[PATCH V6 2/3] soc: qcom: boot_stat: Add Driver Support for Boot Stats

Souradeep Chowdhury quic_schowdhu at quicinc.com
Fri May 12 04:46:38 PDT 2023



On 5/11/2023 10:37 PM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 03:52:22AM -0700, Souradeep Chowdhury wrote:
>> All of Qualcomm's proprietary Android boot-loaders capture boot time
>> stats, like the time when the bootloader started execution and at what
>> point the bootloader handed over control to the kernel etc. in the IMEM
>> region. This information is captured in a specific format by this driver
>> by mapping a structure to the IMEM memory region and then accessing the
>> members of the structure to show the information within debugfs file.
>> This information is useful in verifying if the existing boot KPIs have
>> regressed or not. The information is shown in milliseconds, a sample
>> log from sm8450(waipio) device is as follows:-
>>
>> /sys/kernel/debug/qcom_boot_stats # cat abl_time
>> 17898 ms
>> /sys/kernel/debug/qcom_boot_stats # cat pre_abl_time
>> 2879 ms
>>
>> The Module Power Manager(MPM) sleep counter starts ticking at the PBL
>> stage and the timestamp generated by the sleep counter is logged by
>> the Qualcomm proprietary bootloader(ABL) at two points-> First when it
>> starts execution which is logged here as "pre_abl_time" and the second
>> when it is about to load the kernel logged as "abl_time". Documentation
>> details are also added in Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat
>>
> 
> I would have preferred some way to implement this without spending
> countless kB of RAM to occasionally read out two u32 values...
> 
> But pulling them out of /dev/mem is the only suggestion that comes to
> mind... Perhaps dropping the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() to rely on an
> explicit modprobe/insmod in the few cases where it's needed?
> 
> @Arnd, do you have any suggestion about how to handle this kind of debug
> drivers?
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Souradeep Chowdhury <quic_schowdhu at quicinc.com>
>> ---
>>   .../ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat       |  17 +++
>>   drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig                      |  10 ++
>>   drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile                     |   1 +
>>   drivers/soc/qcom/boot_stats.c                 | 100 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   4 files changed, 128 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/soc/qcom/boot_stats.c
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..7127d15d9f15
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-bootstat
>> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
>> +What:		/sys/kernel/debug/qcom_boot_stats/pre_abl_time
>> +Date:           May 2023
>> +Contact:        Souradeep Chowdhury <quic_schowdhu at quicinc.com>
>> +Description:
>> +		This file is used to read the KPI value pre abl time.
>> +		It shows the time in milliseconds from the starting
>> +		point of PBL to the point when the control shifted
>> +		to ABL(Qualcomm proprietary bootloader).
>> +
>> +What:           /sys/kernel/debug/qcom_boot_stats/abl_time
>> +Date:           May 2023
>> +Contact:        Souradeep Chowdhury <quic_schowdhu at quicinc.com>
>> +Description:
>> +		This file is used to read the KPI value abl time.
>> +		It show the duration in milliseconds from the
>> +		time control switched to ABL to the point when
>> +		the linux kernel started getting loaded.
>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
>> index a491718f8064..04141236dcdd 100644
>> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
>> @@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ config QCOM_AOSS_QMP
>>   	  subsystems as well as controlling the debug clocks exposed by the Always On
>>   	  Subsystem (AOSS) using Qualcomm Messaging Protocol (QMP).
>>   
>> +config QCOM_BOOTSTAT
>> +	tristate "Qualcomm Technologies, Boot Stat driver"
>> +	depends on ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST
>> +	depends on DEBUG_FS
>> +	help
>> +	  This option enables driver support for boot stats. Boot stat driver logs
>> +	  the kernel bootloader information by accessing the imem region. These
>> +	  information are exposed in the form of debugfs files. This is used to
>> +	  determine if there is any regression in boot timings.
>> +
>>   config QCOM_COMMAND_DB
>>   	tristate "Qualcomm Command DB"
>>   	depends on ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST
>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
>> index 0f43a88b4894..ae7bda96a539 100644
>> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
>> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>>   # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>   CFLAGS_rpmh-rsc.o := -I$(src)
>>   obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_AOSS_QMP) +=	qcom_aoss.o
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_BOOTSTAT) += boot_stats.o
>>   obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_GENI_SE) +=	qcom-geni-se.o
>>   obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_COMMAND_DB) += cmd-db.o
>>   obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_CPR)		+= cpr.o
>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/boot_stats.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/boot_stats.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..ca67b6b5d8eb
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/boot_stats.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (c) 2013-2019, 2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
>> + * Copyright (c) 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include <linux/debugfs.h>
>> +#include <linux/err.h>
>> +#include <linux/io.h>
>> +#include <linux/init.h>
>> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>> +#include <linux/of.h>
>> +#include <linux/of_address.h>
>> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
>> +
>> +#define TO_MS(timestamp) ((timestamp * 1000) / 32768)
>> +
>> +/**
>> + *  struct boot_stats - timestamp information related to boot stats
>> + *  @abl_start: Time for the starting point of the abl
>> + *  @abl_end: Time when the kernel starts loading from abl
>> + */
>> +struct boot_stats {
>> +	u32 abl_start;
>> +	u32 abl_end;
>> +} __packed;
>> +
>> +struct bs_data {
>> +	struct boot_stats __iomem *b_stats;
>> +	struct dentry *dbg_dir;
>> +};
>> +
>> +static void populate_boot_stats(char *abl_str, char *pre_abl_str, struct bs_data *drvdata)
>> +{
>> +	 u32 abl_time, pre_abl_time;
>> +
>> +	 abl_time = TO_MS(drvdata->b_stats->abl_end) - TO_MS(drvdata->b_stats->abl_start);
>> +	 sprintf(abl_str, "%u ms", abl_time);
>> +
>> +	 pre_abl_time =  TO_MS(drvdata->b_stats->abl_start);
>> +	 sprintf(pre_abl_str, "%u ms", pre_abl_time);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int boot_stats_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> +{
>> +	char abl_str[20], pre_abl_str[20], *abl, *pre_abl;
>> +	struct device *bootstat_dev = &pdev->dev;
>> +	struct bs_data *drvdata;
>> +
>> +	drvdata = devm_kzalloc(bootstat_dev, sizeof(*drvdata), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!drvdata)
>> +		return dev_err_probe(bootstat_dev, -ENOMEM, "failed to allocate memory");
>> +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, drvdata);
>> +
>> +	drvdata->b_stats = devm_of_iomap(bootstat_dev, bootstat_dev->of_node, 0, NULL);
> 
> You don't use this region past probe, so no need to keep it mapped, or
> hang onto the pointer.
> 
> This means that you don't need struct bs_data, you can just stuff the
> dentry pointer directly in the drvdata.

Ack

> 
>> +	if (IS_ERR(drvdata->b_stats))
>> +		return dev_err_probe(bootstat_dev, PTR_ERR(drvdata->b_stats),
>> +				     "failed to map imem region");
>> +
>> +	drvdata->dbg_dir = debugfs_create_dir("qcom_boot_stats", NULL);
>> +	if (IS_ERR(drvdata->dbg_dir))
> 
> Please omit error handling in the debugfs api.

Ack

> 
>> +		return dev_err_probe(bootstat_dev, PTR_ERR(drvdata->dbg_dir),
>> +				     "failed to create debugfs directory");
>> +
>> +	populate_boot_stats(abl_str, pre_abl_str, drvdata);
>> +	abl = abl_str;
>> +	pre_abl = pre_abl_str;
>> +
>> +	debugfs_create_str("pre_abl_time", 0400, drvdata->dbg_dir, (char **)&pre_abl);
> 
> abl lives on the stack, pre_abl is a pointer to the stack, &pre_abl is a
> pointer to this pointer and if I read the code correctly, in
> __debugfs_create_file this value is stored in inode->i_private.
> 
> So I think this will only work if your stack isn't resused...

Ack

> 
> Regards,
> Bjorn
> 
>> +	debugfs_create_str("abl_time", 0400, drvdata->dbg_dir, (char **)&abl);
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +void boot_stats_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> +{
>> +	struct bs_data *drvdata = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>> +
>> +	debugfs_remove_recursive(drvdata->dbg_dir);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static const struct of_device_id boot_stats_dt_match[] = {
>> +	{ .compatible = "qcom,imem-bootstats" },
>> +	{ }
>> +};
>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, boot_stats_dt_match);
>> +
>> +static struct platform_driver boot_stat_driver = {
>> +	.probe  = boot_stats_probe,
>> +	.remove_new = boot_stats_remove,
>> +	.driver = {
>> +		.name = "qcom-boot-stats",
>> +		.of_match_table = boot_stats_dt_match,
>> +	},
>> +};
>> +module_platform_driver(boot_stat_driver);
>> +
>> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Qualcomm Technologies Inc. Boot Stat driver");
>> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>> -- 
>> 2.17.1
>>



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