From: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
To: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: coresight@lists.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 13/13] coresight: docs: Document etm4x timestamp interval option
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:28:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251118-james-cs-syncfreq-v5-13-82efd7b1a751@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251118-james-cs-syncfreq-v5-0-82efd7b1a751@linaro.org>
Document how the new field is used, maximum value and the interaction
with SYNC timestamps.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
index 806699871b80..d461de4e067e 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
@@ -613,8 +613,20 @@ They are also listed in the folder /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cs_etm/format/
- 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>`
+ - Controls generation and interval of timestamps.
+
+ 0 = off, 1 = minimum interval .. 15 = maximum interval.
+
+ Values 1 - 14 use a counter that decrements every cycle to generate a
+ timestamp on underflow. The reload value for the counter is 2 ^ (interval
+ - 1). If the value is 1 then the reload value is 1, if the value is 11
+ then the reload value is 1024 etc.
+
+ Setting the maximum interval (15) will disable the counter generated
+ timestamps, freeing the counter resource, leaving only ones emitted when
+ a SYNC packet is generated. The sync interval is controlled with
+ TRCSYNCPR.PERIOD which is every 4096 bytes of trace by default.
+
* - cc_threshold
- Cycle count threshold value. If nothing is provided here or the provided value is 0, then the
default value i.e 0x100 will be used. If provided value is less than minimum cycles threshold
--
2.34.1
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-18 16:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-18 16:27 [PATCH v5 00/13] coresight: Update timestamp attribute to be an interval instead of bool James Clark
2025-11-18 16:27 ` [PATCH v5 01/13] coresight: Change syncfreq to be a u8 James Clark
2025-11-18 16:27 ` [PATCH v5 02/13] coresight: Repack struct etmv4_drvdata James Clark
2025-11-18 16:27 ` [PATCH v5 03/13] coresight: Refactor etm4_config_timestamp_event() James Clark
2025-11-20 13:04 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-20 13:52 ` James Clark
2025-11-20 14:18 ` Leo Yan
2025-11-20 14:25 ` Leo Yan
2025-11-20 14:39 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-20 14:26 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-20 14:42 ` James Clark
2025-11-18 16:27 ` [PATCH v5 04/13] coresight: Hide unused ETMv3 format attributes James Clark
2025-11-20 11:21 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-18 16:27 ` [PATCH v5 05/13] coresight: Define format attributes with GEN_PMU_FORMAT_ATTR() James Clark
2025-11-20 15:59 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-18 16:27 ` [PATCH v5 06/13] coresight: Interpret ETMv3 config with ATTR_CFG_GET_FLD() James Clark
2025-11-20 16:08 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-18 16:27 ` [PATCH v5 07/13] coresight: Don't reject unrecognized ETMv3 format attributes James Clark
2025-11-20 14:48 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-18 16:27 ` [PATCH v5 08/13] coresight: Interpret perf config with ATTR_CFG_GET_FLD() James Clark
2025-11-19 9:32 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-19 11:26 ` James Clark
2025-11-19 11:45 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-19 12:00 ` James Clark
2025-11-19 12:36 ` Leo Yan
2025-11-19 13:55 ` James Clark
2025-11-19 14:37 ` Leo Yan
2025-11-19 15:15 ` James Clark
2025-11-18 16:27 ` [PATCH v5 09/13] coresight: Interpret ETMv4 " James Clark
2025-11-20 16:10 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-18 16:28 ` [PATCH v5 10/13] coresight: Remove misleading definitions James Clark
2025-11-20 11:21 ` Mike Leach
2025-11-20 11:53 ` James Clark
2025-11-18 16:28 ` [PATCH v5 11/13] coresight: Extend width of timestamp format attribute James Clark
2025-11-18 16:28 ` [PATCH v5 12/13] coresight: Allow setting the timestamp interval James Clark
2025-11-18 16:28 ` James Clark [this message]
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