[PATCH 12/19] coresight: etm4x: Cleanup secure exception level masks
Suzuki K Poulose
suzuki.poulose at arm.com
Wed Sep 30 06:32:25 EDT 2020
Hi Mike,
On 09/22/2020 01:47 PM, Mike Leach wrote:
> Hi Suzuki,
>
>>>> @@ -935,16 +935,9 @@ static u64 etm4_get_ns_access_type(struct etmv4_config *config)
>>>> static u64 etm4_get_access_type(struct etmv4_config *config)
>>>> {
>>>> u64 access_type = etm4_get_ns_access_type(config);
>>>> - u64 s_hyp = (config->arch & 0x0f) >= 0x4 ? ETM_EXLEVEL_S_HYP : 0;
>>>>
>>>> - /*
>>>> - * EXLEVEL_S, bits[11:8], don't trace anything happening
>>>> - * in secure state.
>>>> - */
>>>> - access_type |= (ETM_EXLEVEL_S_APP |
>>>> - ETM_EXLEVEL_S_OS |
>>>> - s_hyp |
>>>> - ETM_EXLEVEL_S_MON);
>>>> + /* All supported secure ELs are excluded */
>>>> + access_type |= (u64)config->s_ex_level << TRCACATR_EXLEVEL_SHIFT;
>>>>
>>>
>>> What is the << TRCACATR_EXLEVEL_SHIFT doing here?
>>
>> The config->s_ex_level is the EXLVEL mask from the TRCIDR3 shifted to bit 0, as above.
>> We need to make sure that we use the mask in the correct position for TRCACATR register.
>> Basically, we simply exclude all the secure levels supported by the ETM.
>>
>
> Sorry, should have been a little more explicit. This breaks the next patch!
>
>>>
>>>> return access_type;
>>>> }
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h
>>>> index efd903688edd..407ad6647f36 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h
>>>> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h
>>>> @@ -522,6 +522,8 @@
>>>> /* PowerDown Control Register bits */
>>>> #define TRCPDCR_PU BIT(3)
>>>>
>>>> +#define TRCACATR_EXLEVEL_SHIFT 8
>>>> +
>>>> /* secure state access levels - TRCACATRn */
>>>> #define ETM_EXLEVEL_S_APP BIT(8)
>>>> #define ETM_EXLEVEL_S_OS BIT(9)
>>>> @@ -604,7 +606,7 @@
>>>> * @vmid_mask0: VM ID comparator mask for comparator 0-3.
>>>> * @vmid_mask1: VM ID comparator mask for comparator 4-7.
>>>> * @ext_inp: External input selection.
>>>> - * @arch: ETM architecture version (for arch dependent config).
>>>> + * @s_ex_level: Secure ELs where tracing is supported.
>>>> */
>>>> struct etmv4_config {
>>>> u32 mode;
>>>> @@ -648,7 +650,7 @@ struct etmv4_config {
>>>> u32 vmid_mask0;
>>>> u32 vmid_mask1;
>>>> u32 ext_inp;
>>>> - u8 arch;
>>>> + u8 s_ex_level;
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>> /**
>>>> --
>>>> 2.24.1
>>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps this patch could be combined with the next patch as it
>>> operates on the same set of flags.
>>>
>>
>> I agree that they both deal with the same set of masks. However, functionally
>> they have separate purposes.
>>
>> 1) This patch disconnects the usage of drvdata->arch field to determine
>> the secure exception level mask. This is more of a correctness, as a given
>> v4.4 implementation may not have a Secure EL2.
>>
>> 2) The next patch cleans up the way we define and use all the exception level
>> masks, both secure and non-secure.
>>
>
>
>
> Applying this and the next patch which moves to the bits being indexed
> from 0 for a common reusable field gets you the following code
> sequence:-
Good catch.
>
> static u64 etm4_get_ns_access_type(struct etmv4_config *config)
> {
> u64 access_type = 0;
>
> /*
> * EXLEVEL_NS, bits[15:12]
> * The Exception levels are:
> * Bit[12] Exception level 0 - Application
> * Bit[13] Exception level 1 - OS
> * Bit[14] Exception level 2 - Hypervisor
> * Bit[15] Never implemented
> */
>
Updated the comments.
>
> [ MJL: at this point the comment is true to an extent but no longer
> applies to the values #defines below - which have been shifted by the
> change to the #defines to form a field that is indexed from bit 0]
>
>
> static u64 etm4_get_access_type(struct etmv4_config *config)
> {
> u64 access_type = etm4_get_ns_access_type(config);
>
> /* All supported secure ELs are excluded */
> access_type |= (u64)config->s_ex_level << TRCACATR_EXLEVEL_SHIFT;
>
> [MJL: Now we are OR ing a 0 bit index based field (NS access type)
> with another 0 index based field - but shifting it for some reason?]
That was a mistake. I will drop this shift from here to make get_access_type() and
this should work.
Suzuki
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