[PATCH v5 19/23] uapi: Add ARM SCMI Telemetry definitions

Cristian Marussi cristian.marussi at arm.com
Fri Jul 3 05:35:57 PDT 2026


Add a number of structures and ioctls definitions used by the ARM
SCMI Telemetry protocol.

Signed-off-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi at arm.com>
---
v4 --> v5
 - Added more structure padding
 - Removed frowned upon flexible array in favour of u64 pointers to external
   userspace provided buffer
 - Added UAPI support to access SHMTIs from userspace
 - Cleaned up Doxygen
v2 --> v3
 - Change tstamp_exp tp ts_rate
 - renamed num -> num_intervals in scmi_tlm_interval
 - added padding in scmi_tlm_de_sample to avoid packing issues on 32bit
v1 --> v2
 - Added proper __counted_by marks
 - Fixed a few dox comments
 - Renamed reserved[] fields to pad[]
---
 MAINTAINERS               |   1 +
 include/uapi/linux/scmi.h | 359 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 360 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/scmi.h

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 15011f5752a9..3ad7e86e4466 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -26301,6 +26301,7 @@ F:	drivers/regulator/scmi-regulator.c
 F:	drivers/reset/reset-scmi.c
 F:	include/linux/sc[mp]i_protocol.h
 F:	include/trace/events/scmi.h
+F:	include/uapi/linux/scmi.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/virtio_scmi.h
 
 SYSTEM CONTROL MANAGEMENT INTERFACE (SCMI) i.MX Extension Message Protocol drivers
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/scmi.h b/include/uapi/linux/scmi.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3fc4dbe1adf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/scmi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,359 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 ARM Ltd.
+ */
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_SCMI_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_SCMI_H
+
+/*
+ * Userspace interface SCMI Telemetry
+ */
+
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define SCMI_TLM_DE_IMPL_MAX_DWORDS	4
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_base_info - Basic information about an instance
+ *
+ * @version: SCMI Telemetry protocol version
+ * @de_impl_version: SCMI Telemetry DE implementation revision
+ * @num_de: Number of defined DEs
+ * @num_groups: Number of defined DEs groups
+ * @num_intervals: Number of available update intervals (instance-level)
+ * @num_shmtis: Number of discovered SHMTI areas
+ * @flags: Instance specific feature-support bitmap
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RO - SCMI_TLM_GET_INFO
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_base_info {
+	__u32 version;
+	__u32 de_impl_version[SCMI_TLM_DE_IMPL_MAX_DWORDS];
+	__u32 num_des;
+	__u32 num_groups;
+	__u32 num_intervals;
+	__u32 num_shmtis;
+	__u32 flags;
+#define SCMI_TLM_BASE_CAN_RESET		(1 << 0)
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_update_interval  - Update interval descriptor
+ *
+ * @secs: integer representing seconds
+ * @exp: signed integer representing the base 10 exponent used as a multiplier
+ *	 with @secs to represent the interval
+ *
+ * The resulting update interval is calculated as: <secs> * 10 ^ <exp>
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_update_interval {
+	__u32 secs;
+	__u32 exp;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_config  - Whole instance or group configuration
+ *
+ * @enable: Enable/Disable Telemetry for the whole instance or the group
+ * @t_enable: Enable/Disable timestamping for all the DEs belonging to a group
+ * @flags: Bitmask to represent special characteristics
+ * @pad: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ * @grp_id: Identifier of the target group upon which this configuration will
+ *	    be applied: ignored if not marked as a group in @flags
+ * @active: Get/Set currently active update interval for the whole instance or
+ *	    a group
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_CFG
+ *	WO - SCMI_TLM_SET_CFG
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_config {
+	__u8 enable;
+	__u8 t_enable;
+	__u8 flags;
+#define SCMI_TLM_CONFIG_GROUP		(1 << 0)
+#define SCMI_TLM_CONFIG_FLAGS		(SCMI_TLM_CONFIG_GROUP)
+#define SCMI_TLM_CONFIG_IS_GROUP(f)	((f) & SCMI_TLM_CONFIG_GROUP)
+	__u8 pad;
+	__u32 grp_id;
+	struct scmi_tlm_update_interval active;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_intervals  - Update intervals descriptor
+ *
+ * @grp_id: Identifier of the target group upon which this configuration
+ *	    will be applied: ignored if not marked as a group in @flags
+ * @flags: Bitmask to represent special characteristics. When the interval
+ *	   is NOT marked as SCMI_TLM_INTERV_DISCRETE, @intervals will
+ *	   contain a triplet: min/max/step
+ * @pad: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ * @num_intervals: Number of entries of @intervals
+ * @pad2: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ * @intervals: A pointer to an array of struct scmi_tlm_update_interval
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_INTRVS
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_intervals {
+	__u32 grp_id;
+	__u8 flags;
+#define SCMI_TLM_INTERV_GROUP	(1 << 0)
+#define SCMI_TLM_INTERV_DISCRETE	(1 << 1)
+#define SCMI_TLM_INTERV_FLAGS					\
+	(SCMI_TLM_INTERV_GROUP | SCMI_TLM_INTERV_DISCRETE)
+#define SCMI_TLM_INTERV_IS_GROUP(f)	((f) & SCMI_TLM_INTERV_GROUP)
+	__u8 pad[3];
+	__u32 num_intervals;
+	__u32 pad2;
+#define SCMI_TLM_UPDATE_INTVL_SEGMENT_LOW	0
+#define SCMI_TLM_UPDATE_INTVL_SEGMENT_HIGH	1
+#define SCMI_TLM_UPDATE_INTVL_SEGMENT_STEP	2
+	__u64 intervals;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_de_config  - DE configuration
+ *
+ * @id: Identifier of the DE to act upon (ignored by SCMI_TLM_GET/SET_ALL_CFG)
+ * @enable: A boolean to enable/disable the DE
+ * @t_enable: A boolean to enable/disable the timestamp for this DE
+ *	      (if supported)
+ * @pad: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_DE_CFG
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_SET_DE_CFG
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_ALL_CFG
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_SET_ALL_CFG
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_de_config {
+	__u32 id;
+	__u32 enable;
+	__u32 t_enable;
+	__u32 pad;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_de_info  - DataEvent Descriptor
+ *
+ * @id: DE identifier
+ * @grp_id: Identifier of the group which this DE belongs to; valid only if
+ *	    this DE is marked as belonging to a group in @flags.
+ * @data_sz: DE data size in bytes
+ * @type: DE type
+ * @unit: DE unit of measurements
+ * @unit_exp: Power-of-10 multiplier for DE unit
+ * @ts_rate: Clock rate in kHz used to generate the DE timestamp
+ * @instance_id: DE instance ID
+ * @compo_instance_id: DE component instance ID
+ * @compo_type: Type of component which is associated to this DE
+ * @persistent: Data value for this DE survives reboot (non-cold ones)
+ * @flags: Bitmask to represent special characteristics
+ * @pad: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ * @pad2: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ * @name: Name of this DE
+ *
+ * Used to get the full description of a DE: it reflects DE Descriptors
+ * definitions in SCMI V4.0 specification at 3.12.4.6.
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_DE_INFO
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_de_info {
+	__u32 id;
+	__u32 grp_id;
+	__u32 data_sz;
+	__u32 type;
+	__u32 unit;
+	__s32 unit_exp;
+	__u32 ts_rate;
+	__u32 instance_id;
+	__u32 compo_instance_id;
+	__u32 compo_type;
+	__u8 persistent;
+	__u8 flags;
+#define SCMI_TLM_DEINFO_GROUP		(1 << 0)
+#define SCMI_TLM_DEINFO_FLAGS		(SCMI_TLM_DEINFO_GROUP)
+#define SCMI_TLM_DEINFO_HAS_GROUP(f)	((f) & SCMI_TLM_DEINFO_GROUP)
+	__u8 pad[2];
+	__u32 pad2;
+	__u8 name[16];
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_des_list  - List of all defined DEs
+ *
+ * @num_des: Number of entries in @des
+ * @pad: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ * @des: A reference to an array containing struct scmi_tlm_de_info
+ *	 descriptors for all the existent DEs
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_DE_LIST
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_des_list {
+	__u32 num_des;
+	__u32 pad;
+	__u64 des;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_de_sample - A DataEvent reading
+ *
+ * @id: DE identifier
+ * @pad: Padding fields to enforce alignment.
+ * @tstamp: DE reading timestamp (0 if timestamp NOT supported)
+ * @val: Reading of the DE data value
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_DE_VALUE
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_de_sample {
+	__u32 id;
+	__u32 pad;
+	__u64 tstamp;
+	__u64 val;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_data_read - Bulk read of a number of DataEvents
+ *
+ * @grp_id: Optional group ID number, ignored if not marked as a group request
+ *	    in @flags and not supported by SCMI_TLM_BATCH_READ
+ * @flags: Bitmask to represent special characteristics
+ * @pad: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ * @pad2: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ * @num_samples: Number of entries returned in @samples
+ * @samples: A reference to an array of struct scmi_tlm_de_sample containing
+ *	     an entry for each DE
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_SINGLE_SAMPLE
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_BULK_READ
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_BATCH_READ
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_data_read {
+	__u32 grp_id;
+	__u8 flags;
+#define SCMI_TLM_READ_GROUP		(1 << 0)
+#define SCMI_TLM_READ_FLAGS		(SCMI_TLM_READ_GROUP)
+#define SCMI_TLM_READ_IS_GROUP(f)	((f) & SCMI_TLM_READ_GROUP)
+	__u8 pad[3];
+	__u32 pad2;
+	__u32 num_samples;
+	__u64 samples;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_grp_info  - Group info descriptor
+ *
+ * @grp_id: Group ID number
+ * @num_des: Number of DEs part of this group
+ * @num_intervals: Number of update intervals supported. Zero if group does not
+ *		   support per-group update interval configuration.
+ * @pad: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_GRP_INFO
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_grp_info {
+	__u32 grp_id;
+	__u32 num_des;
+	__u32 num_intervals;
+	__u32 pad;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_grps_list  - Group info descriptor list
+ *
+ * @num_grps: Number of entries returned in @grps
+ * @pad: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ * @grps: A reference to an array of struct scmi_tlm_grp_info containing an
+ *	  entry for each defined group
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_GRP_LIST
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_grps_list {
+	__u32 num_grps;
+	__u32 pad;
+	__u64 grps;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_grp_desc  - Group descriptor
+ *
+ * @grp_id: Group ID number
+ * @num_des: Number of DEs composing this group
+ * @composing_des: A reference to an array of __u32 elements containing the
+ *		   DataEvent IDs composing this group.
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_GRP_DESC
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_grp_desc {
+	__u32 grp_id;
+	__u32 num_des;
+	__u64 composing_des;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_shmti_info  - SHMTI descriptor
+ *
+ * @sid: SHMTI ID
+ * @fd: Associated opened file descriptor to use for mmap
+ * @len: Size of the SHMTI to be used with mmap on this SHMTI
+ * @offset: Offset in the mmap where the specified SHMTI start
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_SHMTI_LIST
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_shmti_info {
+	__u32 sid;
+	__u32 fd;
+	__u32 len;
+	__u32 offset;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_tlm_shmtis_list  - SHMTIs List
+ *
+ * @num_shmtis: Number of entries returned in @shmtis
+ * @pad: Padding fields to enforce alignment
+ * @shmtis: A reference to an array of struct scmi_tlm_shmti_info containing
+ *	    an entry for each defined SHMTI
+ *
+ * Used by:
+ *	RW - SCMI_TLM_GET_SHMTI_LIST
+ */
+struct scmi_tlm_shmtis_list {
+	__u32 num_shmtis;
+	__u32 pad;
+	__u64 shmtis;
+};
+
+#define SCMI 0xF1
+
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_INFO	_IOR(SCMI,  0x00, struct scmi_tlm_base_info)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_CFG	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x01, struct scmi_tlm_config)
+#define SCMI_TLM_SET_CFG	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x02, struct scmi_tlm_config)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_INTRVS	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x03, struct scmi_tlm_intervals)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_DE_CFG	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x04, struct scmi_tlm_de_config)
+#define SCMI_TLM_SET_DE_CFG	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x05, struct scmi_tlm_de_config)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_DE_INFO	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x06, struct scmi_tlm_de_info)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_DE_LIST	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x07, struct scmi_tlm_des_list)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_DE_VALUE	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x08, struct scmi_tlm_de_sample)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_ALL_CFG	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x09, struct scmi_tlm_de_config)
+#define SCMI_TLM_SET_ALL_CFG	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x0A, struct scmi_tlm_de_config)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_GRP_LIST	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x0B, struct scmi_tlm_grps_list)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_GRP_INFO	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x0C, struct scmi_tlm_grp_info)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_GRP_DESC	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x0D, struct scmi_tlm_grp_desc)
+#define SCMI_TLM_SINGLE_SAMPLE	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x0E, struct scmi_tlm_data_read)
+#define SCMI_TLM_BULK_READ	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x0F, struct scmi_tlm_data_read)
+#define SCMI_TLM_BATCH_READ	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x10, struct scmi_tlm_data_read)
+#define SCMI_TLM_GET_SHMTI_LIST	_IOWR(SCMI, 0x11, struct scmi_tlm_shmtis_list)
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SCMI_H */
-- 
2.54.0




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