* [PATCH v3 01/19] perf cs-etm: Queue context packets for frontend
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
PE_CONTEXT elements update the context ID and exception level, but the
decoder may still have prior packets cached for frontend processing.
Updating the context immediately in the decoder backend can make those
cached packets get consumed with the wrong thread or EL state.
Add a CS_ETM_CONTEXT packet carrying the TID and EL to the frontend,
this keeps context changes ordered with the rest of the packet stream
and avoids mismatches when synthesizing samples from cached packets.
Separate the memory access function into one for the frontend and one
for decoding. The frontend also needs memory access to attach the
instruction to samples. Because the frontend does memory access for
both previous and current packets, change all the frontend memory access
function signatures to take both a tidq and packet. But backend always
uses the current backend EL and thread from the tidq.
Treat context packets as a boundary for branch sample generation and
remove tidq->prev_packet_thread because it's not possible to branch to a
different thread, so only tracking the current thread is required for
sample generation.
Fixes: e573e978fb12 ("perf cs-etm: Inject capabilitity for CoreSight traces")
Reported-by: Amir Ayupov <aaupov@meta.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20260515021135.1729028-1-aaupov@meta.com/
Co-authored-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c | 21 ++-
tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 234 ++++++++++++++----------
tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h | 8 +-
3 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
index dee3020ceaa9..26940f1f1b0b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ cs_etm_decoder__buffer_packet(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
packet_queue->packet_buffer[et].flags = 0;
packet_queue->packet_buffer[et].exception_number = UINT32_MAX;
packet_queue->packet_buffer[et].trace_chan_id = trace_chan_id;
+ packet_queue->packet_buffer[et].el = ocsd_EL_unknown;
+ packet_queue->packet_buffer[et].tid = -1;
if (packet_queue->packet_count == CS_ETM_PACKET_MAX_BUFFER - 1)
return OCSD_RESP_WAIT;
@@ -449,6 +451,7 @@ cs_etm_decoder__buffer_range(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
packet->last_instr_type = elem->last_i_type;
packet->last_instr_subtype = elem->last_i_subtype;
packet->last_instr_cond = elem->last_instr_cond;
+ packet->el = elem->context.exception_level;
if (elem->last_i_type == OCSD_INSTR_BR || elem->last_i_type == OCSD_INSTR_BR_INDIRECT)
packet->last_instr_taken_branch = elem->last_instr_exec;
@@ -525,7 +528,9 @@ cs_etm_decoder__set_tid(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
const ocsd_generic_trace_elem *elem,
const uint8_t trace_chan_id)
{
+ struct cs_etm_packet *packet;
pid_t tid = -1;
+ int ret;
/*
* Process the PE_CONTEXT packets if we have a valid contextID or VMID.
@@ -546,12 +551,18 @@ cs_etm_decoder__set_tid(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
break;
}
- if (cs_etm__etmq_set_tid_el(etmq, tid, trace_chan_id,
- elem->context.exception_level))
+ if (cs_etm__etmq_update_decode_context(etmq, trace_chan_id,
+ elem->context.exception_level, tid))
return OCSD_RESP_FATAL_SYS_ERR;
- if (tid == -1)
- return OCSD_RESP_CONT;
+ ret = cs_etm_decoder__buffer_packet(etmq, packet_queue, trace_chan_id,
+ CS_ETM_CONTEXT);
+ if (ret != OCSD_RESP_CONT && ret != OCSD_RESP_WAIT)
+ return ret;
+
+ packet = &packet_queue->packet_buffer[packet_queue->tail];
+ packet->tid = tid;
+ packet->el = elem->context.exception_level;
/*
* A timestamp is generated after a PE_CONTEXT element so make sure
@@ -559,7 +570,7 @@ cs_etm_decoder__set_tid(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
*/
cs_etm_decoder__reset_timestamp(packet_queue);
- return OCSD_RESP_CONT;
+ return ret;
}
static ocsd_datapath_resp_t cs_etm_decoder__gen_trace_elem_printer(
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
index 40c6ddfa8c8d..ce570913669c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -85,15 +85,22 @@ struct cs_etm_traceid_queue {
u64 period_instructions;
size_t last_branch_pos;
union perf_event *event_buf;
- struct thread *thread;
- struct thread *prev_packet_thread;
- ocsd_ex_level prev_packet_el;
- ocsd_ex_level el;
struct branch_stack *last_branch;
struct branch_stack *last_branch_rb;
struct cs_etm_packet *prev_packet;
struct cs_etm_packet *packet;
struct cs_etm_packet_queue packet_queue;
+
+ struct thread *decode_thread;
+ ocsd_ex_level decode_el;
+
+ /*
+ * The frontend accesses the EL from '[prev_]packet' because it needs
+ * previous EL for branch and current EL for instruction samples. It's
+ * not possible to change thread in a single branch sample so no need to
+ * store or access the thread through the packet.
+ */
+ struct thread *frontend_thread;
};
enum cs_etm_format {
@@ -614,10 +621,11 @@ static int cs_etm__init_traceid_queue(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
queue = &etmq->etm->queues.queue_array[etmq->queue_nr];
tidq->trace_chan_id = trace_chan_id;
- tidq->el = tidq->prev_packet_el = ocsd_EL_unknown;
- tidq->thread = machine__findnew_thread(&etm->session->machines.host, -1,
+ tidq->decode_el = ocsd_EL_unknown;
+ tidq->frontend_thread = machine__findnew_thread(&etm->session->machines.host, -1,
+ queue->tid);
+ tidq->decode_thread = machine__findnew_thread(&etm->session->machines.host, -1,
queue->tid);
- tidq->prev_packet_thread = machine__idle_thread(&etm->session->machines.host);
tidq->packet = zalloc(sizeof(struct cs_etm_packet));
if (!tidq->packet)
@@ -750,21 +758,10 @@ static void cs_etm__packet_swap(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
/*
* Swap PACKET with PREV_PACKET: PACKET becomes PREV_PACKET for
* the next incoming packet.
- *
- * Threads and exception levels are also tracked for both the
- * previous and current packets. This is because the previous
- * packet is used for the 'from' IP for branch samples, so the
- * thread at that time must also be assigned to that sample.
- * Across discontinuity packets the thread can change, so by
- * tracking the thread for the previous packet the branch sample
- * will have the correct info.
*/
tmp = tidq->packet;
tidq->packet = tidq->prev_packet;
tidq->prev_packet = tmp;
- tidq->prev_packet_el = tidq->el;
- thread__put(tidq->prev_packet_thread);
- tidq->prev_packet_thread = thread__get(tidq->thread);
}
}
@@ -937,8 +934,8 @@ static void cs_etm__free_traceid_queues(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
/* Free this traceid_queue from the array */
tidq = etmq->traceid_queues[idx];
- thread__zput(tidq->thread);
- thread__zput(tidq->prev_packet_thread);
+ thread__zput(tidq->frontend_thread);
+ thread__zput(tidq->decode_thread);
zfree(&tidq->event_buf);
zfree(&tidq->last_branch);
zfree(&tidq->last_branch_rb);
@@ -1083,47 +1080,43 @@ static u8 cs_etm__cpu_mode(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u64 address,
}
}
-static u32 cs_etm__mem_access(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
- u64 address, size_t size, u8 *buffer,
- const ocsd_mem_space_acc_t mem_space)
+static u32 __cs_etm__mem_access(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
+ u64 address, size_t size, u8 *buffer,
+ const ocsd_mem_space_acc_t mem_space,
+ ocsd_ex_level el, struct thread *thread)
{
u8 cpumode;
u64 offset;
int len;
struct addr_location al;
struct dso *dso;
- struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq;
int ret = 0;
if (!etmq)
return 0;
addr_location__init(&al);
- tidq = cs_etm__etmq_get_traceid_queue(etmq, trace_chan_id);
- if (!tidq)
- goto out;
/*
- * We've already tracked EL along side the PID in cs_etm__set_thread()
- * so double check that it matches what OpenCSD thinks as well. It
- * doesn't distinguish between EL0 and EL1 for this mem access callback
- * so we had to do the extra tracking. Skip validation if it's any of
- * the 'any' values.
+ * We track EL for the frontend and the backend when receiving context
+ * and range packets. OpenCSD doesn't distinguish between EL0 and EL1
+ * for this mem access callback so we had to do the extra tracking. Skip
+ * validation if it's any of the 'any' values.
*/
if (!(mem_space == OCSD_MEM_SPACE_ANY ||
mem_space == OCSD_MEM_SPACE_N || mem_space == OCSD_MEM_SPACE_S)) {
if (mem_space & OCSD_MEM_SPACE_EL1N) {
/* Includes both non secure EL1 and EL0 */
- assert(tidq->el == ocsd_EL1 || tidq->el == ocsd_EL0);
+ assert(el == ocsd_EL1 || el == ocsd_EL0);
} else if (mem_space & OCSD_MEM_SPACE_EL2)
- assert(tidq->el == ocsd_EL2);
+ assert(el == ocsd_EL2);
else if (mem_space & OCSD_MEM_SPACE_EL3)
- assert(tidq->el == ocsd_EL3);
+ assert(el == ocsd_EL3);
}
- cpumode = cs_etm__cpu_mode(etmq, address, tidq->el);
+ cpumode = cs_etm__cpu_mode(etmq, address, el);
- if (!thread__find_map(tidq->thread, cpumode, address, &al))
+ if (!thread__find_map(thread, cpumode, address, &al))
goto out;
dso = map__dso(al.map);
@@ -1138,7 +1131,7 @@ static u32 cs_etm__mem_access(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
map__load(al.map);
- len = dso__data_read_offset(dso, maps__machine(thread__maps(tidq->thread)),
+ len = dso__data_read_offset(dso, maps__machine(thread__maps(thread)),
offset, buffer, size);
if (len <= 0) {
@@ -1158,6 +1151,30 @@ static u32 cs_etm__mem_access(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
return ret;
}
+static u32 cs_etm__frontend_mem_access(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
+ struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq,
+ struct cs_etm_packet *packet,
+ u64 address, size_t size, u8 *buffer)
+{
+ return __cs_etm__mem_access(etmq, address, size, buffer, 0, packet->el,
+ tidq->frontend_thread);
+}
+
+static u32 cs_etm__decoder_mem_access(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
+ u64 address, size_t size, u8 *buffer,
+ const ocsd_mem_space_acc_t mem_space)
+{
+ struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq;
+
+ tidq = cs_etm__etmq_get_traceid_queue(etmq, trace_chan_id);
+ if (!tidq)
+ return 0;
+
+ return __cs_etm__mem_access(etmq, address, size, buffer,
+ mem_space, tidq->decode_el,
+ tidq->decode_thread);
+}
+
static struct cs_etm_queue *cs_etm__alloc_queue(void)
{
struct cs_etm_queue *etmq = zalloc(sizeof(*etmq));
@@ -1333,12 +1350,13 @@ void cs_etm__reset_last_branch_rb(struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq)
}
static inline int cs_etm__t32_instr_size(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
- u8 trace_chan_id, u64 addr)
+ struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq,
+ struct cs_etm_packet *packet, u64 addr)
{
u8 instrBytes[2];
- cs_etm__mem_access(etmq, trace_chan_id, addr, ARRAY_SIZE(instrBytes),
- instrBytes, 0);
+ cs_etm__frontend_mem_access(etmq, tidq, packet, addr,
+ ARRAY_SIZE(instrBytes), instrBytes);
/*
* T32 instruction size is indicated by bits[15:11] of the first
* 16-bit word of the instruction: 0b11101, 0b11110 and 0b11111
@@ -1371,16 +1389,16 @@ u64 cs_etm__last_executed_instr(const struct cs_etm_packet *packet)
}
static inline u64 cs_etm__instr_addr(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
- u64 trace_chan_id,
- const struct cs_etm_packet *packet,
+ struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq,
+ struct cs_etm_packet *packet,
u64 offset)
{
if (packet->isa == CS_ETM_ISA_T32) {
u64 addr = packet->start_addr;
while (offset) {
- addr += cs_etm__t32_instr_size(etmq,
- trace_chan_id, addr);
+ addr += cs_etm__t32_instr_size(etmq, tidq, packet,
+ addr);
offset--;
}
return addr;
@@ -1490,34 +1508,51 @@ cs_etm__get_trace(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
return etmq->buf_len;
}
-static void cs_etm__set_thread(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
- struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq, pid_t tid,
- ocsd_ex_level el)
+/*
+ * Convert a raw thread number to a thread struct and assign it to **thread.
+ */
+static int cs_etm__etmq_update_thread(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
+ ocsd_ex_level el, pid_t tid,
+ struct thread **thread)
{
struct machine *machine = cs_etm__get_machine(etmq, el);
+ if (!machine || !*thread)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (tid != -1) {
- thread__zput(tidq->thread);
- tidq->thread = machine__find_thread(machine, -1, tid);
+ thread__zput(*thread);
+ *thread = machine__find_thread(machine, -1, tid);
}
/* Couldn't find a known thread */
- if (!tidq->thread)
- tidq->thread = machine__idle_thread(machine);
+ if (!*thread)
+ *thread = machine__idle_thread(machine);
- tidq->el = el;
+ return 0;
}
-int cs_etm__etmq_set_tid_el(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, pid_t tid,
- u8 trace_chan_id, ocsd_ex_level el)
+/*
+ * Set the thread and EL of the decode context which is ahead in time of the
+ * frontend context.
+ */
+int cs_etm__etmq_update_decode_context(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
+ u8 trace_chan_id,
+ ocsd_ex_level el, pid_t tid)
{
struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq;
+ int ret;
tidq = cs_etm__etmq_get_traceid_queue(etmq, trace_chan_id);
if (!tidq)
return -EINVAL;
- cs_etm__set_thread(etmq, tidq, tid, el);
+ ret = cs_etm__etmq_update_thread(etmq, el, tid,
+ &tidq->decode_thread);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ tidq->decode_el = el;
return 0;
}
@@ -1527,8 +1562,8 @@ bool cs_etm__etmq_is_timeless(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
}
static void cs_etm__copy_insn(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
- u64 trace_chan_id,
- const struct cs_etm_packet *packet,
+ struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq,
+ struct cs_etm_packet *packet,
struct perf_sample *sample)
{
/*
@@ -1545,14 +1580,14 @@ static void cs_etm__copy_insn(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
* cs_etm__t32_instr_size().
*/
if (packet->isa == CS_ETM_ISA_T32)
- sample->insn_len = cs_etm__t32_instr_size(etmq, trace_chan_id,
+ sample->insn_len = cs_etm__t32_instr_size(etmq, tidq, packet,
sample->ip);
/* Otherwise, A64 and A32 instruction size are always 32-bit. */
else
sample->insn_len = 4;
- cs_etm__mem_access(etmq, trace_chan_id, sample->ip, sample->insn_len,
- (void *)sample->insn, 0);
+ cs_etm__frontend_mem_access(etmq, tidq, packet, sample->ip,
+ sample->insn_len, (void *)sample->insn);
}
u64 cs_etm__convert_sample_time(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u64 cs_timestamp)
@@ -1579,6 +1614,7 @@ static inline u64 cs_etm__resolve_sample_time(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
static int cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq,
+ struct cs_etm_packet *packet,
u64 addr, u64 period)
{
int ret = 0;
@@ -1588,15 +1624,15 @@ static int cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
perf_sample__init(&sample, /*all=*/true);
event->sample.header.type = PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE;
- event->sample.header.misc = cs_etm__cpu_mode(etmq, addr, tidq->el);
+ event->sample.header.misc = cs_etm__cpu_mode(etmq, addr, packet->el);
event->sample.header.size = sizeof(struct perf_event_header);
/* Set time field based on etm auxtrace config. */
sample.time = cs_etm__resolve_sample_time(etmq, tidq);
sample.ip = addr;
- sample.pid = thread__pid(tidq->thread);
- sample.tid = thread__tid(tidq->thread);
+ sample.pid = thread__pid(tidq->frontend_thread);
+ sample.tid = thread__tid(tidq->frontend_thread);
sample.id = etmq->etm->instructions_id;
sample.stream_id = etmq->etm->instructions_id;
sample.period = period;
@@ -1604,7 +1640,7 @@ static int cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
sample.flags = tidq->prev_packet->flags;
sample.cpumode = event->sample.header.misc;
- cs_etm__copy_insn(etmq, tidq->trace_chan_id, tidq->packet, &sample);
+ cs_etm__copy_insn(etmq, tidq, tidq->packet, &sample);
if (etm->synth_opts.last_branch)
sample.branch_stack = tidq->last_branch;
@@ -1649,15 +1685,15 @@ static int cs_etm__synth_branch_sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
event->sample.header.type = PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE;
event->sample.header.misc = cs_etm__cpu_mode(etmq, ip,
- tidq->prev_packet_el);
+ tidq->prev_packet->el);
event->sample.header.size = sizeof(struct perf_event_header);
/* Set time field based on etm auxtrace config. */
sample.time = cs_etm__resolve_sample_time(etmq, tidq);
sample.ip = ip;
- sample.pid = thread__pid(tidq->prev_packet_thread);
- sample.tid = thread__tid(tidq->prev_packet_thread);
+ sample.pid = thread__pid(tidq->frontend_thread);
+ sample.tid = thread__tid(tidq->frontend_thread);
sample.addr = cs_etm__first_executed_instr(tidq->packet);
sample.id = etmq->etm->branches_id;
sample.stream_id = etmq->etm->branches_id;
@@ -1666,8 +1702,7 @@ static int cs_etm__synth_branch_sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
sample.flags = tidq->prev_packet->flags;
sample.cpumode = event->sample.header.misc;
- cs_etm__copy_insn(etmq, tidq->trace_chan_id, tidq->prev_packet,
- &sample);
+ cs_etm__copy_insn(etmq, tidq, tidq->prev_packet, &sample);
/*
* perf report cannot handle events without a branch stack
@@ -1788,7 +1823,6 @@ static int cs_etm__sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
{
struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm = etmq->etm;
int ret;
- u8 trace_chan_id = tidq->trace_chan_id;
u64 instrs_prev;
/* Get instructions remainder from previous packet */
@@ -1874,10 +1908,10 @@ static int cs_etm__sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
* been executed, but PC has not advanced to next
* instruction)
*/
- addr = cs_etm__instr_addr(etmq, trace_chan_id,
- tidq->packet, offset - 1);
+ addr = cs_etm__instr_addr(etmq, tidq, tidq->packet,
+ offset - 1);
ret = cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample(
- etmq, tidq, addr,
+ etmq, tidq, tidq->packet, addr,
etm->instructions_sample_period);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -1959,7 +1993,7 @@ static int cs_etm__flush(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
addr = cs_etm__last_executed_instr(tidq->prev_packet);
err = cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample(
- etmq, tidq, addr,
+ etmq, tidq, tidq->prev_packet, addr,
tidq->period_instructions);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -2014,7 +2048,7 @@ static int cs_etm__end_block(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
addr = cs_etm__last_executed_instr(tidq->prev_packet);
err = cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample(
- etmq, tidq, addr,
+ etmq, tidq, tidq->prev_packet, addr,
tidq->period_instructions);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -2051,9 +2085,9 @@ static int cs_etm__get_data_block(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
return etmq->buf_len;
}
-static bool cs_etm__is_svc_instr(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
- struct cs_etm_packet *packet,
- u64 end_addr)
+static bool cs_etm__is_svc_instr(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
+ struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq,
+ struct cs_etm_packet *packet, u64 end_addr)
{
/* Initialise to keep compiler happy */
u16 instr16 = 0;
@@ -2075,8 +2109,8 @@ static bool cs_etm__is_svc_instr(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
* so below only read 2 bytes as instruction size for T32.
*/
addr = end_addr - 2;
- cs_etm__mem_access(etmq, trace_chan_id, addr, sizeof(instr16),
- (u8 *)&instr16, 0);
+ cs_etm__frontend_mem_access(etmq, tidq, packet, addr,
+ sizeof(instr16), (u8 *)&instr16);
if ((instr16 & 0xFF00) == 0xDF00)
return true;
@@ -2091,8 +2125,8 @@ static bool cs_etm__is_svc_instr(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
* +---------+---------+-------------------------+
*/
addr = end_addr - 4;
- cs_etm__mem_access(etmq, trace_chan_id, addr, sizeof(instr32),
- (u8 *)&instr32, 0);
+ cs_etm__frontend_mem_access(etmq, tidq, packet, addr,
+ sizeof(instr32), (u8 *)&instr32);
if ((instr32 & 0x0F000000) == 0x0F000000 &&
(instr32 & 0xF0000000) != 0xF0000000)
return true;
@@ -2108,8 +2142,8 @@ static bool cs_etm__is_svc_instr(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
* +-----------------------+---------+-----------+
*/
addr = end_addr - 4;
- cs_etm__mem_access(etmq, trace_chan_id, addr, sizeof(instr32),
- (u8 *)&instr32, 0);
+ cs_etm__frontend_mem_access(etmq, tidq, packet, addr,
+ sizeof(instr32), (u8 *)&instr32);
if ((instr32 & 0xFFE0001F) == 0xd4000001)
return true;
@@ -2125,7 +2159,6 @@ static bool cs_etm__is_svc_instr(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
static bool cs_etm__is_syscall(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq, u64 magic)
{
- u8 trace_chan_id = tidq->trace_chan_id;
struct cs_etm_packet *packet = tidq->packet;
struct cs_etm_packet *prev_packet = tidq->prev_packet;
@@ -2140,7 +2173,7 @@ static bool cs_etm__is_syscall(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
*/
if (magic == __perf_cs_etmv4_magic) {
if (packet->exception_number == CS_ETMV4_EXC_CALL &&
- cs_etm__is_svc_instr(etmq, trace_chan_id, prev_packet,
+ cs_etm__is_svc_instr(etmq, tidq, prev_packet,
prev_packet->end_addr))
return true;
}
@@ -2178,7 +2211,6 @@ static bool cs_etm__is_sync_exception(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq,
u64 magic)
{
- u8 trace_chan_id = tidq->trace_chan_id;
struct cs_etm_packet *packet = tidq->packet;
struct cs_etm_packet *prev_packet = tidq->prev_packet;
@@ -2204,7 +2236,7 @@ static bool cs_etm__is_sync_exception(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
* (SMC, HVC) are taken as sync exceptions.
*/
if (packet->exception_number == CS_ETMV4_EXC_CALL &&
- !cs_etm__is_svc_instr(etmq, trace_chan_id, prev_packet,
+ !cs_etm__is_svc_instr(etmq, tidq, prev_packet,
prev_packet->end_addr))
return true;
@@ -2228,7 +2260,6 @@ static int cs_etm__set_sample_flags(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
{
struct cs_etm_packet *packet = tidq->packet;
struct cs_etm_packet *prev_packet = tidq->prev_packet;
- u8 trace_chan_id = tidq->trace_chan_id;
u64 magic;
int ret;
@@ -2309,11 +2340,11 @@ static int cs_etm__set_sample_flags(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
if (prev_packet->flags == (PERF_IP_FLAG_BRANCH |
PERF_IP_FLAG_RETURN |
PERF_IP_FLAG_INTERRUPT) &&
- cs_etm__is_svc_instr(etmq, trace_chan_id,
- packet, packet->start_addr))
+ cs_etm__is_svc_instr(etmq, tidq, packet, packet->start_addr)) {
prev_packet->flags = PERF_IP_FLAG_BRANCH |
PERF_IP_FLAG_RETURN |
PERF_IP_FLAG_SYSCALLRET;
+ }
break;
case CS_ETM_DISCONTINUITY:
/*
@@ -2394,6 +2425,7 @@ static int cs_etm__set_sample_flags(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
PERF_IP_FLAG_RETURN |
PERF_IP_FLAG_INTERRUPT;
break;
+ case CS_ETM_CONTEXT:
case CS_ETM_EMPTY:
default:
break;
@@ -2469,6 +2501,19 @@ static int cs_etm__process_traceid_queue(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
*/
cs_etm__sample(etmq, tidq);
break;
+ case CS_ETM_CONTEXT:
+ /*
+ * Update context but don't swap packet. Keep the
+ * previous one for branch source address info, if
+ * tracing the kernel the context packet will be emitted
+ * between two ranges.
+ */
+ ret = cs_etm__etmq_update_thread(etmq, tidq->packet->el,
+ tidq->packet->tid,
+ &tidq->frontend_thread);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+ break;
case CS_ETM_EXCEPTION:
case CS_ETM_EXCEPTION_RET:
/*
@@ -2497,6 +2542,7 @@ static int cs_etm__process_traceid_queue(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
}
}
+out:
return ret;
}
@@ -2620,7 +2666,7 @@ static int cs_etm__process_timeless_queues(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
if (!tidq)
continue;
- if (tid == -1 || thread__tid(tidq->thread) == tid)
+ if (tid == -1 || thread__tid(tidq->frontend_thread) == tid)
cs_etm__run_per_thread_timeless_decoder(etmq);
} else
cs_etm__run_per_cpu_timeless_decoder(etmq);
@@ -3328,7 +3374,7 @@ static int cs_etm__create_queue_decoders(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
*/
if (cs_etm_decoder__add_mem_access_cb(etmq->decoder,
0x0L, ((u64) -1L),
- cs_etm__mem_access))
+ cs_etm__decoder_mem_access))
goto out_free_decoder;
zfree(&t_params);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
index aa9bb4a32eca..b81099c2b301 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ enum cs_etm_sample_type {
CS_ETM_DISCONTINUITY,
CS_ETM_EXCEPTION,
CS_ETM_EXCEPTION_RET,
+ CS_ETM_CONTEXT,
};
enum cs_etm_isa {
@@ -184,6 +185,8 @@ struct cs_etm_packet {
u8 last_instr_size;
u8 trace_chan_id;
int cpu;
+ int el;
+ pid_t tid;
};
#define CS_ETM_PACKET_MAX_BUFFER 1024
@@ -259,8 +262,9 @@ enum cs_etm_pid_fmt {
#include <opencsd/ocsd_if_types.h>
int cs_etm__get_cpu(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id, int *cpu);
enum cs_etm_pid_fmt cs_etm__get_pid_fmt(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq);
-int cs_etm__etmq_set_tid_el(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, pid_t tid,
- u8 trace_chan_id, ocsd_ex_level el);
+int cs_etm__etmq_update_decode_context(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
+ u8 trace_chan_id, ocsd_ex_level el,
+ pid_t tid);
bool cs_etm__etmq_is_timeless(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq);
void cs_etm__etmq_set_traceid_queue_timestamp(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
u8 trace_chan_id);
--
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* [PATCH v3 02/19] perf test: Add workload-ctl option
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
Add a --workload-ctl=fifo:ctl-fifo[,ack-fifo] option for 'perf test
-w'. When set, run_workload() opens the named FIFO, writes enable before
invoking the builtin workload, writes disable before returning, and
waits for ack responses when an ack FIFO is provided to ensure that the
workload doesn't run until the events are enabled.
This can be used to limit the scope of the recording to only the
workload execution and avoid recording Perf setup and teardown code if
Perf record is started with events disabled (-D 1).
Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.5
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt | 6 ++
tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 184 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 188 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
index 32da0d1fa86a..1faf30d4a7be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
@@ -69,3 +69,9 @@ OPTIONS
--list-workloads::
List the available workloads to use with -w/--workload.
+
+--workload-ctl=fifo:ctl-fifo[,ack-fifo]::
+ Write 'enable' to ctl-fifo before running the workload and 'disable'
+ before returning. If ack-fifo is provided, the workload runner waits for
+ an 'ack' response after each command. This scopes the recording to only
+ the workload if used with 'perf record -D 1 --control ...'.
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index f2c135891477..a9e67d7da700 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static bool sequential;
static unsigned int runs_per_test = 1;
const char *dso_to_test;
const char *test_objdump_path = "objdump";
+static const char *workload_control;
/*
* List of architecture specific tests. Not a weak symbol as the array length is
@@ -161,6 +162,11 @@ static struct test_workload *workloads[] = {
#endif
};
+struct workload_control {
+ int ctl_fd;
+ int ack_fd;
+};
+
#define workloads__for_each(workload) \
for (unsigned i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(workloads) && ({ workload = workloads[i]; 1; }); i++)
@@ -711,13 +717,185 @@ static int workloads__fprintf_list(FILE *fp)
return printed;
}
+static int perf_control_open_fifo(struct workload_control *ctl, const char *str)
+{
+ char *s, *p;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (strncmp(str, "fifo:", 5))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ str += 5;
+ if (!*str || *str == ',')
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ s = strdup(str);
+ if (!s)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ p = strchr(s, ',');
+ if (p)
+ *p = '\0';
+
+ ctl->ctl_fd = open(s, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (ctl->ctl_fd < 0) {
+ ret = -errno;
+ pr_err("Failed to open workload control FIFO '%s': %m\n", s);
+ free(s);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ if (p && *++p) {
+ ctl->ack_fd = open(p, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (ctl->ack_fd < 0) {
+ ret = -errno;
+ pr_err("Failed to open workload control ack FIFO '%s': %m\n", p);
+ close(ctl->ctl_fd);
+ ctl->ctl_fd = -1;
+ free(s);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
+
+ free(s);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int perf_control_open(struct workload_control *ctl)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!workload_control)
+ return 0;
+
+ ret = perf_control_open_fifo(ctl, workload_control);
+
+ if (ret == -EINVAL) {
+ pr_err("Unsupported workload control spec '%s', expected fifo:ctl-fifo[,ack-fifo]\n",
+ workload_control);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void perf_control_close(struct workload_control *ctl)
+{
+ if (ctl->ctl_fd >= 0) {
+ close(ctl->ctl_fd);
+ ctl->ctl_fd = -1;
+ }
+ if (ctl->ack_fd >= 0) {
+ close(ctl->ack_fd);
+ ctl->ack_fd = -1;
+ }
+}
+
+static int perf_control_write_cmd(int fd, const char *cmd)
+{
+ size_t len = strlen(cmd);
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ while (len) {
+ ret = write(fd, cmd, len);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ if (errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+ pr_err("Failed to write perf control command: %m\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (!ret) {
+ pr_err("Failed to write perf control command: short write\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ cmd += ret;
+ len -= ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int perf_control_read_ack(int fd)
+{
+ char buf[16];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ do {
+ ret = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+ } while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ pr_err("Failed to read perf control ack: %m\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (!ret) {
+ pr_err("Unexpected EOF while reading perf control ack\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ buf[ret] = '\0';
+ for (ssize_t i = 0; i < ret; i++) {
+ if (buf[i] == '\n' || buf[i] == '\0') {
+ buf[i] = '\0';
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (strcmp(buf, "ack")) {
+ pr_err("Unexpected perf control ack: %s\n", buf);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int perf_control_send(struct workload_control *ctl, const char *cmd)
+{
+ if (ctl->ctl_fd < 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (perf_control_write_cmd(ctl->ctl_fd, cmd))
+ return -1;
+
+ if (ctl->ack_fd >= 0 && perf_control_read_ack(ctl->ack_fd))
+ return -1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int run_workload(const char *work, int argc, const char **argv)
{
struct test_workload *twl;
workloads__for_each(twl) {
- if (!strcmp(twl->name, work))
- return twl->func(argc, argv);
+ struct workload_control ctl = {
+ .ctl_fd = -1,
+ .ack_fd = -1,
+ };
+ int control_ret, ret;
+
+ if (strcmp(twl->name, work))
+ continue;
+
+ ret = perf_control_open(&ctl);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (perf_control_send(&ctl, "enable\n")) {
+ perf_control_close(&ctl);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ ret = twl->func(argc, argv);
+
+ control_ret = perf_control_send(&ctl, "disable\n");
+ perf_control_close(&ctl);
+ if (control_ret)
+ return -1;
+
+ return ret;
}
pr_info("No workload found: %s\n", work);
@@ -799,6 +977,8 @@ int cmd_test(int argc, const char **argv)
OPT_UINTEGER('r', "runs-per-test", &runs_per_test,
"Run each test the given number of times, default 1"),
OPT_STRING('w', "workload", &workload, "work", "workload to run for testing, use '--list-workloads' to list the available ones."),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "workload-ctl", &workload_control, "fifo:ctl-fifo[,ack-fifo]",
+ "Write enable to the fifo just before running the workload and disable after, with optional ack from ack-fifo"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "list-workloads", &list_workloads, "List the available builtin workloads to use with -w/--workload"),
OPT_STRING(0, "dso", &dso_to_test, "dso", "dso to test"),
OPT_STRING(0, "objdump", &test_objdump_path, "path",
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 03/19] perf test: Add a workload that forces context switches
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
This workload launches two processes that block when reading and writing
to each other forcing the other process to be scheduled for each
read/write pair.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt | 7 +-
tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/tests.h | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/workloads/context_switch_loop.c | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
index 1faf30d4a7be..9c0d7ac2bc64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
@@ -55,15 +55,16 @@ OPTIONS
-w::
--workload=::
- Run a built-in workload, to list them use '--list-workloads', current ones include:
- noploop, thloop, leafloop, sqrtloop, brstack, datasym and landlock.
+ Run a built-in workload, to list them use '--list-workloads', current
+ ones include: noploop, thloop, leafloop, sqrtloop, brstack, datasym,
+ context_switch_loop and landlock.
Used with the shell script regression tests.
Some accept an extra parameter:
seconds: leafloop, noploop, sqrtloop, thloop
- nrloops: brstack
+ nrloops: brstack, context_switch_loop
The datasym and landlock workloads don't accept any.
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index a9e67d7da700..2830a431771f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ static struct test_workload *workloads[] = {
&workload__landlock,
&workload__traploop,
&workload__inlineloop,
+ &workload__context_switch_loop,
#ifdef HAVE_RUST_SUPPORT
&workload__code_with_type,
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index ee00518bf36f..79f50bacfc94 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ DECLARE_WORKLOAD(datasym);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(landlock);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(traploop);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(inlineloop);
+DECLARE_WORKLOAD(context_switch_loop);
#ifdef HAVE_RUST_SUPPORT
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(code_with_type);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
index 2ef97f7affce..3bda6da04a35 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ perf-test-y += datasym.o
perf-test-y += landlock.o
perf-test-y += traploop.o
perf-test-y += inlineloop.o
+perf-test-y += context_switch_loop.o
ifeq ($(CONFIG_RUST_SUPPORT),y)
perf-test-y += code_with_type.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/context_switch_loop.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/context_switch_loop.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..173d770ae619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/context_switch_loop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+static int loops = 100;
+static char buf;
+int context_switch_loop_work = 1234;
+
+#define write_block(fd) \
+ do { \
+ if (write(fd, &buf, 1) <= 0) \
+ exit(1); \
+ } while (0)
+
+#define read_block(fd) \
+ do { \
+ if (read(fd, &buf, 1) <= 0) \
+ exit(1); \
+ } while (0)
+
+/* Not static to avoid LTO clobbering the function name */
+void context_switch_loop_proc1(int in_fd, int out_fd);
+noinline void context_switch_loop_proc1(int in_fd, int out_fd)
+{
+ for (int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
+ read_block(in_fd);
+ context_switch_loop_work += i * 3;
+ write_block(out_fd);
+ }
+}
+
+void context_switch_loop_proc2(int in_fd, int out_fd);
+noinline void context_switch_loop_proc2(int in_fd, int out_fd)
+{
+ for (int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
+ write_block(out_fd);
+ context_switch_loop_work += i * 7;
+ read_block(in_fd);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Launches two processes that take turns to execute a multiplication N times
+ */
+static int context_switch_loop(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ int a_to_b[2], b_to_a[2];
+ pid_t proc1_pid;
+ int status;
+
+ if (argc > 0) {
+ loops = atoi(argv[0]);
+ if (loops < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Invalid number of loops: %s\n", argv[0]);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (pipe(a_to_b) || pipe(b_to_a)) {
+ perror("Pipe error");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ proc1_pid = fork();
+ if (proc1_pid < 0) {
+ perror("Fork error");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if (!proc1_pid) {
+ close(a_to_b[0]);
+ close(b_to_a[1]);
+ prctl(PR_SET_NAME, "proc1", 0, 0, 0);
+ context_switch_loop_proc1(b_to_a[0], a_to_b[1]);
+ close(a_to_b[1]);
+ close(b_to_a[0]);
+ exit(0);
+ }
+
+ close(a_to_b[1]);
+ close(b_to_a[0]);
+ prctl(PR_SET_NAME, "proc2", 0, 0, 0);
+ context_switch_loop_proc2(a_to_b[0], b_to_a[1]);
+ close(a_to_b[0]);
+ close(b_to_a[1]);
+
+ if (waitpid(proc1_pid, &status, 0) != proc1_pid || !WIFEXITED(status) ||
+ WEXITSTATUS(status))
+ return 1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+DEFINE_WORKLOAD(context_switch_loop);
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 04/19] perf test cs-etm: Test process attribution
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
Run the context switch workload on one CPU and trace it to test that
symbols are attributed to the correct process and that the attribution
changes at the exact point that the context switch happened.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
.../tests/shell/coresight/context_switch_thread.sh | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/context_switch_thread.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/context_switch_thread.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..0992c35a329d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/context_switch_thread.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+# Coresight context switch thread attribution (exclusive)
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+# If Coresight is not available, skip the test
+perf list pmu | grep -q cs_etm || exit 2
+
+if [ "$(id -u)" != 0 ]; then
+ # Requires root for "-C 0" in record command
+ echo "[Skip] No root permission"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.coresight_context_switch.XXXXX)
+
+cleanup() {
+ rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
+ trap - EXIT TERM INT
+}
+
+trap_cleanup() {
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+}
+trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
+
+check_samples() {
+ owner_samples=$(grep -c "proc1.*context_switch_loop_proc1" "$tmpdir/script" || true)
+ next_samples=$(grep -c "proc2.*context_switch_loop_proc2" "$tmpdir/script" || true)
+
+ if [ "$owner_samples" -eq 0 ] || [ "$next_samples" -eq 0 ]; then
+ echo "No samples found"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
+ if grep "proc2.*context_switch_loop_proc1" "$tmpdir/script"; then
+ echo "Thread1 symbol was attributed to proc2"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
+ if grep "proc1.*context_switch_loop_proc2" "$tmpdir/script"; then
+ echo "Thread2 symbol was attributed to proc1"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+ fi
+}
+
+cf="$tmpdir/ctl"
+af="$tmpdir/ack"
+mkfifo "$cf" "$af"
+
+# Pin to one CPU so the two threads alternate running but record into the same
+# trace buffer. Start disabled and use the control FIFO to only record the
+# workload and not startup.
+perf record -o "$tmpdir/data" -e cs_etm/timestamp=0/u -C 0 -D -1 --control fifo:"$cf","$af" -- \
+ taskset --cpu-list 0 perf test --workload-ctl fifo:"$cf","$af" \
+ -w context_switch_loop > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+# Test both instruction and branch sample generation modes.
+perf script -i "$tmpdir/data" --itrace=i4 -F comm,pid,tid,ip,sym > "$tmpdir/script" 2>/dev/null
+check_samples
+perf script -i "$tmpdir/data" --itrace=b -F comm,pid,tid,ip,sym > "$tmpdir/script" 2>/dev/null
+check_samples
+
+cleanup
+exit 0
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 05/19] perf test: Add deterministic workload
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
Add a workload that does the same thing every time for testing CPU trace
decoding.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt | 4 +--
tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/tests.h | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build | 2 ++
tools/perf/tests/workloads/deterministic.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
index 9c0d7ac2bc64..7ec70c054cac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OPTIONS
--workload=::
Run a built-in workload, to list them use '--list-workloads', current
ones include: noploop, thloop, leafloop, sqrtloop, brstack, datasym,
- context_switch_loop and landlock.
+ context_switch_loop, deterministic and landlock.
Used with the shell script regression tests.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ OPTIONS
seconds: leafloop, noploop, sqrtloop, thloop
nrloops: brstack, context_switch_loop
- The datasym and landlock workloads don't accept any.
+ The datasym, landlock and deterministic workloads don't accept any.
--list-workloads::
List the available workloads to use with -w/--workload.
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 2830a431771f..5a2ab67cd85d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ static struct test_workload *workloads[] = {
&workload__traploop,
&workload__inlineloop,
&workload__context_switch_loop,
+ &workload__deterministic,
#ifdef HAVE_RUST_SUPPORT
&workload__code_with_type,
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index 79f50bacfc94..f8bba2d68769 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ DECLARE_WORKLOAD(landlock);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(traploop);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(inlineloop);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(context_switch_loop);
+DECLARE_WORKLOAD(deterministic);
#ifdef HAVE_RUST_SUPPORT
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(code_with_type);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
index 3bda6da04a35..cca7ad354227 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ perf-test-y += landlock.o
perf-test-y += traploop.o
perf-test-y += inlineloop.o
perf-test-y += context_switch_loop.o
+perf-test-y += deterministic.o
ifeq ($(CONFIG_RUST_SUPPORT),y)
perf-test-y += code_with_type.o
@@ -22,3 +23,4 @@ CFLAGS_brstack.o = -g -O0 -fno-inline -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
CFLAGS_datasym.o = -g -O0 -fno-inline -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
CFLAGS_traploop.o = -g -O0 -fno-inline -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
CFLAGS_inlineloop.o = -g -O2
+CFLAGS_deterministic.o = -g -O0 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/deterministic.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/deterministic.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3caea8564043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/deterministic.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+int dt_work = 1234;
+
+static noinline void function1(void)
+{
+ dt_work *= 7;
+ dt_work *= 7;
+ dt_work *= 7;
+}
+
+static noinline void function2(void)
+{
+ dt_work *= 7;
+ dt_work *= 7;
+ dt_work *= 7;
+}
+
+static int deterministic(int argc __maybe_unused,
+ const char **argv __maybe_unused)
+{
+ dt_work *= 7;
+ dt_work *= 7;
+ dt_work *= 7;
+
+ function1();
+
+ dt_work *= 7;
+ dt_work *= 7;
+ dt_work *= 7;
+
+ function2();
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+DEFINE_WORKLOAD(deterministic);
--
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* [PATCH v3 06/19] perf test cs-etm: Replace unroll loop thread with deterministic decode test
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
Testing a long sequence without branches seems like it would be better
as a decoder unit test, and this test doesn't test decoding either, so
it's not clear what bugs this is trying to catch.
The new deterministic workload has somewhat long sequences when built
unoptimized, and we can always increase them later if we want to. But
now we test that decoding always gives the same result for the same
sequence of code which we've never had before.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/deterministic.sh | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++
.../tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread_10.sh | 22 -------
2 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/deterministic.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/deterministic.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..52e033fd6b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/deterministic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+# Coresight deterministic workload decode (exclusive)
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+# If Coresight is not available, skip the test
+perf list pmu | grep -q cs_etm || exit 2
+
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.coresight_deterministic.XXXXX)
+
+cleanup() {
+ rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
+ trap - EXIT TERM INT
+}
+
+trap_cleanup() {
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+}
+trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
+
+cf="$tmpdir/ctl"
+af="$tmpdir/ack"
+mkfifo "$cf" "$af"
+
+# Start disabled and use the control FIFO to only record the workload and not
+# startup.
+perf record -o "$tmpdir/data" -e cs_etm//u -D -1 --control fifo:"$cf","$af" -- \
+ perf test --workload-ctl fifo:"$cf","$af" -w deterministic > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+perf script -i "$tmpdir/data" --itrace=i1i -F ip,srcline | \
+ grep "deterministic.c" | uniq > "$tmpdir/script" 2>/dev/null
+
+
+# Remove open brace lines as they may not be hit depending on the compiler
+sed -i \
+ -e '/deterministic.c:8$/d' \
+ -e '/deterministic.c:15$/d' \
+ -e '/deterministic.c:23$/d' \
+ "$tmpdir/script"
+
+cat > "$tmpdir/expected" << EOF
+ deterministic.c:24
+ deterministic.c:25
+ deterministic.c:26
+ deterministic.c:28
+ deterministic.c:9
+ deterministic.c:10
+ deterministic.c:11
+ deterministic.c:12
+ deterministic.c:30
+ deterministic.c:31
+ deterministic.c:32
+ deterministic.c:34
+ deterministic.c:16
+ deterministic.c:17
+ deterministic.c:18
+ deterministic.c:19
+ deterministic.c:36
+ deterministic.c:37
+EOF
+
+if ! diff -q "$tmpdir/script" "$tmpdir/expected"; then
+ echo "FAIL: line numbers don't match expected: "
+ head -n 100 "$tmpdir/script"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+cleanup
+exit 0
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread_10.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread_10.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cb3e97a0a89f..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread_10.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-# CoreSight / Unroll Loop Thread 10 (exclusive)
-
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-
-TEST="unroll_loop_thread"
-
-# shellcheck source=../lib/coresight.sh
-. "$(dirname $0)"/../lib/coresight.sh
-
-ARGS="10"
-DATV="10"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2153
-DATA="$DATD/perf-$TEST-$DATV.data"
-
-perf record $PERFRECOPT -o "$DATA" "$BIN" $ARGS
-
-perf_dump_aux_verify "$DATA" 10 10 10
-
-err=$?
-exit $err
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 07/19] perf test cs-etm: Remove asm_pure_loop test
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
It's not obvious what this test is for so remove it. It's not a stress
test because it doesn't output lots of data and it's not a functional
test because it only looks for raw trace output. It seems to imply that
a program written in assembly influences whether trace would be
generated by the CPU or not, but the CPU doesn't know what language the
program is written in.
We already have lots of Coresight tests that test the full pipeline
including decoding, and in many more modes of operation than this one,
so if no trace was collected they will already fail leaving this one
redundant.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop.sh | 22 ----------------------
1 file changed, 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0301904b9637..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-# CoreSight / ASM Pure Loop (exclusive)
-
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-
-TEST="asm_pure_loop"
-
-# shellcheck source=../lib/coresight.sh
-. "$(dirname $0)"/../lib/coresight.sh
-
-ARGS=""
-DATV="out"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2153
-DATA="$DATD/perf-$TEST-$DATV.data"
-
-perf record $PERFRECOPT -o "$DATA" "$BIN" $ARGS
-
-perf_dump_aux_verify "$DATA" 10 10 10
-
-err=$?
-exit $err
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 08/19] perf test cs-etm: Replace memcpy test with raw dump stress test
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
Like asm_pure_loop, this memcpy test only checks that 10 of each of a
few trace packet types occur after recording a lot of trace, which isn't
more specific than other existing Coresight tests.
Assume it was supposed to be a stress test for dumping and replace it
with one that doesn't require a custom binary and checks for a specific
amount of raw output. Don't bother checking for packets because the
other tests that test decoding will catch issues with malformed data.
This also adds coverage for exit snapshot mode which was missing.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
.../tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread_16k_10.sh | 22 ----------
.../perf/tests/shell/coresight/raw_dump_stress.sh | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread_16k_10.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread_16k_10.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1f765d69acc3..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread_16k_10.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-# CoreSight / Memcpy 16k 10 Threads (exclusive)
-
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-
-TEST="memcpy_thread"
-
-# shellcheck source=../lib/coresight.sh
-. "$(dirname $0)"/../lib/coresight.sh
-
-ARGS="16 10 1"
-DATV="16k_10"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2153
-DATA="$DATD/perf-$TEST-$DATV.data"
-
-perf record $PERFRECOPT -o "$DATA" "$BIN" $ARGS
-
-perf_dump_aux_verify "$DATA" 10 10 10
-
-err=$?
-exit $err
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/raw_dump_stress.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/raw_dump_stress.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..025584472513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/raw_dump_stress.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+# Coresight raw dump stress (exclusive)
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+if [ "$(id -u)" != 0 ]; then
+ # Requires root for larger buffer size
+ echo "[Skip] No root permission"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+# If Coresight is not available, skip the test
+perf list pmu | grep -q cs_etm || exit 2
+
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.coresight_raw_dump_stress.XXXXX)
+
+cleanup() {
+ rm -r "${tmpdir}"
+ trap - EXIT TERM INT
+}
+
+trap_cleanup() {
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+}
+trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
+
+# Use exit snapshot to record 2M of trace to make about 80MB of raw dump data.
+echo "Recording..."
+perf record -e cs_etm/timestamp=0/u -m,2M -Se -o "$tmpdir/data" -- \
+ perf test -w brstack 20000 > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+# Test raw dump runs to completion but don't decode because that's too slow for
+# a test
+echo "Dumping raw trace..."
+perf report --dump-raw-trace -i "$tmpdir/data" 2>/dev/null > "$tmpdir/rawdump"
+err=$?
+
+size=$(stat -c%s "$tmpdir/rawdump")
+if [ $size -gt $((50 * 1024 * 1024)) ]; then
+ echo "PASS: Raw dump file is larger than 50MB"
+ cleanup
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "FAIL: Got less than 50MB (${size} bytes)"
+cleanup
+exit 1
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 09/19] perf test: Add named_threads workload
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
Add a workload that runs X threads that run a unique function named
"named_threads_thread[x]" which performs a multiplication in a loop for
Y loops. Each thread sets its name to "thread[x]".
This can be used to test that processor trace decoding handles
concurrent threads correctly and the correct symbols and thread names
are assigned to samples.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt | 5 +-
tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/tests.h | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/workloads/named_threads.c | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
index 7ec70c054cac..778c37f6efdb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OPTIONS
--workload=::
Run a built-in workload, to list them use '--list-workloads', current
ones include: noploop, thloop, leafloop, sqrtloop, brstack, datasym,
- context_switch_loop, deterministic and landlock.
+ context_switch_loop, deterministic, named_threads and landlock.
Used with the shell script regression tests.
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ OPTIONS
seconds: leafloop, noploop, sqrtloop, thloop
nrloops: brstack, context_switch_loop
+ 'named_threads' accepts the number of threads and the number of loops to
+ do in each thread.
+
The datasym, landlock and deterministic workloads don't accept any.
--list-workloads::
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 5a2ab67cd85d..2fee93858c86 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ static struct test_suite *generic_tests[] = {
static struct test_workload *workloads[] = {
&workload__noploop,
&workload__thloop,
+ &workload__named_threads,
&workload__leafloop,
&workload__sqrtloop,
&workload__brstack,
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index f8bba2d68769..ef3c3a269132 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct test_workload workload__##work = { \
/* The list of test workloads */
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(noploop);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(thloop);
+DECLARE_WORKLOAD(named_threads);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(leafloop);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(sqrtloop);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(brstack);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
index cca7ad354227..7db5eea713a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
perf-test-y += noploop.o
perf-test-y += thloop.o
+perf-test-y += named_threads.o
perf-test-y += leafloop.o
perf-test-y += sqrtloop.o
perf-test-y += brstack.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/named_threads.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/named_threads.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc8070a98df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/named_threads.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+#define MAX_THREADS 25
+
+static int iterations = 500;
+int named_threads_work = 1234;
+
+typedef void *(*thread_fn_t)(void *);
+
+#define DEFINE_THREAD(n) \
+noinline void *named_threads_thread##n(void *arg __maybe_unused) \
+{ \
+ pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "thread" #n); \
+ for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) \
+ named_threads_work *= 3; \
+ \
+ return NULL; \
+}
+
+#define THREAD_LIST(macro) \
+ macro(1) \
+ macro(2) \
+ macro(3) \
+ macro(4) \
+ macro(5) \
+ macro(6) \
+ macro(7) \
+ macro(8) \
+ macro(9) \
+ macro(10) \
+ macro(11) \
+ macro(12) \
+ macro(13) \
+ macro(14) \
+ macro(15) \
+ macro(16) \
+ macro(17) \
+ macro(18) \
+ macro(19) \
+ macro(20) \
+ macro(21) \
+ macro(22) \
+ macro(23) \
+ macro(24) \
+ macro(25)
+
+#define DECLARE_THREAD(n) void *named_threads_thread##n(void *arg);
+
+THREAD_LIST(DECLARE_THREAD)
+THREAD_LIST(DEFINE_THREAD)
+
+#define THREAD_ENTRY(n) named_threads_thread##n,
+
+static thread_fn_t thread_fns[MAX_THREADS] = {
+ THREAD_LIST(THREAD_ENTRY)
+};
+
+/*
+ * Creates argv[0] threads that run a unique function named "thread[x]" which performs
+ * a multiplication in a loop for argv[1] loops.
+ */
+static int named_threads(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ pthread_t threads[MAX_THREADS];
+ int nr_threads = 1;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ if (argc > 0)
+ nr_threads = atoi(argv[0]);
+
+ if (nr_threads <= 0 || nr_threads > MAX_THREADS) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: num threads must be 1 - %d\n", MAX_THREADS);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if (argc > 1)
+ iterations = atoi(argv[1]);
+
+ if (iterations < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: iterations must be non-negative\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < nr_threads; i++) {
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, thread_fns[i], NULL);
+ if (ret) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to create thread%d: %s\n",
+ i + 1, strerror(ret));
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < nr_threads; i++)
+ pthread_join(threads[i], NULL);
+
+ return err;
+}
+
+DEFINE_WORKLOAD(named_threads);
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 10/19] perf test cs-etm: Test decoding for concurrent threads test
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
The thread_loop test only looks for context IDs in the raw trace.
There's a lot more that can go wrong when decoding these, so replace it
with a test that looks at the final output for matching thread names and
symbols.
In the future we might use timestamps and context switch events to track
threads, so looking at context IDs in the raw trace wouldn't always
work.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
.../tests/shell/coresight/concurrent_threads.sh | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++
.../shell/coresight/thread_loop_check_tid_10.sh | 23 -----------
.../shell/coresight/thread_loop_check_tid_2.sh | 23 -----------
3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/concurrent_threads.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/concurrent_threads.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..bf34d4ee77a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/concurrent_threads.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+# Coresight concurrent threads (exclusive)
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+# If Coresight is not available, skip the test
+perf list pmu | grep -q cs_etm || exit 2
+
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.coresight_concurrent_threads.XXXXX)
+
+cleanup() {
+ rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
+ trap - EXIT TERM INT
+}
+
+trap_cleanup() {
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+}
+trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
+
+cf="$tmpdir/ctl"
+af="$tmpdir/ack"
+mkfifo "$cf" "$af"
+
+nthreads=10
+
+# Timestamps off to reduce trace size, start disabled and use the control FIFO
+# to only record the workload and not startup.
+perf record -o "$tmpdir/data" -e cs_etm/timestamp=0/u -D -1 --control fifo:"$cf","$af" \
+ -- perf test --workload-ctl fifo:"$cf","$af" -w named_threads $nthreads 1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+perf script -i "$tmpdir/data" > "$tmpdir/script" 2>/dev/null
+
+# Check all threads were traced and they have the correct thread name and symbol
+for i in $(seq 1 $nthreads); do
+ if ! grep -q "thread${i} .* named_threads_thread${i}" "$tmpdir/script"; then
+ echo "Error: thread${i} missing" >&2
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+ fi
+done
+
+cleanup
+exit 0
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop_check_tid_10.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop_check_tid_10.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7f43a93a2ac2..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop_check_tid_10.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-# CoreSight / Thread Loop 10 Threads - Check TID (exclusive)
-
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-
-TEST="thread_loop"
-
-# shellcheck source=../lib/coresight.sh
-. "$(dirname $0)"/../lib/coresight.sh
-
-ARGS="10 1"
-DATV="check-tid-10th"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2153
-DATA="$DATD/perf-$TEST-$DATV.data"
-STDO="$DATD/perf-$TEST-$DATV.stdout"
-
-SHOW_TID=1 perf record -s $PERFRECOPT -o "$DATA" "$BIN" $ARGS > $STDO
-
-perf_dump_aux_tid_verify "$DATA" "$STDO"
-
-err=$?
-exit $err
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop_check_tid_2.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop_check_tid_2.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a94d2079ed06..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop_check_tid_2.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-# CoreSight / Thread Loop 2 Threads - Check TID (exclusive)
-
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-
-TEST="thread_loop"
-
-# shellcheck source=../lib/coresight.sh
-. "$(dirname $0)"/../lib/coresight.sh
-
-ARGS="2 20"
-DATV="check-tid-2th"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2153
-DATA="$DATD/perf-$TEST-$DATV.data"
-STDO="$DATD/perf-$TEST-$DATV.stdout"
-
-SHOW_TID=1 perf record -s $PERFRECOPT -o "$DATA" "$BIN" $ARGS > $STDO
-
-perf_dump_aux_tid_verify "$DATA" "$STDO"
-
-err=$?
-exit $err
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 11/19] perf test cs-etm: Remove duplicate branch tests
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
We already test branch output in perf script mode, but then retest it in
Perf report mode. This is more of a test of Perf itself than Coresight
because Perf uses the same samples to generate both outputs. Also we're
already testing instruction output in Perf report mode.
Remove this test for a speedup. On the systemwide test also remove the
Perf report test because systemwide mode records a lot more data so
running multiple tests on it has a big runtime impact.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh | 18 +-----------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
index bbf89e944e7b..39553702c1f3 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
@@ -52,17 +52,6 @@ perf_script_branch_samples() {
grep -E " +$1 +[0-9]+ .* +branches:(.*:)? +" > /dev/null 2>&1
}
-perf_report_branch_samples() {
- echo "Looking at perf.data file for reporting branch samples:"
-
- # Below is an example of the branch samples reporting:
- # 73.04% 73.04% touch libc-2.27.so [.] _dl_addr
- # 7.71% 7.71% touch libc-2.27.so [.] getenv
- # 2.59% 2.59% touch ld-2.27.so [.] strcmp
- perf report --stdio -i ${perfdata} 2>&1 | \
- grep -E " +[0-9]+\.[0-9]+% +[0-9]+\.[0-9]+% +$1 " > /dev/null 2>&1
-}
-
perf_report_instruction_samples() {
echo "Looking at perf.data file for instruction samples:"
@@ -123,7 +112,6 @@ arm_cs_iterate_devices() {
record_touch_file $device_name $2 &&
perf_script_branch_samples touch &&
- perf_report_branch_samples touch &&
perf_report_instruction_samples touch
err=$?
@@ -154,9 +142,7 @@ arm_cs_etm_system_wide_test() {
# System-wide mode should include perf samples so test for that
# instead of ls
- perf_script_branch_samples perf &&
- perf_report_branch_samples perf &&
- perf_report_instruction_samples perf
+ perf_script_branch_samples perf
err=$?
arm_cs_report "CoreSight system wide testing" $err
@@ -179,7 +165,6 @@ arm_cs_etm_snapshot_test() {
wait $PERFPID
perf_script_branch_samples dd &&
- perf_report_branch_samples dd &&
perf_report_instruction_samples dd
err=$?
@@ -191,7 +176,6 @@ arm_cs_etm_basic_test() {
perf record -o ${perfdata} "$@" -m,8M -- ls > /dev/null 2>&1
perf_script_branch_samples ls &&
- perf_report_branch_samples ls &&
perf_report_instruction_samples ls
err=$?
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 12/19] perf test cs-etm: Skip if not root
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
Use the common idiom for skipping tests if not running as root, which is
required for this test.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
index 39553702c1f3..8ed2c934c87d 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ skip_if_no_cs_etm_event() {
skip_if_no_cs_etm_event || exit 2
+if [ "$(id -u)" != 0 ]; then
+ # Requires root for -C and system wide tests
+ echo "[Skip] No root permission"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
perfdata=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
file=$(mktemp /tmp/temporary_file.XXXXX)
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 13/19] perf test cs-etm: Reduce snapshot size
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
The default buffer size for root is 4MB which is very slow to decode. We
only need a few KB to verify that the dd process is hit so reduce the
size to 128KB.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
index 8ed2c934c87d..da2f599393e2 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ arm_cs_etm_system_wide_test() {
arm_cs_etm_snapshot_test() {
echo "Recording trace with snapshot mode"
- perf record -o ${perfdata} -e cs_etm// -S \
+ perf record -o ${perfdata} -e cs_etm// -S -m,128K \
-- dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 &
PERFPID=$!
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 14/19] perf test cs-etm: Speed up basic test
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
Like the name says, this should be the most basic test possible. Kernel
recording is slow and already has coverage on the systemwide test. Perf
report output also has coverage elsewhere. 'ls' also produces more trace
than 'true'.
We only want to test if the combination of recording options works at
all, so fix all of these things to make it as fast as possible.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh | 17 ++++++++---------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
index da2f599393e2..83295a8fe179 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
@@ -179,10 +179,9 @@ arm_cs_etm_snapshot_test() {
arm_cs_etm_basic_test() {
echo "Recording trace with '$*'"
- perf record -o ${perfdata} "$@" -m,8M -- ls > /dev/null 2>&1
+ perf record -o ${perfdata} "$@" -- true > /dev/null 2>&1
- perf_script_branch_samples ls &&
- perf_report_instruction_samples ls
+ perf_script_branch_samples true
err=$?
arm_cs_report "CoreSight basic testing with '$*'" $err
@@ -246,12 +245,12 @@ arm_cs_etm_snapshot_test
# Test all combinations of per-thread, system-wide and normal mode with
# and without timestamps
-arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=0/ --per-thread
-arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=1/ --per-thread
-arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=0/ -a
-arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=1/ -a
-arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=0/
-arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=1/
+arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=0/u --per-thread
+arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=1/u --per-thread
+arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=0/u -a
+arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=1/u -a
+arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=0/u
+arm_cs_etm_basic_test -e cs_etm/timestamp=1/u
arm_cs_etm_sparse_cpus_test
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 16/19] perf test cs-etm: Make disassembly test use kcore
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
Hits in modules return empty disassembly with vmlinux as an input to
objdump. Make the disassembly test more reliable by always using kcore.
And update the comments to say that this is supported by the script.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py | 20 ++++++++++----------
tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh | 2 +-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py b/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
index ba208c90d631..8f6fa4a007b4 100755
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
@@ -18,29 +18,29 @@ from perf_trace_context import perf_sample_srccode, perf_config_get
# Below are some example commands for using this script.
# Note a --kcore recording is required for accurate decode
-# due to the alternatives patching mechanism. However this
-# script only supports reading vmlinux for disassembly dump,
-# meaning that any patched instructions will appear
-# as unpatched, but the instruction ranges themselves will
-# be correct. In addition to this, source line info comes
-# from Perf, and when using kcore there is no debug info. The
-# following lists the supported features in each mode:
+# due to the alternatives patching mechanism. In addition to this,
+# source line info comes from Perf, and when using kcore there is
+# no debug info. The following lists the supported features in each mode:
#
# +-----------+-----------------+------------------+------------------+
# | Recording | Accurate decode | Source line dump | Disassembly dump |
# +-----------+-----------------+------------------+------------------+
# | --kcore | yes | no | yes |
-# | normal | no | yes | yes |
+# | normal | no | yes (inaccurate) | yes (inaccurate) |
# +-----------+-----------------+------------------+------------------+
#
# Output disassembly with objdump and auto detect vmlinux
-# (when running on same machine.)
+# (when running on same machine.):
# perf script -s scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py -d
#
# Output disassembly with llvm-objdump:
# perf script -s scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py \
# -- -d llvm-objdump-11 -k path/to/vmlinux
#
+# Output accurate disassembly by passing kcore to script:
+# perf script -s scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py \
+# -- -d -k perf.data/kcore_dir/kcore
+#
# Output only source line and symbols:
# perf script -s scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def int_arg(v):
args = argparse.ArgumentParser()
args.add_argument("-k", "--vmlinux",
- help="Set path to vmlinux file. Omit to autodetect if running on same machine")
+ help="Set path to vmlinux or kcore file. Omit to autodetect if running on same machine")
args.add_argument("-d", "--objdump", nargs="?", const=default_objdump(),
help="Show disassembly. Can also be used to change the objdump path"),
args.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help="Enable debugging log")
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
index 0dfb4fadf531..8b5c60a09012 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if [ -e /proc/kcore ]; then
echo "Testing kernel disassembly"
perf record -o ${perfdata} -e cs_etm//k --kcore -- touch $file > /dev/null 2>&1
perf script -i ${perfdata} -s python:${script_path} -- \
- -d --stop-sample=30 2> /dev/null > ${file}
+ -d --stop-sample=30 -k ${perfdata}/kcore_dir/kcore 2> /dev/null > ${file}
grep -q -e ${branch_search} ${file}
echo "Found kernel branches"
else
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 15/19] perf test cs-etm: Remove unused Coresight workloads
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
These are now unused and had various issues like not working with out of
source builds and being slow to compile. Delete them.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-perf.rst | 78 +-----------
MAINTAINERS | 1 -
tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 14 +--
tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/Makefile | 29 -----
.../perf/tests/shell/coresight/Makefile.miniconfig | 14 ---
.../tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/.gitignore | 1 -
.../tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/Makefile | 34 ------
.../shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/asm_pure_loop.S | 30 -----
.../tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/.gitignore | 1 -
.../tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/Makefile | 33 -----
.../shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/memcpy_thread.c | 80 ------------
.../tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/.gitignore | 1 -
.../tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/Makefile | 33 -----
.../shell/coresight/thread_loop/thread_loop.c | 85 -------------
.../shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/.gitignore | 1 -
.../shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/Makefile | 33 -----
.../unroll_loop_thread/unroll_loop_thread.c | 75 ------------
tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/coresight.sh | 134 ---------------------
18 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 672 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-perf.rst b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-perf.rst
index 30be89320621..0a77741a431e 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-perf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-perf.rst
@@ -112,78 +112,6 @@ Example for triggering AUX pause and resume with PMU event::
Perf test - Verify kernel and userspace perf CoreSight work
-----------------------------------------------------------
-When you run perf test, it will do a lot of self tests. Some of those
-tests will cover CoreSight (only if enabled and on ARM64). You
-generally would run perf test from the tools/perf directory in the
-kernel tree. Some tests will check some internal perf support like:
-
- Check Arm CoreSight trace data recording and synthesized samples
- Check Arm SPE trace data recording and synthesized samples
-
-Some others will actually use perf record and some test binaries that
-are in tests/shell/coresight and will collect traces to ensure a
-minimum level of functionality is met. The scripts that launch these
-tests are in the same directory. These will all look like:
-
- CoreSight / ASM Pure Loop
- CoreSight / Memcpy 16k 10 Threads
- CoreSight / Thread Loop 10 Threads - Check TID
- etc.
-
-These perf record tests will not run if the tool binaries do not exist
-in tests/shell/coresight/\*/ and will be skipped. If you do not have
-CoreSight support in hardware then either do not build perf with
-CoreSight support or remove these binaries in order to not have these
-tests fail and have them skip instead.
-
-These tests will log historical results in the current working
-directory (e.g. tools/perf) and will be named stats-\*.csv like:
-
- stats-asm_pure_loop-out.csv
- stats-memcpy_thread-16k_10.csv
- ...
-
-These statistic files log some aspects of the AUX data sections in
-the perf data output counting some numbers of certain encodings (a
-good way to know that it's working in a very simple way). One problem
-with CoreSight is that given a large enough amount of data needing to
-be logged, some of it can be lost due to the processor not waking up
-in time to read out all the data from buffers etc.. You will notice
-that the amount of data collected can vary a lot per run of perf test.
-If you wish to see how this changes over time, simply run perf test
-multiple times and all these csv files will have more and more data
-appended to it that you can later examine, graph and otherwise use to
-figure out if things have become worse or better.
-
-This means sometimes these tests fail as they don't capture all the
-data needed. This is about tracking quality and amount of data
-produced over time and to see when changes to the Linux kernel improve
-quality of traces.
-
-Be aware that some of these tests take quite a while to run, specifically
-in processing the perf data file and dumping contents to then examine what
-is inside.
-
-You can change where these csv logs are stored by setting the
-PERF_TEST_CORESIGHT_STATDIR environment variable before running perf
-test like::
-
- export PERF_TEST_CORESIGHT_STATDIR=/var/tmp
- perf test
-
-They will also store resulting perf output data in the current
-directory for later inspection like::
-
- perf-asm_pure_loop-out.data
- perf-memcpy_thread-16k_10.data
- ...
-
-You can alter where the perf data files are stored by setting the
-PERF_TEST_CORESIGHT_DATADIR environment variable such as::
-
- PERF_TEST_CORESIGHT_DATADIR=/var/tmp
- perf test
-
-You may wish to set these above environment variables if you wish to
-keep the output of tests outside of the current working directory for
-longer term storage and examination.
+There are a set of Perf tests for CoreSight which can be run with::
+
+ sudo perf test coresight
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index b539be153f6a..7efb893edcbb 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2751,7 +2751,6 @@ F: tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.h
F: tools/perf/arch/arm/util/pmu.c
F: tools/perf/tests/shell/*coresight*
F: tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/*
-F: tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/*coresight*
F: tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/*
F: tools/perf/util/cs-etm.*
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 4ac2a0cec9ee..e4f8c979f47b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -508,16 +508,7 @@ arm64-sysreg-defs-clean:
$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(arm64_gen_sysreg_dir) O=$(arm64_gen_sysreg_outdir) \
prefix= subdir= clean > /dev/null
-TESTS_CORESIGHT_DIR := $(srctree)/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight
-
-tests-coresight-targets: FORCE
- $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(TESTS_CORESIGHT_DIR)
-
-tests-coresight-targets-clean:
- $(call QUIET_CLEAN, coresight)
- $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(TESTS_CORESIGHT_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) clean >/dev/null
-
-all: shell_compatibility_test $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(LANG_BINDINGS) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) tests-coresight-targets
+all: shell_compatibility_test $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(LANG_BINDINGS) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS)
# Create python binding output directory if not already present
$(shell [ -d '$(OUTPUT)python' ] || mkdir -p '$(OUTPUT)python')
@@ -896,7 +887,6 @@ install-tests: all install-gtk
$(INSTALL) tests/shell/base_report/*.txt '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/shell/base_report'; \
$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/shell/coresight' ; \
$(INSTALL) tests/shell/coresight/*.sh '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/shell/coresight'
- $(Q)$(MAKE) -C tests/shell/coresight install-tests
install-bin: install-tools install-tests
@@ -939,7 +929,7 @@ endif
clean:: $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean $(LIBSYMBOL)-clean $(LIBPERF)-clean \
arm64-sysreg-defs-clean fixdep-clean python-clean bpf-skel-clean \
- tests-coresight-targets-clean pmu-events-clean
+ pmu-events-clean
$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs) $(RM) $(LIBPERF_A) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive \
$(OUTPUT)perf-iostat $(LANG_BINDINGS)
$(Q)find $(or $(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '*.a' -delete -o \
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/Makefile b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index fa08fd9a5991..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-include ../../../../../tools/scripts/Makefile.include
-include ../../../../../tools/scripts/Makefile.arch
-include ../../../../../tools/scripts/utilities.mak
-
-SUBDIRS = \
- asm_pure_loop \
- memcpy_thread \
- thread_loop \
- unroll_loop_thread
-
-all: $(SUBDIRS)
-$(SUBDIRS):
- @$(MAKE) -C $@ >/dev/null
-
-INSTALLDIRS = $(SUBDIRS:%=install-%)
-
-install-tests: $(INSTALLDIRS)
-$(INSTALLDIRS):
- @$(MAKE) -C $(@:install-%=%) install-tests >/dev/null
-
-CLEANDIRS = $(SUBDIRS:%=clean-%)
-
-clean: $(CLEANDIRS)
-$(CLEANDIRS):
- $(call QUIET_CLEAN, test-$(@:clean-%=%)) $(MAKE) -C $(@:clean-%=%) clean >/dev/null
-
-.PHONY: all clean $(SUBDIRS) $(CLEANDIRS) $(INSTALLDIRS)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/Makefile.miniconfig b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/Makefile.miniconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f72a9cb43f3..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/Makefile.miniconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-
-ifndef DESTDIR
-prefix ?= $(HOME)
-endif
-
-DESTDIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))
-INSTALL = install
-INSTDIR_SUB = tests/shell/coresight
-
-include ../../../../../scripts/Makefile.include
-include ../../../../../scripts/Makefile.arch
-include ../../../../../scripts/utilities.mak
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/.gitignore b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 468673ac32e8..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-asm_pure_loop
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/Makefile b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 206849e92bc9..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-
-include ../Makefile.miniconfig
-
-# Binary to produce
-BIN=asm_pure_loop
-# Any linking/libraries needed for the binary - empty if none needed
-LIB=
-
-all: $(BIN)
-
-$(BIN): $(BIN).S
-ifdef CORESIGHT
-ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
-# Build line - this is raw asm with no libc to have an always exact binary
- $(Q)$(CC) $(BIN).S -nostdlib -static -o $(BIN) $(LIB)
-endif
-endif
-
-install-tests: all
-ifdef CORESIGHT
-ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
-# Install the test tool in the right place
- $(call QUIET_INSTALL, tests) \
- $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/$(INSTDIR_SUB)/$(BIN)'; \
- $(INSTALL) $(BIN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/$(INSTDIR_SUB)/$(BIN)/$(BIN)'
-endif
-endif
-
-clean:
- $(Q)$(RM) -f $(BIN)
-
-.PHONY: all clean install-tests
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/asm_pure_loop.S b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/asm_pure_loop.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 577760046772..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/asm_pure_loop/asm_pure_loop.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/* Tamas Zsoldos <tamas.zsoldos@arm.com>, 2021 */
-
-.globl _start
-_start:
- mov x0, 0x0000ffff
- mov x1, xzr
-loop:
- nop
- nop
- cbnz x1, noskip
- nop
- nop
- adrp x2, skip
- add x2, x2, :lo12:skip
- br x2
- nop
- nop
-noskip:
- nop
- nop
-skip:
- sub x0, x0, 1
- cbnz x0, loop
-
- mov x0, #0
- mov x8, #93 // __NR_exit syscall
- svc #0
-
-.section .note.GNU-stack, "", @progbits
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/.gitignore b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f8217e56091e..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-memcpy_thread
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/Makefile b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2db637eb2c26..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-include ../Makefile.miniconfig
-
-# Binary to produce
-BIN=memcpy_thread
-# Any linking/libraries needed for the binary - empty if none needed
-LIB=-pthread
-
-all: $(BIN)
-
-$(BIN): $(BIN).c
-ifdef CORESIGHT
-ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
-# Build line
- $(Q)$(CC) $(BIN).c -o $(BIN) $(LIB)
-endif
-endif
-
-install-tests: all
-ifdef CORESIGHT
-ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
-# Install the test tool in the right place
- $(call QUIET_INSTALL, tests) \
- $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/$(INSTDIR_SUB)/$(BIN)'; \
- $(INSTALL) $(BIN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/$(INSTDIR_SUB)/$(BIN)/$(BIN)'
-endif
-endif
-
-clean:
- $(Q)$(RM) -f $(BIN)
-
-.PHONY: all clean install-tests
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/memcpy_thread.c b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/memcpy_thread.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e879217be30..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/memcpy_thread.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-// Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-
-struct args {
- unsigned long loops;
- unsigned long size;
- pthread_t th;
- void *ret;
-};
-
-static void *thrfn(void *arg)
-{
- struct args *a = arg;
- unsigned long i, len = a->loops;
- unsigned char *src, *dst;
-
- src = malloc(a->size * 1024);
- dst = malloc(a->size * 1024);
- if ((!src) || (!dst)) {
- printf("ERR: Can't allocate memory\n");
- exit(1);
- }
- for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
- memcpy(dst, src, a->size * 1024);
-
- return NULL;
-}
-
-static pthread_t new_thr(void *(*fn) (void *arg), void *arg)
-{
- pthread_t t;
- pthread_attr_t attr;
-
- pthread_attr_init(&attr);
- pthread_create(&t, &attr, fn, arg);
- return t;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
- unsigned long i, len, size, thr;
- struct args args[256];
- long long v;
-
- if (argc < 4) {
- printf("ERR: %s [copysize Kb] [numthreads] [numloops (hundreds)]\n", argv[0]);
- exit(1);
- }
-
- v = atoll(argv[1]);
- if ((v < 1) || (v > (1024 * 1024))) {
- printf("ERR: max memory 1GB (1048576 KB)\n");
- exit(1);
- }
- size = v;
- thr = atol(argv[2]);
- if ((thr < 1) || (thr > 256)) {
- printf("ERR: threads 1-256\n");
- exit(1);
- }
- v = atoll(argv[3]);
- if ((v < 1) || (v > 40000000000ll)) {
- printf("ERR: loops 1-40000000000 (hundreds)\n");
- exit(1);
- }
- len = v * 100;
- for (i = 0; i < thr; i++) {
- args[i].loops = len;
- args[i].size = size;
- args[i].th = new_thr(thrfn, &(args[i]));
- }
- for (i = 0; i < thr; i++)
- pthread_join(args[i].th, &(args[i].ret));
- return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/.gitignore b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d4c33eaa9e8..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-thread_loop
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/Makefile b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index ea846c038e7a..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-include ../Makefile.miniconfig
-
-# Binary to produce
-BIN=thread_loop
-# Any linking/libraries needed for the binary - empty if none needed
-LIB=-pthread
-
-all: $(BIN)
-
-$(BIN): $(BIN).c
-ifdef CORESIGHT
-ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
-# Build line
- $(Q)$(CC) $(BIN).c -o $(BIN) $(LIB)
-endif
-endif
-
-install-tests: all
-ifdef CORESIGHT
-ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
-# Install the test tool in the right place
- $(call QUIET_INSTALL, tests) \
- $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/$(INSTDIR_SUB)/$(BIN)'; \
- $(INSTALL) $(BIN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/$(INSTDIR_SUB)/$(BIN)/$(BIN)'
-endif
-endif
-
-clean:
- $(Q)$(RM) -f $(BIN)
-
-.PHONY: all clean install-tests
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/thread_loop.c b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/thread_loop.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 86f3f548b006..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/thread_loop/thread_loop.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-// Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-
-// define this for gettid()
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
-#ifndef SYS_gettid
-// gettid is 178 on arm64
-# define SYS_gettid 178
-#endif
-#define gettid() syscall(SYS_gettid)
-
-struct args {
- unsigned int loops;
- pthread_t th;
- void *ret;
-};
-
-static void *thrfn(void *arg)
-{
- struct args *a = arg;
- int i = 0, len = a->loops;
-
- if (getenv("SHOW_TID")) {
- unsigned long long tid = gettid();
-
- printf("%llu\n", tid);
- }
- asm volatile(
- "loop:\n"
- "add %w[i], %w[i], #1\n"
- "cmp %w[i], %w[len]\n"
- "blt loop\n"
- : /* out */
- : /* in */ [i] "r" (i), [len] "r" (len)
- : /* clobber */
- );
- return (void *)(long)i;
-}
-
-static pthread_t new_thr(void *(*fn) (void *arg), void *arg)
-{
- pthread_t t;
- pthread_attr_t attr;
-
- pthread_attr_init(&attr);
- pthread_create(&t, &attr, fn, arg);
- return t;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
- unsigned int i, len, thr;
- struct args args[256];
-
- if (argc < 3) {
- printf("ERR: %s [numthreads] [numloops (millions)]\n", argv[0]);
- exit(1);
- }
-
- thr = atoi(argv[1]);
- if ((thr < 1) || (thr > 256)) {
- printf("ERR: threads 1-256\n");
- exit(1);
- }
- len = atoi(argv[2]);
- if ((len < 1) || (len > 4000)) {
- printf("ERR: max loops 4000 (millions)\n");
- exit(1);
- }
- len *= 1000000;
- for (i = 0; i < thr; i++) {
- args[i].loops = len;
- args[i].th = new_thr(thrfn, &(args[i]));
- }
- for (i = 0; i < thr; i++)
- pthread_join(args[i].th, &(args[i].ret));
- return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/.gitignore b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cb4e996dbf3..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unroll_loop_thread
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/Makefile b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 6264c4e3abd1..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-include ../Makefile.miniconfig
-
-# Binary to produce
-BIN=unroll_loop_thread
-# Any linking/libraries needed for the binary - empty if none needed
-LIB=-pthread
-
-all: $(BIN)
-
-$(BIN): $(BIN).c
-ifdef CORESIGHT
-ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
-# Build line
- $(Q)$(CC) $(BIN).c -o $(BIN) $(LIB)
-endif
-endif
-
-install-tests: all
-ifdef CORESIGHT
-ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
-# Install the test tool in the right place
- $(call QUIET_INSTALL, tests) \
- $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/$(INSTDIR_SUB)/$(BIN)'; \
- $(INSTALL) $(BIN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/$(INSTDIR_SUB)/$(BIN)/$(BIN)'
-endif
-endif
-
-clean:
- $(Q)$(RM) -f $(BIN)
-
-.PHONY: all clean install-tests
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/unroll_loop_thread.c b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/unroll_loop_thread.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f4e1c985ca3..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/unroll_loop_thread/unroll_loop_thread.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-// Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-
-struct args {
- pthread_t th;
- unsigned int in;
- void *ret;
-};
-
-static void *thrfn(void *arg)
-{
- struct args *a = arg;
- unsigned int i, in = a->in;
-
- for (i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
- asm volatile (
-// force an unroll of thia add instruction so we can test long runs of code
-#define SNIP1 "add %w[in], %w[in], #1\n"
-// 10
-#define SNIP2 SNIP1 SNIP1 SNIP1 SNIP1 SNIP1 SNIP1 SNIP1 SNIP1 SNIP1 SNIP1
-// 100
-#define SNIP3 SNIP2 SNIP2 SNIP2 SNIP2 SNIP2 SNIP2 SNIP2 SNIP2 SNIP2 SNIP2
-// 1000
-#define SNIP4 SNIP3 SNIP3 SNIP3 SNIP3 SNIP3 SNIP3 SNIP3 SNIP3 SNIP3 SNIP3
-// 10000
-#define SNIP5 SNIP4 SNIP4 SNIP4 SNIP4 SNIP4 SNIP4 SNIP4 SNIP4 SNIP4 SNIP4
-// 100000
- SNIP5 SNIP5 SNIP5 SNIP5 SNIP5 SNIP5 SNIP5 SNIP5 SNIP5 SNIP5
- : /* out */
- : /* in */ [in] "r" (in)
- : /* clobber */
- );
- }
-
- return NULL;
-}
-
-static pthread_t new_thr(void *(*fn) (void *arg), void *arg)
-{
- pthread_t t;
- pthread_attr_t attr;
-
- pthread_attr_init(&attr);
- pthread_create(&t, &attr, fn, arg);
- return t;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
- unsigned int i, thr;
- struct args args[256];
-
- if (argc < 2) {
- printf("ERR: %s [numthreads]\n", argv[0]);
- exit(1);
- }
-
- thr = atoi(argv[1]);
- if ((thr > 256) || (thr < 1)) {
- printf("ERR: threads 1-256\n");
- exit(1);
- }
- for (i = 0; i < thr; i++) {
- args[i].in = rand();
- args[i].th = new_thr(thrfn, &(args[i]));
- }
- for (i = 0; i < thr; i++)
- pthread_join(args[i].th, &(args[i].ret));
- return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/coresight.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/coresight.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 184d62e7e5bd..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/coresight.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@arm.com>, 2021
-
-# This is sourced from a driver script so no need for #!/bin... etc. at the
-# top - the assumption below is that it runs as part of sourcing after the
-# test sets up some basic env vars to say what it is.
-
-# This currently works with ETMv4 / ETF not any other packet types at thi
-# point. This will need changes if that changes.
-
-# perf record options for the perf tests to use
-PERFRECMEM="-m ,16M"
-PERFRECOPT="$PERFRECMEM -e cs_etm//u"
-
-TOOLS=$(dirname $0)
-DIR="$TOOLS/$TEST"
-BIN="$DIR/$TEST"
-# If the test tool/binary does not exist and is executable then skip the test
-if ! test -x "$BIN"; then exit 2; fi
-# If CoreSight is not available, skip the test
-perf list pmu | grep -q cs_etm || exit 2
-DATD="."
-# If the data dir env is set then make the data dir use that instead of ./
-if test -n "$PERF_TEST_CORESIGHT_DATADIR"; then
- DATD="$PERF_TEST_CORESIGHT_DATADIR";
-fi
-# If the stat dir env is set then make the data dir use that instead of ./
-STATD="."
-if test -n "$PERF_TEST_CORESIGHT_STATDIR"; then
- STATD="$PERF_TEST_CORESIGHT_STATDIR";
-fi
-
-# Called if the test fails - error code 1
-err() {
- echo "$1"
- exit 1
-}
-
-# Check that some statistics from our perf
-check_val_min() {
- STATF="$4"
- if test "$2" -lt "$3"; then
- echo ", FAILED" >> "$STATF"
- err "Sanity check number of $1 is too low ($2 < $3)"
- fi
-}
-
-perf_dump_aux_verify() {
- # Some basic checking that the AUX chunk contains some sensible data
- # to see that we are recording something and at least a minimum
- # amount of it. We should almost always see Fn packets in just about
- # anything but certainly we will see some trace info and async
- # packets
- DUMP="$DATD/perf-tmp-aux-dump.txt"
- perf report --stdio --dump -i "$1" | \
- grep -o -e I_ATOM_F -e I_ASYNC -e I_TRACE_INFO > "$DUMP"
- # Simply count how many of these packets we find to see that we are
- # producing a reasonable amount of data - exact checks are not sane
- # as this is a lossy process where we may lose some blocks and the
- # compiler may produce different code depending on the compiler and
- # optimization options, so this is rough just to see if we're
- # either missing almost all the data or all of it
- ATOM_FX_NUM=$(grep -c I_ATOM_F "$DUMP")
- ASYNC_NUM=$(grep -c I_ASYNC "$DUMP")
- TRACE_INFO_NUM=$(grep -c I_TRACE_INFO "$DUMP")
- rm -f "$DUMP"
-
- # Arguments provide minimums for a pass
- CHECK_FX_MIN="$2"
- CHECK_ASYNC_MIN="$3"
- CHECK_TRACE_INFO_MIN="$4"
-
- # Write out statistics, so over time you can track results to see if
- # there is a pattern - for example we have less "noisy" results that
- # produce more consistent amounts of data each run, to see if over
- # time any techinques to minimize data loss are having an effect or
- # not
- STATF="$STATD/stats-$TEST-$DATV.csv"
- if ! test -f "$STATF"; then
- echo "ATOM Fx Count, Minimum, ASYNC Count, Minimum, TRACE INFO Count, Minimum" > "$STATF"
- fi
- echo -n "$ATOM_FX_NUM, $CHECK_FX_MIN, $ASYNC_NUM, $CHECK_ASYNC_MIN, $TRACE_INFO_NUM, $CHECK_TRACE_INFO_MIN" >> "$STATF"
-
- # Actually check to see if we passed or failed.
- check_val_min "ATOM_FX" "$ATOM_FX_NUM" "$CHECK_FX_MIN" "$STATF"
- check_val_min "ASYNC" "$ASYNC_NUM" "$CHECK_ASYNC_MIN" "$STATF"
- check_val_min "TRACE_INFO" "$TRACE_INFO_NUM" "$CHECK_TRACE_INFO_MIN" "$STATF"
- echo ", Ok" >> "$STATF"
-}
-
-perf_dump_aux_tid_verify() {
- # Specifically crafted test will produce a list of Tread ID's to
- # stdout that need to be checked to see that they have had trace
- # info collected in AUX blocks in the perf data. This will go
- # through all the TID's that are listed as CID=0xabcdef and see
- # that all the Thread IDs the test tool reports are in the perf
- # data AUX chunks
-
- # The TID test tools will print a TID per stdout line that are being
- # tested
- TIDS=$(cat "$2")
- # Scan the perf report to find the TIDs that are actually CID in hex
- # and build a list of the ones found
- FOUND_TIDS=$(perf report --stdio --dump -i "$1" | \
- grep -o "CID=0x[0-9a-z]\+" | sed 's/CID=//g' | \
- uniq | sort | uniq)
- # No CID=xxx found - maybe your kernel is reporting these as
- # VMID=xxx so look there
- if test -z "$FOUND_TIDS"; then
- FOUND_TIDS=$(perf report --stdio --dump -i "$1" | \
- grep -o "VMID=0x[0-9a-z]\+" | sed 's/VMID=//g' | \
- uniq | sort | uniq)
- fi
-
- # Iterate over the list of TIDs that the test says it has and find
- # them in the TIDs found in the perf report
- MISSING=""
- for TID2 in $TIDS; do
- FOUND=""
- for TIDHEX in $FOUND_TIDS; do
- TID=$(printf "%i" $TIDHEX)
- if test "$TID" -eq "$TID2"; then
- FOUND="y"
- break
- fi
- done
- if test -z "$FOUND"; then
- MISSING="$MISSING $TID"
- fi
- done
- if test -n "$MISSING"; then
- err "Thread IDs $MISSING not found in perf AUX data"
- fi
-}
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 17/19] perf test cs-etm: Add all branch instructions to test
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
If we reduce the number of samples searched to speed up the test, then
there will be less chance of hitting one of these branches. Extend the
regex to cover all branches so the test will always pass.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
index 8b5c60a09012..5ee87eb7973e 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ cleanup_files()
trap cleanup_files EXIT TERM INT
# Ranges start and end on branches, so check for some likely branch instructions
-sep="\s\|\s"
-branch_search="\sbl${sep}b${sep}b.ne${sep}b.eq${sep}cbz\s"
+branch_search='[[:space:]](bl|b(\.(eq|ne|cs|cc|mi|pl|vs|vc|hi|ls|ge|lt|gt|le|al))?|br|blr|ret|cbz|cbnz|tbz|tbnz|svc|eret)([[:space:]]|$)'
## Test kernel ##
if [ -e /proc/kcore ]; then
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ if [ -e /proc/kcore ]; then
perf record -o ${perfdata} -e cs_etm//k --kcore -- touch $file > /dev/null 2>&1
perf script -i ${perfdata} -s python:${script_path} -- \
-d --stop-sample=30 -k ${perfdata}/kcore_dir/kcore 2> /dev/null > ${file}
- grep -q -e ${branch_search} ${file}
+ grep -q -E ${branch_search} ${file}
echo "Found kernel branches"
else
# kcore is required for correct kernel decode due to runtime code patching
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ echo "Testing userspace disassembly"
perf record -o ${perfdata} -e cs_etm//u -- touch $file > /dev/null 2>&1
perf script -i ${perfdata} -s python:${script_path} -- \
-d --stop-sample=30 2> /dev/null > ${file}
-grep -q -e ${branch_search} ${file}
+grep -q -E ${branch_search} ${file}
echo "Found userspace branches"
glb_err=0
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 18/19] perf test cs-etm: Speed up disassembly test
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
We can use exit snapshot to limit the amount of trace to decode here
too. Also each call to objdump is quite expensive on kcore so limit it
to 2 samples instead of 30. We only want to see if there is no data at
all.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
index 5ee87eb7973e..2a400fd38a36 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ branch_search='[[:space:]](bl|b(\.(eq|ne|cs|cc|mi|pl|vs|vc|hi|ls|ge|lt|gt|le|al)
## Test kernel ##
if [ -e /proc/kcore ]; then
echo "Testing kernel disassembly"
- perf record -o ${perfdata} -e cs_etm//k --kcore -- touch $file > /dev/null 2>&1
+ perf record -o ${perfdata} -e cs_etm//k --kcore -Se -m,64K -- touch $file > /dev/null 2>&1
perf script -i ${perfdata} -s python:${script_path} -- \
- -d --stop-sample=30 -k ${perfdata}/kcore_dir/kcore 2> /dev/null > ${file}
+ -d --stop-sample=2 -k ${perfdata}/kcore_dir/kcore 2> /dev/null > ${file}
grep -q -E ${branch_search} ${file}
echo "Found kernel branches"
else
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ fi
## Test user ##
echo "Testing userspace disassembly"
-perf record -o ${perfdata} -e cs_etm//u -- touch $file > /dev/null 2>&1
+perf record -o ${perfdata} -e cs_etm//u -Se -m,64K -- touch $file > /dev/null 2>&1
perf script -i ${perfdata} -s python:${script_path} -- \
- -d --stop-sample=30 2> /dev/null > ${file}
+ -d --stop-sample=2 2> /dev/null > ${file}
grep -q -E ${branch_search} ${file}
echo "Found userspace branches"
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v3 19/19] perf test cs-etm: Move existing tests to coresight folder
From: James Clark @ 2026-06-03 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Leo Yan, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis
Cc: coresight, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc, James Clark
In-Reply-To: <20260603-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v3-0-c392945d9ed5@linaro.org>
There is a subfolder for Coresight tests so might as well keep them all
in here.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 -
tools/perf/tests/shell/{ => coresight}/test_arm_coresight.sh | 0
tools/perf/tests/shell/{ => coresight}/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh | 2 +-
3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7efb893edcbb..ff8935b459ea 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2749,7 +2749,6 @@ F: tools/perf/arch/arm/util/auxtrace.c
F: tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
F: tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.h
F: tools/perf/arch/arm/util/pmu.c
-F: tools/perf/tests/shell/*coresight*
F: tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/*
F: tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/*
F: tools/perf/util/cs-etm.*
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/test_arm_coresight.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
rename to tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/test_arm_coresight.sh
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
similarity index 96%
rename from tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
rename to tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
index 2a400fd38a36..b196aab709f8 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/coresight/test_arm_coresight_disasm.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ perfdata_dir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
perfdata=${perfdata_dir}/perf.data
file=$(mktemp /tmp/temporary_file.XXXXX)
# Relative path works whether it's installed or running from repo
-script_path=$(dirname "$0")/../../scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
+script_path=$(dirname "$0")/../../../scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
cleanup_files()
{
--
2.34.1
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: index.rst: add entry of other sub-directory
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior @ 2026-06-03 10:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Manuel Ebner
Cc: Clark Williams, Steven Rostedt, Jonathan Corbet, Shuah Khan,
open list:Real-time Linux (PREEMPT_RT), open list:DOCUMENTATION,
open list
In-Reply-To: <20260603080430.344391-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org>
On 2026-06-03 10:04:31 [+0200], Manuel Ebner wrote:
> add reference to scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
>
> Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>
> ---
> Documentation/core-api/real-time/index.rst | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/real-time/index.rst b/Documentation/core-api/real-time/index.rst
> index f08d2395a22c..661b419e7f8f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/core-api/real-time/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/real-time/index.rst
> @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ the required changes compared to a non-PREEMPT_RT configuration.
> differences
> hardware
> architecture-porting
> + Real-Time group scheduling <../../scheduler/sched-rt-group>
Have you been using this and are referencing this because it is useful
or did you just happen to find it?
People have been complaining about this and I *think* it fails to work
in multi-CPU scenarios (it might work if the task is restricted to
single CPU usage). Not entirely certain. But complains, that I am
certain of.
There is replacement underway to utilize SCHED_DL for this as in
"Hierarchical Constant Bandwidth Server (HCBS)"
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260430213835.62217-1-yurand2000@gmail.com/
Sebastian
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* Re: [PATCH v15 02/12] lib: kstrtox: add local _parse_integer_limit_init() helper
From: Rodrigo Alencar @ 2026-06-03 10:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andy Shevchenko, rodrigo.alencar
Cc: linux-kernel, linux-iio, devicetree, linux-doc, Jonathan Cameron,
David Lechner, Andy Shevchenko, Lars-Peter Clausen,
Michael Hennerich, Rob Herring, Krzysztof Kozlowski, Conor Dooley,
Jonathan Corbet, Andrew Morton, Petr Mladek, Steven Rostedt,
Rasmus Villemoes, Sergey Senozhatsky, Shuah Khan
In-Reply-To: <ah8yR3Os8NDNll27@ashevche-desk.local>
On 26/06/02 10:43PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 09:30:45AM +0100, Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay wrote:
>
> > Add parsing helper that accepts an initial value for the accumulated
> > result when parsing an 64-bit integer. It reuses current implementation
> > for _parse_integer_limit(), which now consumes the new function with
> > init = 0. The diff algorithm would have the documentation header and
> > prototype of _parse_integer_limit() moved around so it is adjusted
> > according to guidelines.
>
> ...
>
> > +static unsigned int _parse_integer_limit_init(const char *s, unsigned int base,
> > + unsigned long long init,
>
> Why not name it res...
"res" is short for result and this is an init value. I suppose the compiler
can optmize towards that kinda of efficiency. I thought of "p" itself to
carry the init value, and the function would just accumulate, but that would
change expectations on the function behavior.
> > + unsigned long long *p,
> > + size_t max_chars)
> > {
> > unsigned long long res;
>
> ...and drop this one...
>
> > unsigned int rv;
> >
> > - res = 0;
> > + res = init;
>
> ...and this one?
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>
--
Kind regards,
Rodrigo Alencar
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* [PATCH net-next V3 0/2] devlink: add generic device max_sfs parameter
From: Tariq Toukan @ 2026-06-03 10:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Andrew Lunn,
David S. Miller
Cc: Jiri Pirko, Simon Horman, Jonathan Corbet, Shuah Khan,
Saeed Mahameed, Leon Romanovsky, Tariq Toukan, Mark Bloch,
Vlad Dumitrescu, Daniel Zahka, Aleksandr Loktionov,
Przemek Kitszel, Arthur Kiyanovski, Petr Machata,
Ratheesh Kannoth, Nikolay Aleksandrov, David Ahern, netdev,
linux-doc, linux-kernel, linux-rdma, Gal Pressman, Amery Hung
Hi,
This series by Nikolay introduces a new generic devlink device
parameter, max_sfs, to control the number of light-weight NIC
subfunctions (SFs) that can be created on a device.
The first patch adds the generic devlink parameter and infrastructure
support.
The second patch implements support for the parameter in the mlx5
driver.
With this addition, users can enable or disable SF creation directly via
devlink, without relying on external vendor-specific tools.
Regards,
Tariq
Notes about a few items from a previous Sashiko review:
> Should there be a validate callback analogous to
> mlx5_devlink_total_vfs_validate() that reads the cap and rejects values
> above the device-reported maximum, so the documented "device-specific
> max" is actually enforced?
N: I don't know of such cap, if there was I'd have added it.
> mlx5_devlink_total_vfs_set() rejects with -EOPNOTSUPP and an extack
> "SRIOV is not per PF on this device" when sriov_support or
> per_pf_total_vf_supported is clear, but no equivalent
> per_pf_num_sf_supported (or any SF-related) capability bit is added to
> nv_global_pci_cap_bits or queried here. On hardware that lacks the
> feature, the user only sees the generic firmware error "Failed to
> change ... global PCI configuration".
N: I don't know of such bit, if there was such bit I'd have added it.
> At this point, a successful write of per_pf_num_sf has already been
> committed to non-volatile firmware storage. If the subsequent
> mlx5_nv_param_read_per_host_pf_conf() or the second mlx5_nv_param_write()
> fails (for example, transient firmware/PCIe issue), is there a path that
> rolls back per_pf_num_sf?
>
> Because these are permanent parameters that "require a reboot to take
> effect", a half-applied state (e.g., per_pf_num_sf=1 but
> pf_total_sf_en=0/total_sf=0) appears to persist across reboots until
> the user issues another successful set.
N: That is expected and in line with the rest of the code.
> The commit message says max_sfs is to "control the total light-weight
> NIC subfunctions"; the BAR-size side-effect is not mentioned, and any
> previously configured log_sf_bar_size is overwritten on every
> max_sfs set. Should that behavior be documented or split out from the
> count knob?
N: It should be documented when it is split out, at present time - no.
V3, all changes are in patch 02 (mlx5 implementation):
- Cap max_sfs at U16_MAX using a validate callback (sashiko)
- Change the warning message to match the docs (sashiko)
- On get verify that per_pf_num_sf & pf_total_sf_en are set
otherwise return 0 since it means SFs are not properly enabled (sashiko)
- Define the default log bar size and use it instead of raw value (sashiko)
V2:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260519200436.353249-1-tariqt@nvidia.com/
Nikolay Aleksandrov (2):
devlink: add generic device max_sfs parameter
net/mlx5: implement max_sfs parameter
.../networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst | 6 +
Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst | 7 +-
.../mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/nv_param.c | 118 +++++++++++++++++-
include/net/devlink.h | 4 +
net/devlink/param.c | 5 +
5 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
base-commit: c2c0486c56800ce276e79c40a6e576ffd672f2a9
--
2.44.0
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* [PATCH net-next V3 1/2] devlink: add generic device max_sfs parameter
From: Tariq Toukan @ 2026-06-03 10:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Andrew Lunn,
David S. Miller
Cc: Jiri Pirko, Simon Horman, Jonathan Corbet, Shuah Khan,
Saeed Mahameed, Leon Romanovsky, Tariq Toukan, Mark Bloch,
Vlad Dumitrescu, Daniel Zahka, Aleksandr Loktionov,
Przemek Kitszel, Arthur Kiyanovski, Petr Machata,
Ratheesh Kannoth, Nikolay Aleksandrov, David Ahern, netdev,
linux-doc, linux-kernel, linux-rdma, Gal Pressman, Amery Hung,
Nikolay Aleksandrov, Jiri Pirko
In-Reply-To: <20260603102646.404797-1-tariqt@nvidia.com>
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@nvidia.com>
Add a new generic devlink device parameter (max_sfs) to control if and
how many light-weight NIC subfunctions can be created. Subfunctions are
a light-weight network functions backed by an underlying PCI function.
Their lifecycle can already be managed by devlink, but currently users
cannot enable them in the device. They can be enabled/disabled only via
external vendor tools. This parameter allows subfunctions to be enabled
(>0) or disabled (0) via devlink. A subsequent patch will add support
for max_sfs to the mlx5 driver.
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst | 6 ++++++
include/net/devlink.h | 4 ++++
net/devlink/param.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
index ea17756dcda6..29b8a9246fb6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
@@ -165,3 +165,9 @@ own name.
- u32
- Controls the maximum number of MAC address filters that can be assigned
to a Virtual Function (VF).
+ * - ``max_sfs``
+ - u32
+ - The maximum number of subfunctions which can be created on the device.
+ Modifying this parameter may require a device restart and PCI bus
+ rescanning because the BAR layout may change. A value of 0 disables
+ subfunction creation.
diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index 5f4083dc4345..ecdc7098a4d9 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ enum devlink_param_generic_id {
DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_TOTAL_VFS,
DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_NUM_DOORBELLS,
DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_MAX_MAC_PER_VF,
+ DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_MAX_SFS,
/* add new param generic ids above here*/
__DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_MAX,
@@ -619,6 +620,9 @@ enum devlink_param_generic_id {
#define DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_MAX_MAC_PER_VF_NAME "max_mac_per_vf"
#define DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_MAX_MAC_PER_VF_TYPE DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U32
+#define DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_MAX_SFS_NAME "max_sfs"
+#define DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_MAX_SFS_TYPE DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U32
+
#define DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC(_id, _cmodes, _get, _set, _validate) \
{ \
.id = DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_##_id, \
diff --git a/net/devlink/param.c b/net/devlink/param.c
index 1a196d3a843d..1d5f5c205c32 100644
--- a/net/devlink/param.c
+++ b/net/devlink/param.c
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ static const struct devlink_param devlink_param_generic[] = {
.name = DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_MAX_MAC_PER_VF_NAME,
.type = DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_MAX_MAC_PER_VF_TYPE,
},
+ {
+ .id = DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_MAX_SFS,
+ .name = DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_MAX_SFS_NAME,
+ .type = DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_MAX_SFS_TYPE,
+ },
};
static int devlink_param_generic_verify(const struct devlink_param *param)
--
2.44.0
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* [PATCH net-next V3 2/2] net/mlx5: implement max_sfs parameter
From: Tariq Toukan @ 2026-06-03 10:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Andrew Lunn,
David S. Miller
Cc: Jiri Pirko, Simon Horman, Jonathan Corbet, Shuah Khan,
Saeed Mahameed, Leon Romanovsky, Tariq Toukan, Mark Bloch,
Vlad Dumitrescu, Daniel Zahka, Aleksandr Loktionov,
Przemek Kitszel, Arthur Kiyanovski, Petr Machata,
Ratheesh Kannoth, Nikolay Aleksandrov, David Ahern, netdev,
linux-doc, linux-kernel, linux-rdma, Gal Pressman, Amery Hung,
Nikolay Aleksandrov
In-Reply-To: <20260603102646.404797-1-tariqt@nvidia.com>
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@nvidia.com>
Implement max_sfs generic parameter to allow users to control the total
light-weight NIC subfunctions that can be created using devlink instead
of external vendor tools. A value of 0 will effectively disable creation
of new subfunction devices. A warning is sent to user-space via extack
(returning extack without error code is interpreted as a warning by
user-space tools). The maximum value is capped at U16_MAX.
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst | 7 +-
.../mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/nv_param.c | 118 +++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst
index 4bba4d780a4a..f5e2dccafa5a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst
@@ -45,8 +45,13 @@ Parameters
- The range is between 1 and a device-specific max.
- Applies to each physical function (PF) independently, if the device
supports it. Otherwise, it applies symmetrically to all PFs.
+ * - ``max_sfs``
+ - permanent
+ - The range is between 0 and a device-specific max.
+ - Applies to each physical function (PF) independently.
-Note: permanent parameters such as ``enable_sriov`` and ``total_vfs`` require FW reset to take effect
+Note: permanent parameters such as ``enable_sriov``, ``total_vfs`` and ``max_sfs``
+ require FW reset to take effect
.. code-block:: bash
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/nv_param.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/nv_param.c
index 4a7275e8b62e..899167a5cd92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/nv_param.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/nv_param.c
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ struct mlx5_ifc_mnvda_reg_bits {
struct mlx5_ifc_nv_global_pci_conf_bits {
u8 sriov_valid[0x1];
- u8 reserved_at_1[0x10];
+ u8 reserved_at_1[0xa];
+ u8 per_pf_num_sf[0x1];
+ u8 reserved_at_c[0x5];
u8 per_pf_total_vf[0x1];
u8 reserved_at_12[0xe];
@@ -93,9 +95,11 @@ struct mlx5_ifc_nv_global_pci_cap_bits {
};
struct mlx5_ifc_nv_pf_pci_conf_bits {
- u8 reserved_at_0[0x9];
+ u8 log_sf_bar_size[0x8];
+ u8 pf_total_sf_en[0x1];
u8 pf_total_vf_en[0x1];
- u8 reserved_at_a[0x16];
+ u8 reserved_at_a[0x6];
+ u8 total_sf[0x10];
u8 reserved_at_20[0x20];
@@ -158,6 +162,8 @@ struct mlx5_ifc_nv_sw_accelerate_conf_bits {
#define MLX5_GET_CFG_HDR_LEN(_mnvda_ptr) \
MLX5_GET(mnvda_reg, _mnvda_ptr, configuration_item_header.length)
+#define MLX5_DEFAULT_LOG_SF_BAR_SIZE 12
+
static int mlx5_nv_param_read(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, void *mnvda,
size_t len)
{
@@ -755,6 +761,108 @@ static int mlx5_devlink_total_vfs_validate(struct devlink *devlink, u32 id,
return 0;
}
+static int mlx5_devlink_max_sfs_get(struct devlink *devlink, u32 id,
+ struct devlink_param_gset_ctx *ctx,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+ struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
+ u32 mnvda[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(mnvda_reg)] = {};
+ void *data;
+ int err;
+
+ err = mlx5_nv_param_read_global_pci_conf(dev, mnvda, sizeof(mnvda));
+ if (err) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+ "Failed to read global PCI configuration");
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ data = MLX5_ADDR_OF(mnvda_reg, mnvda, configuration_item_data);
+ if (!MLX5_GET(nv_global_pci_conf, data, per_pf_num_sf)) {
+ ctx->val.vu32 = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ memset(mnvda, 0, sizeof(mnvda));
+ err = mlx5_nv_param_read_per_host_pf_conf(dev, mnvda, sizeof(mnvda));
+ if (err) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to read PF configuration");
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ data = MLX5_ADDR_OF(mnvda_reg, mnvda, configuration_item_data);
+ if (MLX5_GET(nv_pf_pci_conf, data, pf_total_sf_en))
+ ctx->val.vu32 = MLX5_GET(nv_pf_pci_conf, data, total_sf);
+ else
+ ctx->val.vu32 = 0;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int mlx5_devlink_max_sfs_validate(struct devlink *devlink, u32 id,
+ union devlink_param_value val,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+ if (val.vu32 > U16_MAX) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack,
+ "Max SFs allowed value is %u", U16_MAX);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int mlx5_devlink_max_sfs_set(struct devlink *devlink, u32 id,
+ struct devlink_param_gset_ctx *ctx,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+ struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
+ u32 mnvda[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(mnvda_reg)] = {};
+ void *data;
+ int err;
+
+ err = mlx5_nv_param_read_global_pci_conf(dev, mnvda, sizeof(mnvda));
+ if (err) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+ "Failed to read global PCI configuration");
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ data = MLX5_ADDR_OF(mnvda_reg, mnvda, configuration_item_data);
+ MLX5_SET(nv_global_pci_conf, data, per_pf_num_sf, !!ctx->val.vu32);
+
+ err = mlx5_nv_param_write(dev, mnvda, sizeof(mnvda));
+ if (err) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+ "Failed to change per_pf_num_sf global PCI configuration");
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ memset(mnvda, 0, sizeof(mnvda));
+ err = mlx5_nv_param_read_per_host_pf_conf(dev, mnvda, sizeof(mnvda));
+ if (err) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to read PF configuration");
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ data = MLX5_ADDR_OF(mnvda_reg, mnvda, configuration_item_data);
+ MLX5_SET(nv_pf_pci_conf, data, log_sf_bar_size,
+ ctx->val.vu32 ? MLX5_DEFAULT_LOG_SF_BAR_SIZE : 0);
+ MLX5_SET(nv_pf_pci_conf, data, pf_total_sf_en, !!ctx->val.vu32);
+ MLX5_SET(nv_pf_pci_conf, data, total_sf, ctx->val.vu32);
+
+ err = mlx5_nv_param_write(dev, mnvda, sizeof(mnvda));
+ if (err) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+ "Failed to change PF PCI configuration");
+ return err;
+ }
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+ "Modifying max_sfs requires a FW reset and PCI bus rescan");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static const struct devlink_param mlx5_nv_param_devlink_params[] = {
DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC(ENABLE_SRIOV, BIT(DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_PERMANENT),
mlx5_devlink_enable_sriov_get,
@@ -763,6 +871,10 @@ static const struct devlink_param mlx5_nv_param_devlink_params[] = {
mlx5_devlink_total_vfs_get,
mlx5_devlink_total_vfs_set,
mlx5_devlink_total_vfs_validate),
+ DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC(MAX_SFS, BIT(DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_PERMANENT),
+ mlx5_devlink_max_sfs_get,
+ mlx5_devlink_max_sfs_set,
+ mlx5_devlink_max_sfs_validate),
DEVLINK_PARAM_DRIVER(MLX5_DEVLINK_PARAM_ID_CQE_COMPRESSION_TYPE,
"cqe_compress_type", DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_STRING,
BIT(DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_PERMANENT),
--
2.44.0
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* Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] perf test: Add workload-ctl option
From: Leo Yan @ 2026-06-03 10:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: James Clark
Cc: Suzuki K Poulose, Mike Leach, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers, Amir Ayupov, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Paschalis Mpeis, coresight, linux-perf-users,
linux-kernel, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, linux-doc
In-Reply-To: <20260602-james-cs-context-tracking-fix-v2-2-85b5ce6f55c6@linaro.org>
On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 03:26:44PM +0100, James Clark wrote:
[...]
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
> @@ -69,3 +69,9 @@ OPTIONS
>
> --list-workloads::
> List the available workloads to use with -w/--workload.
> +
> +--workload-ctl=fifo:ctl-fifo[,ack-fifo]::
> + Write 'enable' to ctl-fifo before running the workload and 'disable'
> + before returning. If ack-fifo is provided, the workload runner waits for
> + an 'ack' response after each command. This scopes the recording to only
> + the workload if used with 'perf record -D 1 --control ...'.
This new option doesn't work on its own. I would spell out in explicit
words that it needs to communicate with perf record session:
"This option is used to communicate with a perf record session in
order to control the recording scope. When specifying this option,
the same FIFO path must be specified in the record session via:
perf record -D 1 --control=fifo:ctl-fifo[,ack-fifo] ...
The perf test sends 'enable' and 'disable' commands through ctl-fifo to
control event recording. If 'ack-fifo' is provided, the workload runner
waits for an 'ack' response after each command."
BTW, I'd say the naming "--record-ctl" might be more close to the
purpose.
Thanks,
Leo
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