[PATCH v3 RESEND 09/10] coresight: tmc: add read function for byte-cntr

Mike Leach mike.leach at linaro.org
Tue Jul 22 08:01:48 PDT 2025


Hi,

On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 at 07:32, Jie Gan <jie.gan at oss.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>
> The byte-cntr read function always reads trace data from the deactivated
> and filled buffer which is already synced. The read function will fail
> when the ETR cannot find a available buffer to receive trace data.
>
> The read function terminates when the path is disabled or interrupted by a
> signal.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jie Gan <jie.gan at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
>  .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c  | 31 ++++++-
>  .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c   | 90 +++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h   |  3 +
>  3 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c
> index 354faeeddbb2..3ab25adc4e4d 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c
> @@ -318,14 +318,18 @@ static int tmc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> -static ssize_t tmc_get_sysfs_trace(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata, loff_t pos, size_t len,
> -                                  char **bufpp)
> +static ssize_t tmc_get_sysfs_trace(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
> +                                  struct ctcu_byte_cntr *byte_cntr_data,
> +                                  loff_t pos, size_t len, char **bufpp)

Don't change "core" functionalilty to add in bytecntr parameters.

Use helper functions to have a pattern such as:

if (bytecntr_active())
    call_byte_cntr_fn()
else
    call_standard_fn()

>  {
>         switch (drvdata->config_type) {
>         case TMC_CONFIG_TYPE_ETB:
>         case TMC_CONFIG_TYPE_ETF:
>                 return tmc_etb_get_sysfs_trace(drvdata, pos, len, bufpp);
>         case TMC_CONFIG_TYPE_ETR:
> +               if (byte_cntr_data && byte_cntr_data->thresh_val)
> +                       return tmc_byte_cntr_get_data(drvdata, byte_cntr_data, len, bufpp);
> +
>                 return tmc_etr_get_sysfs_trace(drvdata, pos, len, bufpp);
>         }
>
> @@ -339,7 +343,21 @@ static ssize_t tmc_read(struct file *file, char __user *data, size_t len,
>         ssize_t actual;
>         struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata = container_of(file->private_data,
>                                                    struct tmc_drvdata, miscdev);
> -       actual = tmc_get_sysfs_trace(drvdata, *ppos, len, &bufp);
> +       struct coresight_device *helper = coresight_get_helper(drvdata->csdev,
> +                                               CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_CTCU);
> +       struct ctcu_byte_cntr *byte_cntr_data = NULL;
> +       struct ctcu_drvdata *ctcu_drvdata = NULL;
> +       int port;
> +
> +       if (helper) {
> +               port = coresight_get_port_helper(drvdata->csdev, helper);
> +               if (port >= 0) {
> +                       ctcu_drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(helper->dev.parent);
> +                       byte_cntr_data = &ctcu_drvdata->byte_cntr_data[port];
> +               }
> +       }
> +
> +       actual = tmc_get_sysfs_trace(drvdata, byte_cntr_data, *ppos, len, &bufp);
>         if (actual <= 0)
>                 return 0;
>
> @@ -349,7 +367,12 @@ static ssize_t tmc_read(struct file *file, char __user *data, size_t len,
>                 return -EFAULT;
>         }
>
> -       *ppos += actual;
> +       if (byte_cntr_data && byte_cntr_data->thresh_val) {
> +               byte_cntr_data->total_size += actual;
> +               drvdata->reading_node->pos += actual;
> +       } else
> +               *ppos += actual;
> +
>         dev_dbg(&drvdata->csdev->dev, "%zu bytes copied\n", actual);
>
>         return actual;
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
> index 3e3e1b5e78ca..174411e76047 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
> @@ -1163,6 +1163,10 @@ ssize_t tmc_etr_get_sysfs_trace(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
>         ssize_t actual = len;
>         struct etr_buf *etr_buf = drvdata->sysfs_buf;
>
> +       /* Reading the buffer from the buf_node if it exists*/
> +       if (drvdata->reading_node)
> +               etr_buf = drvdata->reading_node->sysfs_buf;
> +
>         if (pos + actual > etr_buf->len)
>                 actual = etr_buf->len - pos;
>         if (actual <= 0)
> @@ -1339,6 +1343,92 @@ static bool tmc_byte_cntr_switch_buffer(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
>         return found_free_buf;
>  }
>
> +/*
> + * tmc_byte_cntr_get_data() - reads data from the deactivated and filled buffer.
> + * The byte-cntr reading work reads data from the deactivated and filled buffer.
> + * The read operation waits for a buffer to become available, either filled or
> + * upon timeout, and then reads trace data from the synced buffer.
> + */

This entire function should be moved to one of the byte-cntr source files.

> +ssize_t tmc_byte_cntr_get_data(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
> +                              struct ctcu_byte_cntr *byte_cntr_data,
> +                              size_t len, char **bufpp)
> +{
> +       size_t thresh_val = byte_cntr_data->thresh_val;
> +       atomic_t *irq_cnt = &byte_cntr_data->irq_cnt;
> +       struct etr_buf *sysfs_buf = drvdata->sysfs_buf;
> +       struct device *dev = &drvdata->csdev->dev;
> +       struct etr_buf_node *nd, *next;
> +       ssize_t size = sysfs_buf->size;
> +       ssize_t actual;
> +       loff_t pos;
> +       int ret;
> +
> +wait_buffer:
> +       if (!byte_cntr_data->reading_buf) {
> +               ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(byte_cntr_data->wq,
> +                               ((atomic_read(irq_cnt) + 1) * thresh_val >= size) ||
> +                               !byte_cntr_data->enable,
> +                               BYTE_CNTR_TIMEOUT);
> +               if (ret < 0)
> +                       return ret;
> +               /*
> +                * The current etr_buf is almost full or timeout is triggered,
> +                * so switch the buffer and mark the switched buffer as reading.
> +                */
> +               if (byte_cntr_data->enable) {
> +                       if (!tmc_byte_cntr_switch_buffer(drvdata, byte_cntr_data)) {
> +                               dev_err(dev, "Switch buffer failed for byte-cntr\n");
> +                               return -EINVAL;
> +                       }
> +
> +                       byte_cntr_data->reading_buf = true;
> +               } else {
> +                       if (!drvdata->reading_node) {
> +                               list_for_each_entry_safe(nd, next, &drvdata->etr_buf_list, node) {
> +                                       if (nd->sysfs_buf == sysfs_buf) {
> +                                               nd->pos = 0;
> +                                               drvdata->reading_node = nd;
> +                                               break;
> +                                       }
> +                               }
> +                       }
> +
> +                       pos = drvdata->reading_node->pos;
> +                       actual = tmc_etr_get_sysfs_trace(drvdata, pos, len, bufpp);
> +                       if (actual > 0)
> +                               return actual;
> +
> +                       drvdata->reading_node = NULL;
> +
> +                       /* Exit byte-cntr reading */
> +                       return -EINVAL;
> +               }
> +       }
> +
> +       /* Check the status of current etr_buf*/
> +       if ((atomic_read(irq_cnt) + 1) * thresh_val >= size)
> +               /*
> +                * Unlikely to find a free buffer to switch, so just disable
> +                * the ETR for a while.
> +                */
> +               if (!tmc_byte_cntr_switch_buffer(drvdata, byte_cntr_data))
> +                       dev_info(dev, "No available buffer to store data, disable ETR\n");
> +
> +       pos = drvdata->reading_node->pos;
> +       actual = tmc_etr_get_sysfs_trace(drvdata, pos, len, bufpp);
> +       if (actual == 0) {
> +               /* Reading work for marked buffer has finished, reset flags */
> +               drvdata->reading_node->reading = false;
> +               byte_cntr_data->reading_buf = false;
> +               drvdata->reading_node = NULL;
> +
> +               /* Nothing in the buffer, wait for next buffer to be filled */
> +               goto wait_buffer;
> +       }
> +
> +       return actual;
> +}
> +
>  static int tmc_enable_etr_sink_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev)
>  {
>         int ret = 0;
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> index 1dbba0bc50a3..4136ec5ecaf7 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> @@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ int tmc_read_prepare_byte_cntr(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
>                                struct ctcu_byte_cntr *byte_cntr_data);
>  int tmc_read_unprepare_byte_cntr(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
>                                  struct ctcu_byte_cntr *byte_cntr_data);

Declare this in a byte_cntr header file, not here.

> +ssize_t tmc_byte_cntr_get_data(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
> +                              struct ctcu_byte_cntr *byte_cntr_data,
> +                              size_t len, char **bufpp);
>
>  #define TMC_REG_PAIR(name, lo_off, hi_off)                             \
>  static inline u64                                                      \
> --
> 2.34.1
>


-- 
Mike Leach
Principal Engineer, ARM Ltd.
Manchester Design Centre. UK



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