[PATCH V2 5/6] coresight: perf: Don't set the truncated flag in snapshot mode

Mathieu Poirier
2019-05-14T19:41:24Z

This patch avoids setting the truncated flag when operating in snapshot
mode since the trace buffer is expected to be truncated and discontinuous
from one snapshot to another. Moreover when the truncated flag is set
the perf core stops enabling the event, waiting for user space to consume
the data. In snapshot mode this is clearly not what we want since it
results in stale data.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
---
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c | 8 +++++++-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c | 8 +++++++-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c | 8 +++++++-
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
index 60e753b1768d..516d67cd7759 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
@@ -512,7 +512,13 @@ static unsigned long etb_update_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
lost = true;
}

- if (lost)
+ /*
+ * Don't set the TRUNCATED flag in snapshot mode because 1) the
+ * captured buffer is expected to be truncated and 2) a full buffer
+ * prevents the event from being re-enabled by the perf core,
+ * resulting in stale data being send to user space.
+ */
+ if (!buf->snapshot && lost)
perf_aux_output_flag(handle, PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED);

/* finally tell HW where we want to start reading from */
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
index 31d41e2ad955..bd5f3b57eebd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
@@ -518,7 +518,13 @@ static unsigned long tmc_update_etf_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
lost = true;
}

- if (lost)
+ /*
+ * Don't set the TRUNCATED flag in snapshot mode because 1) the
+ * captured buffer is expected to be truncated and 2) a full buffer
+ * prevents the event from being re-enabled by the perf core,
+ * resulting in stale data being send to user space.
+ */
+ if (!buf->snapshot && lost)
perf_aux_output_flag(handle, PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED);

cur = buf->cur;
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
index cc8401c76c39..1fc3db8045e1 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
@@ -1511,7 +1511,13 @@ tmc_update_etr_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,

lost |= etr_buf->full;
out:
- if (lost)
+ /*
+ * Don't set the TRUNCATED flag in snapshot mode because 1) the
+ * captured buffer is expected to be truncated and 2) a full buffer
+ * prevents the event from being re-enabled by the perf core,
+ * resulting in stale data being send to user space.
+ */
+ if (!etr_perf->snapshot && lost)
perf_aux_output_flag(handle, PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED);
return size;
}
--
2.17.1