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Message-ID: <c046085f-82e8-4a77-93be-c2a8d59db97e@arm.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:10:37 +0000
From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
To: Jie Gan <jie.gan@....qualcomm.com>, Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
 James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>,
 Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
 Tingwei Zhang <tingwei.zhang@....qualcomm.com>,
 Mao Jinlong <jinlong.mao@....qualcomm.com>,
 Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
 Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@...nel.org>
Cc: coresight@...ts.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 4/8] coresight: etr: refactor the
 tmc_etr_get_catu_device function

On 22/01/2026 02:08, Jie Gan wrote:
> Refactor tmc_etr_get_catu_device to retrieve the helper device connected
> to the TMC ETR based on helper_subtype.

Please could you leave this as it is and add :

tmc_etr_get_ctcu_device() ?

It doesn't make much sense to refactor something that is a wrapper for
a generic function. Please avoid un-necessary abstraction

Suzuki


> 
> Signed-off-by: Jie Gan <jie.gan@....qualcomm.com>
> ---
>   drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-catu.c    |  3 ++-
>   drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++---------
>   drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h     |  3 ++-
>   3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-catu.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-catu.c
> index 69b36bae97ab..d3972619cc96 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-catu.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-catu.c
> @@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ static int catu_alloc_etr_buf(struct tmc_drvdata *tmc_drvdata,
>   	struct tmc_sg_table *catu_table;
>   	struct catu_etr_buf *catu_buf;
>   
> -	csdev = tmc_etr_get_catu_device(tmc_drvdata);
> +	csdev = tmc_etr_get_helper_device(tmc_drvdata,
> +			CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_CATU);
>   	if (!csdev)
>   		return -ENODEV;
>   	catu_buf = kzalloc(sizeof(*catu_buf), GFP_KERNEL);
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
> index cbbb15648fb7..16a4562533d5 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
> @@ -844,28 +844,37 @@ static const struct etr_buf_operations etr_sg_buf_ops = {
>   };
>   
>   /*
> - * TMC ETR could be connected to a CATU device, which can provide address
> - * translation service. This is represented by the Output port of the TMC
> - * (ETR) connected to the input port of the CATU.
> + * TMC ETR could be connected to the helper device, which can provide address
> + * translation service(CATU) or data filter function(CTCU). This is represented
> + * by the Output port of the TMC (ETR) connected to the input port of the helper.
>    *
> - * Returns	: coresight_device ptr for the CATU device if a CATU is found.
> + * @drvdata	: drvdata of the TMC device
> + * @subtype	: helper_subtype of the helper device
> + *
> + * Returns	: coresight_device ptr for the helper device if a helper is found.
>    *		: NULL otherwise.
>    */
>   struct coresight_device *
> -tmc_etr_get_catu_device(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata)
> +tmc_etr_get_helper_device(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
> +			  enum coresight_dev_subtype_helper subtype)
>   {
>   	struct coresight_device *etr = drvdata->csdev;
> -	union coresight_dev_subtype catu_subtype = {
> -		.helper_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_CATU
> +	union coresight_dev_subtype helper_subtype = {
> +		.helper_subtype = subtype
>   	};
>   
> -	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_CATU))
> +
> +	if (subtype == CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_CATU &&
> +	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_CATU))
> +		return NULL;
> +	else if (subtype == CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_CTCU &&
> +		 !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_CTCU))
>   		return NULL;
>   
>   	return coresight_find_output_type(etr->pdata, CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_HELPER,
> -					  catu_subtype);
> +					  helper_subtype);
>   }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tmc_etr_get_catu_device);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tmc_etr_get_helper_device);
>   
>   static const struct etr_buf_operations *etr_buf_ops[] = {
>   	[ETR_MODE_FLAT] = &etr_flat_buf_ops,
> @@ -913,7 +922,8 @@ static void get_etr_buf_hw(struct device *dev, struct etr_buf_hw *buf_hw)
>   
>   	buf_hw->has_iommu = iommu_get_domain_for_dev(dev->parent);
>   	buf_hw->has_etr_sg = tmc_etr_has_cap(drvdata, TMC_ETR_SG);
> -	buf_hw->has_catu = !!tmc_etr_get_catu_device(drvdata);
> +	buf_hw->has_catu = !!tmc_etr_get_helper_device(drvdata,
> +			CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_CATU);
>   	buf_hw->has_resrv = tmc_has_reserved_buffer(drvdata);
>   }
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> index c9a82ff6cd00..7690a70069da 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> @@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ static inline uint32_t find_crash_tracedata_crc(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
>   	return crc32_le(0, (void *)drvdata->resrv_buf.vaddr, crc_size);
>   }
>   
> -struct coresight_device *tmc_etr_get_catu_device(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata);
> +struct coresight_device *tmc_etr_get_helper_device(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
> +						   enum coresight_dev_subtype_helper subtype);
>   
>   void tmc_etr_set_catu_ops(const struct etr_buf_operations *catu);
>   void tmc_etr_remove_catu_ops(void);
> 


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