Decoding the PTM traces

[Arun KS]

Hello Arve,

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:55 AM, Arve Hjønnevåg <arve at android.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Arun KS <arunks.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I m trying to capture and decode PTM trace from Cortex A9 dual core.
>>
>> I m successful  in configuring the driver(arch/arm/kernel/etm.c) and
>> setting the funnel to get data in ETB.
>> But I don't know how to decode these traces.
>>
>> Anyone has any pointers?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Arun
>
> I attached some tools I use to decode the traces. I have used this on
> the A8, A9 and A15. I assume since you cc-ed me you have already
> applied the kernel patches I posted a while back. Without them you
> will not get useful trace data from a dual core processor.

Thank you very much for the tools. Hope I have taken all your patches.

Here is how my git log --oneline looks on arch/arm/kernel/etm.c

75cbaea ARM: etm: Add sysfs entry to enable return stack if supported
434032a ARM: etm: Add sysfs entry to disable branch_output flag
c6b1c35 ARM: etm: Add sysfs entry to set context-id-size
cfb8dc5 ARM: etm: Add sysfs entry to enable timestamps if supported
d263bc7 ARM: etm: Check arch version and disable data tracing for ptm
eff62a8 ARM: etm: Wait for etm/ptm(s) to stop before requesting PowerDown
4246983 ARM: etm: Power down etm(s) when tracing is not enabled
992cd59 ARM: etm: Support multiple ETMs/PTMs.
3a91f3e ARM: etm: Return the entire trace buffer if it is empty after reset
fe05bda ARM: etm: Add some missing locks and error checks
0c3da53 ARM: etm: Configure data tracing
d71c695 ARM: etm: Allow range selection
f13ae47 ARM: etm: Don't try to clear the buffer full status after
reading the buffer
8511b5b ARM: etm: Don't limit tracing to only non-secure code.
d387659 ARM: etm: Don't require clock control
73017a5 arm: fix implicit module.h users by adding it to arch/arm as required.
8e88069 ARM: 6838/1: etm: fix section mismatch warning
aa25afa ARM: amba: make probe() functions take const id tables
092e0e7 Merge branch 'llseek' of
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl
6038f37 llseek: automatically add .llseek fop
8234eae ARM: 6291/1: coresight: move struct tracectx inside etm driver
1495cc9 Input: sysrq - drop tty argument from sysrq ops handlers
988257c ARM: 6294/1: etm: do a dummy read from OSSRR during initialization
9e354ea ARM: 6292/1: coresight: add ETM management registers
c5d6c77 ARM: 5841/1: a driver for on-chip ETM and ETB

I ll let you know the results.

thanks,
Arun
>
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> Arve Hjønnevåg