[PATCH V6 2/3] soc: qcom: boot_stat: Add Driver Support for Boot Stats

Bjorn Andersson andersson at kernel.org
Thu May 11 10:07:44 PDT 2023


On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 03:52:22AM -0700, Souradeep Chowdhury wrote:
> All of Qualcomm's proprietary Android boot-loaders capture boot time
> stats, like the time when the bootloader started execution and at what
> point the bootloader handed over control to the kernel etc. in the IMEM
> region. This information is captured in a specific format by this driver
> by mapping a structure to the IMEM memory region and then accessing the
> members of the structure to show the information within debugfs file.
> This information is useful in verifying if the existing boot KPIs have
> regressed or not. The information is shown in milliseconds, a sample
> log from sm8450(waipio) device is as follows:-
> 
> /sys/kernel/debug/qcom_boot_stats # cat abl_time
> 17898 ms
> /sys/kernel/debug/qcom_boot_stats # cat pre_abl_time
> 2879 ms
> 
> The Module Power Manager(MPM) sleep counter starts ticking at the PBL
> stage and the timestamp generated by the sleep counter is logged by
> the Qualcomm proprietary bootloader(ABL) at two points-> First when it
> starts execution which is logged here as "pre_abl_time" and the second
> when it is about to load the kernel logged as "abl_time". Documentation
> details are also added in Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat
> 

I would have preferred some way to implement this without spending
countless kB of RAM to occasionally read out two u32 values...

But pulling them out of /dev/mem is the only suggestion that comes to
mind... Perhaps dropping the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() to rely on an
explicit modprobe/insmod in the few cases where it's needed?

@Arnd, do you have any suggestion about how to handle this kind of debug
drivers?

> Signed-off-by: Souradeep Chowdhury <quic_schowdhu at quicinc.com>
> ---
>  .../ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat       |  17 +++
>  drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig                      |  10 ++
>  drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile                     |   1 +
>  drivers/soc/qcom/boot_stats.c                 | 100 ++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 128 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat
>  create mode 100644 drivers/soc/qcom/boot_stats.c
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..7127d15d9f15
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat
> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
> +What:		/sys/kernel/debug/qcom_boot_stats/pre_abl_time
> +Date:           May 2023
> +Contact:        Souradeep Chowdhury <quic_schowdhu at quicinc.com>
> +Description:
> +		This file is used to read the KPI value pre abl time.
> +		It shows the time in milliseconds from the starting
> +		point of PBL to the point when the control shifted
> +		to ABL(Qualcomm proprietary bootloader).
> +
> +What:           /sys/kernel/debug/qcom_boot_stats/abl_time
> +Date:           May 2023
> +Contact:        Souradeep Chowdhury <quic_schowdhu at quicinc.com>
> +Description:
> +		This file is used to read the KPI value abl time.
> +		It show the duration in milliseconds from the
> +		time control switched to ABL to the point when
> +		the linux kernel started getting loaded.
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> index a491718f8064..04141236dcdd 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> @@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ config QCOM_AOSS_QMP
>  	  subsystems as well as controlling the debug clocks exposed by the Always On
>  	  Subsystem (AOSS) using Qualcomm Messaging Protocol (QMP).
>  
> +config QCOM_BOOTSTAT
> +	tristate "Qualcomm Technologies, Boot Stat driver"
> +	depends on ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST
> +	depends on DEBUG_FS
> +	help
> +	  This option enables driver support for boot stats. Boot stat driver logs
> +	  the kernel bootloader information by accessing the imem region. These
> +	  information are exposed in the form of debugfs files. This is used to
> +	  determine if there is any regression in boot timings.
> +
>  config QCOM_COMMAND_DB
>  	tristate "Qualcomm Command DB"
>  	depends on ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
> index 0f43a88b4894..ae7bda96a539 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  CFLAGS_rpmh-rsc.o := -I$(src)
>  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_AOSS_QMP) +=	qcom_aoss.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_BOOTSTAT) += boot_stats.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_GENI_SE) +=	qcom-geni-se.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_COMMAND_DB) += cmd-db.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_CPR)		+= cpr.o
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/boot_stats.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/boot_stats.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ca67b6b5d8eb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/boot_stats.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) 2013-2019, 2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
> + * Copyright (c) 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/debugfs.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/io.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/of.h>
> +#include <linux/of_address.h>
> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
> +
> +#define TO_MS(timestamp) ((timestamp * 1000) / 32768)
> +
> +/**
> + *  struct boot_stats - timestamp information related to boot stats
> + *  @abl_start: Time for the starting point of the abl
> + *  @abl_end: Time when the kernel starts loading from abl
> + */
> +struct boot_stats {
> +	u32 abl_start;
> +	u32 abl_end;
> +} __packed;
> +
> +struct bs_data {
> +	struct boot_stats __iomem *b_stats;
> +	struct dentry *dbg_dir;
> +};
> +
> +static void populate_boot_stats(char *abl_str, char *pre_abl_str, struct bs_data *drvdata)
> +{
> +	 u32 abl_time, pre_abl_time;
> +
> +	 abl_time = TO_MS(drvdata->b_stats->abl_end) - TO_MS(drvdata->b_stats->abl_start);
> +	 sprintf(abl_str, "%u ms", abl_time);
> +
> +	 pre_abl_time =  TO_MS(drvdata->b_stats->abl_start);
> +	 sprintf(pre_abl_str, "%u ms", pre_abl_time);
> +}
> +
> +static int boot_stats_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	char abl_str[20], pre_abl_str[20], *abl, *pre_abl;
> +	struct device *bootstat_dev = &pdev->dev;
> +	struct bs_data *drvdata;
> +
> +	drvdata = devm_kzalloc(bootstat_dev, sizeof(*drvdata), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!drvdata)
> +		return dev_err_probe(bootstat_dev, -ENOMEM, "failed to allocate memory");
> +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, drvdata);
> +
> +	drvdata->b_stats = devm_of_iomap(bootstat_dev, bootstat_dev->of_node, 0, NULL);

You don't use this region past probe, so no need to keep it mapped, or
hang onto the pointer.

This means that you don't need struct bs_data, you can just stuff the
dentry pointer directly in the drvdata.

> +	if (IS_ERR(drvdata->b_stats))
> +		return dev_err_probe(bootstat_dev, PTR_ERR(drvdata->b_stats),
> +				     "failed to map imem region");
> +
> +	drvdata->dbg_dir = debugfs_create_dir("qcom_boot_stats", NULL);
> +	if (IS_ERR(drvdata->dbg_dir))

Please omit error handling in the debugfs api.

> +		return dev_err_probe(bootstat_dev, PTR_ERR(drvdata->dbg_dir),
> +				     "failed to create debugfs directory");
> +
> +	populate_boot_stats(abl_str, pre_abl_str, drvdata);
> +	abl = abl_str;
> +	pre_abl = pre_abl_str;
> +
> +	debugfs_create_str("pre_abl_time", 0400, drvdata->dbg_dir, (char **)&pre_abl);

abl lives on the stack, pre_abl is a pointer to the stack, &pre_abl is a
pointer to this pointer and if I read the code correctly, in
__debugfs_create_file this value is stored in inode->i_private.

So I think this will only work if your stack isn't resused...

Regards,
Bjorn

> +	debugfs_create_str("abl_time", 0400, drvdata->dbg_dir, (char **)&abl);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +void boot_stats_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct bs_data *drvdata = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> +
> +	debugfs_remove_recursive(drvdata->dbg_dir);
> +}
> +
> +static const struct of_device_id boot_stats_dt_match[] = {
> +	{ .compatible = "qcom,imem-bootstats" },
> +	{ }
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, boot_stats_dt_match);
> +
> +static struct platform_driver boot_stat_driver = {
> +	.probe  = boot_stats_probe,
> +	.remove_new = boot_stats_remove,
> +	.driver = {
> +		.name = "qcom-boot-stats",
> +		.of_match_table = boot_stats_dt_match,
> +	},
> +};
> +module_platform_driver(boot_stat_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Qualcomm Technologies Inc. Boot Stat driver");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 



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