Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] Documentation: coresight: Link config options to existing documentation

From: Mike Leach
Date: Fri Jan 21 2022 - 07:50:06 EST


Reviewed-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach@xxxxxxxxxx>

On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 at 09:11, James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In order to document the newly added branch_broadcast option, create a
> table that links all of the config option formats to any existing docs.
> That way when the branch broadcast docs are expanded they are accessible
> from both places.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../coresight/coresight-etm4x-reference.rst | 4 ++
> Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst | 39 +++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-etm4x-reference.rst b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-etm4x-reference.rst
> index d25dfe86af9b..0439b4006227 100644
> --- a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-etm4x-reference.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-etm4x-reference.rst
> @@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ Bit assignments shown below:-
> parameter is set this value is applied to the currently indexed
> address range.
>
> +.. _coresight-branch-broadcast:
>
> **bit (4):**
> ETM_MODE_BB
> @@ -657,6 +658,7 @@ Bit assignments shown below:-
> **description:**
> Set to enable branch broadcast if supported in hardware [IDR0].
>
> +.. _coresight-cycle-accurate:
>
> **bit (5):**
> ETMv4_MODE_CYCACC
> @@ -678,6 +680,7 @@ Bit assignments shown below:-
> **description:**
> Set to enable virtual machine ID tracing if supported [IDR2].
>
> +.. _coresight-timestamp:
>
> **bit (11):**
> ETMv4_MODE_TIMESTAMP
> @@ -685,6 +688,7 @@ Bit assignments shown below:-
> **description:**
> Set to enable timestamp generation if supported [IDR0].
>
> +.. _coresight-return-stack:
>
> **bit (12):**
> ETM_MODE_RETURNSTACK
> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
> index db66ff45ff4c..803a224dbb0e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
> @@ -585,6 +585,45 @@ sort example is from the AutoFDO tutorial (https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/AutoFDO/Tuto
> Bubble sorting array of 30000 elements
> 5806 ms
>
> +Config option formats
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The following strings can be provided between // on the perf command line to enable various options.
> +They are also listed in the folder /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cs_etm/format/
> +
> +.. list-table::
> + :header-rows: 1
> +
> + * - Option
> + - Description
> + * - branch_broadcast
> + - Session local version of the system wide setting:
> + :ref:`ETM_MODE_BB <coresight-branch-broadcast>`
> + * - contextid
> + - See `Tracing PID`_
> + * - contextid1
> + - See `Tracing PID`_
> + * - contextid2
> + - See `Tracing PID`_
> + * - configid
> + - Selection for a custom configuration. This is an implementation detail and not used directly,
> + see :ref:`trace/coresight/coresight-config:Using Configurations in perf`
> + * - preset
> + - Override for parameters in a custom configuration, see
> + :ref:`trace/coresight/coresight-config:Using Configurations in perf`
> + * - sinkid
> + - Hashed version of the string to select a sink, automatically set when using the @ notation.
> + This is an internal implementation detail and is not used directly, see `Using perf
> + framework`_.
> + * - cycacc
> + - Session local version of the system wide setting: :ref:`ETMv4_MODE_CYCACC
> + <coresight-cycle-accurate>`
> + * - retstack
> + - Session local version of the system wide setting: :ref:`ETM_MODE_RETURNSTACK
> + <coresight-return-stack>`
> + * - timestamp
> + - Session local version of the system wide setting: :ref:`ETMv4_MODE_TIMESTAMP
> + <coresight-timestamp>`
>
> How to use the STM module
> -------------------------
> --
> 2.28.0
>


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Mike Leach
Principal Engineer, ARM Ltd.
Manchester Design Centre. UK