Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] spi: qcom-geni: add GENI SE registers trace event on error paths

[Praveen Talari]

Hi Mark,

On 11-07-2026 02:56, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 12:18:42AM +0530, Praveen Talari wrote:
>
> > The GENI SPI driver reports various transfer failures such as command
> > timeouts, DMA reset timeouts, DMA transaction errors, and unexpected
> > interrupt conditions. However, diagnosing the root cause of these
> > failures is difficult as the hardware state is not captured when the
> > error occurs.
> > +#include <trace/events/qcom_geni_se.h>
> Should this be in rivers/soc/qcom/qcom-geni-se.c (and the first patch?)
> - that way if another driver starts using them we won't multiply define
> the tracepoints.
Yes, you are correct but

If this header in drivers/soc/qcom/qcom-geni-se.c, how it will be access 
trace API in other drivers like i2c, spi and uart?
> > @@ -986,10 +997,13 @@ static irqreturn_t geni_spi_isr(int irq, void *data)
> >   					writel(0, se->base + SE_GENI_TX_WATERMARK_REG);
> >   					dev_err(mas->dev, "Premature done. tx_rem = %d bpw%d\n",
> >   						mas->tx_rem_bytes, mas->cur_bits_per_word);
> > +					trace_geni_se_regs(se);
> SE_GENI_TX_WATERMARK_REG is one of the registers in the tracepoint,
> perhaps trace before we write to clear it?
it will be captured in m_irq register so it is not required to capture.

Thanks,

Praveen talari