[RFC PATCH 06/20] coresight: etm3x: unlocking tracer in default arch init
Alexander Shishkin
alexander.shishkin at linux.intel.com
Wed Sep 30 04:33:36 PDT 2015
Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier at linaro.org> writes:
> Calling function 'smp_call_function_single()' to unlock the
> tracer and calling it right after to perform the default
> initialisation doesn't make sense.
>
> Moving 'etm_os_unlock()' just before making the default
> initialisation results in the same outcome while saving
> one call to 'smp_call_function_single()'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier at linaro.org>
> ---
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c
> index c6880c1ade55..a4c158df0fef 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c
> @@ -1867,6 +1867,11 @@ static void etm_init_arch_data(void *info)
> * certain registers might be ignored.
> */
> etm_clr_pwrdwn(drvdata);
> +
> + /* Make sure all registers are accessible */
> + etm_os_unlock(drvdata);
In case of co-processor register access, this will end up unlocking the
local ETM instead of the one on target cpu, by the looks of it. That's
why smp_function_call() was needed there. Or you might want a
etm_read_on_cpu() variant if it's really worth it.
> + drvdata->os_unlock = true;
> +
> /*
> * Set prog bit. It will be set from reset but this is included to
> * ensure it is set
> @@ -1961,9 +1966,6 @@ static int etm_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
> get_online_cpus();
> etmdrvdata[drvdata->cpu] = drvdata;
>
> - if (!smp_call_function_single(drvdata->cpu, etm_os_unlock, drvdata, 1))
> - drvdata->os_unlock = true;
> -
> if (smp_call_function_single(drvdata->cpu,
> etm_init_arch_data, drvdata, 1))
> dev_err(dev, "ETM arch init failed\n");
> --
> 1.9.1
Regards,
--
Alex
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