[PATCH v3 10/10] coresight: trbe: Prohibit trace before disabling TRBE

Anshuman Khandual anshuman.khandual at arm.com
Tue Sep 14 23:58:16 PDT 2021



On 9/14/21 3:56 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> When the TRBE generates an IRQ, we stop the TRBE, collect the trace
> and then reprogram the TRBE with the updated buffer pointers, whenever
> possible. We might also leave the TRBE disabled, if there is not
> enough space left in the buffer. However, we do not touch the ETE at
> all during all of this. This means the ETE is only disabled when
> the event is disabled later (via irq_work). This is incorrect, as the
> ETE trace is still ON without actually being captured and may be routed
> to the ATB (even if it is for a short duration).
> 
> So, we move the CPU into trace prohibited state always before disabling
> the TRBE, upon entering the IRQ handler. The state is restored if the
> TRBE is enabled back. Otherwise the trace remains prohibited.
> 
> Since, the ETM/ETE driver now controls the TRFCR_EL1 per session, the
> tracing can be restored/enabled back when the event is rescheduled
> in.
> 
> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>
> Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier at linaro.org>
> Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach at linaro.org>
> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>

Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>

> ---
>  .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-self-hosted-trace.h    | 4 +++-
>  drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c             | 9 +++++++++
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-self-hosted-trace.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-self-hosted-trace.h
> index 586d26e0cba3..34372482a3cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-self-hosted-trace.h
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-self-hosted-trace.h
> @@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ static inline void write_trfcr(u64 val)
>  	isb();
>  }
>  
> -static inline void cpu_prohibit_trace(void)
> +static inline u64 cpu_prohibit_trace(void)
>  {
>  	u64 trfcr = read_trfcr();
>  
>  	/* Prohibit tracing at EL0 & the kernel EL */
>  	write_trfcr(trfcr & ~(TRFCR_ELx_ExTRE | TRFCR_ELx_E0TRE));
> +	/* Return the original value of the TRFCR */
> +	return trfcr;
>  }
>  #endif			/*  __CORESIGHT_SELF_HOSTED_TRACE_H */
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
> index d05cb5ffc128..d4c57aed05e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>  #define pr_fmt(fmt) DRVNAME ": " fmt
>  
>  #include <asm/barrier.h>
> +#include "coresight-self-hosted-trace.h"
>  #include "coresight-trbe.h"
>  
>  #define PERF_IDX2OFF(idx, buf) ((idx) % ((buf)->nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT))
> @@ -760,6 +761,7 @@ static irqreturn_t arm_trbe_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev)
>  	enum trbe_fault_action act;
>  	u64 status;
>  	bool truncated = false;
> +	u64 trfcr;
>  
>  	/* Reads to TRBSR_EL1 is fine when TRBE is active */
>  	status = read_sysreg_s(SYS_TRBSR_EL1);
> @@ -770,6 +772,8 @@ static irqreturn_t arm_trbe_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev)
>  	if (!is_trbe_irq(status))
>  		return IRQ_NONE;
>  
> +	/* Prohibit the CPU from tracing before we disable the TRBE */
> +	trfcr = cpu_prohibit_trace();
>  	/*
>  	 * Ensure the trace is visible to the CPUs and
>  	 * any external aborts have been resolved.
> @@ -801,9 +805,14 @@ static irqreturn_t arm_trbe_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev)
>  	/*
>  	 * If the buffer was truncated, ensure perf callbacks
>  	 * have completed, which will disable the event.
> +	 *
> +	 * Otherwise, restore the trace filter controls to
> +	 * allow the tracing.
>  	 */
>  	if (truncated)
>  		irq_work_run();
> +	else
> +		write_trfcr(trfcr);
>  
>  	return IRQ_HANDLED;
>  }
> 



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