This is to allow them to be referenced in a later commit. There was also a mistake where sysFS was introduced as section 2, but numbered as section 1. And vice versa for 'Using perf framework'. This can't happen with unnumbered sections.
Signed-off-by: James Clark james.clark@arm.com Reviewed-by: Mike Leach mike.leach@linaro.org --- Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst index a15571d96cc8..db66ff45ff4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst @@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ Preference is given to the former as using the sysFS interface requires a deep understanding of the Coresight HW. The following sections provide details on using both methods.
-1) Using the sysFS interface: +Using the sysFS interface +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Before trace collection can start, a coresight sink needs to be identified. There is no limit on the amount of sinks (nor sources) that can be enabled at @@ -446,7 +447,8 @@ wealth of possibilities that coresight provides. Instruction 0 0x8026B588 E8BD8000 true LDM sp!,{pc} Timestamp Timestamp: 17107041535
-2) Using perf framework: +Using perf framework +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Coresight tracers are represented using the Perf framework's Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) abstraction. As such the perf framework takes charge of @@ -495,7 +497,11 @@ More information on the above and other example on how to use Coresight with the perf tools can be found in the "HOWTO.md" file of the openCSD gitHub repository [#third]_.
-2.1) AutoFDO analysis using the perf tools: +Advanced perf framework usage +----------------------------- + +AutoFDO analysis using the perf tools +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
perf can be used to record and analyze trace of programs.
@@ -513,7 +519,8 @@ The --itrace option controls the type and frequency of synthesized events Note that only 64-bit programs are currently supported - further work is required to support instruction decode of 32-bit Arm programs.
-2.2) Tracing PID +Tracing PID +~~~~~~~~~~~
The kernel can be built to write the PID value into the PE ContextID registers. For a kernel running at EL1, the PID is stored in CONTEXTIDR_EL1. A PE may @@ -547,7 +554,7 @@ wants to trace PIDs for both host and guest, the two configs "contextid1" and
Generating coverage files for Feedback Directed Optimization: AutoFDO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'perf inject' accepts the --itrace option in which case tracing data is removed and replaced with the synthesized events. e.g.