Re: [PATCH v3] coresight-etm4x: add isb() before reading the TRCSTATR

From: Yuanfang Zhang
Date: Tue Jan 14 2025 - 04:57:28 EST




On 12/6/2024 4:02 PM, yuanfang zhang wrote:
> From: Yuanfang Zhang <quic_yuanfang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> As recommended by section 4.3.7 ("Synchronization when using system
> instructions to progrom the trace unit") of ARM IHI 0064H.b, the
> self-hosted trace analyzer must perform a Context synchronization
> event between writing to the TRCPRGCTLR and reading the TRCSTATR.
>
> Fixes: ebddaad09e10 ("coresight: etm4x: Add missing single-shot control API to sysfs")
> Signed-off-by: Yuanfang Zhang <quic_yuanfang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in V3:
> 1. Remove dsb(sy) after polling TRCSTATR.
> 2. Add isb() after polling TRCSTATR.
> ---
> .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> index 66d44a404ad0..c6ea00bba0cc 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
> @@ -531,7 +531,6 @@ static int etm4_enable_hw(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
> * As recommended by section 4.3.7 ("Synchronization when using the
> * memory-mapped interface") of ARM IHI 0064D
> */
> - dsb(sy);
> isb();
>
> done:
> @@ -906,10 +905,25 @@ static void etm4_disable_hw(void *info)
> tsb_csync();
> etm4x_relaxed_write32(csa, control, TRCPRGCTLR);
>
> + /*
> + * As recommended by section 4.3.7 ("Synchronization when using system
> + * instructions to progrom the trace unit") of ARM IHI 0064H.b, the
> + * self-hosted trace analyzer must perform a Context synchronization
> + * event between writing to the TRCPRGCTLR and reading the TRCSTATR.
> + */
> + if (!csa->io_mem)
> + isb();
> +
> /* wait for TRCSTATR.PMSTABLE to go to '1' */
> if (coresight_timeout(csa, TRCSTATR, TRCSTATR_PMSTABLE_BIT, 1))
> dev_err(etm_dev,
> "timeout while waiting for PM stable Trace Status\n");
> + /*
> + * As recommended by section 4.3.7 (Synchronization of register updates)
> + * of ARM IHI 0064H.b.
> + */
> + isb();
> +
> /* read the status of the single shot comparators */
> for (i = 0; i < drvdata->nr_ss_cmp; i++) {
> config->ss_status[i] =

gently reminder