[PATCH v4 07/11] coresight: etm4x: Properly control filter in CPU idle with FEAT_TRF
Yeoreum Yun
yeoreum.yun at arm.com
Mon Oct 27 01:48:34 PDT 2025
Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun at arm.com>
On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 05:45:55PM +0100, Leo Yan wrote:
> If a CPU supports FEAT_TRF, as described in the section K5.5 "Context
> switching", Arm ARM (ARM DDI 0487 L.a), it defines a flow to prohibit
> program-flow trace, execute a TSB CSYNC instruction for flushing,
> followed by clearing TRCPRGCTLR.EN bit.
>
> To restore the state, the reverse sequence is required.
>
> This differs from the procedure described in the section 3.4.1 "The
> procedure when powering down the PE" of ARM IHI0064H.b, which involves
> the OS Lock to prevent external debugger accesses and implicitly
> disables trace.
>
> To be compatible with different ETM versions, explicitly control trace
> unit using etm4_disable_trace_unit() and etm4_enable_trace_unit()
> during CPU idle to comply with FEAT_TRF.
>
> As a result, the save states for TRFCR_ELx and trcprgctlr are redundant,
> remove them.
>
> Fixes: f188b5e76aae ("coresight: etm4x: Save/restore state across CPU low power states")
> Reviewed-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach at linaro.org>
> Tested-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
> ---
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++------
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h | 3 ---
> 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> index 7eb30e85bf03d1eda8212faa3c831338b70f86c3..df3260f2dfa72456c60fba4a8fa655fb6b48b95b 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> @@ -1882,9 +1882,18 @@ static int __etm4_cpu_save(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
> goto out;
> }
>
> + if (!drvdata->paused)
> + etm4_disable_trace_unit(drvdata);
> +
> + /*
> + * As recommended by section 4.3.7 (Synchronization of register updates)
> + * of ARM IHI 0064H.b, the self-hosted trace analyzer always executes an
> + * ISB instruction after programming the trace unit registers.
> + */
> + isb();
> +
> state = drvdata->save_state;
>
> - state->trcprgctlr = etm4x_read32(csa, TRCPRGCTLR);
> if (drvdata->nr_pe)
> state->trcprocselr = etm4x_read32(csa, TRCPROCSELR);
> state->trcconfigr = etm4x_read32(csa, TRCCONFIGR);
> @@ -1994,9 +2003,6 @@ static int etm4_cpu_save(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
> {
> int ret = 0;
>
> - /* Save the TRFCR irrespective of whether the ETM is ON */
> - if (drvdata->trfcr)
> - drvdata->save_trfcr = read_trfcr();
> /*
> * Save and restore the ETM Trace registers only if
> * the ETM is active.
> @@ -2018,7 +2024,6 @@ static void __etm4_cpu_restore(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
> etm4_cs_unlock(drvdata, csa);
> etm4x_relaxed_write32(csa, state->trcclaimset, TRCCLAIMSET);
>
> - etm4x_relaxed_write32(csa, state->trcprgctlr, TRCPRGCTLR);
> if (drvdata->nr_pe)
> etm4x_relaxed_write32(csa, state->trcprocselr, TRCPROCSELR);
> etm4x_relaxed_write32(csa, state->trcconfigr, TRCCONFIGR);
> @@ -2103,13 +2108,22 @@ static void __etm4_cpu_restore(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
>
> /* Unlock the OS lock to re-enable trace and external debug access */
> etm4_os_unlock(drvdata);
> +
> + if (!drvdata->paused)
> + etm4_enable_trace_unit(drvdata);
> +
> + /*
> + * As recommended by section 4.3.7 (Synchronization of register updates)
> + * of ARM IHI 0064H.b, the self-hosted trace analyzer always executes an
> + * ISB instruction after programming the trace unit registers.
> + */
> + isb();
> +
> etm4_cs_lock(drvdata, csa);
> }
>
> static void etm4_cpu_restore(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
> {
> - if (drvdata->trfcr)
> - write_trfcr(drvdata->save_trfcr);
> if (drvdata->state_needs_restore)
> __etm4_cpu_restore(drvdata);
> }
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h
> index 13ec9ecef46f5b60a38c464e8ebde3ef72e7d50b..b8796b4271025f6aba79fe3cd6e4d17d0b56952d 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h
> @@ -866,7 +866,6 @@ struct etmv4_config {
> * struct etm4_save_state - state to be preserved when ETM is without power
> */
> struct etmv4_save_state {
> - u32 trcprgctlr;
> u32 trcprocselr;
> u32 trcconfigr;
> u32 trcauxctlr;
> @@ -980,7 +979,6 @@ struct etmv4_save_state {
> * at runtime, due to the additional setting of TRFCR_CX when
> * in EL2. Otherwise, 0.
> * @config: structure holding configuration parameters.
> - * @save_trfcr: Saved TRFCR_EL1 register during a CPU PM event.
> * @save_state: State to be preserved across power loss
> * @state_needs_restore: True when there is context to restore after PM exit
> * @skip_power_up: Indicates if an implementation can skip powering up
> @@ -1037,7 +1035,6 @@ struct etmv4_drvdata {
> bool lpoverride;
> u64 trfcr;
> struct etmv4_config config;
> - u64 save_trfcr;
> struct etmv4_save_state *save_state;
> bool state_needs_restore;
> bool skip_power_up;
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>
--
Sincerely,
Yeoreum Yun
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