Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2023 22:39:50 +0800
From:   Tao Zhang <quic_taozha@...cinc.com>
To:     Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>
CC:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Jinlong Mao <quic_jinlmao@...cinc.com>,
        <coresight@...ts.linaro.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...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>, <andersson@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 09/13] Add nodes for dsb edge control


On 7/14/2023 6:24 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> On 14/07/2023 06:50, Tao Zhang wrote:
>>
>> On 7/14/2023 12:37 AM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
>>> On 13/07/2023 17:13, Tao Zhang wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 7/13/2023 5:34 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
>>>>> On 13/07/2023 09:54, Mike Leach wrote:
>>>>>> HI Tao,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 at 14:53, Tao Zhang <quic_taozha@...cinc.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 6/20/2023 9:41 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 20/06/2023 09:31, Tao Zhang wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 6/20/2023 3:37 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 03:32:37PM +0800, Tao Zhang wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Add the nodes to set value for DSB edge control and DSB edge
>>>>>>>>>>> control mask. Each DSB subunit TPDM has maximum of n(n<16) EDCR
>>>>>>>>>>> resgisters to configure edge control. DSB edge detection 
>>>>>>>>>>> control
>>>>>>>>>>> 00: Rising edge detection
>>>>>>>>>>> 01: Falling edge detection
>>>>>>>>>>> 10: Rising and falling edge detection (toggle detection)
>>>>>>>>>>> And each DSB subunit TPDM has maximum of m(m<8) ECDMR 
>>>>>>>>>>> registers to
>>>>>>>>>>> configure mask. Eight 32 bit registers providing DSB interface
>>>>>>>>>>> edge detection mask control.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Tao Zhang <quic_taozha@...cinc.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>> .../ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-coresight-devices-tpdm |  32 +++++
>>>>>>>>>>> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tpdm.c | 143
>>>>>>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>>>>>>> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tpdm.h | 22 ++++
>>>>>>>>>>>    3 files changed, 196 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git
>>>>>>>>>>> a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-coresight-devices-tpdm
>>>>>>>>>>> b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-coresight-devices-tpdm
>>>>>>>>>>> index 2a82cd0..34189e4a 100644
>>>>>>>>>>> --- 
>>>>>>>>>>> a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-coresight-devices-tpdm
>>>>>>>>>>> +++ 
>>>>>>>>>>> b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-coresight-devices-tpdm
>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -60,3 +60,35 @@ Description:
>>>>>>>>>>>            Bit[3] : Set to 0 for low performance mode.
>>>>>>>>>>>                     Set to 1 for high performance mode.
>>>>>>>>>>>            Bit[4:8] : Select byte lane for high performance 
>>>>>>>>>>> mode.
>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>> +What: /sys/bus/coresight/devices/<tpdm-name>/dsb_edge_ctrl
>>>>>>>>>>> +Date:        March 2023
>>>>>>>>>>> +KernelVersion    6.5
>>>>>>>>>>> +Contact:    Jinlong Mao (QUIC) <quic_jinlmao@...cinc.com>, Tao
>>>>>>>>>>> Zhang (QUIC) <quic_taozha@...cinc.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> +Description:
>>>>>>>>>>> +        Read/Write a set of the edge control registers of 
>>>>>>>>>>> the DSB
>>>>>>>>>>> +        in TPDM.
>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>> +        Expected format is the following:
>>>>>>>>>>> +        <integer1> <integer2> <integer3>
>>>>>>>>>> sysfs is "one value", not 3.  Please never have to parse a 
>>>>>>>>>> sysfs file.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Do you mean sysfs file can only accept "one value"?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I see that more than one value are written to the sysfs file
>>>>>>>>> "trigout_attach".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> +static ssize_t dsb_edge_ctrl_show(struct device *dev,
>>>>>>>>>>> +                       struct device_attribute *attr,
>>>>>>>>>>> +                       char *buf)
>>>>>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>>>>>> +    struct tpdm_drvdata *drvdata = 
>>>>>>>>>>> dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
>>>>>>>>>>> +    ssize_t size = 0;
>>>>>>>>>>> +    unsigned long bytes;
>>>>>>>>>>> +    int i;
>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>> +    spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);
>>>>>>>>>>> +    for (i = 0; i < TPDM_DSB_MAX_EDCR; i++) {
>>>>>>>>>>> +        bytes = sysfs_emit_at(buf, size,
>>>>>>>>>>> +                  "Index:0x%x Val:0x%x\n", i,
>>>>>>>>>> Again, no, one value, no "string" needed to parse anything.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I also see other sysfs files can be read more than one value 
>>>>>>>>> in other
>>>>>>>>> drivers.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is this "one value" limitation the usage rule of Linux sysfs 
>>>>>>>>> system?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Or am I misunderstanding what you mean?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please fix the other sysfs tunables in the following patches.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> List a new solution for the similar cases below, please see if this
>>>>>>> design is reasonable?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. Two SysFS files("dsb_edge_ctrl_idx" and "dsb_edge_ctrl_val") 
>>>>>>> will be
>>>>>>> created in this case.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2. First write to the node "dsb_edge_ctrl_idx" to set the index 
>>>>>>> number
>>>>>>> of the edge detection.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3. Then write to the node "dsb_edge_ctrl_val" to set the value 
>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>> edge detection.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For example, if we need need to set "Falling edge detection" to 
>>>>>>> the edge
>>>>>>> detection #220-#222, we can issue the following commands.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> echo 0xdc > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl_idx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> echo 0x1 > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl_val
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> echo 0xdd > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl_idx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> echo 0x1 > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl_val
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> echo 0xde > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl_idx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> echo 0x1 > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl_val
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If this design is acceptable, we will rewrite other similar 
>>>>>>> nodes based
>>>>>>> on this solution.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This index / value model is used in the coresight drivers so 
>>>>>> should be
>>>>>> OK - eg etm4 has cntr_idx / cntrldvr / cntr_val / cntr_ctrl, where
>>>>>> index selects the counter, and the other val registers are 
>>>>>> applied to
>>>>>> that counter.
>>>>>
>>>>> True. That model is useful when there are variable number of 
>>>>> "counters".
>>>>> I guess it doesn't hurt to have a 64bit (or even 32bit) file for each
>>>>> EDCR.
>>>>>
>>>>> e.g, edcr0...edcr15
>>>>>
>>>>> Given there are only 16 of them, it is fine to keep a file for each.
>>>>> This may be grouped under "mgmt" similar to what we have for other
>>>>> components. That way, it can be easily hidden by checking for the
>>>>> presence of DSB.
>>>>
>>>> The number of EDCR registers is not fixed. The maximum range is 
>>>> [0:15].
>>>>
>>>> But the address of the maximum number of the registers will be 
>>>> reserved first,
>>>>
>>>> and can be accessed safely even if the TPDM doesn't have the 
>>>> maximum number
>>>>
>>>> of  EDCR registers.
>>>>
>>>> And we are not able to dynamically know the number of EDCR 
>>>> registers per DSB
>>>>
>>>> TPDM.
>>>>
>>>> Can we use our proposal in this case?
>>>
>>> Please provide a file edcrN for each of the 0 <= N < 16. That way it is
>>> easier to avoid locking the index. It doesn't matter how many EDCRs are
>>> supported, there is a maximum limit and it is always guaranteed to be
>>> write safe, if some are not implemented. Thus it is much easier from 
>>> a programming perspective too.
>>
>> Hi Suzuki,
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> I'd like to further clarify our proposal below in case I didn't 
>> express it clearly before.
>>
>> 1. In our design, the users don't need to know the mapping between 
>> the number of the edge detection
>>
>> and the control bits in EDCRN registers. They only need to focus on 
>> the edge detection they need, don't
>>
>> need to care about the design of the HW.
>
> Agreed
>
>>
>> 2. For example, if there are two users configure in the same test. 
>> One needs to configure edge detection #7
>>
>> as "Falling edge detection". The other one needs to configure edge 
>> detection #8 as "toggle detection". They will
>>
>> issue the following commands to implement it.
>>
>> echo 0x7 > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl_idx
>>
>> echo 0x1 > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl_val
>>
>> echo 0x8 > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl_idx
>>
>> echo 0x2 > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl_val
>>
>> The value written to edcr0 will be 0x24000 in our proposal.
>>
>> But in the solution of "tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl/edcrN 0 <= N < 16".
>>
>> One user calculates that he needs to write 0x4000 to edcr0.
>>
>> echo 0x4000 > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl/edcr0
>>
>> The other one calculates that he needs to write 0x20000 to edcr0.
>>
>> echo 0x20000 > tpdm1/dsb_edge_ctrl/edcr0
>>
>> The last write will overwrite the previous value in this case and 
>> 0x20000
>>
>> will be written to the edcr0 finally.
>
> The solution of edcrN expects the users follow a Read-Modify-Write.
> But given you want to control individual lines separately (which are 256
> in number), I am fine with the _idx/value solution.
>
>>
>> 3. Some DSB TPDMs may not have 16 EDCR registers. For example, TPDM2
>>
>> may only have 7 EDCR registers. If we still create 16 edcr file at 
>> tpdm2/dsb_edge_ctrl,
>>
>> this may confuse users.
>
> This is not relevant. The user can't know the maximum number anyway. 
> If the user knows TPDM2 has only 7 EDCR, then don't bother about the 
> other
> files.
>
> Please go ahead with the _idx /_value

Thanks. I will update in the next patch series.


Best,

Tao

>
> Suzuki
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