[PATCH 00/13] drm/msm: Add PERFCNTR_CONFIG ioctl
From: Rob Clark
Date: Mon Apr 20 2026 - 18:27:15 EST
Add a new PERFCNTR_CONFIG ioctl, serving two functions:
1. Global counter collection (restricted to perfmon_capable()) using the
MSM_PERFCNTR_STREAM flag. Global counter sampling is, global, across
contexts. Only a single global counter stream is allowed at a time.
2. Reserve counters for local counter collection. Local counter
collection is local to a cmdstream (GEM_SUBMIT), and as such is
allowed in all processes without additional privileges.
The kernel enforces that counters assigned for global counter collection
do not conflict with counters reserved for local counter collection, and
visa versa. Since local counter collection is scoped to a single cmd-
stream, multiple UMD processes can overlap in their reserved counters.
But cannot conflict with global counter usage.
In the case of local counter collection, the UMD is still responsible
for programming the corresponding SELect registers, and sampling the
counter values, from it's cmdstream. But by performing the reservation
step, the UMD protects itself from the kernel trying to use the same
SEL/counter regs for global counter collection.
For global counter collection, the kernel programs SEL regs, and sets up
a timer for counter sampling. Userspace reads out the sampled values
from the returned perfcntr stream fd. Releasing the global perfcntr
stream is simply a matter of close()ing the fd.
Since the counter sampling is done in the kernel, this prepares us for
not having to disable IFPC while global counter sampling is active. But
wiring this up will come in a later patch.
The mesa side of this is at:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/40522
Rob Clark (13):
drm/msm: Remove obsolete perf infrastructure
drm/msm/adreno: Sync registers from mesa
drm/msm/registers: Sync gen_header.py from mesa
drm/msm/registers: Add perfcntr json
drm/msm: Allow CAP_PERFMON for setting SYSPROF
drm/msm: Add a6xx+ perfcntr tables
drm/msm: Add sysprof accessors
drm/msm/a6xx: Add yield & flush helper
drm/msm: Add per-context perfcntr state
drm/msm: Add basic perfcntr infrastructure
drm/msm/a6xx+: Add support to configure perfcntrs
drm/msm/a8xx: Add perfcntr flush sequence
drm/msm: Add PERFCNTR_CONFIG ioctl
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Makefile | 19 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a2xx_gpu.c | 7 -
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c | 16 -
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c | 3 -
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c | 16 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gmu.c | 8 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c | 142 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.h | 2 +
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_preempt.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a8xx_gpu.c | 32 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a8xx_preempt.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c | 8 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c | 7 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_debugfs.c | 6 -
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h | 13 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c | 119 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h | 105 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_perf.c | 235 --
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_perfcntr.c | 609 +++++
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_perfcntr.h | 152 ++
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c | 1 +
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/adreno/a3xx.xml | 8 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/adreno/a5xx.xml | 141 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/adreno/a6xx.xml | 1300 ++++++-----
.../msm/registers/adreno/a6xx_descriptors.xml | 71 +-
.../drm/msm/registers/adreno/a6xx_enums.xml | 3 +
.../msm/registers/adreno/a6xx_perfcntrs.json | 105 +
.../msm/registers/adreno/a7xx_perfcntrs.json | 228 ++
.../msm/registers/adreno/a8xx_descriptors.xml | 96 +-
.../msm/registers/adreno/a8xx_perfcntrs.json | 240 ++
.../msm/registers/adreno/a8xx_perfcntrs.xml | 1929 +++++++++++++++
.../msm/registers/adreno/adreno_common.xml | 42 +
.../drm/msm/registers/adreno/adreno_pm4.xml | 50 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/gen_header.py | 2079 +++++++++--------
include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h | 41 +
36 files changed, 5634 insertions(+), 2205 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_perf.c
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_perfcntr.c
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_perfcntr.h
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/adreno/a6xx_perfcntrs.json
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/adreno/a7xx_perfcntrs.json
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/adreno/a8xx_perfcntrs.json
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/adreno/a8xx_perfcntrs.xml
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