[PATCH v7 12/13] coresight: Allow setting the timestamp interval

[Jie Gan]

On 11/26/2025 6:54 PM, James Clark wrote:
> Timestamps are currently emitted at the maximum rate possible, which is
> much too frequent for most use cases. Set the interval using the value
> from the timestamp field. Granular control is not required, so save
> space in the config by interpreting it as 2 ^ timestamp. And then 4
> bits (0 - 15) is enough to set the interval to be larger than the
> existing SYNC timestamp interval.
> 
> No sysfs mode support is needed for this attribute because counter
> generated timestamps are only configured for Perf mode.
> 

Tested on Qcom Sa8775p-ride with perf session.
Tested-by: Jie Gan <jie.gan at oss.qualcomm.com>

Thanks,
Jie

> Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
> Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
> ---
>   drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h   |  1 +
>   drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c | 28 +++++++++++++++-------
>   2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h
> index 24d929428633..128f80bb1443 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>   #ifndef _CORESIGHT_ETM_PERF_H
>   #define _CORESIGHT_ETM_PERF_H
>   
> +#include <linux/bits.h>
>   #include <linux/percpu-defs.h>
>   #include "coresight-priv.h"
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> index c7bf73c8f2d7..0129b0502726 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> @@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ static void etm4_enable_sysfs_smp_call(void *info)
>    *  +--------------+
>    *         |
>    *  +------v-------+
> - *  | Counter x    |   (reload to 1 on underflow)
> + *  | Counter x    |   (reload to 2 ^ timestamp on underflow)
>    *  +--------------+
>    *         |
>    *  +------v--------------+
> @@ -662,11 +662,25 @@ static void etm4_enable_sysfs_smp_call(void *info)
>    *  | Timestamp Generator  |  (timestamp on resource y)
>    *  +----------------------+
>    */
> -static int etm4_config_timestamp_event(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
> +static int etm4_config_timestamp_event(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata,
> +				       struct perf_event_attr *attr)
>   {
>   	int ctridx;
>   	int rselector;
>   	struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->config;
> +	struct perf_event_attr max_timestamp = {
> +		.ATTR_CFG_FLD_timestamp_CFG = U64_MAX,
> +	};
> +
> +	/* timestamp may be 0 if deprecated_timestamp is used, so make min 1 */
> +	u8 ts_level = max(1, ATTR_CFG_GET_FLD(attr, timestamp));
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Disable counter generated timestamps when timestamp == MAX. Leave
> +	 * only SYNC timestamps.
> +	 */
> +	if (ts_level == ATTR_CFG_GET_FLD(&max_timestamp, timestamp))
> +		return 0;
>   
>   	/* No point in trying if we don't have at least one counter */
>   	if (!drvdata->nr_cntr)
> @@ -704,12 +718,8 @@ static int etm4_config_timestamp_event(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
>   		return -ENOSPC;
>   	}
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * Initialise original and reload counter value to the smallest
> -	 * possible value in order to get as much precision as we can.
> -	 */
> -	config->cntr_val[ctridx] = 1;
> -	config->cntrldvr[ctridx] = 1;
> +	/* Initialise original and reload counter value. */
> +	config->cntr_val[ctridx] = config->cntrldvr[ctridx] = 1 << (ts_level - 1);
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * Trace Counter Control Register TRCCNTCTLRn
> @@ -799,7 +809,7 @@ static int etm4_parse_event_config(struct coresight_device *csdev,
>   		 * order to correlate instructions executed on different CPUs
>   		 * (CPU-wide trace scenarios).
>   		 */
> -		ret = etm4_config_timestamp_event(drvdata);
> +		ret = etm4_config_timestamp_event(drvdata, attr);
>   
>   		/*
>   		 * No need to go further if timestamp intervals can't
>