[PATCH 5/7] perf cs-etm: Don't use hard coded config bits when setting up TRCCONFIGR

James Clark james.clark at linaro.org
Mon Dec 1 08:41:08 PST 2025


Perf only looks at attr.config when determining what was programmed into
TRCCONFIGR. These bits could theoretically be in any of the config
fields. Use the evsel__get_config_val() helper so it's agnostic to
which config field they are in.

The kernel will also stop publishing the TRCCONFIGR register bits in a
header [1] so preempt that by defining them here.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20251128-james-cs-syncfreq-v8-10-4d319764cc58@linaro.org/
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
---
 tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
index 414cafb21c98..51ca8fa66ef8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ static const char * const metadata_ete_ro[] = {
 
 enum cs_etm_version { CS_NOT_PRESENT, CS_ETMV3, CS_ETMV4, CS_ETE };
 
+/* ETMv4 CONFIGR register bits */
+#define TRCCONFIGR_BB		BIT(3)
+#define TRCCONFIGR_CCI		BIT(4)
+#define TRCCONFIGR_CID		BIT(6)
+#define TRCCONFIGR_VMID		BIT(7)
+#define TRCCONFIGR_TS		BIT(11)
+#define TRCCONFIGR_RS		BIT(12)
+#define TRCCONFIGR_VMIDOPT	BIT(15)
 
 /* ETMv3 ETMCR register bits */
 #define ETMCR_CYC_ACC		BIT(12)
@@ -520,56 +528,37 @@ static u64 cs_etm_guess_etmcr(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
 	return etmcr;
 }
 
-static u64 cs_etm_get_config(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
+static u64 cs_etmv4_guess_trcconfigr(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
 {
+	u64 trcconfigr = 0;
 	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
-			container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+		container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
 	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu;
-	struct evlist *evlist = ptr->evlist;
-	struct evsel *evsel = cs_etm_get_evsel(evlist, cs_etm_pmu);
-
-	/*
-	 * Variable perf_event_attr::config is assigned to
-	 * ETMv3/PTM.  The bit fields have been made to match
-	 * the ETMv3.5 ETRMCR register specification.  See the
-	 * PMU_FORMAT_ATTR() declarations in
-	 * drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-perf.c for
-	 * details.
-	 */
-	return evsel ? evsel->core.attr.config : 0;
-}
-
-#ifndef BIT
-#define BIT(N) (1UL << (N))
-#endif
+	struct evsel *evsel = cs_etm_get_evsel(ptr->evlist, cs_etm_pmu);
+	u64 val;
 
-static u64 cs_etmv4_get_config(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
-{
-	u64 config = 0;
-	u64 config_opts = 0;
+	if (!evsel)
+		return 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * The perf event variable config bits represent both
-	 * the command line options and register programming
-	 * bits in ETMv3/PTM. For ETMv4 we must remap options
-	 * to real bits
+	 * Roughly guess what the kernel programmed into TRCCONFIGR based on
+	 * what options the event was opened with. This doesn't have to be
+	 * complete or 100% accurate, not all bits used by OpenCSD anyway.
 	 */
-	config_opts = cs_etm_get_config(itr);
-	if (config_opts & BIT(ETM_OPT_CYCACC))
-		config |= BIT(ETM4_CFG_BIT_CYCACC);
-	if (config_opts & BIT(ETM_OPT_CTXTID))
-		config |= BIT(ETM4_CFG_BIT_CTXTID);
-	if (config_opts & BIT(ETM_OPT_TS))
-		config |= BIT(ETM4_CFG_BIT_TS);
-	if (config_opts & BIT(ETM_OPT_RETSTK))
-		config |= BIT(ETM4_CFG_BIT_RETSTK);
-	if (config_opts & BIT(ETM_OPT_CTXTID2))
-		config |= BIT(ETM4_CFG_BIT_VMID) |
-			  BIT(ETM4_CFG_BIT_VMID_OPT);
-	if (config_opts & BIT(ETM_OPT_BRANCH_BROADCAST))
-		config |= BIT(ETM4_CFG_BIT_BB);
-
-	return config;
+	if (!evsel__get_config_val(cs_etm_pmu, evsel, "cycacc", &val) && val)
+		trcconfigr |= TRCCONFIGR_CCI;
+	if (!evsel__get_config_val(cs_etm_pmu, evsel, "contextid1", &val) && val)
+		trcconfigr |= TRCCONFIGR_CID;
+	if (!evsel__get_config_val(cs_etm_pmu, evsel, "timestamp", &val) && val)
+		trcconfigr |= TRCCONFIGR_TS;
+	if (!evsel__get_config_val(cs_etm_pmu, evsel, "retstack", &val) && val)
+		trcconfigr |= TRCCONFIGR_RS;
+	if (!evsel__get_config_val(cs_etm_pmu, evsel, "contextid2", &val) && val)
+		trcconfigr |= TRCCONFIGR_VMID | TRCCONFIGR_VMIDOPT;
+	if (!evsel__get_config_val(cs_etm_pmu, evsel, "branch_broadcast", &val) && val)
+		trcconfigr |= TRCCONFIGR_BB;
+
+	return trcconfigr;
 }
 
 static size_t
@@ -691,7 +680,7 @@ static void cs_etm_save_etmv4_header(__u64 data[], struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu;
 
 	/* Get trace configuration register */
-	data[CS_ETMV4_TRCCONFIGR] = cs_etmv4_get_config(itr);
+	data[CS_ETMV4_TRCCONFIGR] = cs_etmv4_guess_trcconfigr(itr);
 	/* traceID set to legacy version, in case new perf running on older system */
 	data[CS_ETMV4_TRCTRACEIDR] = cs_etm_get_legacy_trace_id(cpu);
 
@@ -723,7 +712,7 @@ static void cs_etm_save_ete_header(__u64 data[], struct auxtrace_record *itr, st
 	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu;
 
 	/* Get trace configuration register */
-	data[CS_ETE_TRCCONFIGR] = cs_etmv4_get_config(itr);
+	data[CS_ETE_TRCCONFIGR] = cs_etmv4_guess_trcconfigr(itr);
 	/* traceID set to legacy version, in case new perf running on older system */
 	data[CS_ETE_TRCTRACEIDR] = cs_etm_get_legacy_trace_id(cpu);
 

-- 
2.34.1




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