[PATCH v4 1/3] drm/panthor: Add tracepoint for cache flushing
From: Nicolas Frattaroli
Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 10:15:02 EST
Add a new event tracepoint: gpu_cache_flush to be emitted after a GPU
cache flush completes, with duration and return status arguments.
This allows debugging the duration a flush takes irrespective of initial
function entry lock contention, and communicates information about
whether the flush timed out or errored out in other ways, and which
caches were flushed.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_trace.h | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c
index c013d6bf9a59..7088371c6d64 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c
@@ -317,6 +317,21 @@ int panthor_gpu_l2_power_on(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
return panthor_gpu_power_on(ptdev, L2, 1, 20000);
}
+static inline void panthor_gpu_emit_flush_caches_tp(struct panthor_device *ptdev,
+ u64 start, u32 l2, u32 lsc,
+ u32 other, int ret)
+{
+ u32 duration;
+
+ if (!tracepoint_enabled(gpu_cache_flush) || !start)
+ return;
+
+ if (check_sub_overflow(ktime_get_ns(), start, &duration))
+ duration = U32_MAX;
+
+ trace_gpu_cache_flush(ptdev->base.dev, l2, lsc, other, duration, ret);
+}
+
/**
* panthor_gpu_flush_caches() - Flush caches
* @ptdev: Device.
@@ -331,12 +346,17 @@ int panthor_gpu_flush_caches(struct panthor_device *ptdev,
{
struct panthor_gpu *gpu = ptdev->gpu;
unsigned long flags;
+ u64 start = 0;
int ret = 0;
/* Serialize cache flush operations. */
guard(mutex)(&ptdev->gpu->cache_flush_lock);
spin_lock_irqsave(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);
+
+ if (tracepoint_enabled(gpu_cache_flush))
+ start = ktime_get_ns();
+
if (!(ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED)) {
ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs |= GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED;
gpu_write(gpu->iomem, GPU_CMD, GPU_FLUSH_CACHES(l2, lsc, other));
@@ -345,8 +365,10 @@ int panthor_gpu_flush_caches(struct panthor_device *ptdev,
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ panthor_gpu_emit_flush_caches_tp(ptdev, start, l2, lsc, other, ret);
return ret;
+ }
if (!wait_event_timeout(ptdev->gpu->reqs_acked,
!(ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED),
@@ -360,6 +382,8 @@ int panthor_gpu_flush_caches(struct panthor_device *ptdev,
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);
}
+ panthor_gpu_emit_flush_caches_tp(ptdev, start, l2, lsc, other, ret);
+
if (ret) {
panthor_device_schedule_reset(ptdev);
drm_err(&ptdev->base, "Flush caches timeout");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_trace.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_trace.h
index 6ffeb4fe6599..bd8652549ab4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_trace.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_trace.h
@@ -76,6 +76,44 @@ TRACE_EVENT(gpu_job_irq,
__entry->events, __entry->duration_ns)
);
+/**
+ * gpu_cache_flush - emitted after cache flush completes
+ * @dev: pointer to the &struct device, for printing the device name
+ * @l2: "l2" flush flags
+ * @lsc: "lsc" flush flags
+ * @other: "other" flush flags
+ * @duration_ns: how long the cache flush operation took, in nanoseconds
+ * @ret: return status, 0 == success, negative errno on error
+ *
+ * Begins measuring after any initial lock contention around the locks needed
+ * for flushing caches, but before the actual cache flush is requested. Stops
+ * measuring and is emitted after flush operation is over.
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(gpu_cache_flush,
+ TP_PROTO(const struct device *dev, u32 l2, u32 lsc, u32 other,
+ u32 duration_ns, int ret),
+ TP_ARGS(dev, l2, lsc, other, duration_ns, ret),
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __string(dev_name, dev_name(dev))
+ __field(u32, l2)
+ __field(u32, lsc)
+ __field(u32, other)
+ __field(u32, duration_ns)
+ __field(int, ret)
+ ),
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __assign_str(dev_name);
+ __entry->l2 = l2;
+ __entry->lsc = lsc;
+ __entry->other = other;
+ __entry->duration_ns = duration_ns;
+ __entry->ret = ret;
+ ),
+ TP_printk("%s: l2=0x%x lsc=0x%x other=0x%x duration_ns=%u ret=%d",
+ __get_str(dev_name), __entry->l2, __entry->lsc,
+ __entry->other, __entry->duration_ns, __entry->ret)
+);
+
#endif /* __PANTHOR_TRACE_H__ */
#undef TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
--
2.55.0