](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/master/manifest.md)
+from the image. What we care here are the list of layers. Here I'm
+making a number of assumptions regarding their type (we should be
+checking the media type first). We read the layers and extract them to
+the mounted path.
+
+# #4 Create a second block device and inject other stuff
+
+Here I'm going to deviate a bit. I will not create a second loop device,
+and I will not inject a kernel. In their article, they provided a link
+to a snapshot of their `init` process
+(<https://github.com/superfly/init-snapshot>). In order to keep this
+simple, our init is going to be a shell script composed of the content
+of the entry point of the container. We're also going to add a few extra
+files to container (`/etc/hosts` and `/etc/resolv.conf`).
+
+Finally, since we've pre-allocated 2GB for that container, and we likely
+don't need that much, we're also going to resize the image.
+
+## Add init
+
+Let's refer to the [specification for the
+config](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/master/config.md).
+The elements that are of interest to me are:
+
+- `Env`, which is array of strings. They contain the environment
+ variables that likely we need to run the program
+- `Cmd`, which is also an array of strings. If there's no entry point
+ provided, this is what is used.
+
+At this point, for this experiment, I'm going to ignore exposed ports,
+working directory, and the user.
+
+First we need to read the config from the container. This is easily
+done:
+
+``` go
+config, err := images.Config(ctx, client.ContentStore(), image.Target(), platform)
+if err != nil {
+ return err
+}
+```
+
+This needs to be read and decoded:
+
+``` go
+configBlob, err := content.ReadBlob(ctx, client.ContentStore(), config)
+var imageSpec ocispec.Image
+json.Unmarshal(configBlob, &imageSpec)
+```
+
+`init` is the first process started by Linux during boot. On a regular
+Linux desktop you likely have a symbolic link from `/usr/bin/init` to
+`/usr/lib/systemd/systemd`, since most distributions have switched to
+`systemd`. For my use case however, I want to run a single process, and
+I want it to be the one from the container. For this we can create a
+simple shell script inside the container (the location does not matter
+for now) with the environment variables and the command.
+
+Naively, this can be done like this:
+
+``` go
+initPath := filepath.Join(mntDir, "init.sh")
+f, err := renameio.TempFile("", initPath)
+if err != nil {
+ return err
+}
+defer f.Cleanup()
+
+writer := bufio.NewWriter(f)
+fmt.Fprintf(writer, "#!/bin/sh\n")
+for _, env := range initEnvs {
+ fmt.Fprintf(writer, "export %s\n", env)
+}
+fmt.Fprintf(writer, "%s\n", initCmd)
+writer.Flush()
+
+f.CloseAtomicallyReplace()
+
+mode := int(0755)
+os.Chmod(initPath, os.FileMode(mode))
+```
+
+We're once again creating a temporary file with `renamio`, and we're
+writing our shell scripts, one line at a time. We only need to make sure
+this executable.
+
+## extra files
+
+Once we have our init file, I also want to add a few extra files:
+`/etc/hosts` and `/etc/resolv.conf`. This files are not always present,
+since they can be injected by other systems. I also want to make sure
+that DNS resolutions are done using my own DNS server.
+
+## resize the image
+
+We've pre-allocated 2GB for the image, and it's likely we don't need as
+much space. We can do this by running `e2fsck` and `resize2fs` once
+we're done manipulating the image.
+
+Within a function, we can do the following:
+
+``` go
+command := exec.Command("/usr/bin/e2fsck", "-p", "-f", rawFile)
+if err := command.Run(); err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("e2fsck error: %s", err)
+}
+
+command = exec.Command("resize2fs", "-M", rawFile)
+if err := command.Run(); err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("resize2fs error: %s", err)
+}
+```
+
+I'm using `docker.io/library/redis:latest` for my test, and I end up
+with the following size for the image:
+
+``` bash
+-rw------- 1 root root 216M Apr 22 14:50 /tmp/fcuny.img
+```
+
+## Kernel
+
+We're going to need a kernel to run that VM. In my case I've decided to
+go with version 5.8, and build a custom kernel. If you are not familiar
+with the process, the firecracker team has [documented how to do
+this](https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/blob/main/docs/rootfs-and-kernel-setup.md#creating-a-kernel-image).
+In my case all I had to do was:
+
+``` bash
+git clone https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git linux.git
+cd linux.git
+git checkout v5.8
+curl -o .config -s https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/blob/main/resources/microvm-kernel-x86_64.config
+make menuconfig
+make vmlinux -j8
+```
+
+Note that they also have a pretty [good documentation for
+production](https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/blob/main/docs/prod-host-setup.md).
+
+# #5 Attach persistent volumes (if any)
+
+I'm going to skip that step for now.
+
+# #6 Create a TAP device and configure it
+
+We're going to need a network for that VM (otherwise it might be a bit
+boring). There's a few solutions that we can take:
+
+1. create the TAP device
+2. delegate all that work to a
+ [CNI](https://github.com/containernetworking/cni)
+
+I've decided to use the CNI approach [documented in the Go's
+SDK](https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker-go-sdk#cni). For
+this to work we need to install the `tc-redirect-tap` CNI plugin
+(available at <https://github.com/awslabs/tc-redirect-tap>).
+
+Based on that documentation, I'll start with the following configuration
+in `etc/cni/conf.d/50-c2vm.conflist`:
+
+``` json
+{
+ "name": "c2vm",
+ "cniVersion": "0.4.0",
+ "plugins": [
+ {
+ "type": "bridge",
+ "bridge": "c2vm-br",
+ "isDefaultGateway": true,
+ "forceAddress": false,
+ "ipMasq": true,
+ "hairpinMode": true,
+ "mtu": 1500,
+ "ipam": {
+ "type": "host-local",
+ "subnet": "192.168.128.0/24",
+ "resolvConf": "/etc/resolv.conf"
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "firewall"
+ },
+ {
+ "type": "tc-redirect-tap"
+ }
+ ]
+}
+```
+
+# #7 Hand it off to Firecracker and boot that thing
+
+Now that we have all the components, we need to boot that VM. Since I've
+been working with Go so far, I'll also use the [Go
+SDK](https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker-go-sdk) to
+manage and start the VM.
+
+For this we need the firecracker binary, which we can [find on
+GitHub](https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases).
+
+The first thing is to configure the list of devices. In our case we will
+have a single device, the boot drive that we've created in the previous
+step.
+
+``` go
+devices := make([]models.Drive, 1)
+devices[0] = models.Drive{
+ DriveID: firecracker.String("1"),
+ PathOnHost: &rawImage,
+ IsRootDevice: firecracker.Bool(true),
+ IsReadOnly: firecracker.Bool(false),
+}
+```
+
+The next step is to configure the VM:
+
+``` go
+fcCfg := firecracker.Config{
+ LogLevel: "debug",
+ SocketPath: firecrackerSock,
+ KernelImagePath: linuxKernel,
+ KernelArgs: "console=ttyS0 reboot=k panic=1 acpi=off pci=off i8042.noaux i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.dumbkbd init=/init.sh random.trust_cpu=on",
+ Drives: devices,
+ MachineCfg: models.MachineConfiguration{
+ VcpuCount: firecracker.Int64(1),
+ CPUTemplate: models.CPUTemplate("C3"),
+ HtEnabled: firecracker.Bool(true),
+ MemSizeMib: firecracker.Int64(512),
+ },
+ NetworkInterfaces: []firecracker.NetworkInterface{
+ {
+ CNIConfiguration: &firecracker.CNIConfiguration{
+ NetworkName: "c2vm",
+ IfName: "eth0",
+ },
+ },
+ },
+}
+```
+
+Finally we can create the command to start and run the VM:
+
+``` go
+command := firecracker.VMCommandBuilder{}.
+ WithBin(firecrackerBinary).
+ WithSocketPath(fcCfg.SocketPath).
+ WithStdin(os.Stdin).
+ WithStdout(os.Stdout).
+ WithStderr(os.Stderr).
+ Build(ctx)
+machineOpts = append(machineOpts, firecracker.WithProcessRunner(command))
+m, err := firecracker.NewMachine(vmmCtx, fcCfg, machineOpts...)
+if err != nil {
+ panic(err)
+}
+
+if err := m.Start(vmmCtx); err != nil {
+ panic(err)
+}
+defer m.StopVMM()
+
+if err := m.Wait(vmmCtx); err != nil {
+ panic(err)
+}
+```
+
+The end result:
+
+ ; sudo ./c2vm -container docker.io/library/redis:latest -firecracker-binary ./hack/firecracker/firecracker-v0.24.3-x86_64 -linux-kernel ./hack/linux/my-linux.bin -out /tmp/redis.img
+ 2021/05/15 14:12:59 pulled docker.io/library/redis:latest (38690247 bytes)
+ 2021/05/15 14:13:00 mounted /tmp/redis.img on /tmp/c2vm026771514
+ 2021/05/15 14:13:00 extracting layer sha256:69692152171afee1fd341febc390747cfca2ff302f2881d8b394e786af605696
+ 2021/05/15 14:13:00 extracting layer sha256:a4a46f2fd7e06fab84b4e78eb2d1b6d007351017f9b18dbeeef1a9e7cf194e00
+ 2021/05/15 14:13:00 extracting layer sha256:bcdf6fddc3bdaab696860eb0f4846895c53a3192c9d7bf8d2275770ea8073532
+ 2021/05/15 14:13:01 extracting layer sha256:b7e9b50900cc06838c44e0fc5cbebe5c0b3e7f70c02f32dd754e1aa6326ed566
+ 2021/05/15 14:13:01 extracting layer sha256:5f3030c50d85a9d2f70adb610b19b63290c6227c825639b227ddc586f86d1c76
+ 2021/05/15 14:13:01 extracting layer sha256:63dae8e0776cdbd63909fbd9c047c1615a01cb21b73efa87ae2feed680d3ffa1
+ 2021/05/15 14:13:01 init script created
+ 2021/05/15 14:13:01 umount /tmp/c2vm026771514
+ INFO[0003] Called startVMM(), setting up a VMM on firecracker.sock
+ INFO[0003] VMM logging disabled.
+ INFO[0003] VMM metrics disabled.
+ INFO[0003] refreshMachineConfiguration: [GET /machine-config][200] getMachineConfigurationOK &{CPUTemplate:C3 HtEnabled:0xc0004e6753 MemSizeMib:0xc0004e6748 VcpuCount:0xc0004e6740}
+ INFO[0003] PutGuestBootSource: [PUT /boot-source][204] putGuestBootSourceNoContent
+ INFO[0003] Attaching drive /tmp/redis.img, slot 1, root true.
+ INFO[0003] Attached drive /tmp/redis.img: [PUT /drives/{drive_id}][204] putGuestDriveByIdNoContent
+ INFO[0003] Attaching NIC tap0 (hwaddr 9e:72:c7:04:6b:80) at index 1
+ INFO[0003] startInstance successful: [PUT /actions][204] createSyncActionNoContent
+ [ 0.000000] Linux version 5.8.0 (fcuny@nas) (gcc (Debian 8.3.0-6) 8.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.31.1) #1 SMP Mon Apr 12 20:07:40 PDT 2021
+ [ 0.000000] Command line: i8042.dumbkbd ip=192.168.128.9::192.168.128.1:255.255.255.0:::off::: console=ttyS0 reboot=k panic=1 acpi=off pci=off i8042.noaux i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp init=/init.sh random.trust_cpu=on root=/dev/vda rw virtio_mmio.device=4K@0xd0000000:5 virtio_mmio.device=4K@0xd0001000:6
+ [ 0.000000] x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x001: 'x87 floating point registers'
+ [ 0.000000] x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x002: 'SSE registers'
+ [ 0.000000] x86/fpu: Supporting XSAVE feature 0x004: 'AVX registers'
+ [ 0.000000] x86/fpu: xstate_offset[2]: 576, xstate_sizes[2]: 256
+ [ 0.000000] x86/fpu: Enabled xstate features 0x7, context size is 832 bytes, using 'standard' format.
+ [ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
+ [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000009fbff] usable
+ [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x000000001fffffff] usable
+ [ 0.000000] NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
+ [ 0.000000] DMI not present or invalid.
+ [ 0.000000] Hypervisor detected: KVM
+ [ 0.000000] kvm-clock: Using msrs 4b564d01 and 4b564d00
+ [ 0.000000] kvm-clock: cpu 0, msr 2401001, primary cpu clock
+ [ 0.000000] kvm-clock: using sched offset of 11918596 cycles
+ [ 0.000005] clocksource: kvm-clock: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x1cd42e4dffb, max_idle_ns: 881590591483 ns
+ [ 0.000011] tsc: Detected 1190.400 MHz processor
+ [ 0.000108] last_pfn = 0x20000 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000
+ [ 0.000151] Disabled
+ [ 0.000156] x86/PAT: MTRRs disabled, skipping PAT initialization too.
+ [ 0.000166] CPU MTRRs all blank - virtualized system.
+ [ 0.000170] x86/PAT: Configuration [0-7]: WB WT UC- UC WB WT UC- UC
+ [ 0.000201] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x0009fc00-0x0009fc0f]
+ [ 0.000257] check: Scanning 1 areas for low memory corruption
+ [ 0.000364] No NUMA configuration found
+ [ 0.000365] Faking a node at [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000001fffffff]
+ [ 0.000370] NODE_DATA(0) allocated [mem 0x1ffde000-0x1fffffff]
+ [ 0.000490] Zone ranges:
+ [ 0.000493] DMA [mem 0x0000000000001000-0x0000000000ffffff]
+ [ 0.000494] DMA32 [mem 0x0000000001000000-0x000000001fffffff]
+ [ 0.000495] Normal empty
+ [ 0.000497] Movable zone start for each node
+ [ 0.000500] Early memory node ranges
+ [ 0.000501] node 0: [mem 0x0000000000001000-0x000000000009efff]
+ [ 0.000502] node 0: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x000000001fffffff]
+ [ 0.000510] Zeroed struct page in unavailable ranges: 98 pages
+ [ 0.000511] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000001000-0x000000001fffffff]
+ [ 0.004990] Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
+ [ 0.004995] MPTABLE: OEM ID: FC
+ [ 0.004995] MPTABLE: Product ID: 000000000000
+ [ 0.004996] MPTABLE: APIC at: 0xFEE00000
+ [ 0.005007] Processor #0 (Bootup-CPU)
+ [ 0.005039] IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 2, version 17, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
+ [ 0.005041] Processors: 1
+ [ 0.005042] TSC deadline timer available
+ [ 0.005044] smpboot: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
+ [ 0.005060] KVM setup pv remote TLB flush
+ [ 0.005072] KVM setup pv sched yield
+ [ 0.005078] PM: hibernation: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0x00000000-0x00000fff]
+ [ 0.005079] PM: hibernation: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0x0009f000-0x000fffff]
+ [ 0.005081] [mem 0x20000000-0xffffffff] available for PCI devices
+ [ 0.005082] Booting paravirtualized kernel on KVM
+ [ 0.005084] clocksource: refined-jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 7645519600211568 ns
+ [ 0.005087] setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:128 nr_cpumask_bits:128 nr_cpu_ids:1 nr_node_ids:1
+ [ 0.006381] percpu: Embedded 44 pages/cpu s143360 r8192 d28672 u2097152
+ [ 0.006404] KVM setup async PF for cpu 0
+ [ 0.006410] kvm-stealtime: cpu 0, msr 1f422080
+ [ 0.006420] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 128905
+ [ 0.006420] Policy zone: DMA32
+ [ 0.006422] Kernel command line: i8042.dumbkbd ip=192.168.128.9::192.168.128.1:255.255.255.0:::off::: console=ttyS0 reboot=k panic=1 acpi=off pci=off i8042.noaux i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp init=/init.sh random.trust_cpu=on root=/dev/vda rw virtio_mmio.device=4K@0xd0000000:5 virtio_mmio.device=4K@0xd0001000:6
+ [ 0.006858] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes, linear)
+ [ 0.007003] Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes, linear)
+ [ 0.007047] mem auto-init: stack:off, heap alloc:off, heap free:off
+ [ 0.007947] Memory: 491940K/523896K available (10243K kernel code, 629K rwdata, 1860K rodata, 1408K init, 6048K bss, 31956K reserved, 0K cma-reserved)
+ [ 0.007980] random: get_random_u64 called from __kmem_cache_create+0x3d/0x540 with crng_init=0
+ [ 0.008053] SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
+ [ 0.008146] rcu: Hierarchical RCU implementation.
+ [ 0.008147] rcu: RCU restricting CPUs from NR_CPUS=128 to nr_cpu_ids=1.
+ [ 0.008151] rcu: RCU calculated value of scheduler-enlistment delay is 25 jiffies.
+ [ 0.008152] rcu: Adjusting geometry for rcu_fanout_leaf=16, nr_cpu_ids=1
+ [ 0.008170] NR_IRQS: 4352, nr_irqs: 48, preallocated irqs: 16
+ [ 0.008373] random: crng done (trusting CPU's manufacturer)
+ [ 0.008430] Console: colour dummy device 80x25
+ [ 0.052276] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled
+ [ 0.052685] APIC: Switch to symmetric I/O mode setup
+ [ 0.053288] x2apic enabled
+ [ 0.053705] Switched APIC routing to physical x2apic.
+ [ 0.054213] KVM setup pv IPIs
+ [ 0.055559] clocksource: tsc-early: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x1128af0325d, max_idle_ns: 440795261011 ns
+ [ 0.056516] Calibrating delay loop (skipped) preset value.. 2380.80 BogoMIPS (lpj=4761600)
+ [ 0.057259] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
+ [ 0.057726] LSM: Security Framework initializing
+ [ 0.058176] SELinux: Initializing.
+ [ 0.058556] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear)
+ [ 0.059221] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear)
+ [ 0.060382] x86/cpu: User Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) activated
+ [ 0.060510] Last level iTLB entries: 4KB 0, 2MB 0, 4MB 0
+ [ 0.060510] Last level dTLB entries: 4KB 0, 2MB 0, 4MB 0, 1GB 0
+ [ 0.060510] Spectre V1 : Mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
+ [ 0.060510] Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
+ [ 0.060510] Spectre V2 : Spectre v2 / SpectreRSB mitigation: Filling RSB on context switch
+ [ 0.060510] Spectre V2 : mitigation: Enabling conditional Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier
+ [ 0.060510] Speculative Store Bypass: Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
+ [ 0.060510] Freeing SMP alternatives memory: 32K
+ [ 0.060510] smpboot: CPU0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor @ 1.20GHz (family: 0x6, model: 0x3e, stepping: 0x4)
+ [ 0.060510] Performance Events: unsupported p6 CPU model 62 no PMU driver, software events only.
+ [ 0.060510] rcu: Hierarchical SRCU implementation.
+ [ 0.060510] smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
+ [ 0.060510] smp: Brought up 1 node, 1 CPU
+ [ 0.060510] smpboot: Max logical packages: 1
+ [ 0.060523] smpboot: Total of 1 processors activated (2380.80 BogoMIPS)
+ [ 0.061338] devtmpfs: initialized
+ [ 0.061710] x86/mm: Memory block size: 128MB
+ [ 0.062341] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 7645041785100000 ns
+ [ 0.063245] futex hash table entries: 256 (order: 2, 16384 bytes, linear)
+ [ 0.063946] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'fair_share'
+ [ 0.063946] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'step_wise'
+ [ 0.064522] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'user_space'
+ [ 0.065313] NET: Registered protocol family 16
+ [ 0.066398] DMA: preallocated 128 KiB GFP_KERNEL pool for atomic allocations
+ [ 0.067057] DMA: preallocated 128 KiB GFP_KERNEL|GFP_DMA pool for atomic allocations
+ [ 0.067778] DMA: preallocated 128 KiB GFP_KERNEL|GFP_DMA32 pool for atomic allocations
+ [ 0.068506] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled)
+ [ 0.068708] cpuidle: using governor ladder
+ [ 0.069097] cpuidle: using governor menu
+ [ 0.070636] audit: type=2000 audit(1621113181.800:1): state=initialized audit_enabled=0 res=1
+ [ 0.076346] HugeTLB registered 2.00 MiB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
+ [ 0.077007] ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
+ [ 0.077445] SCSI subsystem initialized
+ [ 0.077812] pps_core: LinuxPPS API ver. 1 registered
+ [ 0.078277] pps_core: Software ver. 5.3.6 - Copyright 2005-2007 Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+ [ 0.079206] PTP clock support registered
+ [ 0.079741] NetLabel: Initializing
+ [ 0.080111] NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
+ [ 0.080529] NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4 CALIPSO
+ [ 0.081113] NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
+ [ 0.082072] clocksource: Switched to clocksource kvm-clock
+ [ 0.082715] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.6.0
+ [ 0.083123] VFS: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
+ [ 0.083855] pnp: PnP ACPI: disabled
+ [ 0.084510] NET: Registered protocol family 2
+ [ 0.084718] tcp_listen_portaddr_hash hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
+ [ 0.085602] TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes, linear)
+ [ 0.086365] TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 4, 65536 bytes, linear)
+ [ 0.087025] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
+ [ 0.087749] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear)
+ [ 0.088481] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear)
+ [ 0.089261] NET: Registered protocol family 1
+ [ 0.090395] virtio-mmio: Registering device virtio-mmio.0 at 0xd0000000-0xd0000fff, IRQ 5.
+ [ 0.091388] virtio-mmio: Registering device virtio-mmio.1 at 0xd0001000-0xd0001fff, IRQ 6.
+ [ 0.092222] clocksource: tsc: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x1128af0325d, max_idle_ns: 440795261011 ns
+ [ 0.093322] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
+ [ 0.093824] platform rtc_cmos: registered platform RTC device (no PNP device found)
+ [ 0.094618] check: Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
+ [ 0.095394] Initialise system trusted keyrings
+ [ 0.095836] Key type blacklist registered
+ [ 0.096427] workingset: timestamp_bits=36 max_order=17 bucket_order=0
+ [ 0.097849] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
+ [ 0.107488] Key type asymmetric registered
+ [ 0.107905] Asymmetric key parser 'x509' registered
+ [ 0.108409] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 252)
+ [ 0.109435] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
+ [ 0.110116] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A
+ [ 0.111877] loop: module loaded
+ [ 0.112426] virtio_blk virtio0: [vda] 441152 512-byte logical blocks (226 MB/215 MiB)
+ [ 0.113229] vda: detected capacity change from 0 to 225869824
+ [ 0.114143] Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870.
+ [ 0.114753] iscsi: registered transport (tcp)
+ [ 0.115162] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
+ [ 0.115955] i8042: PNP detection disabled
+ [ 0.116498] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
+ [ 0.117089] input: AT Raw Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
+ [ 0.117932] intel_pstate: CPU model not supported
+ [ 0.118448] hid: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
+ [ 0.119090] Initializing XFRM netlink socket
+ [ 0.119555] NET: Registered protocol family 10
+ [ 0.120285] Segment Routing with IPv6
+ [ 0.120812] NET: Registered protocol family 17
+ [ 0.121350] Bridge firewalling registered
+ [ 0.122026] NET: Registered protocol family 40
+ [ 0.122515] IPI shorthand broadcast: enabled
+ [ 0.122961] sched_clock: Marking stable (72512224, 48198862)->(137683636, -16972550)
+ [ 0.123796] registered taskstats version 1
+ [ 0.124203] Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates
+ [ 0.125355] Loaded X.509 cert 'Build time autogenerated kernel key: 6203e6adc37b712d3b220a26b38f3d31311d5966'
+ [ 0.126355] Key type ._fscrypt registered
+ [ 0.126736] Key type .fscrypt registered
+ [ 0.127109] Key type fscrypt-provisioning registered
+ [ 0.127657] Key type encrypted registered
+ [ 0.144629] IP-Config: Complete:
+ [ 0.144968] device=eth0, hwaddr=9e:72:c7:04:6b:80, ipaddr=192.168.128.9, mask=255.255.255.0, gw=192.168.128.1
+ [ 0.146044] host=192.168.128.9, domain=, nis-domain=(none)
+ [ 0.146604] bootserver=255.255.255.255, rootserver=255.255.255.255, rootpath=
+ [ 0.148347] EXT4-fs (vda): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
+ [ 0.149098] VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) on device 254:0.
+ [ 0.149761] devtmpfs: mounted
+ [ 0.150340] Freeing unused decrypted memory: 2040K
+ [ 0.151148] Freeing unused kernel image (initmem) memory: 1408K
+ [ 0.156621] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 14336k
+ [ 0.158657] Freeing unused kernel image (text/rodata gap) memory: 2044K
+ [ 0.159490] Freeing unused kernel image (rodata/data gap) memory: 188K
+ [ 0.160150] Run /init.sh as init process
+ 462:C 15 May 2021 21:13:01.903 # oO0OoO0OoO0Oo Redis is starting oO0OoO0OoO0Oo
+ 462:C 15 May 2021 21:13:01.904 # Redis version=6.2.3, bits=64, commit=00000000, modified=0, pid=462, just started
+ 462:C 15 May 2021 21:13:01.905 # Warning: no config file specified, using the default config. In order to specify a config file use redis-server /path/to/redis.conf
+ 462:M 15 May 2021 21:13:01.907 * Increased maximum number of open files to 10032 (it was originally set to 1024).
+ 462:M 15 May 2021 21:13:01.909 * monotonic clock: POSIX clock_gettime
+ _._
+ _.-``__ ''-._
+ _.-`` `. `_. ''-._ Redis 6.2.3 (00000000/0) 64 bit
+ .-`` .-```. ```\/ _.,_ ''-._
+ ( ' , .-` | `, ) Running in standalone mode
+ |`-._`-...-` __...-.``-._|'` _.-'| Port: 6379
+ | `-._ `._ / _.-' | PID: 462
+ `-._ `-._ `-./ _.-' _.-'
+ |`-._`-._ `-.__.-' _.-'_.-'|
+ | `-._`-._ _.-'_.-' | https://redis.io
+ `-._ `-._`-.__.-'_.-' _.-'
+ |`-._`-._ `-.__.-' _.-'_.-'|
+ | `-._`-._ _.-'_.-' |
+ `-._ `-._`-.__.-'_.-' _.-'
+ `-._ `-.__.-' _.-'
+ `-._ _.-'
+ `-.__.-'
+
+ 462:M 15 May 2021 21:13:01.922 # Server initialized
+ 462:M 15 May 2021 21:13:01.923 * Ready to accept connections
+
+We can do a quick test with the following:
+
+``` bash
+; sudo docker run -it --rm redis redis-cli -h 192.168.128.9
+192.168.128.9:6379> get foo
+(nil)
+192.168.128.9:6379> set foo 1
+OK
+192.168.128.9:6379> get foo
+"1"
+192.168.128.9:6379>
+```
diff --git a/content/notes/making-sense-intel-amd-cpus.md b/content/notes/making-sense-intel-amd-cpus.md
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+---
+title: Making sense of Intel and AMD CPUs naming
+date: 2021-12-29
+tags:
+ - amd
+ - intel
+ - cpu
+---
+
+# Intel
+
+## Core
+
+The line up for the core family is i3, i5, i7 and i9. As of December
+2021, the current generation is Alder Lake (12th generation).
+
+The brand modifiers are:
+
+- **i3**: laptops/low-end desktop
+- **i5**: mainstream users
+- **i7**: high-end users
+- **i9**: enthusiast users
+
+How to read a SKU ? Let's use the
+[i7-12700K](https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/134594/intel-core-i712700k-processor-25m-cache-up-to-5-00-ghz.html)
+processor:
+
+- **i7**: high end users
+- **12**: 12th generation
+- **700**: SKU digits, usually assigned in the order the processors
+ are developed
+- **K**: unlocked
+
+List of suffixes:
+
+| suffix | meaning |
+|--------|----------------------------------------|
+| G.. | integrated graphics |
+| E | embedded |
+| F | require discrete graphic card |
+| H | high performance for mobile |
+| HK | high performance for mobile / unlocked |
+| K | unlocked |
+| S | special edition |
+| T | power optimized lifestyle |
+| U | mobile power efficient |
+| Y | mobile low power |
+| X/XE | unlocked, high end |
+
+> **Unlocked,** what does that means ? A processor with the **K** suffix
+> is made with the an unlocked clock multiplier. When used with some
+> specific chipset, it's possible to overclock the processor.
+
+### Sockets/Chipsets
+
+For the Alder Lake generation, the supported socket is the
+[LGA<sub>1700</sub>](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1700).
+
+For now only supported chipset for Alder Lake are:
+
+| feature | [z690](https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/218833/intel-z690-chipset.html) | [h670](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/218831/intel-h670-chipset/specifications.html) | [b660](https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/218832/intel-b660-chipset.html) | [h610](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/218829/intel-h610-chipset/specifications.html) |
+|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| P and E cores over clocking | yes | no | no | no |
+| memory over clocking | yes | yes | yes | no |
+| DMI 4 lanes | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
+| chipset PCIe 4.0 lanes | up to 12 | up to 12 | up to 6 | none |
+| chipset PCIe 3.0 lanes | up to 16 | up to 12 | up to 8 | 8 |
+| SATA 3.0 ports | up to 8 | up to 8 | 4 | 4 |
+
+### Alder Lake (12th generation)
+
+| model | p-cores | e-cores | GHz (base) | GHz (boosted) | TDP |
+|------------|---------|---------|------------|---------------|------|
+| i9-12900K | 8 (16) | 8 | 3.2/2.4 | 5.1/3.9 | 241W |
+| i9-12900KF | 8 (16) | 8 | 3.2/2.4 | 5.1/3.9 | 241W |
+| i7-12700K | 8 (16) | 4 | 3.6/2.7 | 4.9/3.8 | 190W |
+| i7-12700KF | 8 (16) | 4 | 3.6/2.7 | 4.9/3.8 | 190W |
+| i5-12600K | 6 (12) | 4 | 3.7/2.8 | 4.9/3.6 | 150W |
+| i5-12600KF | 6 (12) | 4 | 3.7/2.8 | 4.9/3.6 | 150W |
+
+- support DDR4 and DDR5 (up to DDR5-4800)
+- support PCIe 4.0 and 5.0 (16 PCIe 5.0 and 4 PCIe 4.0)
+
+The socket used is the [LGA
+1700](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1700).
+
+Alder lake is an hybrid architecture, featuring both P-cores
+(performance cores) and E-cores (efficient cores). P-cores are based on
+the [Golden Cove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Cove)
+architecture, while the E-cores are based on the
+[Gracemont](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracemont_(microarchitecture))
+architecture.
+
+This is a [good
+article](https://www.anandtech.com/show/16881/a-deep-dive-into-intels-alder-lake-microarchitectures/2)
+to read about this model. Inside the processor there's a microcontroller
+that monitors what each thread is doing. This can be used by the OS
+scheduler to hint on which core a thread should be scheduled on (between
+performance or efficiency).
+
+As of December 2021 this is not yet properly supported by the Linux
+kernel.
+
+## Xeon
+
+Xeon is the brand of Intel processor designed for non-consumer servers
+and workstations. The most recent generations are:
+
+- Skylake (2017)
+- Cascade lake (2019)
+- Cooper lake (2020)
+
+The following brand identifiers are used:
+
+- platinium
+- gold
+- silver
+- bronze
+
+# AMD
+
+## Ryzen
+
+There are multiple generation for this brand of processors. They are
+based on the [zen micro
+architecture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_(microarchitecture)).
+The current (as of December 2021) generation is Ryzen 5000.
+
+The brand modifiers are:
+
+- ryzen 3: entry level
+- ryzen 5: mainstream
+- ryzen 9: high end performance
+- ryzen 9:enthusiast
+
+List of suffixes:
+
+| suffix | meaning |
+|--------|--------------------------------------------|
+| X | high performance |
+| G | integrated graphics |
+| T | power optimized lifecycle |
+| S | low power desktop with integrated graphics |
+| H | high performance mobile |
+| U | standard mobile |
+| M | low power mobile |
+
+## EPYC
+
+EPYC is the AMD brand of processors for the server market, based on the
+zen architecture. They use the
+[SP3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_SP3) socket. The EPYC
+processor is chipset free.
+
+## Threadripper
+
+The threadripper is for high performance desktop. It uses the
+[TR4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_TR4) socket. At the moment
+there's only one chipset that supports this process, the
+[X399](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_chipsets#TR4_chipsets).
+
+The threadripper based on zen3 architecture is not yet released, but
+it's expected to hit the market in the first half of Q1 2022.
+
+## Sockets/Chipsets
+
+The majority of these processors use the [AM4
+socket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_AM4). The threadripper line
+uses different sockets.
+
+There are multiple
+[chipset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_AM4#Chipsets) for the AM4
+socket. The more advanced ones are the B550 and the X570.
+
+The threadripper processors use the TR4, sTRX4 and sWRX8 sockets.
+
+## Zen 3
+
+Zen 3 was released in November 2020.
+
+| model | cores | GHz (base) | GHz (boosted) | PCIe lanes | TDP |
+|---------------|---------|------------|---------------|------------|------|
+| ryzen 5 5600x | 6 (12) | 3.7 | 4.6 | 24 | 65W |
+| ryzen 7 5800 | 8 (16) | 3.4 | 4.6 | 24 | 65W |
+| ryzen 7 5800x | 8 (16) | 3.8 | 4.7 | 24 | 105W |
+| ryzen 9 5900 | 12 (24) | 3.0 | 4.7 | 24 | 65W |
+| ryzen 9 5900x | 12 (24) | 3.7 | 4.8 | 24 | 105W |
+| ryzen 9 5950x | 16 (32) | 3.4 | 4.9 | 24 | 105W |
+
+- support PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 (except for the G series)
+- only support DDR4 (up to DDR4-3200)
diff --git a/content/notes/stuff-about-pcie.md b/content/notes/stuff-about-pcie.md
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+---
+title: Stuff about PCIe
+date: 2022-01-03
+tags:
+ - linux
+ - harwdare
+---
+
+# Speed
+
+The most common versions are 3 and 4, while 5 is starting to be
+available with newer Intel processors.
+
+| ver | encoding | transfer rate | x1 | x2 | x4 | x8 | x16 |
+|-----|-----------|---------------|------------|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|
+| 1 | 8b/10b | 2.5GT/s | 250MB/s | 500MB/s | 1GB/s | 2GB/s | 4GB/s |
+| 2 | 8b/10b | 5.0GT/s | 500MB/s | 1GB/s | 2GB/s | 4GB/s | 8GB/s |
+| 3 | 128b/130b | 8.0GT/s | 984.6 MB/s | 1.969 GB/s | 3.94 GB/s | 7.88 GB/s | 15.75 GB/s |
+| 4 | 128b/130b | 16.0GT/s | 1969 MB/s | 3.938 GB/s | 7.88 GB/s | 15.75 GB/s | 31.51 GB/s |
+| 5 | 128b/130b | 32.0GT/s | 3938 MB/s | 7.877 GB/s | 15.75 GB/s | 31.51 GB/s | 63.02 GB/s |
+| 6 | 128b/130 | 64.0 GT/s | 7877 MB/s | 15.754 GB/s | 31.51 GB/s | 63.02 GB/s | 126.03 GB/s |
+
+This is a
+[useful](https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/understanding-pcie-configuration-for-maximum-performance)
+link to understand the formula:
+
+ Maximum PCIe Bandwidth = SPEED * WIDTH * (1 - ENCODING) - 1Gb/s
+
+We remove 1Gb/s for protocol overhead and error corrections. The main
+difference between the generations besides the supported speed is the
+encoding overhead of the packet. For generations 1 and 2, each packet
+sent on the PCIe has 20% PCIe headers overhead. This was improved in
+generation 3, where the overhead was reduced to 1.5% (2/130) - see
+[8b/10b encoding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8b/10b_encoding) and
+[128b/130b encoding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64b/66b_encoding).
+
+If we apply the formula, for a PCIe version 3 device we can expect
+3.7GB/s of data transfer rate:
+
+ 8GT/s * 4 lanes * (1 - 2/130) - 1G = 32G * 0.985 - 1G = ~30Gb/s -> 3750MB/s
+
+# Topology
+
+The easiest way to see the PCIe topology is with `lspci`:
+
+ $ lspci -tv
+ -[0000:00]-+-00.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Root Complex
+ +-01.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
+ +-01.1-[01]----00.0 OCZ Technology Group, Inc. RD400/400A SSD
+ +-01.3-[02-03]----00.0-[03]----00.0 ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family
+ +-01.5-[04]--+-00.0 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
+ | +-00.1 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
+ | +-00.2 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
+ | \-00.3 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
+ +-02.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
+ +-03.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
+ +-04.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
+ +-07.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
+ +-07.1-[05]--+-00.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin/Raven/Raven2 PCIe Dummy Function
+ | +-00.2 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Platform Security Processor
+ | \-00.3 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin USB 3.0 Host controller
+ +-08.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
+ +-08.1-[06]--+-00.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin/Renoir PCIe Dummy Function
+ | +-00.1 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin Cryptographic Coprocessor NTBCCP
+ | +-00.2 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
+ | \-00.3 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller
+ +-14.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller
+ +-14.3 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge
+ +-18.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 0
+ +-18.1 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 1
+ +-18.2 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 2
+ +-18.3 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 3
+ +-18.4 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 4
+ +-18.5 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 5
+ +-18.6 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 6
+ \-18.7 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 7
+
+# View a single device
+
+ $ lspci -s 0000:01:00.0
+ 01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: OCZ Technology Group, Inc. RD400/400A SSD (rev 01)
+
+# Reading `lspci` output
+
+ $ sudo lspci -vvv -s 0000:01:00.0
+ 01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: OCZ Technology Group, Inc. RD400/400A SSD (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])
+ Subsystem: OCZ Technology Group, Inc. RD400/400A SSD
+ Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
+ Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
+ Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 41
+ NUMA node: 0
+ Region 0: Memory at ef800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
+ Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
+ Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
+ Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
+ Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
+ Capabilities: [70] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00
+ DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
+ ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset+ SlotPowerLimit 0.000W
+ DevCtl: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq-
+ RlxdOrd+ ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- FLReset-
+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
+ DevSta: CorrErr+ NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq+ AuxPwr+ TransPend-
+ LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 8GT/s, Width x4, ASPM L1, Exit Latency L1 <4us
+ ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp+
+ LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes, Disabled- CommClk+
+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
+ LnkSta: Speed 8GT/s (ok), Width x4 (ok)
+ TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
+ DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range ABCD, TimeoutDis+ NROPrPrP- LTR+
+ 10BitTagComp- 10BitTagReq- OBFF Not Supported, ExtFmt- EETLPPrefix-
+ EmergencyPowerReduction Not Supported, EmergencyPowerReductionInit-
+ FRS- TPHComp- ExtTPHComp-
+ AtomicOpsCap: 32bit- 64bit- 128bitCAS-
+ DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- LTR- OBFF Disabled,
+ AtomicOpsCtl: ReqEn-
+ LnkCap2: Supported Link Speeds: 2.5-8GT/s, Crosslink- Retimer- 2Retimers- DRS-
+ LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 8GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-
+ Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
+ Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB
+ LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -3.5dB, EqualizationComplete+ EqualizationPhase1+
+ EqualizationPhase2+ EqualizationPhase3+ LinkEqualizationRequest-
+ Retimer- 2Retimers- CrosslinkRes: unsupported
+ Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=8 Masked-
+ Vector table: BAR=0 offset=00002000
+ PBA: BAR=0 offset=00003000
+ Capabilities: [100 v2] Advanced Error Reporting
+ UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSViol-
+ UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
+ UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
+ CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+
+ CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr-
+ AERCap: First Error Pointer: 14, ECRCGenCap+ ECRCGenEn- ECRCChkCap+ ECRCChkEn-
+ MultHdrRecCap- MultHdrRecEn- TLPPfxPres- HdrLogCap-
+ HeaderLog: 05000001 0000010f 02000010 0f86d1a0
+ Capabilities: [178 v1] Secondary PCI Express
+ LnkCtl3: LnkEquIntrruptEn- PerformEqu-
+ LaneErrStat: 0
+ Capabilities: [198 v1] Latency Tolerance Reporting
+ Max snoop latency: 0ns
+ Max no snoop latency: 0ns
+ Capabilities: [1a0 v1] L1 PM Substates
+ L1SubCap: PCI-PM_L1.2+ PCI-PM_L1.1- ASPM_L1.2+ ASPM_L1.1- L1_PM_Substates+
+ PortCommonModeRestoreTime=255us PortTPowerOnTime=400us
+ L1SubCtl1: PCI-PM_L1.2- PCI-PM_L1.1- ASPM_L1.2- ASPM_L1.1-
+ T_CommonMode=0us LTR1.2_Threshold=0ns
+ L1SubCtl2: T_PwrOn=10us
+ Kernel driver in use: nvme
+ Kernel modules: nvme
+
+A few things to note from this output:
+
+- **GT/s** is the number of transactions supported (here, 8 billion
+ transactions / second). This is gen3 controller (gen1 is 2.5 and
+ gen2 is 5)xs
+- **LNKCAP** is the capabilities which were communicated, and
+ **LNKSTAT** is the current status. You want them to report the same
+ values. If they don't, you are not using the hardware as it is
+ intended (here I'm assuming the hardware is intended to work as a
+ gen3 controller). In case the device is downgraded, the output will
+ be like this: `LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s (downgraded), Width x16 (ok)`
+- **width** is the number of lanes that can be used by the device
+ (here, we can use 4 lanes)
+- **MaxPayload** is the maximum size of a PCIe packet
+
+# Debugging
+
+PCI configuration registers can be used to debug various PCI bus issues.
+
+The various registers define bits that are either set (indicated with a
+'+') or unset (indicated with a '-'). These bits typically have
+attributes of 'RW1C' meaning you can read and write them and need to
+write a '1' to clear them. Because these are status bits, if you wanted
+to 'count' the occurrences of them you would need to write some software
+that detected the bits getting set, incremented counters, and cleared
+them over time.
+
+The 'Device Status Register' (DevSta) shows at a high level if there
+have been correctable errors detected (CorrErr), non-fatal errors
+detected (UncorrErr), fata errors detected (FataErr), unsupported
+requests detected (UnsuppReq), if the device requires auxillary power
+(AuxPwr), and if there are transactions pending (non posted requests
+that have not been completed).
+
+ 10000:01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Intel Corporation NVMe Datacenter SSD [3DNAND, Beta Rock Controller] (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])
+ ...
+ Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error Reporting
+ UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
+ UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
+ UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
+ CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
+ CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+
+ AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
+
+- The Uncorrectable Error Status (UESta) reports error status of
+ individual uncorrectable error sources (no bits are set above):
+ - Data Link Protocol Error (DLP)
+ - Surprise Down Error (SDES)
+ - Poisoned TLP (TLP)
+ - Flow Control Protocol Error (FCP)
+ - Completion Timeout (CmpltTO)
+ - Completer Abort (CmpltAbrt)
+ - Unexpected Completion (UnxCmplt)
+ - Receiver Overflow (RxOF)
+ - Malformed TLP (MalfTLP)
+ - ECRC Error (ECRC)
+ - Unsupported Request Error (UnsupReq)
+ - ACS Violation (ACSViol)
+- The Uncorrectable Error Mask (UEMsk) controls reporting of
+ individual errors by the device to the PCIe root complex. A masked
+ error (bit set) is not recorded or reported. Above shows no errors
+ are being masked)
+- The Uncorrectable Severity controls whether an individual error is
+ reported as a Non-fatal (clear) or Fatal error (set).
+- The Correctable Error Status reports error status of individual
+ correctable error sources: (no bits are set above)
+ - Receiver Error (RXErr)
+ - Bad TLP status (BadTLP)
+ - Bad DLLP status (BadDLLP)
+ - Replay Timer Timeout status (Timeout)
+ - REPLAY NUM Rollover status (Rollover)
+ - Advisory Non-Fatal Error (NonFatalIErr)
+- The Correctable Erro Mask (CEMsk) controls reporting of individual
+ errors by the device to the PCIe root complex. A masked error (bit
+ set) is not reported to the RC. Above shows that Advisory Non-Fatal
+ Errors are being masked - this bit is set by default to enable
+ compatibility with software that does not comprehend Role-Based
+ error reporting.
+- The Advanced Error Capabilities and Control Register (AERCap)
+ enables various capabilities (The above indicates the device capable
+ of generating ECRC errors but they are not enabled):
+ - First Error Pointer identifies the bit position of the first
+ error reported in the Uncorrectable Error Status register
+ - ECRC Generation Capable (GenCap) indicates if set that the
+ function is capable of generating ECRC
+ - ECRC Generation Enable (GenEn) indicates if ECRC generation is
+ enabled (set)
+ - ECRC Check Capable (ChkCap) indicates if set that the function
+ is capable of checking ECRC
+ - ECRC Check Enable (ChkEn) indicates if ECRC checking is enabled
diff --git a/content/notes/working-with-go.md b/content/notes/working-with-go.md
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+---
+title: Working with Go
+date: 2021-08-05
+tags:
+ - emacs
+ - go
+---
+
+*This document assumes go version \>= 1.16*.
+
+# Go Modules
+
+[Go modules](https://blog.golang.org/using-go-modules) have been added
+in 2019 with Go 1.11. A number of changes were introduced with [Go
+1.16](https://blog.golang.org/go116-module-changes). This document is a
+reference for me so that I can find answers to things I keep forgetting.
+
+## Creating a new module
+
+To create a new module, run `go mod init golang.fcuny.net/m`. This will
+create two files: `go.mod` and `go.sum`.
+
+In the `go.mod` file you'll find:
+
+- the module import path (prefixed with `module`)
+- the list of dependencies (within `require`)
+- the version of go to use for the module
+
+## Versioning
+
+To bump the version of a module:
+
+``` bash
+$ git tag v1.2.3
+$ git push --tags
+```
+
+Then as a user:
+
+``` bash
+$ go get -d golang.fcuny.net/m@v1.2.3
+```
+
+## Updating dependencies
+
+To update the dependencies, run `go mod tidy`
+
+## Editing a module
+
+If you need to modify a module, you can check out the module in your
+workspace (`git clone <module URL>`).
+
+Edit the `go.mod` file to add
+
+``` go
+replace <module URL> => <path of the local checkout>
+```
+
+Then modify the code of the module and the next time you compile the
+project, the cloned module will be used.
+
+This is particularly useful when trying to debug an issue with an
+external module.
+
+## Vendor-ing modules
+
+It's still possible to vendor modules by running `go mod vendor`. This
+can be useful in the case of a CI setup that does not have access to
+internet.
+
+## Proxy
+
+As of version 1.13, the variable `GOPROXY` defaults to
+`https://proxy.golang.org,direct` (see
+[here](https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c95464f0ea3f87232b1f3937d1b37da6f335f336/src/cmd/go/internal/cfg/cfg.go#L269)).
+As a result, when running something like
+`go get golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest`, the request goes through the
+proxy.
+
+There's a number of ways to control the behavior, they are documented
+[here](https://golang.org/ref/mod#private-modules).
+
+There's a few interesting things that can be done when using the proxy.
+There's a few special URLs (better documentation
+[here](https://golang.org/ref/mod#goproxy-protocol)):
+
+| path | description |
+|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| $mod/@v/list | Returns the list of known versions - there's one version per line and it's in plain text |
+| $mod/@v/$version.info | Returns metadata about a version in JSON format |
+| $mod/@v/$version.mod | Returns the `go.mod` file for that version |
+
+For example, looking at the most recent versions for `gopls`:
+
+``` bash
+; curl -s -L https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/tools/gopls/@v/list|sort -r|head
+v0.7.1-pre.2
+v0.7.1-pre.1
+v0.7.1
+v0.7.0-pre.3
+v0.7.0-pre.2
+v0.7.0-pre.1
+v0.7.0
+v0.6.9-pre.1
+v0.6.9
+v0.6.8-pre.1
+```
+
+Let's check the details for the most recent version
+
+``` bash
+; curl -s -L https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/tools/gopls/@v/list|sort -r|head
+v0.7.1-pre.2
+v0.7.1-pre.1
+v0.7.1
+v0.7.0-pre.3
+v0.7.0-pre.2
+v0.7.0-pre.1
+v0.7.0
+v0.6.9-pre.1
+v0.6.9
+v0.6.8-pre.1
+```
+
+And let's look at the content of the `go.mod` for that version too:
+
+``` bash
+; curl -s -L https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/tools/gopls/@v/v0.7.1-pre.2.mod
+module golang.org/x/tools/gopls
+
+go 1.17
+
+require (
+ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 // indirect
+ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5
+ github.com/google/safehtml v0.0.2 // indirect
+ github.com/jba/templatecheck v0.6.0
+ github.com/sanity-io/litter v1.5.0
+ github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0
+ golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2
+ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c // indirect
+ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007
+ golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 // indirect
+ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.6-0.20210802203754-9b21a8868e16
+ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
+ honnef.co/go/tools v0.2.0
+ mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.1.1
+ mvdan.cc/xurls/v2 v2.2.0
+)
+```
+
+# Tooling
+
+## LSP
+
+`gopls` is the default implementation of the language server protocol
+maintained by the Go team. To install the latest version, run
+`go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest`
+
+## `staticcheck`
+
+[`staticcheck`](https://staticcheck.io/) is a great tool to run against
+your code to find issues. To install the latest version, run
+`go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@latest`.
+
+# Emacs integration
+
+## `go-mode`
+
+[This is the mode](https://github.com/dominikh/go-mode.el) to install to
+get syntax highlighting (mostly).
+
+## Integration with LSP
+
+Emacs has a pretty good integration with LSP, and ["Eglot for better
+programming experience in
+Emacs"](https://whatacold.io/blog/2022-01-22-emacs-eglot-lsp/) is a good
+starting point.
+
+### eglot
+
+[This is the main mode to install](https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot).
+
+The configuration is straightforward, this is what I use:
+
+``` elisp
+;; for go's LSP I want to use staticcheck and placeholders for completion
+(customize-set-variable 'eglot-workspace-configuration
+ '((:gopls .
+ ((staticcheck . t)
+ (matcher . "CaseSensitive")
+ (usePlaceholders . t)))))
+
+;; ensure we load eglot for some specific modes
+(dolist (hook '(go-mode-hook nix-mode-hook))
+ (add-hook hook 'eglot-ensure))
+```
+
+`eglot` integrates well with existing modes for Emacs, mainly xref,
+flymake, eldoc.
+
+# Profiling
+
+## pprof
+
+[pprof](https://github.com/google/pprof) is a tool to visualize
+performance data. Let's start with the following test:
+
+``` go
+package main
+
+import (
+ "strings"
+ "testing"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkStringJoin(b *testing.B) {
+ input := []string{"a", "b"}
+ for i := 0; i <= b.N; i++ {
+ r := strings.Join(input, " ")
+ if r != "a b" {
+ b.Errorf("want a b got %s", r)
+ }
+ }
+}
+```
+
+Let's run a benchmark with
+`go test . -bench=. -cpuprofile cpu_profile.out`:
+
+``` go
+goos: linux
+goarch: amd64
+pkg: golang.fcuny.net/m
+cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1005G1 CPU @ 1.20GHz
+BenchmarkStringJoin-4 41833486 26.85 ns/op 3 B/op 1 allocs/op
+PASS
+ok golang.fcuny.net/m 1.327s
+```
+
+And let's take a look at the profile with
+`go tool pprof cpu_profile.out`
+
+``` bash
+File: m.test
+Type: cpu
+Time: Aug 15, 2021 at 3:01pm (PDT)
+Duration: 1.31s, Total samples = 1.17s (89.61%)
+Entering interactive mode (type "help" for commands, "o" for options)
+(pprof) top
+Showing nodes accounting for 1100ms, 94.02% of 1170ms total
+Showing top 10 nodes out of 41
+ flat flat% sum% cum cum%
+ 240ms 20.51% 20.51% 240ms 20.51% runtime.memmove
+ 220ms 18.80% 39.32% 320ms 27.35% runtime.mallocgc
+ 130ms 11.11% 50.43% 450ms 38.46% runtime.makeslice
+ 110ms 9.40% 59.83% 1150ms 98.29% golang.fcuny.net/m.BenchmarkStringJoin
+ 110ms 9.40% 69.23% 580ms 49.57% strings.(*Builder).grow (inline)
+ 110ms 9.40% 78.63% 1040ms 88.89% strings.Join
+ 70ms 5.98% 84.62% 300ms 25.64% strings.(*Builder).WriteString
+ 50ms 4.27% 88.89% 630ms 53.85% strings.(*Builder).Grow (inline)
+ 40ms 3.42% 92.31% 40ms 3.42% runtime.nextFreeFast (inline)
+ 20ms 1.71% 94.02% 20ms 1.71% runtime.getMCache (inline)
+```
+
+We can get a breakdown of the data for our module:
+
+``` bash
+(pprof) list golang.fcuny.net
+Total: 1.17s
+ROUTINE ======================== golang.fcuny.net/m.BenchmarkStringJoin in /home/fcuny/workspace/gobench/app_test.go
+ 110ms 1.15s (flat, cum) 98.29% of Total
+ . . 5: "testing"
+ . . 6:)
+ . . 7:
+ . . 8:func BenchmarkStringJoin(b *testing.B) {
+ . . 9: b.ReportAllocs()
+ 10ms 10ms 10: input := []string{"a", "b"}
+ . . 11: for i := 0; i <= b.N; i++ {
+ 20ms 1.06s 12: r := strings.Join(input, " ")
+ 80ms 80ms 13: if r != "a b" {
+ . . 14: b.Errorf("want a b got %s", r)
+ . . 15: }
+ . . 16: }
+ . . 17:}
+```
diff --git a/content/notes/working-with-nix.md b/content/notes/working-with-nix.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+---
+title: working with nix
+date: 2022-05-10
+tags:
+ - linux
+ - nix
+---
+
+# the `nix develop` command
+
+The `nix develop` command is for working on a repository. If our
+repository contains a `Makefile`, it will be used by the various
+sub-commands.
+
+`nix develop` supports multiple
+[phases](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-stdenv-phases) and
+they map as follow:
+
+| phase | default to | command | note |
+|----------------|----------------|---------------------------|------|
+| configurePhase | `./configure` | `nix develop --configure` | |
+| buildPhase | `make` | `nix develop --build` | |
+| checkPhase | `make check` | `nix develop --check` | |
+| installPhase | `make install` | `nix develop --install` | |
+
+In the repository, running `nix develop --build` will build the binary
+**using the Makefile**. This is different from running `nix build`.
+
+# the `nix build` and `nix run` commands
+
+## for Go
+
+For Go, there's the `buildGoModule`. Looking at the
+[source](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/development/go-modules/generic/default.nix)
+we can see there's a definition of what will be done for each phases. As
+a result, we don't have to define them ourselves.
+
+If we run `nix build` in the repository, it will run the default [build
+phase](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/fb7287e6d2d2684520f756639846ee07f6287caa/pkgs/development/go-modules/generic/default.nix#L171).
+
+# `buildInputs` or `nativeBuildInputs`
+
+- `nativeBuildInputs` is intended for architecture-dependent
+ build-time-only dependencies
+- `buildInputs` is intended for architecture-independent
+ build-time-only dependencies
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<header>
<nav class="navbar">
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