Hi Mike, We have a few additional queries regarding the output file. Copying a snippet from the decoded trace output - .... .... Idx:1189; ID:1a; [0x84 ]; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=1; Idx:1189; ID:1a; OCSD_GEN_TRC_ELEM_INSTR_RANGE(exec range=0x1201dce:[0x1201dd4] num_i(3) last_sz(2) (ISA=T32) E BR [CC=1]; ) .... ....
- Is there any way to generate the instructions itself that correspond to the above execution range? i.e. can we specify a map file/disassembly which automatically generates the instructions corresponding to the above packet? - Is there any way to stop the trace and resume the trace later without loosing the trace collected before stopping?
Thanks, Karthik
On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 12:11 PM Karthik Raghavan < karthik.raghavan@broadcom.com> wrote:
Hi Mike/Ajith, We are able to specify multiple dump sections and decode the trace successfully. Will let you guys know in case we encounter any further issues.
Thanks, Karthik
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 1:49 PM Ajith Kurian Issac < ajith-kurian.issac@broadcom.com> wrote:
Adding Karthik,
Karthik, Could you please explain the issue you see now with the list file?
Thanks Ajith
On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 3:23 PM Mike Leach mike.leach@linaro.org wrote:
Hi Ajith,
I was trying to create an example snapshot to demo use of the offset parameter in [dump] sections in .ini file when I discovered a bug in the snapshot reader library used by the test program than made it not use these correctly. This is now fixed in v0.9.3 of the library. There is a new test snapshot there - tests/snapshots/test-file-mem-offsets which demonstrates use of 'offset'
Regards
Mike On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 11:47, Mike Leach mike.leach@linaro.org wrote:
Hi Ajith,
You need to add a 'dump' section into the cpu .ini file (cpu_0.ini).
e.g. [dump0] file=afile.bin address=0x8000 length=0x2000 offset=0x100
Where: file: name of file address: address in memory that the contents of file are loaded length: [optional] length of memory in file (less than or equal to
file length)
offset: [optional] offset within the file that the memory block starts
at.
So, for an elf/axf file you need to establish the offset into the file of the loadable code section, and its length within the file and specify these as length and offset parameters above. Address is obviously the load address for the section.
See decoder/docs/specs for the snapshot file specification document.
Most of the example snapshots in decoder\tests use plain binary memory dumps where length is the length of the file, and the start of memory is the beginning of the file so do not use offset and length.
Regards
Mike On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 at 17:44, Ajith Kurian Issac ajith-kurian.issac@broadcom.com wrote:
Hi Mike,
Do you how we can feed the ELF file to the trace decoder? whats the command to do that? Is it ELF or axf file? Thanks Ajith
On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 12:05 PM Mike Leach mike.leach@linaro.org
wrote:
Hi Ajith,
I've looked at the output from the tracedump bin you provided and am seeing the same as you. I looked at the raw trace bytes too - there is nothing in the trace that would indicate the trace is incorrect or corrupted.
One point of note - the timestamp count is not increasing - this may be due to the clock driving it not being active.
Regards
Mike On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 21:32, Ajith Kurian Issac ajith-kurian.issac@broadcom.com wrote: > > Thanks AI, > > We will try it out we saw a lot of below lines getting repeated
intially in the trace.
> Do you also see the same? > Idx:822; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:824; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:826; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:828; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:830; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:833; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:835; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:837; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:839; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:841; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:843; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:845; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:848; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:850; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:852; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:854; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:856; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:858; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:860; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:864; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:866; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:868; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:870; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:872; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:874; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:876; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:878; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:881; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:883; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:885; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:887; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > Idx:889; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; E; Cycles=114; > Idx:891; ID:1a; ATOM : Atom packet; N; Cycles=114; > > > Thanks > Ajith > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Al Grant Al.Grant@arm.com
wrote:
>> >> Hi Vinu, >> >> >> >> As Mike says, to decode to an instruction trace, you will need
to give
>> >> the decoder the memory image(s) of the code being executed. >> >> >> >> I have run this trace through another PTM decoder and it’s not
flagging
>> >> up anything that looks problematic. The code appears to be
looping
>> >> over code around 0x1200000, 0x7f800000 and 0xf4000000. >> >> To show details of instructions you’d need to provide the decoder >> >> with the code located in these areas. If you could send the image >> >> (e.g. ELF file) we could check the decode here. >> >> >> >> Al >> >> >> >> >> >> From: CoreSight coresight-bounces@lists.linaro.org On Behalf
Of Vinu Velayudhan
>> Sent: 24 September 2018 18:48 >> To: Ajith Kurian Issac ajith-kurian.issac@broadcom.com; Mike
Leach mike.leach@linaro.org
>> >> >> Cc: coresight@lists.linaro.org >> Subject: Re: Open CSD >> >> >> >> Attaching the files this time. zip file attachment was blocked
by the mail server last time.
>> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Vinu >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 10:42 AM Vinu Velayudhan <
vinu.velayudhan@broadcom.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Attached 7z file has all the .ini files we use with OpenCSD. I
have attached a sample “tracebin.bin” file collected from the controller.
>> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Vinu >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Ajith Kurian Issac ajith-kurian.issac@broadcom.com >> Date: Monday, September 24, 2018 at 10:25 AM >> To: Mike Leach mike.leach@linaro.org, Vinu Velayudhan <
vinu.velayudhan@broadcom.com>
>> Cc: coresight@lists.linaro.org >> Subject: Re: Open CSD >> >> >> >> Hi Mike, >> >> >> >> We rea using an A15 dual-core processor with trace enabled only
for Core0
>> >> We use PTM protocol from ARM. >> >> We rea running bare metal code no OS . >> >> We are trying to validate the trace by inducing an abort in the
code .
>> >> >> >> The config details Vinu can share >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Ajith >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 2:19 PM, Ajith Kurian Issac <
ajith-kurian.issac@broadcom.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi Vinu, >> >> Mike can help us to clear our basic doubts on this. Could you
please answer his queries?
>> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 1:18 PM Mike Leach mike.leach@linaro.org
wrote:
>> >> Hi Ajith, >> >> Can you give me a bit more context on your system - core in use,
trace
>> protocol type. >> >> Also can you upload the raw trace binary, and the snapshot config >> files you used - I'd like to see what the CS frames look like. >> >> The trace looks unusual in that you seem to have repeating E/N
atoms -
>> which could be the result of running a loop. What does the traced >> application do? Is it a T32 app as suggested by the address
outputs?
>> I sometimes expect multiple atoms in a single packet - but in
this
>> case the cycle counts are forcing a single atom output per
packet.
>> Have you tried the -decode option and providing the memory image
of
>> the application to the decode? >> >> This is consistent with valid trace - but without knowing what
the app
>> is doing it is not possible to say for certain. >> >> Regards >> >> Mike >> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 23:58, Ajith Kurian Issac >> ajith-kurian.issac@broadcom.com wrote: >> > >> > Hi Mike, >> > >> > We tried using Open CSD and we got something like this after
decoding the trace .
>> > Does the output makes sense for you? The branch address
mentioned in the trace is actually valid.
>> > Could you please help >> > >> > Thanks >> > Ajith >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 7:55 AM, Mike Leach <
mike.leach@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >> >> >> Hi Ajith, >> >> >> >> OpenCSD is a trace decode library that is designed to be
integrated
>> >> into a tool to decode trace. It is not a trace decode tool
itself.
>> >> >> >> You have two choices:- >> >> >> >> 1) Write a program to use the library and decode the trace.
The
>> >> 'trc_pkt_lister' test program and source >> >> [decoder/tests/source/trc_pkt_lister.cpp] is a good example
of how to
>> >> use the library. >> >> Use the decode tree object / api to build a decoder for your
configured system.
>> >> >> >> 2) Limited decode can be obtained if your data is presented
as a trace
>> >> snapshot to the 'trc_pkt_lister' program - this will then do
some
>> >> decoding of your trace. >> >> The format specification is defined in
decoder/docs/specs/"ARM Trace
>> >> and Debug Sanpshot file format 0v2.pdf" >> >> Example snapshots are seen in decoder/tests/snapshots. >> >> The decode from this program is limited to outputting either
raw trace
>> >> packets, or executed instruction ranges. Additional work will
be
>> >> required to provide disassembly / source code attribution of
the
>> >> decoded trace. >> >> >> >> Either way you will need the following:- >> >> a) Trace data in a binary file. >> >> b) configuration information for the ETM hardware at the time
of trace capture.
>> >> c) Any memory images of programs executed while capturing the
trace data.
>> >> >> >> I advise building the documentation for the library using the
doxygen
>> >> file in decoder/docs for additional information. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> >> >> On 15 February 2018 at 00:51, Ajith Kurian Issac >> >> ajith-kurian.issac@broadcom.com wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> >> > >> >> > We are trying to us the Open CSD for decoding a onchip
trace in our ETB.
>> >> > The trace was enabled and is captured in the ETB. >> >> > We read the trace back and dumped it into a text file. >> >> > I am attaching it. >> >> > >> >> > How can I use the CSD tool to decode it? >> >> > >> >> > Thanks >> >> > Ajith >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > CoreSight mailing list >> >> > CoreSight@lists.linaro.org >> >> > https://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/coresight >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mike Leach >> >> Principal Engineer, ARM Ltd. >> >> Blackburn Design Centre. UK >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Mike Leach >> Principal Engineer, ARM Ltd. >> Manchester Design Centre. UK >> >> > >
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