Messages in this thread | | | From | Mike Leach <> | Date | Mon, 8 Mar 2021 17:25:46 +0000 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 10/19] coresight: etm-perf: Allow an event to use different sinks |
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On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 at 19:36, Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> wrote: > > When a sink is not specified by the user, the etm perf driver > finds a suitable sink automatically, based on the first ETM > where this event could be scheduled. Then we allocate the > sink buffer based on the selected sink. This is fine for a > CPU bound event as the "sink" is always guaranteed to be > reachable from the ETM (as this is the only ETM where the > event is going to be scheduled). However, if we have a thread > bound event, the event could be scheduled on any of the ETMs > on the system. In this case, currently we automatically select > a sink and exclude any ETMs that cannot reach the selected > sink. This is problematic especially for 1x1 configurations. > We end up in tracing the event only on the "first" ETM, > as the default sink is local to the first ETM and unreachable > from the rest. However, we could allow the other ETMs to > trace if they all have a sink that is compatible with the > "selected" sink and can use the sink buffer. This can be > easily done by verifying that they are all driven by the > same driver and matches the same subtype. Please note > that at anytime there can be only one ETM tracing the event. > > Adding support for different types of sinks for a single > event is complex and is not something that we expect > on a sane configuration. > > Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> > Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org> > Tested-by: Linu Cherian <lcherian@marvell.com> > Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> > --- > Changes: > - Rename sinks_match => sinks_compatible > - Tighten the check by matching the sink subtype > - Use user_sink instead of "sink_forced" and clean up the code (Mathieu) > - More comments, better commit description > --- > .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c > index 0f603b4094f2..aa0974bd265b 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c > +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c > @@ -232,6 +232,25 @@ static void etm_free_aux(void *data) > schedule_work(&event_data->work); > } > > +/* > + * Check if two given sinks are compatible with each other, > + * so that they can use the same sink buffers, when an event > + * moves around. > + */ > +static bool sinks_compatible(struct coresight_device *a, > + struct coresight_device *b) > +{ > + if (!a || !b) > + return false; > + /* > + * If the sinks are of the same subtype and driven > + * by the same driver, we can use the same buffer > + * on these sinks. > + */ > + return (a->subtype.sink_subtype == b->subtype.sink_subtype) && > + (sink_ops(a) == sink_ops(b)); > +} > + > static void *etm_setup_aux(struct perf_event *event, void **pages, > int nr_pages, bool overwrite) > { > @@ -239,6 +258,7 @@ static void *etm_setup_aux(struct perf_event *event, void **pages, > int cpu = event->cpu; > cpumask_t *mask; > struct coresight_device *sink = NULL; > + struct coresight_device *user_sink = NULL, *last_sink = NULL; > struct etm_event_data *event_data = NULL; > > event_data = alloc_event_data(cpu); > @@ -249,7 +269,7 @@ static void *etm_setup_aux(struct perf_event *event, void **pages, > /* First get the selected sink from user space. */ > if (event->attr.config2) { > id = (u32)event->attr.config2; > - sink = coresight_get_sink_by_id(id); > + sink = user_sink = coresight_get_sink_by_id(id); > } > > mask = &event_data->mask; > @@ -277,14 +297,33 @@ static void *etm_setup_aux(struct perf_event *event, void **pages, > } > > /* > - * No sink provided - look for a default sink for one of the > - * devices. At present we only support topology where all CPUs > - * use the same sink [N:1], so only need to find one sink. The > - * coresight_build_path later will remove any CPU that does not > - * attach to the sink, or if we have not found a sink. > + * No sink provided - look for a default sink for all the ETMs, > + * where this event can be scheduled. > + * We allocate the sink specific buffers only once for this > + * event. If the ETMs have different default sink devices, we > + * can only use a single "type" of sink as the event can carry > + * only one sink specific buffer. Thus we have to make sure > + * that the sinks are of the same type and driven by the same > + * driver, as the one we allocate the buffer for. As such > + * we choose the first sink and check if the remaining ETMs > + * have a compatible default sink. We don't trace on a CPU > + * if the sink is not compatible. > */ > - if (!sink) > + if (!user_sink) { > + /* Find the default sink for this ETM */ > sink = coresight_find_default_sink(csdev); > + if (!sink) { > + cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, mask); > + continue; > + } > + > + /* Check if this sink compatible with the last sink */ > + if (last_sink && !sinks_compatible(last_sink, sink)) { > + cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, mask); > + continue; > + } > + last_sink = sink; > + } > > /* > * Building a path doesn't enable it, it simply builds a > @@ -312,7 +351,12 @@ static void *etm_setup_aux(struct perf_event *event, void **pages, > if (!sink_ops(sink)->alloc_buffer || !sink_ops(sink)->free_buffer) > goto err; > > - /* Allocate the sink buffer for this session */ > + /* > + * Allocate the sink buffer for this session. All the sinks > + * where this event can be scheduled are ensured to be of the > + * same type. Thus the same sink configuration is used by the > + * sinks. > + */ > event_data->snk_config = > sink_ops(sink)->alloc_buffer(sink, event, pages, > nr_pages, overwrite); > -- > 2.24.1 >
Reviewed-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
-- Mike Leach Principal Engineer, ARM Ltd. Manchester Design Centre. UK
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