From: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
To: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
mike.leach@linaro.org, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, mathieu.poirier@linaro.org,
leo.yan@arm.com, Al.Grant@arm.com, jserv@ccns.ncku.edu.tw,
marscheng@google.com, ericchancf@google.com,
milesjiang@google.com, nickpan@google.com,
coresight@lists.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] coresight: etm3x: Fix cntr_val_show() to match cntr_val_store() behavior
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:57:53 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ac-BEX0Rfe9RBJJn@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bb521240-ab53-4c5a-aa1d-6b140ed4262e@arm.com>
Hi Suzuki,
On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 09:33:59AM +0000, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> Hello
>
> On 02/02/2026 05:09, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 02, 2025 at 09:26:19AM +0000, James Clark wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 02/12/2025 8:26 am, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> > > > The cntr_val_show() function was intended to print the values of all
> > > > counters using a loop. However, due to a buffer overwrite issue with
> > > > sprintf(), it effectively only displayed the value of the last counter.
> > > >
> > > > The companion function, cntr_val_store(), allows users to modify a
> > > > specific counter selected by 'cntr_idx'. To maintain consistency
> > > > between read and write operations and to align with the ETM4x driver
> > > > behavior, modify cntr_val_show() to report only the value of the
> > > > currently selected counter.
> > > >
> > > > This change removes the loop and the "counter %d:" prefix, printing
> > > > only the hexadecimal value. It also adopts sysfs_emit() for standard
> > > > sysfs output formatting.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: a939fc5a71ad ("coresight-etm: add CoreSight ETM/PTM driver")
> > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > Build test only.
> > > >
> > > > Changes in v3:
> > > > - Switch format specifier to %#x to include the 0x prefix.
> > > > - Add Cc stable
> > > >
> > > > v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251201095228.1905489-1-visitorckw@gmail.com/
> > > >
> > > > .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c | 15 ++++-----------
> > > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
> > > > index 762109307b86..b3c67e96a82a 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
> > > > @@ -717,26 +717,19 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(cntr_rld_event);
> > > > static ssize_t cntr_val_show(struct device *dev,
> > > > struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> > > > {
> > > > - int i, ret = 0;
> > > > u32 val;
> > > > struct etm_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
> > > > struct etm_config *config = &drvdata->config;
> > > > if (!coresight_get_mode(drvdata->csdev)) {
> > > > spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);
> > > > - for (i = 0; i < drvdata->nr_cntr; i++)
> > > > - ret += sprintf(buf, "counter %d: %x\n",
> > > > - i, config->cntr_val[i]);
> > > > + val = config->cntr_val[config->cntr_idx];
> > > > spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock);
> > > > - return ret;
> > > > - }
> > > > -
> > > > - for (i = 0; i < drvdata->nr_cntr; i++) {
> > > > - val = etm_readl(drvdata, ETMCNTVRn(i));
> > > > - ret += sprintf(buf, "counter %d: %x\n", i, val);
> > > > + } else {
> > > > + val = etm_readl(drvdata, ETMCNTVRn(config->cntr_idx));
> > > > }
> > > > - return ret;
> > > > + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%#x\n", val);
> > > > }
> > > > static ssize_t cntr_val_store(struct device *dev,
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
> > >
> > Thanks for the review!
> > Is there anything else I need to do for this fix to land?
>
> Thanks for the patch, I will queue this for the next release (v7.1).
>
Just a gentle ping.
Since the v7.1 merge window is presumably opening in about a week, I
noticed this patch isn't in linux-next yet and wanted to send a quick
reminder. Thanks.
Regards,
Kuan-Wei
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-03 8:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-02 8:26 [PATCH v3] coresight: etm3x: Fix cntr_val_show() to match cntr_val_store() behavior Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-12-02 9:26 ` James Clark
2026-02-02 5:09 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2026-02-02 9:33 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-04-03 8:57 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu [this message]
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