Re: [RFC PATCH 19/20] coresight: etm3x: implementing perf's user/kernel mode

From: Alexander Shishkin
Date: Wed Sep 30 2015 - 06:16:35 EST


Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Configure tracers in accordance with the specification conveyed
> by the perf cmd line tool. For example if only user space is
> requested, configure the address range comparator with the kerne's
> address range and set the 'exclude' bit, which will result in
> tracing everything except the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c
> index 077b49714259..2f818dbde099 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c
> @@ -320,6 +320,41 @@ static int etm_parse_event_config(struct etm_drvdata *drvdata,
> {
> u64 config = event->attr.config;
>
> + if (event->attr.exclude_kernel || event->attr.exclude_user) {
> + u32 event_encoding;
> + u32 flags = (1 << 0 | /* instruction execute*/
> + 3 << 3 | /* ARM instruction */
> + 0 << 5 | /* No data value comparison */
> + 0 << 7 | /* No exact mach */
> + 0 << 8 | /* Ignore context ID */
> + 0 << 10); /* Security ignored */
> +
> + /* Bit 0 is address range comparator 1 */
> + drvdata->enable_ctrl1 = ETMTECR1_ADDR_COMP_1;
> +
> + /* Bit 24 controls whether the address range should be
> + * included or excluded.
> + */
> + if (event->attr.exclude_kernel)
> + drvdata->enable_ctrl1 |= BIT(24);

Isn't there a privilege level based filtering (OS/USR) in ETM? Shouldn't
ETMACTRn[10:12] have a setting for that?

> +
> + /* No need to worry about single address comparators */
> + drvdata->enable_ctrl2 = 0x0;
> +
> + drvdata->addr_val[0] = (u32) _stext;
> + drvdata->addr_val[1] = (u32) _etext;

This doesn't cover kernel modules, afaict.

> + drvdata->addr_acctype[0] = flags;
> + drvdata->addr_acctype[1] = flags;
> + drvdata->addr_type[0] = ETM_ADDR_TYPE_RANGE;
> + drvdata->addr_type[1] = ETM_ADDR_TYPE_RANGE;
> +
> + event_encoding = 0x00 << 14 | /* Boolean function select A */
> + 0x01 << 4 | /* Addr range comparator 0-7 */
> + 0x00 << 0; /* Addr range comparator 1 */
> +
> + drvdata->enable_event = event_encoding;
> + }
> +
> /*
> * At this time only cycle accurate and timestamp options are
> * available. As such clear everything else that may have been
> @@ -362,6 +397,7 @@ static void etm_configure_cpu(void *info)
> etm_writel(drvdata, drvdata->startstop_ctrl, ETMTSSCR);
> etm_writel(drvdata, drvdata->enable_event, ETMTEEVR);
> etm_writel(drvdata, drvdata->enable_ctrl1, ETMTECR1);
> + etm_writel(drvdata, drvdata->enable_ctrl2, ETMTECR2);
> etm_writel(drvdata, drvdata->fifofull_level, ETMFFLR);
> for (i = 0; i < drvdata->nr_addr_cmp; i++) {
> etm_writel(drvdata, drvdata->addr_val[i], ETMACVRn(i));
> --
> 1.9.1
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