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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst | 85 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst | 8 | ||||
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-ect.rst b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-ect.rst index ecc1e57012ef..a68732c5c6d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-ect.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-ect.rst @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + ============================================= CoreSight Embedded Cross Trigger (CTI & CTM). ============================================= @@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ capable of generating or using trigger signals.:: >$ ls /sys/bus/coresight/devices/etm0/cti_cpu0 channels ctmid enable nr_trigger_cons mgmt power powered regs - subsystem triggers0 triggers1 uevent + connections subsystem triggers0 triggers1 uevent *Key file items are:-* * ``enable``: enables/disables the CTI. Read to determine current state. @@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ capable of generating or using trigger signals.:: * ``channels``: Contains the channel API - CTI main programming interface. * ``regs``: Gives access to the raw programmable CTI regs. * ``mgmt``: the standard CoreSight management registers. + * ``connections``: Links to connected *CoreSight* devices. The number of + links can be 0 to ``nr_trigger_cons``. Actual number given by ``nr_links`` + in this directory. triggers<N> directories diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst index 108600ee1e12..0b73acb44efa 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst @@ -241,6 +241,91 @@ to the newer scheme, to give a confirmation that what you see on your system is not unexpected. One must use the "names" as they appear on the system under specified locations. +Topology Representation +----------------------- + +Each CoreSight component has a ``connections`` directory which will contain +links to other CoreSight components. This allows the user to explore the trace +topology and for larger systems, determine the most appropriate sink for a +given source. The connection information can also be used to establish +which CTI devices are connected to a given component. This directory contains a +``nr_links`` attribute detailing the number of links in the directory. + +For an ETM source, in this case ``etm0`` on a Juno platform, a typical +arrangement will be:: + + linaro-developer:~# ls - l /sys/bus/coresight/devices/etm0/connections + <file details> cti_cpu0 -> ../../../23020000.cti/cti_cpu0 + <file details> nr_links + <file details> out:0 -> ../../../230c0000.funnel/funnel2 + +Following the out port to ``funnel2``:: + + linaro-developer:~# ls -l /sys/bus/coresight/devices/funnel2/connections + <file details> in:0 -> ../../../23040000.etm/etm0 + <file details> in:1 -> ../../../23140000.etm/etm3 + <file details> in:2 -> ../../../23240000.etm/etm4 + <file details> in:3 -> ../../../23340000.etm/etm5 + <file details> nr_links + <file details> out:0 -> ../../../20040000.funnel/funnel0 + +And again to ``funnel0``:: + + linaro-developer:~# ls -l /sys/bus/coresight/devices/funnel0/connections + <file details> in:0 -> ../../../220c0000.funnel/funnel1 + <file details> in:1 -> ../../../230c0000.funnel/funnel2 + <file details> nr_links + <file details> out:0 -> ../../../20010000.etf/tmc_etf0 + +Finding the first sink ``tmc_etf0``. This can be used to collect data +as a sink, or as a link to propagate further along the chain:: + + linaro-developer:~# ls -l /sys/bus/coresight/devices/tmc_etf0/connections + <file details> cti_sys0 -> ../../../20020000.cti/cti_sys0 + <file details> in:0 -> ../../../20040000.funnel/funnel0 + <file details> nr_links + <file details> out:0 -> ../../../20150000.funnel/funnel4 + +via ``funnel4``:: + + linaro-developer:~# ls -l /sys/bus/coresight/devices/funnel4/connections + <file details> in:0 -> ../../../20010000.etf/tmc_etf0 + <file details> in:1 -> ../../../20140000.etf/tmc_etf1 + <file details> nr_links + <file details> out:0 -> ../../../20120000.replicator/replicator0 + +and a ``replicator0``:: + + linaro-developer:~# ls -l /sys/bus/coresight/devices/replicator0/connections + <file details> in:0 -> ../../../20150000.funnel/funnel4 + <file details> nr_links + <file details> out:0 -> ../../../20030000.tpiu/tpiu0 + <file details> out:1 -> ../../../20070000.etr/tmc_etr0 + +Arriving at the final sink in the chain, ``tmc_etr0``:: + + linaro-developer:~# ls -l /sys/bus/coresight/devices/tmc_etr0/connections + <file details> cti_sys0 -> ../../../20020000.cti/cti_sys0 + <file details> in:0 -> ../../../20120000.replicator/replicator0 + <file details> nr_links + +As described below, when using sysfs it is sufficient to enable a sink and +a source for successful trace. The framework will correctly enable all +intermediate links as required. + +Note: ``cti_sys0`` appears in two of the connections lists above. +CTIs can connect to multiple devices and are arranged in a star topology +via the CTM. See (:doc:`coresight-ect`) [#fourth]_ for further details. +Looking at this device we see 4 connections:: + + linaro-developer:~# ls -l /sys/bus/coresight/devices/cti_sys0/connections + <file details> nr_links + <file details> stm0 -> ../../../20100000.stm/stm0 + <file details> tmc_etf0 -> ../../../20010000.etf/tmc_etf0 + <file details> tmc_etr0 -> ../../../20070000.etr/tmc_etr0 + <file details> tpiu0 -> ../../../20030000.tpiu/tpiu0 + + How to use the tracer modules ----------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst index a8e22e0db63c..6893399157f0 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst @@ -229,14 +229,6 @@ Adding support for it is easy: just define the macro in asm/ftrace.h and pass the return address pointer as the 'retp' argument to ftrace_push_return_trace(). -HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER ---------------------- - -If you can't trace NMI functions, then skip this option. - -<details to be filled> - - HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS ------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst index 3b5614b1d1a5..430a16283103 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst @@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ display-graph option:: => remove_vma => exit_mmap => mmput - => flush_old_exec + => begin_new_exec => load_elf_binary => search_binary_handler => __do_execve_file.isra.32 |