[for-next][PATCH 03/14] rtla: Add osnoise tool

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>

The osnoise tool is the interface for the osnoise tracer. The osnoise
tool will have multiple "modes" with different outputs. At this point,
no mode is included.

The osnoise.c includes the osnoise_context abstraction. It serves to
read-save-change-restore the default values from tracing/osnoise/
directory. When the context is deleted, the default values are restored.

It also includes some other helper functions for managing osnoise
tracer sessions.

With these bits and pieces in place, we can start adding some
functionality to rtla.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2d44c21ff561f503b4c7b1813892761818118460.1639158831.git.bristot@xxxxxxxxxx

Cc: Tao Zhou <tao.zhou@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Clark Williams <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-rt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-trace-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile      |   2 +
 tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c | 855 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h |  89 ++++
 tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c    |  10 +
 4 files changed, 956 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
 create mode 100644 tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h

diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
index 56b1bdd60c96..d40b442fcd30 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ install:
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
 	$(INSTALL) rtla -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
 	$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/rtla
+	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise || rm $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise
+	ln -s $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise
 
 .PHONY: clean tarball
 clean:
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5254044e878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
@@ -0,0 +1,855 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
+ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "osnoise.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_cpus - return the original "osnoise/cpus" content
+ *
+ * It also saves the value to be restored.
+ */
+char *osnoise_get_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	if (context->curr_cpus)
+		return context->curr_cpus;
+
+	if (context->orig_cpus)
+		return context->orig_cpus;
+
+	context->orig_cpus = tracefs_instance_file_read(NULL, "osnoise/cpus", NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * The error value (NULL) is the same for tracefs_instance_file_read()
+	 * and this functions, so:
+	 */
+	return context->orig_cpus;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_cpus - configure osnoise to run on *cpus
+ *
+ * "osnoise/cpus" file is used to set the cpus in which osnoise/timerlat
+ * will run. This function opens this file, saves the current value,
+ * and set the cpus passed as argument.
+ */
+int osnoise_set_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context, char *cpus)
+{
+	char *orig_cpus = osnoise_get_cpus(context);
+	char buffer[1024];
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!orig_cpus)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->curr_cpus = strdup(cpus);
+	if (!context->curr_cpus)
+		return -1;
+
+	snprintf(buffer, 1024, "%s\n", cpus);
+
+	debug_msg("setting cpus to %s from %s", cpus, context->orig_cpus);
+
+	retval = tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, "osnoise/cpus", buffer);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		free(context->curr_cpus);
+		context->curr_cpus = NULL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_cpus - restore the original "osnoise/cpus"
+ *
+ * osnoise_set_cpus() saves the original data for the "osnoise/cpus"
+ * file. This function restore the original config it was previously
+ * modified.
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!context->orig_cpus)
+		return;
+
+	if (!context->curr_cpus)
+		return;
+
+	/* nothing to do? */
+	if (!strcmp(context->orig_cpus, context->curr_cpus))
+		goto out_done;
+
+	debug_msg("restoring cpus to %s", context->orig_cpus);
+
+	retval = tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, "osnoise/cpus", context->orig_cpus);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("could not restore original osnoise cpus\n");
+
+out_done:
+	free(context->curr_cpus);
+	context->curr_cpus = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_cpus - restore cpus config and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_cpus(context);
+
+	if (!context->orig_cpus)
+		return;
+
+	free(context->orig_cpus);
+	context->orig_cpus = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_read_ll_config - read a long long value from a config
+ *
+ * returns -1 on error.
+ */
+static long long osnoise_read_ll_config(char *rel_path)
+{
+	long long retval;
+	char *buffer;
+
+	buffer = tracefs_instance_file_read(NULL, rel_path, NULL);
+	if (!buffer)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* get_llong_from_str returns -1 on error */
+	retval = get_llong_from_str(buffer);
+
+	debug_msg("reading %s returned %lld\n", rel_path, retval);
+
+	free(buffer);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_write_ll_config - write a long long value to a config in rel_path
+ *
+ * returns -1 on error.
+ */
+static long long osnoise_write_ll_config(char *rel_path, long long value)
+{
+	char buffer[BUFF_U64_STR_SIZE];
+	long long retval;
+
+	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%lld\n", value);
+
+	debug_msg("setting %s to %lld\n", rel_path, value);
+
+	retval = tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, rel_path, buffer);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_runtime - return the original "osnoise/runtime_us" value
+ *
+ * It also saves the value to be restored.
+ */
+unsigned long long osnoise_get_runtime(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long runtime_us;
+
+	if (context->runtime_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->runtime_us;
+
+	if (context->orig_runtime_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_runtime_us;
+
+	runtime_us = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/runtime_us");
+	if (runtime_us < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_runtime_us = runtime_us;
+	return runtime_us;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_period - return the original "osnoise/period_us" value
+ *
+ * It also saves the value to be restored.
+ */
+unsigned long long osnoise_get_period(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long period_us;
+
+	if (context->period_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->period_us;
+
+	if (context->orig_period_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_period_us;
+
+	period_us = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/period_us");
+	if (period_us < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_period_us = period_us;
+	return period_us;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+static int __osnoise_write_runtime(struct osnoise_context *context,
+				   unsigned long long runtime)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_runtime_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/runtime_us", runtime);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->runtime_us = runtime;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __osnoise_write_period(struct osnoise_context *context,
+				  unsigned long long period)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_period_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/period_us", period);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->period_us = period;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_runtime_period - set osnoise runtime and period
+ *
+ * Osnoise's runtime and period are related as runtime <= period.
+ * Thus, this function saves the original values, and then tries
+ * to set the runtime and period if they are != 0.
+ */
+int osnoise_set_runtime_period(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			       unsigned long long runtime,
+			       unsigned long long period)
+{
+	unsigned long long curr_runtime_us;
+	unsigned long long curr_period_us;
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!period && !runtime)
+		return 0;
+
+	curr_runtime_us = osnoise_get_runtime(context);
+	curr_period_us = osnoise_get_period(context);
+
+	/* error getting any value? */
+	if (curr_period_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL || curr_runtime_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!period) {
+		if (runtime > curr_period_us)
+			return -1;
+		return __osnoise_write_runtime(context, runtime);
+	} else if (!runtime) {
+		if (period < curr_runtime_us)
+			return -1;
+		return __osnoise_write_period(context, period);
+	}
+
+	if (runtime > curr_period_us) {
+		retval = __osnoise_write_period(context, period);
+		if (retval)
+			return -1;
+		retval = __osnoise_write_runtime(context, runtime);
+		if (retval)
+			return -1;
+	} else {
+		retval = __osnoise_write_runtime(context, runtime);
+		if (retval)
+			return -1;
+		retval = __osnoise_write_period(context, period);
+		if (retval)
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_runtime_period - restore the original runtime and period
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_runtime_period(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	unsigned long long orig_runtime = context->orig_runtime_us;
+	unsigned long long orig_period = context->orig_period_us;
+	unsigned long long curr_runtime = context->runtime_us;
+	unsigned long long curr_period = context->period_us;
+	int retval;
+
+	if ((orig_runtime == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL) && (orig_period == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL))
+		return;
+
+	if ((orig_period == curr_period) && (orig_runtime == curr_runtime))
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_set_runtime_period(context, orig_runtime, orig_period);
+	if (retval)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original osnoise runtime/period\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->runtime_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+	context->period_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_runtime_period - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_runtime_period(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_runtime_period(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_runtime_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		context->orig_runtime_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+
+	if (context->orig_period_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		context->orig_period_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_timerlat_period_us - read and save the original "timerlat_period_us"
+ */
+static long long
+osnoise_get_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long timerlat_period_us;
+
+	if (context->timerlat_period_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->timerlat_period_us;
+
+	if (context->orig_timerlat_period_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_timerlat_period_us;
+
+	timerlat_period_us = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/timerlat_period_us");
+	if (timerlat_period_us < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_timerlat_period_us = timerlat_period_us;
+	return timerlat_period_us;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_timerlat_period_us - set "timerlat_period_us"
+ */
+int osnoise_set_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context, long long timerlat_period_us)
+{
+	long long curr_timerlat_period_us = osnoise_get_timerlat_period_us(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (curr_timerlat_period_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/timerlat_period_us", timerlat_period_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->timerlat_period_us = timerlat_period_us;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_timerlat_period_us - restore "timerlat_period_us"
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_timerlat_period_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_timerlat_period_us == context->timerlat_period_us)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/timerlat_period_us", context->orig_timerlat_period_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original osnoise timerlat_period_us\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->timerlat_period_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_timerlat_period_us - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_timerlat_period_us(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_timerlat_period_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_timerlat_period_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_stop_us - read and save the original "stop_tracing_us"
+ */
+static long long
+osnoise_get_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long stop_us;
+
+	if (context->stop_us != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->stop_us;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_us != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_stop_us;
+
+	stop_us = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_us");
+	if (stop_us < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_stop_us = stop_us;
+	return stop_us;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_stop_us - set "stop_tracing_us"
+ */
+int osnoise_set_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context, long long stop_us)
+{
+	long long curr_stop_us = osnoise_get_stop_us(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (curr_stop_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_us", stop_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->stop_us = stop_us;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_stop_us - restore the original "stop_tracing_us"
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_us == context->stop_us)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_us", context->orig_stop_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original osnoise stop_us\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->stop_us = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_stop_us - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_stop_us(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_stop_us = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_stop_total_us - read and save the original "stop_tracing_total_us"
+ */
+static long long
+osnoise_get_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long stop_total_us;
+
+	if (context->stop_total_us != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->stop_total_us;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_total_us != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_stop_total_us;
+
+	stop_total_us = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_total_us");
+	if (stop_total_us < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_stop_total_us = stop_total_us;
+	return stop_total_us;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_stop_total_us - set "stop_tracing_total_us"
+ */
+int osnoise_set_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context, long long stop_total_us)
+{
+	long long curr_stop_total_us = osnoise_get_stop_total_us(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (curr_stop_total_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_total_us", stop_total_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->stop_total_us = stop_total_us;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_stop_total_us - restore the original "stop_tracing_total_us"
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_total_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_total_us == context->stop_total_us)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_total_us",
+			context->orig_stop_total_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original osnoise stop_total_us\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->stop_total_us = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_stop_total_us - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_stop_total_us(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_total_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_stop_total_us = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_print_stack - read and save the original "print_stack"
+ */
+static long long
+osnoise_get_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long print_stack;
+
+	if (context->print_stack != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->print_stack;
+
+	if (context->orig_print_stack != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_print_stack;
+
+	print_stack = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/print_stack");
+	if (print_stack < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_print_stack = print_stack;
+	return print_stack;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_print_stack - set "print_stack"
+ */
+int osnoise_set_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context, long long print_stack)
+{
+	long long curr_print_stack = osnoise_get_print_stack(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (curr_print_stack == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/print_stack", print_stack);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->print_stack = print_stack;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_print_stack - restore the original "print_stack"
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_print_stack == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_print_stack == context->print_stack)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/print_stack", context->orig_print_stack);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original osnoise print_stack\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->print_stack = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_print_stack - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_print_stack(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_print_stack == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_print_stack = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * enable_osnoise - enable osnoise tracer in the trace_instance
+ */
+int enable_osnoise(struct trace_instance *trace)
+{
+	return enable_tracer_by_name(trace->inst, "osnoise");
+}
+
+/*
+ * enable_timerlat - enable timerlat tracer in the trace_instance
+ */
+int enable_timerlat(struct trace_instance *trace)
+{
+	return enable_tracer_by_name(trace->inst, "timerlat");
+}
+
+enum {
+	FLAG_CONTEXT_NEWLY_CREATED	= (1 << 0),
+	FLAG_CONTEXT_DELETED		= (1 << 1),
+};
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_context - increase the usage of a context and return it
+ */
+int osnoise_get_context(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (context->flags & FLAG_CONTEXT_DELETED) {
+		ret = -1;
+	} else {
+		context->ref++;
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_context_alloc - alloc an osnoise_context
+ *
+ * The osnoise context contains the information of the "osnoise/" configs.
+ * It is used to set and restore the config.
+ */
+struct osnoise_context *osnoise_context_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct osnoise_context *context;
+
+	context = calloc(1, sizeof(*context));
+	if (!context)
+		return NULL;
+
+	context->orig_stop_us		= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+	context->stop_us		= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+	context->orig_stop_total_us	= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+	context->stop_total_us		= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+	context->orig_print_stack	= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+	context->print_stack		= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+	osnoise_get_context(context);
+
+	return context;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_context - put the osnoise_put_context
+ *
+ * If there is no other user for the context, the original data
+ * is restored.
+ */
+void osnoise_put_context(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	if (--context->ref < 1)
+		context->flags |= FLAG_CONTEXT_DELETED;
+
+	if (!(context->flags & FLAG_CONTEXT_DELETED))
+		return;
+
+	osnoise_put_cpus(context);
+	osnoise_put_runtime_period(context);
+	osnoise_put_stop_us(context);
+	osnoise_put_stop_total_us(context);
+	osnoise_put_timerlat_period_us(context);
+	osnoise_put_print_stack(context);
+
+	free(context);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_destroy_tool - disable trace, restore configs and free data
+ */
+void osnoise_destroy_tool(struct osnoise_tool *top)
+{
+	trace_instance_destroy(&top->trace);
+
+	if (top->context)
+		osnoise_put_context(top->context);
+
+	free(top);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_init_tool - init an osnoise tool
+ *
+ * It allocs data, create a context to store data and
+ * creates a new trace instance for the tool.
+ */
+struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_tool(char *tool_name)
+{
+	struct osnoise_tool *top;
+	int retval;
+
+	top = calloc(1, sizeof(*top));
+	if (!top)
+		return NULL;
+
+	top->context = osnoise_context_alloc();
+	if (!top->context)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	retval = trace_instance_init(&top->trace, tool_name);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	return top;
+out_err:
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(top);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_init_trace_tool - init a tracer instance to trace osnoise events
+ */
+struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_trace_tool(char *tracer)
+{
+	struct osnoise_tool *trace;
+	int retval;
+
+	trace = osnoise_init_tool("osnoise_trace");
+	if (!trace)
+		return NULL;
+
+	retval = tracefs_event_enable(trace->trace.inst, "osnoise", NULL);
+	if (retval < 0 && !errno) {
+		err_msg("Could not find osnoise events\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	retval = enable_tracer_by_name(trace->trace.inst, tracer);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Could not enable osnoiser tracer for tracing\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	return trace;
+out_err:
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(trace);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void osnoise_usage(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	static const char *msg[] = {
+		"",
+		"osnoise version " VERSION,
+		"",
+		"  usage: [rtla] osnoise [MODE] ...",
+		"",
+		"  modes:",
+		"     top  - prints the summary from osnoise tracer",
+		"",
+		"if no MODE is given, the top mode is called, passing the arguments",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	for (i = 0; msg[i]; i++)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg[i]);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+int osnoise_main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	if (argc == 0)
+		goto usage;
+
+	if ((strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0) || (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0)) {
+		osnoise_usage();
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+usage:
+	osnoise_usage();
+	exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1184fc66dd50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include "trace.h"
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_context - read, store, write, restore osnoise configs.
+ */
+struct osnoise_context {
+	int			flags;
+	int			ref;
+
+	char			*curr_cpus;
+	char			*orig_cpus;
+
+	/* 0 as init value */
+	unsigned long long	orig_runtime_us;
+	unsigned long long	runtime_us;
+
+	/* 0 as init value */
+	unsigned long long	orig_period_us;
+	unsigned long long	period_us;
+
+	/* 0 as init value */
+	long long		orig_timerlat_period_us;
+	long long		timerlat_period_us;
+
+	/* -1 as init value because 0 is disabled */
+	long long		orig_stop_us;
+	long long		stop_us;
+
+	/* -1 as init value because 0 is disabled */
+	long long		orig_stop_total_us;
+	long long		stop_total_us;
+
+	/* -1 as init value because 0 is disabled */
+	long long		orig_print_stack;
+	long long		print_stack;
+};
+
+/*
+ * *_INIT_VALs are also invalid values, they are used to
+ * communicate errors.
+ */
+#define OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL	(-1)
+#define OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL	(0)
+
+struct osnoise_context *osnoise_context_alloc(void);
+int osnoise_get_context(struct osnoise_context *context);
+void osnoise_put_context(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context, char *cpus);
+void osnoise_restore_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_runtime_period(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			       unsigned long long runtime,
+			       unsigned long long period);
+void osnoise_restore_runtime_period(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			long long stop_us);
+void osnoise_restore_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			      long long stop_total_us);
+void osnoise_restore_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context,
+				   long long timerlat_period_us);
+void osnoise_restore_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+void osnoise_restore_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context);
+int osnoise_set_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			    long long print_stack);
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_tool -  osnoise based tool definition.
+ */
+struct osnoise_tool {
+	struct trace_instance		trace;
+	struct osnoise_context		*context;
+	void				*data;
+	void				*params;
+	time_t				start_time;
+};
+
+void osnoise_destroy_tool(struct osnoise_tool *top);
+struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_tool(char *tool_name);
+struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_trace_tool(char *tracer);
+
+int osnoise_main(int argc, char **argv);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c
index 5ae2664ed47d..669b9750b3b3 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include "osnoise.h"
+
 /*
  * rtla_usage - print rtla usage
  */
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ static void rtla_usage(void)
 		"  usage: rtla COMMAND ...",
 		"",
 		"  commands:",
+		"     osnoise  - gives information about the operating system noise (osnoise)",
 		"",
 		NULL,
 	};
@@ -39,7 +42,14 @@ static void rtla_usage(void)
  */
 int run_command(int argc, char **argv, int start_position)
 {
+	if (strcmp(argv[start_position], "osnoise") == 0) {
+		osnoise_main(argc-start_position, &argv[start_position]);
+		goto ran;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
+ran:
+	return 1;
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-- 
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