Re: [PATCH 1/3] coresight: Add config flag to enable branch broadcast

From: Suzuki K Poulose
Date: Thu Dec 09 2021 - 04:21:27 EST


On 08/12/2021 16:09, James Clark wrote:
When enabled, all taken branch addresses are output, even if the branch
was because of a direct branch instruction. This enables reconstruction
of the program flow without having access to the memory image of the
code being executed.

Use bit 8 for the config option which would be the correct bit for
programming ETMv3. Although branch broadcast can't be enabled on ETMv3
because it's not in the define ETM3X_SUPPORTED_OPTIONS, using the
correct bit might help prevent future collisions or allow it to be
enabled if needed.

Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c | 2 ++
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c | 9 +++++++++
include/linux/coresight-pmu.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
index c039b6ae206f..43bbd5dc3d3b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct coresight_device *, csdev_src);
* The PMU formats were orignally for ETMv3.5/PTM's ETMCR 'config';
* now take them as general formats and apply on all ETMs.
*/
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(branch_broadcast, "config:"__stringify(ETM_OPT_BRANCH_BROADCAST));
PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(cycacc, "config:" __stringify(ETM_OPT_CYCACC));
/* contextid1 enables tracing CONTEXTIDR_EL1 for ETMv4 */
PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(contextid1, "config:" __stringify(ETM_OPT_CTXTID));
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ static struct attribute *etm_config_formats_attr[] = {
&format_attr_sinkid.attr,
&format_attr_preset.attr,
&format_attr_configid.attr,
+ &format_attr_branch_broadcast.attr,
NULL,
};
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
index bf18128cf5de..d2bafb50c66a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
@@ -692,6 +692,15 @@ static int etm4_parse_event_config(struct coresight_device *csdev,
ret = cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config(csdev, cfg_hash, preset);
}
+ /* branch broadcast - enable if selected and supported */
+ if (attr->config & BIT(ETM_OPT_BRANCH_BROADCAST)) {
+ if (!drvdata->trcbb) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ } else
+ config->cfg |= BIT(ETM4_CFG_BIT_BB);

nit: For consistent styling, I would recommend to wrap the else case
also in { }.

Otherwise looks good to me.

Suzuki