Re: [PATCH v7 4/8] drm/panthor: Add panthor perf initialization and termination

From: Liviu Dudau

Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 10:02:31 EST


On Sun, Oct 11, 2026 at 06:36:51PM +0100, Lukas Zapolskas wrote:
> Added the panthor_perf system initialization and unplug code for
> subsystem-level handling in subsequent patches. Userspace session
> handling is done at the pfile level, via a pool of sessions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Zapolskas <lukas.zapolskas@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c | 2 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h | 9 +++-
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c | 9 ++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_perf.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_perf.h | 6 +++
> 5 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
> index 2877d47c6717..535383ef629f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
> @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ void panthor_device_unplug(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
> /* Now, try to cleanly shutdown the GPU before the device resources
> * get reclaimed.
> */
> + panthor_perf_unplug(ptdev);
> panthor_sched_unplug(ptdev);
> panthor_fw_unplug(ptdev);
> panthor_mmu_unplug(ptdev);
> @@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ int panthor_device_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
>
> err_disable_autosuspend:
> pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(ptdev->base.dev);
> + panthor_perf_unplug(ptdev);
>
> err_unplug_sched:
> panthor_sched_unplug(ptdev);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
> index d93b182a3d9b..085254a60fc4 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
> @@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ struct panthor_hw;
> struct panthor_job;
> struct panthor_mmu;
> struct panthor_fw;
> -struct panthor_perfcnt;
> struct panthor_pwr;
> +struct panthor_perf;
> struct panthor_vm;
> struct panthor_vm_pool;
> +struct panthor_perf_pool;
>
> /**
> * struct panthor_soc_data - Panthor SoC Data
> @@ -323,6 +324,9 @@ struct panthor_device {
> atomic_t recovery_needed;
> } pm;
>
> + /** @perf: Performance counter management data. */
> + struct panthor_perf *perf;
> +
> /** @profile_mask: User-set profiling flags for job accounting. */
> u32 profile_mask;
>
> @@ -377,6 +381,9 @@ struct panthor_file {
> /** @groups: Scheduling group pool attached to this file. */
> struct panthor_group_pool *groups;
>
> + /** @sessions: Perf session pool attached to this file. */
> + struct panthor_perf_pool *sessions;
> +
> /** @stats: cycle and timestamp measures for job execution. */
> struct panthor_gpu_usage stats;
> };
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
> index b6b55b0f2ff5..3e62142d7ebd 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
> #include "panthor_gpu.h"
> #include "panthor_heap.h"
> #include "panthor_mmu.h"
> +#include "panthor_perf.h"
> #include "panthor_sched.h"
>
> /**
> @@ -1635,9 +1636,16 @@ panthor_open(struct drm_device *ddev, struct drm_file *file)
> if (ret)
> goto err_destroy_vm_pool;
>
> + ret = panthor_perf_pool_create(pfile);
> + if (ret)
> + goto err_destroy_group_pool;
> +
> file->driver_priv = pfile;
> return 0;
>
> +err_destroy_group_pool:
> + panthor_group_pool_destroy(pfile);
> +
> err_destroy_vm_pool:
> panthor_vm_pool_destroy(pfile);
>
> @@ -1651,6 +1659,7 @@ panthor_postclose(struct drm_device *ddev, struct drm_file *file)
> {
> struct panthor_file *pfile = file->driver_priv;
>
> + panthor_perf_pool_destroy(pfile);
> panthor_group_pool_destroy(pfile);
> panthor_vm_pool_destroy(pfile);
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_perf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_perf.c
> index cbfe1ca5872d..ba466e22c50d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_perf.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_perf.c
> @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
> /* Copyright 2025 Arm ltd. */
>
> #include <linux/bitops.h>
> +#include <drm/drm_managed.h>
> #include <drm/panthor_drm.h>
> +#include <drm/drm_print.h>
>
> #include "panthor_device.h"
> #include "panthor_fw.h"
> @@ -23,11 +25,26 @@
> */
> #define PANTHOR_HW_COUNTER_SIZE (sizeof(u32))
>
> +#define MAX_SESSIONS_PER_FILE 1
> +
> struct panthor_perf_counter_block {
> struct drm_panthor_perf_block_header header;
> u64 counters[];
> };
>
> +struct panthor_perf {
> + /** @info: Pointer to the previously initialized perf info. */
> + struct drm_panthor_perf_info *info;
> +};
> +
> +struct panthor_perf_pool {
> + /** @session_range: The number of sessions supported at a time. */
> + struct xa_limit session_range;
> +
> + /** @xa: Xarray used to manage session handles. */
> + struct xarray xa;
> +};
> +
> static size_t get_annotated_block_size(size_t counters_per_block)
> {
> return struct_size_t(struct panthor_perf_counter_block, counters, counters_per_block);
> @@ -74,14 +91,82 @@ static void panthor_perf_info_init(struct panthor_device *const ptdev)
> * panthor_perf_init - Initialize the performance counter subsystem.
> * @ptdev: Panthor device
> *
> + * The performance counters require the FW interface to be available to setup the
> + * sampling ringbuffers, so this must be called only after FW is initialized.
> + *
> * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
> */
> int panthor_perf_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
> {
> + struct panthor_perf *perf;
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> if (!ptdev)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> panthor_perf_info_init(ptdev);
>
> + perf = drmm_kzalloc(&ptdev->base, sizeof(*perf), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!perf)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + drm_info(&ptdev->base, "Performance counter subsystem initialized");
> +
> + perf->info = &ptdev->perf_info;
> + ptdev->perf = perf;
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * panthor_perf_unplug - Terminate the performance counter subsystem.
> + * @ptdev: Panthor device.
> + *
> + * Release the performance counter hardware resources. The control structure is
> + * released with the DRM device.
> + */
> +void panthor_perf_unplug(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
> +{
> + struct panthor_perf *perf = ptdev->perf;
> +
> + if (!perf)
> + return;
> +
> + ptdev->perf = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +int panthor_perf_pool_create(struct panthor_file *pfile)
> +{
> + struct panthor_perf_pool *pool;
> +
> + pool = kzalloc_obj(*pool);
> + if (!pool)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + xa_init_flags(&pool->xa, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
> +
> + pool->session_range.min = 0;
> + pool->session_range.max = MAX_SESSIONS_PER_FILE - 1;
> +
> + pfile->sessions = pool;
> +
> return 0;
> }
> +
> +void panthor_perf_pool_destroy(struct panthor_file *pfile)
> +{
> + struct panthor_perf_pool *pool = pfile->sessions;
> +
> + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pool))
> + return;
> +
> + if (!xa_empty(&pool->xa)) {
> + drm_err(&pfile->ptdev->base,
> + "Performance counter sessions active when unplugging the driver!");
> + }
> +
> + xa_destroy(&pool->xa);
> + kfree(pool);
> +
> + pfile->sessions = NULL;
> +}
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_perf.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_perf.h
> index 3c32c24c164c..ad01fc88f18f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_perf.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_perf.h
> @@ -8,8 +8,14 @@
> #include <linux/types.h>
>
> struct panthor_device;
> +struct panthor_file;
> +struct panthor_perf_pool;
> +
> +int panthor_perf_pool_create(struct panthor_file *pfile);
> +void panthor_perf_pool_destroy(struct panthor_file *pfile);
>
> int panthor_perf_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev);
> +void panthor_perf_unplug(struct panthor_device *ptdev);
>
> #endif /* __PANTHOR_PERF_H__ */

Now the panthor_perf.h file is sizeable enough to merit its existence. Maybe
we should have 1/8 + 3/8 + 4/8 together in one big happy patch?

Code looks good to me, so:

Reviewed-by: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@xxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Liviu

>
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> 2.43.0
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