linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/9] coresight-tpdm: Add reset node to TPDM node

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Message-ID: <cbe5813e-337b-6c77-8571-cf400d4abc41@arm.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:10:48 +0100
From:   Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
To:     Tao Zhang <quic_taozha@...cinc.com>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@...il.com>,
        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>
Cc:     Jinlong Mao <quic_jinlmao@...cinc.com>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        coresight@...ts.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tingwei Zhang <quic_tingweiz@...cinc.com>,
        Yuanfang Zhang <quic_yuanfang@...cinc.com>,
        Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@...cinc.com>,
        Hao Zhang <quic_hazha@...cinc.com>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] coresight-tpdm: Add reset node to TPDM node

On 08/09/2022 09:45, Tao Zhang wrote:
> TPDM device need a node to reset the configurations and status of
> it. This change provides a node to reset the configurations and
> disable the TPDM if it has been enabled.

It is not clear to me *why* this is needed. Please could you
elaborate on the use case of this ? See my questions below.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Tao Zhang <quic_taozha@...cinc.com>
> ---
>   drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tpdm.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tpdm.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tpdm.c
> index 69ea453..74cc653 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tpdm.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tpdm.c
> @@ -152,6 +152,37 @@ static void tpdm_init_default_data(struct tpdm_drvdata *drvdata)
>   	}
>   }
>   
> +static ssize_t reset_store(struct device *dev,
> +					  struct device_attribute *attr,
> +					  const char *buf,
> +					  size_t size)

minor nit: Alignment

> +{
> +	int ret = 0;
> +	unsigned long val;
> +	struct tpdm_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
> +
> +	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val);

So, any integer value written to the sysfs knob triggers the rest ?
It may be better to restrict this to "1".


> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);
> +	/* Reset all datasets to ZERO */
> +	if (drvdata->dsb != NULL)
> +		memset(drvdata->dsb, 0, sizeof(struct dsb_dataset));
> +
> +	/* Init the default data */
> +	tpdm_init_default_data(drvdata);

Why is this needed ? Does the DSB device configuration change
on the fly ?

> +
> +	spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock);
> +
> +	/* Disable tpdm if enabled */
> +	if (drvdata->enable)
> +		coresight_disable(drvdata->csdev);

Why is this needed ? Isn't this supposed to be triggered from the "path"
when the trace session is complete ?


Suzuki

> +
> +	return size;
> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(reset);
> +
>   /*
>    * value 1: 64 bits test data
>    * value 2: 32 bits test data
> @@ -192,6 +223,7 @@ static ssize_t integration_test_store(struct device *dev,
>   static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(integration_test);
>   
>   static struct attribute *tpdm_attrs[] = {
> +	&dev_attr_reset.attr,
>   	&dev_attr_integration_test.attr,
>   	NULL,
>   };