[PATCH v4 08/13] coresight: Interpret perf config with ATTR_CFG_GET_FLD()

James Clark james.clark at linaro.org
Fri Nov 14 07:34:32 PST 2025



On 14/11/2025 3:30 pm, Leo Yan wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 03:22:14PM +0000, James Clark wrote:
>> The "config:" string construction in format_attr_contextid_show() can be
>> removed because it either showed the existing context1 or context2
>> formats which have already been generated, so can be called themselves.
>>
>> The other conversions are straightforward replacements.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c | 18 ++++++++----------
>>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
>> index d19e2568a0d1..7272e758aebf 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
>> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
>> @@ -80,12 +80,11 @@ static ssize_t format_attr_contextid_show(struct device *dev,
>>   					  struct device_attribute *attr,
>>   					  char *page)
>>   {
>> -	int pid_fmt = ETM_OPT_CTXTID;
>> -
>>   #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_SOURCE_ETM4X)
>> -	pid_fmt = is_kernel_in_hyp_mode() ? ETM_OPT_CTXTID2 : ETM_OPT_CTXTID;
>> +	if (is_kernel_in_hyp_mode())
>> +		return contextid2_show(dev, attr, page);
>>   #endif
> 
> As said, this function now is only used for ETM4, we can remove "#if
> IS_ENABLED(...)".
> 
> Otherwise, LGTM:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>

Unfortunately it's still needed to make the build work. 
is_kernel_in_hyp_mode() results in an undefined symbol when building for 
arm32 so it needs to be ifdef'd out. I can add a comment though.




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