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Message-Id: <20220511144601.2257870-3-james.clark@arm.com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 15:45:59 +0100
From: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
To: suzuki.poulose@....com, mathieu.poirier@...aro.org,
coresight@...ts.linaro.org, mike.leach@...aro.org
Cc: leo.yan@...aro.com, James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/4] Documentation: coresight: Turn numbered subsections into real subsections
This is to allow them to be referenced in a later commit. There was
also a mistake where sysFS was introduced as section 2, but numbered
as section 1. And vice versa for 'Using perf framework'. This can't
happen with unnumbered sections.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>
---
Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
index a15571d96cc8..db66ff45ff4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ Preference is given to the former as using the sysFS interface
requires a deep understanding of the Coresight HW. The following sections
provide details on using both methods.
-1) Using the sysFS interface:
+Using the sysFS interface
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Before trace collection can start, a coresight sink needs to be identified.
There is no limit on the amount of sinks (nor sources) that can be enabled at
@@ -446,7 +447,8 @@ wealth of possibilities that coresight provides.
Instruction 0 0x8026B588 E8BD8000 true LDM sp!,{pc}
Timestamp Timestamp: 17107041535
-2) Using perf framework:
+Using perf framework
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Coresight tracers are represented using the Perf framework's Performance
Monitoring Unit (PMU) abstraction. As such the perf framework takes charge of
@@ -495,7 +497,11 @@ More information on the above and other example on how to use Coresight with
the perf tools can be found in the "HOWTO.md" file of the openCSD gitHub
repository [#third]_.
-2.1) AutoFDO analysis using the perf tools:
+Advanced perf framework usage
+-----------------------------
+
+AutoFDO analysis using the perf tools
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
perf can be used to record and analyze trace of programs.
@@ -513,7 +519,8 @@ The --itrace option controls the type and frequency of synthesized events
Note that only 64-bit programs are currently supported - further work is
required to support instruction decode of 32-bit Arm programs.
-2.2) Tracing PID
+Tracing PID
+~~~~~~~~~~~
The kernel can be built to write the PID value into the PE ContextID registers.
For a kernel running at EL1, the PID is stored in CONTEXTIDR_EL1. A PE may
@@ -547,7 +554,7 @@ wants to trace PIDs for both host and guest, the two configs "contextid1" and
Generating coverage files for Feedback Directed Optimization: AutoFDO
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'perf inject' accepts the --itrace option in which case tracing data is
removed and replaced with the synthesized events. e.g.
--
2.28.0
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