TRBE currently stops trace collection at each buffer limit, so interrupt
latency can cause trace loss. This series adds trigger-based maintenance
and WRAP mode to reduce these gaps, while protecting unconsumed data and
retaining limit-based handling where required by errata.
The perf changes preserve decoder state across contiguous indexed AUX
fragments, with resets when continuity cannot be established. Thread
stacks still flush at each data block boundary. For normal recording, a
quarter-buffer watermark wakes userspace earlier.
The 11 patches cover:
Patches 01-02: Next-buffer computation cleanup and refactoring.
Patches 03-07: Trigger support, headroom, save/restore, and KUnit tests.
Patches 08-11: Decoder continuity and earlier userspace wakeups.
This series is based on coresight-next and requires
"coresight: trbe: Refactor buffer and IRQ handling" [1] to be applied first.
This series has been tested on the Orion6 board with TRBE and the
Juno-r2 board with ETR using the following commands:
perf record -e cs_etm// -a -- bash -c 'for i in {1..5}; do timeout 0.1 yes > /dev/null; sleep 0.1; done'
perf script --itrace=i1000iTZ
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20261016-trbe_enable_disable_irq_h…
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan(a)arm.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Split the enable/disable, perf-handle lifecycle, and IRQ handling fixes
into the separate prerequisite series, leaving 11 patches here.
- Restrict KUnit buffer and padding stubs to the synthetic test handle,
preserving normal buffer lookup and AUX accounting for real perf IRQs.
- Centralize decoder-reset decisions in cs_etm__get_trace(), while
retaining thread-stack flushing at every data block boundary.
- Reset per-thread decoders for unknown or changed CPUs, preserve CPU
metadata on all split pieces, and retain resets through empty fragments.
- Reset the decoder on logical AUX offset discontinuities, including
clipped snapshots and missing AUX records, while preserving continuity
across internal buffer splits.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251201-trbe_buffer_refactor_v1-1-v1-0-7da32b076…
---
Leo Yan (11):
coresight: trbe: Remove misleading comment
coresight: trbe: Refactor next buffer computation
coresight: trbe: Track trigger count support per CPU
coresight: trbe: Use trigger mode for buffer maintenance
coresight: trbe: Leave headroom for stop-on-trigger mode
coresight: trbe: Save and restore trigger counter
coresight: trbe: Add KUnit tests for compute normal buffer
perf cs-etm: Reset decoder on COLLISION flag
perf cs-etm: Reset per-thread decoder on CPU migration
perf cs-etm: Reset decoder on AUX offset discontinuity
perf cs-etm: Set watermark for AUX trace
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig | 15 +
.../coresight/coresight-trbe-kunit-tests.c | 644 +++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c | 342 ++++++++---
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.h | 18 +
tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c | 15 +
tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h | 2 +
tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 92 ++-
7 files changed, 1029 insertions(+), 99 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 343cfcbb3ecfdb80aa576a428cfa3b65ad783842
change-id: 20260617-trbe_buffer_refactor_v2-8813e33fde8b
prerequisite-message-id: <20261016-trbe_enable_disable_irq_handle_refactor-v2-0-3f57cf3199b1(a)arm.com>
prerequisite-patch-id: 295f75af9986fc6193b0f3ec0f144096c1194efd
prerequisite-patch-id: 60541bcf6bd25acf076fca2dd2e62ea382541fd5
prerequisite-patch-id: 0a6dbd3a69611c9bdca8ad61ea943d6577251fb8
prerequisite-patch-id: 0f4dc971d1375cd5672a63cd148b6e7f6dfdd9b3
prerequisite-patch-id: b42114d2185bbd15c9095191417aad34137cc5e9
prerequisite-patch-id: fdcdce0d19c611de475c6e9737ef544a9fb19153
prerequisite-patch-id: 948b6aa1254adfc9f89a5aba3ef45e41d891debe
prerequisite-patch-id: ba1cc65a72bcfef9e22fea14f52eeaeeb2c551d3
prerequisite-patch-id: d0efcfbe7d1f7886aaa5c34655c14a979bf55863
prerequisite-patch-id: af045abf5718e35f16a5b98ec7c04213cf24d426
prerequisite-patch-id: d0af1d9f5551622858815d148de5dc3c94cdf564
prerequisite-patch-id: 9d02a95ecafda17debf728ef1098b98030019a10
prerequisite-patch-id: c6251f03223c3bd4bcf43abc292907dd93cad527
prerequisite-patch-id: 690af6c1769b93d8712aa73b322bb4e5f0acdc66
prerequisite-patch-id: 21c3d8dacd550b977ae549a1865e43523ed64f98
prerequisite-patch-id: 0b5666068c0fed73e6906473b38861556881e5b0
prerequisite-patch-id: f5c97c9acc3e691b3612999eae97c3366acf3d97
prerequisite-patch-id: 55846a3b80ca3196062d06522af768ac83751d97
prerequisite-patch-id: 5f5be1d1c925a9c0d945eba516a9075153045292
prerequisite-patch-id: 8e39271308702e557abc4e4e79fc96d0157844a7
prerequisite-patch-id: b99199a58c4a87408c4c2b0b39ee4861f5cd9d80
prerequisite-patch-id: 1bdbfe0417a4a98984b2fbe8d664738657de3032
prerequisite-patch-id: aeab33675e29539d239c8ffdf4bbd4cf861972c6
Best regards,
--
Leo Yan <leo.yan(a)arm.com>
This series follows the earlier TRBE buffer refactoring posting [1].
The work is now split into two parts. This first part contains fixes
and refactoring in preparation for wrap and trigger mode support.
Support for those modes will be sent separately.
The patches are grouped as follows for easier review:
Patches 1-5: Minor fixes
Add register definitions, fix the watermark range check, and
improve erratum checks and perf handle validation.
Patches 6-11: Enable/disable lifecycle fixes
Clean up session setup, status clearing and IRQ handle ownership.
Patches 12-17: Refine status classification
Decode stop reasons, report truncation on errors and improve
trace-size accounting.
Patches 18-23: Improve IRQ and overflow handling
Keep the handle in per-CPU data, stabilize status reads, and
improve AUX restarts and trace-gap reporting.
A race also remains between TRBE interrupt handling and AUX pause/resume
from a sampling NMI. This should be resolved as part of the state
machine refactoring in the CoreSight AUX sampling series [2].
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20251201-trbe_buffer_refactor_v1-1…
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20260915-arm_cs_support_aux_sample…
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan(a)arm.com>
---
Leo Yan (23):
arm64/sysreg: Define TRBSR_EL1.EC event classes
coresight: trbe: Make watermark range check overflow safe in __trbe_normal_offset()
coresight: trbe: Use helpers for checking errata
coresight: trbe: Check the buffer association before IRQ validation
coresight: trbe: Validate perf handle before using sink data
coresight: trbe: Drop redundant disable from enable path
coresight: trbe: Publish the session after successful enable
coresight: trbe: Clear stale external abort status
coresight: trbe: Clear TRBSR status at stop sites
coresight: trbe: Drop redundant disables
coresight: trbe: Assign the perf handle in enable and disable
coresight: trbe: Decode TRBSR status codes
coresight: trbe: Simplify wrap status handling
coresight: trbe: Treat access not allowed stops as fatal
coresight: trbe: Report truncated trace on buffer update errors
coresight: trbe: Always classify TRBSR when updating buffer
coresight: trbe: Calculate trace size across buffer wrap
coresight: trbe: Keep the perf handle in per-CPU data
coresight: trbe: Reload the AUX buffer on overflow restart
coresight: trbe: Add fault action argument to trbe_handle_overflow()
coresight: trbe: Read TRBSR after prohibiting and flushing trace
coresight: trbe: Restart trace source for stopped buffers
coresight: trbe: Report trace gaps with PARTIAL instead of COLLISION
arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h | 6 +
arch/arm64/tools/sysreg | 8 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c | 481 ++++++++++++++++++---------
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.h | 8 -
4 files changed, 345 insertions(+), 158 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 343cfcbb3ecfdb80aa576a428cfa3b65ad783842
change-id: 20261016-trbe_enable_disable_irq_handle_refactor-0a3450f03473
Best regards,
--
Leo Yan <leo.yan(a)arm.com>
This series adds AUX sampling support to Arm CoreSight. A PMU sample can
carry a window of recent AUX trace, which perf generates callchain and
branch stack for the sampled thread. This provides execution history for
context-based profiling.
The series can be divided into four parts:
1. Patches 01 ~ 03 for event core:
The perf event core changes warn on non-positive AUX snapshot
returns before checking alignment padding. Space for a non-zero AUX
payload has already been reserved, so a zero return leaves that
payload unwritten. CoreSight fills unavailable trace with zeros and
returns the requested size.
It also prevents AUX sampling and pause/resume from nesting through
an NMI. A driver guard alone can leave perf's pause state
(aux_paused) inconsistent with the hardware state. The event core
ensures only one AUX callback is exclusively invoked.
Export the output copy helpers so CoreSight can fill sample payloads
when the driver is built as a module.
2. Patches 04 ~ 09 for ETM perf:
The ETM perf changes separate the lifetime of the published CoreSight
context from that of the AUX output handle.
Centralize buffer updates, and end AUX output when throttling stops
an event without PERF_EF_UPDATE so a later restart can acquire a
fresh handle.
Make hardware-state transitions reflect completed operations.
3. Patches 10 ~ 13 for TRBE driver:
TRBE snapshot buffers need padding to meet the CPU's alignment and
wrap constraints. Use circular buffer mode for overwrite snapshots,
retaining Fill mode on CPUs that require the write out-of-range
workaround.
TRBE faults can still raise interrupts in circular mode. Track when
the sink is handling an interrupt so an AUX sampling NMI can skip a
snapshot while the interrupted handler is updating the buffer. Make
repeated sink disable safe for deferred cleanup after a snapshot
failure.
4. Patches 14 ~ 25 for AUX sampling and decoding:
Shared atomic STOP and AUX action bits prevent an NMI stop from
tearing down the context while pause, resume or snapshot accesses it.
The AUX operation finishes and then completes the deferred stop,
publishing the stopped state only after hardware teardown.
Add snapshot_aux() to the CoreSight driver to pause the source, update
the sink buffer, disable the path, copy the recent trace into the PMU
sample, and then re-enable the path and resume the source.
Patch 17 fixes history collection for zero-IP PMU samples. Perf clears
the IP when a user-only sampling interrupt skids into the kernel, but
the timestamp and TID remain valid for matching the trace history.
In perf, decode each embedded payload as an independent trace window,
selecting the decoder with the sampled CPU and using the sample's
PID/TID and traced context IDs to attribute history to the sampled
thread. Refactor common timeless decoding and history collection, and
drain pending OpenCSD output so buffered history is not lost.
Attach reconstructed callchains and branch stacks to the original PMU
samples, preserving histories already present in the samples. Add a
test, and document the recording and decoding workflow and its
limitations.
The initial support targets unformatted trace from per-CPU sinks such as
TRBE. Shared formatted sinks such as ETR can mix trace from multiple CPUs,
consuming the limited sample window with execution unrelated to the
sampled thread.
This series is based on Amir's series "perf: Add CoreSight branch
history to existing samples" [1] for perf tool's branch / callchain
generating.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/cover.1787005265.git.aaupov@fb.com/
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan(a)arm.com>
---
Leo Yan (25):
perf/core: Reject non-positive AUX snapshot sizes
perf/core: Prevent AUX sampling from racing with pause/resume
perf/core: Export output copy helpers for CoreSight
coresight: perf: End AUX output when an event is throttled
coresight: perf: Extract AUX buffer update helper
coresight: perf: Simplify flow for CPUs without a path
coresight: perf: Validate the live context through its path
coresight: perf: Validate context before resuming trace
coresight: perf: Improve hardware state transitions
coresight: trbe: Pad snapshot buffers
coresight: trbe: Use circular buffer mode for snapshots
coresight: trbe: Track per-CPU sink interrupt handling
coresight: trbe: Handle an already disabled sink
coresight: perf: Look up the trace path in etm_event_pause()
coresight: perf: Serialize AUX pause and resume with event stops
coresight: perf: Support AUX sampling with per-CPU sinks
perf cs-etm: Allow history collection for samples with zero IP
perf cs-etm: Unify timeless buffer decoding
perf cs-etm: Propagate errors from trace queue flushing
perf cs-etm: Drain pending packets before finishing trace blocks
perf cs-etm: Complete packet draining with end of trace
perf cs-etm: Centralize sample history collection
perf cs-etm: Decode AUX samples into callchains and branch stacks
perf test: Add CoreSight AUX sample decoding test
Documentation: coresight: Document AUX sample decoding
Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-perf.rst | 39 ++
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c | 396 +++++++++++++-----
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h | 2 +
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c | 122 ++++--
include/linux/coresight.h | 2 +
kernel/events/core.c | 26 +-
kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 2 +
tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c | 6 +
tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/aux_sample.sh | 189 +++++++++
tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c | 39 ++
tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.h | 7 +
tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 491 ++++++++++++++++-------
12 files changed, 1040 insertions(+), 281 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 134e1295eedfc9a3c6e4e63d8ef45dc63749449b
change-id: 20260826-arm_cs_support_aux_sample-275664545588
Best regards,
--
Leo Yan <leo.yan(a)arm.com>
Concurrent per-thread events results in a WARN on N1SDP which leads to
the realization that per-thread events shouldn't have been sharing sinks
in the first place.
This slips through because different per-thread events will have the
same PID if owned by the same process, and we only check the PID and
nothing else. That results in unexpected WARNs because it looks like we
assumed it couldn't happen (although exclusive PMU rules allow it). But
even if it was supported it would result in trace from the wrong thread
in another event's per-thread buffer, so we should disallow it.
Fix it by determining if sharing can happen at setup time. Then remove
everywhere the same PID checking logic was copy pasted in each sink.
The first three patches fix configuration initialization, AUX cleanup
and topology locking. The remaining patches enforce the sharing rules
and simplify the sink drivers.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark(a)linaro.org>
---
Changes in v4:
- Count CPU sources in the registered topology and retain each sink's
sharing classification until its last AUX session ends.
- Serialize AUX topology access and provide locked and locking path
release functions.
- Reject unexpected path setup errors while retaining silent skips for
missing ETMs and unreachable sinks.
- Prevent all problematic sharing cases at aux setup rather than at
runtime. (Leo)
- Drop "coresight: tmc-etr: Don't stop Perf cleanup for active sysfs
reads". It was a pre-existing bug and is even more unrelated now with
the new model.
- Remove workqueue rather than fix the lifecycle, its no longer
needed. (Leo)
- Add a getter for the config manager, cscfg_get_state(). (Leo)
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260728-james-cs-multiple-per-threads-v3-0-6aee7…
Changes in v3:
- Storing and accessing event owners at runtime causes problems due to
various scenarios of: events (and sibling events) exiting, children
inheriting event FDs, PID reuse, CPU affine events that also have a
target process set but different inherit settings. Fix it by creating
a session ID in etm_setup_aux() and holding the references in it for
the duration of the whole session. (Leo)
- Make the ETR buffer allocator consistent with sink sharing rules by
not doing numeric PID comparisons there either.
- Fix up some Sashiko reports that it sees after interacting with cscfg
and taking extra references to tasks and PIDs.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260709-james-cs-multiple-per-threads-v2-0-10ac7…
Changes in v2:
- Fix inherited events by following event->parent
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260709-james-cs-multiple-per-threads-v1-0-d384e…
---
James Clark (10):
coresight: configfs: Don't assume active until cscfg_mgr is set
coresight: etm-perf: Remove workqueue for freeing AUX data
coresight: etm-perf: Serialize AUX topology access
coresight: etm-perf: Reject event if building path fails
coresight: etm-perf: Prevent sink sharing at setup time
coresight: tmc-etr: Reflect new sharing rules in allocator
coresight: tmc-etr: Remove sharing guards from ETR
coresight: tmc-etf: Remove sharing guards from ETF
coresight: etb10: Remove sharing guards from ETB10
coresight: ultrasoc-smb: Remove sharing guards from SMB
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c | 104 +++++++++++++++--
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c | 28 +----
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c | 119 ++++++++++---------
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h | 2 -
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-priv.h | 4 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c | 11 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-sysfs.c | 4 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c | 6 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c | 22 +---
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c | 142 +++++++----------------
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h | 16 +--
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trace-id.c | 97 ++++++++++++++--
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trace-id.h | 26 +++--
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/ultrasoc-smb.c | 20 +---
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/ultrasoc-smb.h | 3 -
include/linux/coresight.h | 26 ++++-
16 files changed, 346 insertions(+), 284 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 343cfcbb3ecfdb80aa576a428cfa3b65ad783842
change-id: 20260708-james-cs-multiple-per-threads-ed1d25ed1734
Best regards,
--
James Clark <james.clark(a)linaro.org>
SPE and TRBE write padding into their AUX buffers before advancing
aux_head. Add the missing write barriers so that a userspace reader on
another CPU cannot observe the new head before the padding stores
become visible.
AUX producers must make their data visible before publishing aux_head.
The required synchronization depends on the trace hardware and CPU
memory model, so the barriers belong in the drivers rather than in
perf_aux_output_skip() or perf_aux_output_end(). The TRBE change also
covers padding inserted by the overwrite erratum workaround before
perf_aux_output_end().
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan(a)arm.com>
---
Leo Yan (2):
perf: arm_spe: Order padding before publishing AUX head
coresight: trbe: Order padding before publishing AUX head
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c | 2 ++
drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
base-commit: 0fcb05b72344f40806cbe810de8872f1698bf053
change-id: 20261015-add_barriers_for_perf_aux_output_skip-70356815b2bd
Best regards,
--
Leo Yan <leo.yan(a)arm.com>
On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 07:53:20AM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
>
>
> On 10/12/26 18:28, Leo Yan wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 02:35:37PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/2/26 17:07, Leo Yan wrote:
> > > > Static replicators have no programmable registers and need no APB
> > > > programming clock.
> > > >
> > > > The Zynq clock controller registers dbg_trc and dbg_apb and calls
> > > > clk_prepare_enable() for each gate the bootloader left on.
> > >
> > > That's one bootloader behavior. If there is another bootloader that clocks
> > > can be simply disabled. I don't think there is any reason to depends on
> > > bootloader behavior. If there are clocks which has to be ON I can't see any
> > > reason not to drive them.
> >
> > My reference to zynq_clk_setup() was to explain that this patch leaves
> > the existing management of dbg_trc and dbg_apb unchanged.
> >
> > The CoreSight drivers do not request clocks named "dbg_trc" or "dbg_apb".
>
> And this is the point. DT binding is not describing what Linux driver handles.
> Binding describes HW itself.
I agreed that "Binding describes HW itself".
The question is which hardware clock connections the DT properties
describe. Arm DDI 0314H, Table B-1 [1], lists ATCLK for the replicator,
and ATCLK and PCLKDBG for the trace funnel. The static modules have no
APB programming interface.
> And for proper functionality these 2 clocks need to be handled.
Please point to the Zynq TRM section or clock diagram showing how
dbg_trc and dbg_apb supply the replicator and funnel.
> That Linux driver is not doing it that's different issue.
My understanding is the CoreSight drivers have already followed spec to
support clocks.
[1] https://support.arm.com/documentation/ddi0314/h/CoreSight-Components-and-Cl…
On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 02:35:37PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
>
>
> On 10/2/26 17:07, Leo Yan wrote:
> > Static replicators have no programmable registers and need no APB
> > programming clock.
> >
> > The Zynq clock controller registers dbg_trc and dbg_apb and calls
> > clk_prepare_enable() for each gate the bootloader left on.
>
> That's one bootloader behavior. If there is another bootloader that clocks
> can be simply disabled. I don't think there is any reason to depends on
> bootloader behavior. If there are clocks which has to be ON I can't see any
> reason not to drive them.
My reference to zynq_clk_setup() was to explain that this patch leaves
the existing management of dbg_trc and dbg_apb unchanged.
The CoreSight drivers do not request clocks named "dbg_trc" or "dbg_apb".
And removing those unused clock properties introduces no additional
dependence on the bootloader. Could you clarify how retaining these
entries addresses the bootloader concern?
> TRM page 741
>
> Trace Port Clock The trace port clock is used to clock the TPIU and trace
> buffer when the MIO interface is chosen and must be twice the frequency of
> the desired TPIU clock. The TPIU clock frequency must be chosen to be fast
> enough to allow the trace port to keep up with the amount of data being
> traced, but slow enough to meet the dynamic characteristics of the data
> output buffers of the TPIU.
The quoted paragraph establishes a trace-clock requirement for the TPIU
and trace buffer, how does it identify the clock inputs of the funnel
and replicator?
Thanks,
Leo
Hi Greg
Please find the updates for coresight self hosted tracing subsystem targeting
Linux v7.4. Apologies for the delay!
Kindly pull.
Suzuki
The following changes since commit df2908090cda368b01ff43709f51890076c56157:
Linux 7.3-rc2 (2026-09-06 15:07:20 -0700)
are available in the Git repository at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/coresight/linux.git tags/coresight-next-v7.4
for you to fetch changes up to 343cfcbb3ecfdb80aa576a428cfa3b65ad783842:
coresight: tnoc: Constify amba_id table (2026-10-09 11:32:08 +0100)
----------------------------------------------------------------
coresight: updates for Linux v7.4
CoreSight selfhosted tracing subsystem updates for Linux v7.4, includes:
- Separating the ETM configurations for sysfs and perf to avoid corrupting
each other while in use
- Hide sysfs control for TRBE as it is not supported
- Constify Amba device table for tnoc
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose(a)arm.com>
----------------------------------------------------------------
James Clark (1):
coresight: trbe: Hide enable_sink sysfs file
Krzysztof Kozlowski (1):
coresight: tnoc: Constify amba_id table
Yeoreum Yun (14):
coresight: etm4x: Prohibit TRCSEQSTR modifications while tracing enabled
coresight: etm4x: prohibit modifying cntr_val while session is enabled
coresight: etm3x: Prohibit modifying cntr_val while session is enabled
coresight: etm4x: fix inconsistencies with sysfs configuration
coresight: etm3x: fix inconsistencies with sysfs configuration
coresight: etm3x: remove redundant cpu online check on etm_enable_sysfs()
coresight: etm4x: introduce struct etm4_caps
coresight: etm4x: exclude ss_status from drvdata->config
coresight: etm4x: remove s_ex_level from config
coresight: etm4x: rename local config as curr_config referring drvdata->curr_config
coresight: etm4x: rename drvdata->config to sysfs_config
coresight: etm3x: introduce struct etm_caps
coresight: etm3x: rename local config as curr_config referring drvdata->curr_config
coresight: etm3x: rename drvdata->config to sysfs_config
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.c | 18 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h | 22 +
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c | 1 +
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm.h | 48 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-core.c | 196 +++--
.../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c | 461 +++++-----
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-cfg.c | 14 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c | 561 ++++++------
.../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-sysfs.c | 961 +++++++++++----------
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h | 199 +++--
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-sysfs.c | 15 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tnoc.c | 2 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c | 7 +
include/linux/coresight.h | 4 +
14 files changed, 1359 insertions(+), 1150 deletions(-)
On Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:19:35 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Static 'struct amba_id' table is not modified so can be changed to const
> for more safety.
>
>
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] coresight: tnoc: Constify amba_id table
https://git.kernel.org/coresight/c/343cfcbb3ecf
Best regards,
--
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose(a)arm.com>
Concurrent per-thread events results in a WARN on N1SDP which leads to
the realization that per-thread events shouldn't have been sharing sinks
in the first place.
This slips through because different per-thread events will have the
same PID if owned by the same process, and we only check the PID and
nothing else. That results in unexpected WARNs because it looks like we
assumed it couldn't happen (although exclusive PMU rules allow it). But
even if it was supported it would result in trace from the wrong thread
in another event's per-thread buffer, so we should disallow it.
Fix it everywhere the same PID checking logic was copy pasted. Then the
PIDs can be dropped from a few structs as they are now unused.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark(a)linaro.org>
---
Changes in v3:
- Storing and accessing event owners at runtime causes problems due to
various scenarios of: events (and sibling events) exiting, children
inheriting event FDs, PID reuse, CPU affine events that also have a
target process set but different inherit settings. Fix it by creating
a session ID in etm_setup_aux() and holding the references in it for
the duration of the whole session. (Leo)
- Make the ETR buffer allocator consistent with sink sharing rules by
not doing numeric PID comparisons there either.
- Fix up some Sashiko reports that it sees after interacting with cscfg
and taking extra references to tasks and PIDs.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260709-james-cs-multiple-per-threads-v2-0-10ac7…
Changes in v2:
- Fix inherited events by following event->parent
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260709-james-cs-multiple-per-threads-v1-0-d384e…
---
James Clark (8):
coresight: tmc-etr: Don't stop Perf cleanup for active sysfs reads
coresight: configfs: Don't assume active until cscfg_mgr is set
coresight: etm-perf: Flush workqueue before unloading module
coresight: tmc-etr: Prevent per-thread events from sharing a sink
coresight: tmc-etr: Use session ID for buffer ownership
coresight: tmc-etf: Prevent per-thread events from sharing a sink
coresight: etb10: Prevent per-thread events from sharing a sink
coresight: ultrasoc-smb: Prevent per-thread events from sharing a sink
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c | 28 +--
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c | 33 ++--
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c | 79 ++++++++-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h | 15 ++
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-priv.h | 2 -
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c | 6 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c | 6 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c | 44 ++---
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c | 207 +++++++++++++----------
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h | 30 ++--
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c | 3 +-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/ultrasoc-smb.c | 25 +--
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/ultrasoc-smb.h | 6 +-
include/linux/coresight.h | 5 +-
14 files changed, 294 insertions(+), 195 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 98495b5a4d77dd22e106f462b76e1093a55b29a7
change-id: 20260708-james-cs-multiple-per-threads-ed1d25ed1734
Best regards,
--
James Clark <james.clark(a)linaro.org>