From: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
To: Mike Leach <mike.leach@arm.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>, Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>,
coresight@lists.linaro.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v10 1/8] coresight: etm4x: fix inconsistencies with sysfs configuration
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:56:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911-separate_etm_cfg_v2-v10-1-1b715d95927a@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911-separate_etm_cfg_v2-v10-0-1b715d95927a@arm.com>
The current ETM4x configuration via sysfs can lead to
several inconsistencies:
- If the configuration is modified via sysfs while a perf session is
active, the running configuration may differ before a sched-out and
after a subsequent sched-in.
- If a perf session and a sysfs session enable tracing concurrently,
the configuration from configfs may become corrupted.
- There is a risk of corrupting drvdata->config if a perf session enables
tracing while cscfg_csdev_disable_active_config() is being handled in
etm4_disable_sysfs().
To resolve these issues, separate the configuration into:
- active_config: the configuration applied to the current session
- config: the configuration set via sysfs
Additionally:
- Apply the configuration from configfs after taking the appropriate mode.
- Since active_config and related fields are accessed only by the local CPU
in etm4_enable/disable_sysfs_smp_call() (similar to perf enable/disable),
remove the lock/unlock from the sysfs enable/disable path and
startup/dying_cpu except when to access config fields.
As the active_config is used for cfg-configfs, etmv4 doesn't need to set
its lock for the cfg-configfs since the active_config is proceted by cs_mode
otherwise it would make a possible cpu-stall when it get interrupt while
setting the sysfs configuration.
Therefore, set the drv_spinlock for cfg-configfs as NULL and
let the cfg-configfs disable irq without grap drv_spinlock when it is NULL.
Fixes: 54ff892b76c6 ("coresight: etm4x: splitting struct etmv4_drvdata")
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
---
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.c | 18 ++--
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h | 22 +++++
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-cfg.c | 13 ++-
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c | 103 +++++++++++----------
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h | 4 +-
5 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.c
index 4f72ae71b696..0e296289f286 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.c
@@ -73,13 +73,12 @@ static void cscfg_init_reg_param(struct cscfg_feature_csdev *feat_csdev,
/* set values into the driver locations referenced in cscfg_reg_csdev */
static int cscfg_set_on_enable(struct cscfg_feature_csdev *feat_csdev)
{
- unsigned long flags;
int i;
- raw_spin_lock_irqsave(feat_csdev->drv_spinlock, flags);
- for (i = 0; i < feat_csdev->nr_regs; i++)
- cscfg_set_reg(&feat_csdev->regs_csdev[i]);
- raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(feat_csdev->drv_spinlock, flags);
+ scoped_guard(feat_csdev_lock, feat_csdev) {
+ for (i = 0; i < feat_csdev->nr_regs; i++)
+ cscfg_set_reg(&feat_csdev->regs_csdev[i]);
+ }
dev_dbg(&feat_csdev->csdev->dev, "Feature %s: %s",
feat_csdev->feat_desc->name, "set on enable");
return 0;
@@ -88,13 +87,12 @@ static int cscfg_set_on_enable(struct cscfg_feature_csdev *feat_csdev)
/* copy back values from the driver locations referenced in cscfg_reg_csdev */
static void cscfg_save_on_disable(struct cscfg_feature_csdev *feat_csdev)
{
- unsigned long flags;
int i;
- raw_spin_lock_irqsave(feat_csdev->drv_spinlock, flags);
- for (i = 0; i < feat_csdev->nr_regs; i++)
- cscfg_save_reg(&feat_csdev->regs_csdev[i]);
- raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(feat_csdev->drv_spinlock, flags);
+ scoped_guard(feat_csdev_lock, feat_csdev) {
+ for (i = 0; i < feat_csdev->nr_regs; i++)
+ cscfg_save_reg(&feat_csdev->regs_csdev[i]);
+ }
dev_dbg(&feat_csdev->csdev->dev, "Feature %s: %s",
feat_csdev->feat_desc->name, "save on disable");
}
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h
index 90fd937d3bd8..ae6295e30813 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#ifndef _CORESIGHT_CORESIGHT_CONFIG_H
#define _CORESIGHT_CORESIGHT_CONFIG_H
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/coresight.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
@@ -259,4 +260,25 @@ void cscfg_csdev_disable_config(struct cscfg_config_csdev *config_csdev);
/* reset a feature to default values */
void cscfg_reset_feat(struct cscfg_feature_csdev *feat_csdev);
+#define feat_csdev_lock(feat_csdev, flags) \
+ do { \
+ raw_spinlock_t *__lock = feat_csdev->drv_spinlock; \
+ typecheck(unsigned long, flags); \
+ if (__lock) \
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(__lock, flags); \
+ } while (0)
+
+#define feat_csdev_unlock(feat_csdev, flags) \
+ do { \
+ raw_spinlock_t *__lock = feat_csdev->drv_spinlock; \
+ typecheck(unsigned long, flags); \
+ if (__lock) \
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(__lock, flags); \
+ } while (0)
+
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(feat_csdev_lock, struct cscfg_feature_csdev,
+ feat_csdev_lock(_T->lock, _T->flags),
+ feat_csdev_unlock(_T->lock, _T->flags),
+ unsigned long flags)
+
#endif /* _CORESIGHT_CORESIGHT_CONFIG_H */
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-cfg.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-cfg.c
index e1a59b434505..d24f533c623d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-cfg.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int etm4_cfg_map_reg_offset(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata,
struct cscfg_regval_csdev *reg_csdev, u32 offset)
{
int err = -EINVAL, idx;
- struct etmv4_config *drvcfg = &drvdata->config;
+ struct etmv4_config *drvcfg = &drvdata->active_config;
u32 off_mask;
if (((offset >= TRCEVENTCTL0R) && (offset <= TRCVIPCSSCTLR)) ||
@@ -154,11 +154,14 @@ static int etm4_cfg_load_feature(struct coresight_device *csdev,
int i = 0, err = 0;
/*
- * essential we set the device spinlock - this is used in the generic
- * programming routines when copying values into the drvdata structures
- * via the pointers setup in etm4_cfg_map_reg_offset().
+ * drvdata structure of etm4 for configfs is active_config and
+ * this active_config is protected with csdev->mode by restricting
+ * access to active_config after mode changed to PERF or SYSFS.
+ *
+ * Therefore, it doesn't need to protected with etmv4_drvdata->spinlock
+ * to feature applying and set the NULL.
*/
- feat_csdev->drv_spinlock = &drvdata->spinlock;
+ feat_csdev->drv_spinlock = NULL;
/* process the register descriptions */
for (i = 0; i < feat_csdev->nr_regs && !err; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
index 2247ad55d444..02b91a67b00b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ void etm4_release_trace_id(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
struct etm4_enable_arg {
struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata;
struct coresight_path *path;
+ struct etmv4_config config;
int rc;
};
@@ -264,10 +265,11 @@ static void etm4x_prohibit_trace(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
static u64 etm4x_get_kern_user_filter(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
{
u64 trfcr = drvdata->trfcr;
+ struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->active_config;
- if (drvdata->config.mode & ETM_MODE_EXCL_KERN)
+ if (config->mode & ETM_MODE_EXCL_KERN)
trfcr &= ~TRFCR_EL1_ExTRE;
- if (drvdata->config.mode & ETM_MODE_EXCL_USER)
+ if (config->mode & ETM_MODE_EXCL_USER)
trfcr &= ~TRFCR_EL1_E0TRE;
return trfcr;
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ static u64 etm4x_get_kern_user_filter(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
/*
* etm4x_allow_trace - Allow CPU tracing in the respective ELs,
- * as configured by the drvdata->config.mode for the current
+ * as configured by the drvdata->active_config.mode for the current
* session. Even though we have TRCVICTLR bits to filter the
* trace in the ELs, it doesn't prevent the ETM from generating
* a packet (e.g, TraceInfo) that might contain the addresses from
@@ -286,12 +288,13 @@ static u64 etm4x_get_kern_user_filter(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
static void etm4x_allow_trace(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
{
u64 trfcr, guest_trfcr;
+ struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->active_config;
/* If the CPU doesn't support FEAT_TRF, nothing to do */
if (!drvdata->trfcr)
return;
- if (drvdata->config.mode & ETM_MODE_EXCL_HOST)
+ if (config->mode & ETM_MODE_EXCL_HOST)
trfcr = drvdata->trfcr & ~(TRFCR_EL1_ExTRE | TRFCR_EL1_E0TRE);
else
trfcr = etm4x_get_kern_user_filter(drvdata);
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ static void etm4x_allow_trace(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
write_trfcr(trfcr);
/* Set filters for guests and pass to KVM */
- if (drvdata->config.mode & ETM_MODE_EXCL_GUEST)
+ if (config->mode & ETM_MODE_EXCL_GUEST)
guest_trfcr = drvdata->trfcr & ~(TRFCR_EL1_ExTRE | TRFCR_EL1_E0TRE);
else
guest_trfcr = etm4x_get_kern_user_filter(drvdata);
@@ -492,7 +495,7 @@ static int etm4_enable_trace_unit(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
static int etm4_enable_hw(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
{
int i, rc;
- struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->config;
+ struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->active_config;
struct coresight_device *csdev = drvdata->csdev;
struct device *etm_dev = &csdev->dev;
struct csdev_access *csa = &csdev->access;
@@ -612,27 +615,52 @@ static int etm4_enable_hw(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
static void etm4_enable_sysfs_smp_call(void *info)
{
struct etm4_enable_arg *arg = info;
+ struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata;
struct coresight_device *csdev;
+ unsigned long cfg_hash;
+ int preset;
if (WARN_ON(!arg))
return;
- csdev = arg->drvdata->csdev;
+ drvdata = arg->drvdata;
+ csdev = drvdata->csdev;
if (!coresight_take_mode(csdev, CS_MODE_SYSFS)) {
/* Someone is already using the tracer */
arg->rc = -EBUSY;
return;
}
- arg->rc = etm4_enable_hw(arg->drvdata);
+ drvdata->active_config = arg->config;
- /* The tracer didn't start */
+ /* enable any config activated by configfs */
+ cscfg_config_sysfs_get_active_cfg(&cfg_hash, &preset);
+ if (cfg_hash) {
+ arg->rc = cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config(csdev,
+ cfg_hash,
+ preset);
+ if (arg->rc)
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ drvdata->trcid = arg->path->trace_id;
+
+ /* Tracer will never be paused in sysfs mode */
+ drvdata->paused = false;
+
+ arg->rc = etm4_enable_hw(drvdata);
if (arg->rc) {
- coresight_set_mode(csdev, CS_MODE_DISABLED);
- return;
+ cscfg_csdev_disable_active_config(csdev);
+ goto err;
}
+ drvdata->sticky_enable = true;
csdev->path = arg->path;
+
+ return;
+err:
+ /* The tracer didn't start */
+ coresight_set_mode(csdev, CS_MODE_DISABLED);
}
/*
@@ -669,7 +697,7 @@ static int etm4_config_timestamp_event(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata,
{
int ctridx;
int rselector;
- struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->config;
+ struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->active_config;
/* No point in trying if we don't have at least one counter */
if (!drvdata->nr_cntr)
@@ -752,7 +780,7 @@ static int etm4_parse_event_config(struct coresight_device *csdev,
{
int ret = 0;
struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(csdev->dev.parent);
- struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->config;
+ struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->active_config;
struct perf_event_attr max_timestamp = {
.ATTR_CFG_FLD_timestamp_CFG = U64_MAX,
};
@@ -919,25 +947,7 @@ static int etm4_enable_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev, struct coresight_pa
{
struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(csdev->dev.parent);
struct etm4_enable_arg arg = { };
- unsigned long cfg_hash;
- int ret, preset;
-
- /* enable any config activated by configfs */
- cscfg_config_sysfs_get_active_cfg(&cfg_hash, &preset);
- if (cfg_hash) {
- ret = cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config(csdev, cfg_hash, preset);
- if (ret) {
- etm4_release_trace_id(drvdata);
- return ret;
- }
- }
-
- raw_spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);
-
- drvdata->trcid = path->trace_id;
-
- /* Tracer will never be paused in sysfs mode */
- drvdata->paused = false;
+ int ret;
/*
* Executing etm4_enable_hw on the cpu whose ETM is being enabled
@@ -945,20 +955,20 @@ static int etm4_enable_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev, struct coresight_pa
*/
arg.drvdata = drvdata;
arg.path = path;
+
+ raw_spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);
+ arg.config = drvdata->config;
+ raw_spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock);
+
ret = smp_call_function_single(drvdata->cpu,
etm4_enable_sysfs_smp_call, &arg, 1);
if (!ret)
ret = arg.rc;
if (!ret)
- drvdata->sticky_enable = true;
-
- if (ret)
+ dev_dbg(&csdev->dev, "ETM tracing enabled\n");
+ else
etm4_release_trace_id(drvdata);
- raw_spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock);
-
- if (!ret)
- dev_dbg(&csdev->dev, "ETM tracing enabled\n");
return ret;
}
@@ -1044,7 +1054,7 @@ static void etm4_disable_trace_unit(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
static void etm4_disable_hw(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
{
u32 control;
- struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->config;
+ struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->active_config;
struct coresight_device *csdev = drvdata->csdev;
struct csdev_access *csa = &csdev->access;
int i;
@@ -1086,7 +1096,10 @@ static void etm4_disable_sysfs_smp_call(void *info)
etm4_disable_hw(drvdata);
+ cscfg_csdev_disable_active_config(drvdata->csdev);
+
drvdata->csdev->path = NULL;
+
coresight_set_mode(drvdata->csdev, CS_MODE_DISABLED);
}
@@ -1131,8 +1144,6 @@ static void etm4_disable_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev)
{
struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(csdev->dev.parent);
- raw_spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);
-
/*
* Executing etm4_disable_hw on the cpu whose ETM is being disabled
* ensures that register writes occur when cpu is powered.
@@ -1140,10 +1151,6 @@ static void etm4_disable_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev)
smp_call_function_single(drvdata->cpu, etm4_disable_sysfs_smp_call,
drvdata, 1);
- raw_spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock);
-
- cscfg_csdev_disable_active_config(csdev);
-
/*
* we only release trace IDs when resetting sysfs.
* This permits sysfs users to read the trace ID after the trace
@@ -1690,7 +1697,7 @@ static void etm4_set_default(struct etmv4_config *config)
static int etm4_get_next_comparator(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata, u32 type)
{
int nr_comparator, index = 0;
- struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->config;
+ struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->active_config;
/*
* nr_addr_cmp holds the number of comparator _pair_, so time 2
@@ -1731,7 +1738,7 @@ static int etm4_set_event_filters(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata,
{
int i, comparator, ret = 0;
u64 address;
- struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->config;
+ struct etmv4_config *config = &drvdata->active_config;
struct etm_filters *filters = event->hw.addr_filters;
if (!filters)
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h
index df9e0748d71e..c33700711154 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h
@@ -1019,7 +1019,8 @@ struct etmv4_save_state {
* allows tracing at all ELs. We don't want to compute this
* at runtime, due to the additional setting of TRFCR_CX when
* in EL2. Otherwise, 0.
- * @config: structure holding configuration parameters.
+ * @active_config: structure holding current applied configuration.
+ * @config: structure holding sysfs mode configuration.
* @save_state: State to be preserved across power loss
* @skip_power_up: Indicates if an implementation can skip powering up
* the trace unit.
@@ -1077,6 +1078,7 @@ struct etmv4_drvdata {
bool skip_power_up : 1;
bool paused : 1;
u64 trfcr;
+ struct etmv4_config active_config;
struct etmv4_config config;
struct etmv4_save_state *save_state;
DECLARE_BITMAP(arch_features, ETM4_IMPDEF_FEATURE_MAX);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 10:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 10:55 [PATCH v10 0/8] fix several inconsistencies with sysfs configuration in etmX Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` Yeoreum Yun [this message]
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 2/8] coresight: etm3x: fix inconsistencies with sysfs configuration Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 3/8] coresight: etm3x: change drvdata->spinlock type to raw_spin_lock_t Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 4/8] coresight: etm3x: remove redundant cpu online check on etm_enable_sysfs() Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 5/8] coresight: etm4x: introduce struct etm4_caps Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 6/8] coresight: etm4x: exclude ss_status from drvdata->config Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 7/8] coresight: etm4x: remove s_ex_level from config Yeoreum Yun
2026-09-11 10:56 ` [PATCH v10 8/8] coresight: etm3x: introduce struct etm_caps Yeoreum Yun
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