diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
index cb05d90111b4f5d8380f9a858d5b6d7c4ffb698c..4c6421e2aa31cd47fea25dacb2204f5fa6dc19e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/resctrl.rst
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ related to allocation:
 			"P":
 			      Corresponding region is pseudo-locked. No
 			      sharing allowed.
+"sparse_masks":
+		Indicates if non-contiguous 1s value in CBM is supported.
+
+			"0":
+			      Only contiguous 1s value in CBM is supported.
+			"1":
+			      Non-contiguous 1s value in CBM is supported.
 
 Memory bandwidth(MB) subdirectory contains the following files
 with respect to allocation:
@@ -445,12 +452,13 @@ For cache resources we describe the portion of the cache that is available
 for allocation using a bitmask. The maximum value of the mask is defined
 by each cpu model (and may be different for different cache levels). It
 is found using CPUID, but is also provided in the "info" directory of
-the resctrl file system in "info/{resource}/cbm_mask". Intel hardware
+the resctrl file system in "info/{resource}/cbm_mask". Some Intel hardware
 requires that these masks have all the '1' bits in a contiguous block. So
 0x3, 0x6 and 0xC are legal 4-bit masks with two bits set, but 0x5, 0x9
-and 0xA are not.  On a system with a 20-bit mask each bit represents 5%
-of the capacity of the cache. You could partition the cache into four
-equal parts with masks: 0x1f, 0x3e0, 0x7c00, 0xf8000.
+and 0xA are not. Check /sys/fs/resctrl/info/{resource}/sparse_masks
+if non-contiguous 1s value is supported. On a system with a 20-bit mask
+each bit represents 5% of the capacity of the cache. You could partition
+the cache into four equal parts with masks: 0x1f, 0x3e0, 0x7c00, 0xf8000.
 
 Memory bandwidth Allocation and monitoring
 ==========================================
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
index 030d3b409768dea54875186085a0b6c26c593aaa..19e0681f04356d6b184014003e23cc5cec3980f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/core.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static inline void cache_alloc_hsw_probe(void)
 	r->cache.cbm_len = 20;
 	r->cache.shareable_bits = 0xc0000;
 	r->cache.min_cbm_bits = 2;
+	r->cache.arch_has_sparse_bitmasks = false;
 	r->alloc_capable = true;
 
 	rdt_alloc_capable = true;
@@ -267,15 +268,18 @@ static void rdt_get_cache_alloc_cfg(int idx, struct rdt_resource *r)
 {
 	struct rdt_hw_resource *hw_res = resctrl_to_arch_res(r);
 	union cpuid_0x10_1_eax eax;
+	union cpuid_0x10_x_ecx ecx;
 	union cpuid_0x10_x_edx edx;
-	u32 ebx, ecx;
+	u32 ebx;
 
-	cpuid_count(0x00000010, idx, &eax.full, &ebx, &ecx, &edx.full);
+	cpuid_count(0x00000010, idx, &eax.full, &ebx, &ecx.full, &edx.full);
 	hw_res->num_closid = edx.split.cos_max + 1;
 	r->cache.cbm_len = eax.split.cbm_len + 1;
 	r->default_ctrl = BIT_MASK(eax.split.cbm_len + 1) - 1;
 	r->cache.shareable_bits = ebx & r->default_ctrl;
 	r->data_width = (r->cache.cbm_len + 3) / 4;
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
+		r->cache.arch_has_sparse_bitmasks = ecx.split.noncont;
 	r->alloc_capable = true;
 }
 
@@ -872,7 +876,6 @@ static __init void rdt_init_res_defs_intel(void)
 
 		if (r->rid == RDT_RESOURCE_L3 ||
 		    r->rid == RDT_RESOURCE_L2) {
-			r->cache.arch_has_sparse_bitmaps = false;
 			r->cache.arch_has_per_cpu_cfg = false;
 			r->cache.min_cbm_bits = 1;
 		} else if (r->rid == RDT_RESOURCE_MBA) {
@@ -892,7 +895,7 @@ static __init void rdt_init_res_defs_amd(void)
 
 		if (r->rid == RDT_RESOURCE_L3 ||
 		    r->rid == RDT_RESOURCE_L2) {
-			r->cache.arch_has_sparse_bitmaps = true;
+			r->cache.arch_has_sparse_bitmasks = true;
 			r->cache.arch_has_per_cpu_cfg = true;
 			r->cache.min_cbm_bits = 0;
 		} else if (r->rid == RDT_RESOURCE_MBA) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c
index b44c487727d456e445a4ad53ddaff76d84e449b1..beccb0e87ba7416651ca839c29e822dfd5542e78 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ int parse_bw(struct rdt_parse_data *data, struct resctrl_schema *s,
 
 /*
  * Check whether a cache bit mask is valid.
- * For Intel the SDM says:
- *	Please note that all (and only) contiguous '1' combinations
- *	are allowed (e.g. FFFFH, 0FF0H, 003CH, etc.).
- * Additionally Haswell requires at least two bits set.
+ * On Intel CPUs, non-contiguous 1s value support is indicated by CPUID:
+ *   - CPUID.0x10.1:ECX[3]: L3 non-contiguous 1s value supported if 1
+ *   - CPUID.0x10.2:ECX[3]: L2 non-contiguous 1s value supported if 1
+ *
+ * Haswell does not support a non-contiguous 1s value and additionally
+ * requires at least two bits set.
  * AMD allows non-contiguous bitmasks.
  */
 static bool cbm_validate(char *buf, u32 *data, struct rdt_resource *r)
@@ -113,8 +115,8 @@ static bool cbm_validate(char *buf, u32 *data, struct rdt_resource *r)
 	first_bit = find_first_bit(&val, cbm_len);
 	zero_bit = find_next_zero_bit(&val, cbm_len, first_bit);
 
-	/* Are non-contiguous bitmaps allowed? */
-	if (!r->cache.arch_has_sparse_bitmaps &&
+	/* Are non-contiguous bitmasks allowed? */
+	if (!r->cache.arch_has_sparse_bitmasks &&
 	    (find_next_bit(&val, cbm_len, zero_bit) < cbm_len)) {
 		rdt_last_cmd_printf("The mask %lx has non-consecutive 1-bits\n", val);
 		return false;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
index 85ceaf9a31ac20099c86647b4958e4ca0f28fa6b..c47ef2f13e8e55ef74f55ece3a9a11fe50d46701 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
@@ -492,6 +492,15 @@ union cpuid_0x10_3_eax {
 	unsigned int full;
 };
 
+/* CPUID.(EAX=10H, ECX=ResID).ECX */
+union cpuid_0x10_x_ecx {
+	struct {
+		unsigned int reserved:3;
+		unsigned int noncont:1;
+	} split;
+	unsigned int full;
+};
+
 /* CPUID.(EAX=10H, ECX=ResID).EDX */
 union cpuid_0x10_x_edx {
 	struct {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
index 725344048f85da42a826514c66c8abe79f4035ba..e99fa7110123018a9a44b04184690842f9a382f3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
@@ -1117,6 +1117,17 @@ static enum resctrl_conf_type resctrl_peer_type(enum resctrl_conf_type my_type)
 	}
 }
 
+static int rdt_has_sparse_bitmasks_show(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
+					struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
+{
+	struct resctrl_schema *s = of->kn->parent->priv;
+	struct rdt_resource *r = s->res;
+
+	seq_printf(seq, "%u\n", r->cache.arch_has_sparse_bitmasks);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * __rdtgroup_cbm_overlaps - Does CBM for intended closid overlap with other
  * @r: Resource to which domain instance @d belongs.
@@ -1839,6 +1850,13 @@ static struct rftype res_common_files[] = {
 		.seq_show	= rdtgroup_size_show,
 		.fflags		= RF_CTRL_BASE,
 	},
+	{
+		.name		= "sparse_masks",
+		.mode		= 0444,
+		.kf_ops		= &rdtgroup_kf_single_ops,
+		.seq_show	= rdt_has_sparse_bitmasks_show,
+		.fflags		= RF_CTRL_INFO | RFTYPE_RES_CACHE,
+	},
 
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/resctrl.h b/include/linux/resctrl.h
index 8334eeacfec5257628eca1bcca143796feed496f..66942d7fba7fc66ca45527a7df1dbc22100a6727 100644
--- a/include/linux/resctrl.h
+++ b/include/linux/resctrl.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct rdt_domain {
  *			zero CBM.
  * @shareable_bits:	Bitmask of shareable resource with other
  *			executing entities
- * @arch_has_sparse_bitmaps:	True if a bitmap like f00f is valid.
+ * @arch_has_sparse_bitmasks:	True if a bitmask like f00f is valid.
  * @arch_has_per_cpu_cfg:	True if QOS_CFG register for this cache
  *				level has CPU scope.
  */
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct resctrl_cache {
 	unsigned int	cbm_len;
 	unsigned int	min_cbm_bits;
 	unsigned int	shareable_bits;
-	bool		arch_has_sparse_bitmaps;
+	bool		arch_has_sparse_bitmasks;
 	bool		arch_has_per_cpu_cfg;
 };