Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor comprises: a first configuration register to store a pointer to a process address space identifier (PASID) table; and an execution circuit coupled to the first configuration register. The execution circuit, in response to a first instruction, is to obtain command data from a first location identified in a source operand of the first instruction, obtain a PASID table handle from the command data, access a first entry of the PASID table using the pointer from the first configuration register and the PASID table handle to obtain a PASID value, insert the PASID value into the command data, and send the command data to a device coupled to the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for an input-output memory management module (IOMMU) to indicate to software whether a page request by an endpoint device is to be serviced. In an embodiment, the IOMMU receives from the endpoint device a response to an invalidation wait message. Based on the response, the IOMMU provides first information which indicates to software that page requests have been flushed from the endpoint device. Page request message from the endpoint device are compatible with an interface standard which also comprises a stop marker message type. The first information is provided independent of the endpoint device providing any message which is of the stop marker message type. In another embodiment, the first information includes a drain marker generated by the IOMMU, or a snapshot of an address corresponding to an end of a page request queue.

Abstract: An embodiment of an integrated circuit comprises circuitry to store memory protection information for a non-host memory in a memory protection cache, and perform one or more memory protection checks on a translated access request for the non-host memory based on the stored memory protection information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An embodiment of an integrated circuit comprises circuitry to share page tables associated with a page between a processor memory management unit (MMU) and an input/output memory management unit (IOMMU), store a page table entry in the memory associated with the page, and separately control access to the page from a processor and from a direct memory access (DMA) request based on one or more fields of the stored page table entry. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A system for tracking memory access patterns to be used in making data placement and migration policies. The system includes a processing unit and a system memory. The system memory includes a local memory and a remote memory, each of which having mapped thereon, a plurality of memory pages. Each of the plurality of memory pages corresponds to one or more physical addresses. A set of attributes for each memory page is stored in a physical attribute table (PAT). The PAT is looked up and the attributes updated when a memory access is detected. Attributes stored in the PAT are used to control the movement of memory pages between the local memory and the remote memory. When the attributes in the PAT indicate a remote memory page is being accessed frequently by the processing unit, the remote memory page is moved from the remote memory to the local memory.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus implementing Hardware/Software co-optimization to improve performance and energy for inter-VM communication for NFVs and other producer-consumer workloads. The apparatus include multi-core processors with multi-level cache hierarchies including and L1 and L2 cache for each core and a shared last-level cache (LLC). One or more machine-level instructions are provided for proactively demoting cachelines from lower cache levels to higher cache levels, including demoting cachelines from L1/L2 caches to an LLC. Techniques are also provided for implementing hardware/software co-optimization in multi-socket NUMA architecture system, wherein cachelines may be selectively demoted and pushed to an LLC in a remote socket. In addition, techniques are disclosure for implementing early snooping in multi-socket systems to reduce latency when accessing cachelines on remote sockets.

Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses, methods, and systems for virtualization of interprocessor interrupts are disclosed. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a plurality of processor cores; an interrupt controller register; and logic to, in response to a write from a virtual machine to the interrupt controller register, record an interprocessor interrupt in a first data structure configured by a virtual machine monitor and send a notification of the interprocessor interrupt to at least one of the plurality of processor cores.

Abstract: A processing device is provided. The processing device comprises an interface configured to receive information about an operation state of a surrogate processor. Further, the processing device comprises a processing circuitry configured to control the interface and to decide whether an interrupt addressed to the processing circuitry is processed by the processing circuitry or redirected to the surrogate processing circuitry based on an operation state of the processing circuitry and the surrogate processing circuitry.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor comprises: a first configuration register to store a pointer to a process address space identifier (PASID) table; and an execution circuit coupled to the first configuration register. The execution circuit, in response to a first instruction, is to obtain command data from a first location identified in a source operand of the first instruction, obtain a PASID table handle from the command data, access a first entry of the PASID table using the pointer from the first configuration register and the PASID table handle to obtain a PASID value, insert the PASID value into the command data, and send the command data to a device coupled to the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing a secure address translation service. An embodiment of a system includes memory for storage of data, an IOMMU coupled to the memory, and a host-to-device link to couple the IOMMU with one or more devices and to operate as a translation agent on behalf of one or more devices in connection with memory operations relating to the memory, including receiving a translated request from a discrete device via the host-to-device link specifying a memory operation and a physical address within the memory pertaining to the memory operation, determining page access permissions assigned to a context of the discrete device for a physical page of the memory within which the physical address resides, allowing the memory operation to proceed when the page access permissions permit the memory operation, and blocking the memory operation when the page access permissions do not permit the memory operation.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods to skip inconsequential matrix operations. In one example, a processor includes decode circuitry to decode an instruction having fields to specify an opcode and locations of first source, second source, and destination matrices, the opcode indicating that the processor is to multiply each element at row M and column K of the first source matrix with a corresponding element at row K and column N of the second source matrix, and accumulate a resulting product with previous contents of a corresponding element at row M and column N of the destination matrix, the processor to skip multiplications that, based on detected values of corresponding multiplicands, would generate inconsequential results, scheduling circuitry to schedule execution of the instruction; and execution circuitry to execute the instructions as per the opcode.

Abstract: Examples include an apparatus which accesses secure pages in a trust domain using secure lookups in first and second sets of page tables. For example, one embodiment of the processor comprises: a decoder to decode a plurality of instructions including instructions related to a trusted domain; execution circuitry to execute a first one or more of the instructions to establish a first trusted domain using a first trusted domain key, the trusted domain key to be used to encrypt memory pages within the first trusted domain; and the execution circuitry to execute a second one or more of the instructions to associate a first process address space identifier (PASID) with the first trusted domain, the first PASID to uniquely identify a first execution context associated with the first trusted domain.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing a secure address translation service. An embodiment of a system includes DRAM for storage of data, an IOMMU coupled to the DRAM, and a host-to-device link to couple the IOMMU with one or more devices and to operate as a translation agent on behalf of one or more devices in connection with memory operations relating to the DRAM, including receiving a translated request from a discrete device via the host-to-device link specifying a memory operation and a physical address within the DRAM pertaining to the memory operation, determining page access permissions assigned to a context of the discrete device for a physical page of the DRAM within which the physical address resides, allowing the memory operation to proceed when the page access permissions permit the memory operation, and blocking the memory operation when the page access permissions do not permit the memory operation.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for hybrid software-hardware coherency.

Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus comprises decode circuitry to decode a single instruction, the single instruction to include a field for an identifier of a first source operand, a field for an identifier of a destination operand, and a field for an opcode, the opcode to indicate execution circuitry is to program a user timer, and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction according to the opcode to retrieve timer program information from a location indicated by the first source operand, and program a user timer indicated by the destination operand based on the retrieved timer program information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Embodiment of this disclosure provides a mechanism to extend a workload instruction to include both untranslated and translated address space identifiers (ASIDs). In one embodiment, a processing device comprising a translation manager is provided. The translation manager receives a workload instruction from a guest application. The workload instruction comprises an untranslated (ASID) and a workload for an input/output (I/O) device. The untranslated ASID is translated to a translated ASID. The translated ASID inserted into a payload of the workload instruction. Thereupon, the payload is provided to a work queue of the I/O device to execute the workload based in part on at least one of: the translated ASID or the untranslated ASID.

Abstract: Techniques for scalable virtualization of an Input/Output (I/O) device are described. An electronic device composes a virtual device comprising one or more assignable interface (AI) instances of a plurality of AI instances of a hosting function exposed by the I/O device. The electronic device emulates device resources of the I/O device via the virtual device. The electronic device intercepts a request from the guest pertaining to the virtual device, and determines whether the request from the guest is a fast-path operation to be passed directly to one of the one or more AI instances of the I/O device or a slow-path operation that is to be at least partially serviced via software executed by the electronic device. For a slow-path operation, the electronic device services the request at least partially via the software executed by the electronic device.

Abstract: Technologies for network interface controllers (NICs) include a compute sled and an accelerator sled in communication over a network. The accelerator sled configures a virtual switch endpoint associated with a remote direct memory access (RDMA) server instance that is associated with a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) of the accelerator sled. The accelerator sled updates local software defined networking (SDN) tables with a virtual tunnel associated with the virtual switch endpoint and a remote compute sled. A virtual switch of the accelerator sled switches virtual tunnel traffic from the remote compute sled to the RDMA server instance, which transfers data to or from the FPGA. The compute sled also updates a local SDN table with the virtual tunnel, and a virtual switch of the compute sled switches virtual tunnel traffic to or from the accelerator sled. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor comprises: a first configuration register to store a pointer to a process address space identifier (PASID) table; and an execution circuit coupled to the first configuration register. The execution circuit, in response to a first instruction, is to obtain command data from a first location identified in a source operand of the first instruction, obtain a PASID table handle from the command data, access a first entry of the PASID table using the pointer from the first configuration register and the PASID table handle to obtain a PASID value, insert the PASID value into the command data, and send the command data to a device coupled to the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor comprises: a first configuration register to store quality of service (QoS) information for a process address space identifier (PASID) value associated with a first process; and an execution circuit coupled to the first configuration register, where the execution circuit, in response to a first instruction, is to obtain command data from a first location identified in a source operand of the first instruction, insert the QoS information and the PASID value into the command data, and send a request comprising the command data to a device coupled to the processor, to enable the device to use the QoS information of a plurality of requests to manage sharing between a plurality of processes. Other embodiments are described and claimed.