[PATCH 08/24] gtrace: add perf symlink support for gtrace components

From: Zane Leung

Date: Thu Oct 22 2026 - 23:17:45 EST


Implement gtrace_perf_symlink() to let RISC-V Trace encoder
link themselves to the gtrace PMU directory as "cpuX" based
on their bound CPU.
---
drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-perf.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++--
.../hwtracing/gtrace/rvtrace-encoder-core.c | 10 +++++++
include/linux/gtrace.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-perf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-perf.c
index 2fcfbae9acf6..604b673a29d5 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-perf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-perf.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#define GTRACE_PMU_NAME "gtrace"
static struct pmu gtrace_pmu;
static struct workqueue_struct *gtrace_wq;
+static bool gtrace_perf_up;

/**
* struct gtrace_event_data - generic hardware trace perf event data
@@ -351,6 +352,27 @@ static const struct attribute_group *gtrace_pmu_attr_groups[] = {
NULL,
};

+int gtrace_perf_symlink(struct gtrace_component *comp, bool link)
+{
+ char entry[sizeof("cpu9999999")];
+ int ret = 0, cpu = comp->pdata->bound_cpu;
+ struct device *pmu_dev = gtrace_pmu.dev;
+ struct device *comp_dev = &comp->dev;
+
+ sprintf(entry, "cpu%d", cpu);
+
+ if (!gtrace_perf_up)
+ return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+ if (link)
+ ret = sysfs_create_link(&pmu_dev->kobj, &comp_dev->kobj, entry);
+ else
+ sysfs_remove_link(&pmu_dev->kobj, entry);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gtrace_perf_symlink);
+
int __init gtrace_perf_init(void)
{
int ret;
@@ -373,10 +395,13 @@ int __init gtrace_perf_init(void)
return -ENOMEM;

ret = perf_pmu_register(&gtrace_pmu, GTRACE_PMU_NAME, -1);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
destroy_workqueue(gtrace_wq);
+ return ret;
+ }

- return ret;
+ gtrace_perf_up = true;
+ return 0;
}

void __exit gtrace_perf_exit(void)
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/rvtrace-encoder-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/rvtrace-encoder-core.c
index 817535ff9558..17a3dde1314c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/rvtrace-encoder-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/rvtrace-encoder-core.c
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ static int rvtrace_encoder_probe(struct gtrace_component *comp)
}
dev_set_drvdata(&comp->dev, priv);

+ ret = gtrace_perf_symlink(comp, true);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
if (boot_enable) {
ret = gtrace_enable_sysfs(comp);
if (ret) {
@@ -140,6 +144,11 @@ static int rvtrace_encoder_probe(struct gtrace_component *comp)
return 0;
}

+static void rvtrace_encoder_remove(struct gtrace_component *comp)
+{
+ gtrace_perf_symlink(comp, false);
+}
+
static void rvtrace_encoder_parse_event_config(struct rvtrace_encoder_priv *priv,
struct perf_event *event)
{
@@ -240,6 +249,7 @@ static const struct gtrace_component_id rvtrace_encoder_ids[] = {
static struct gtrace_driver rvtrace_encoder_driver = {
.id_table = rvtrace_encoder_ids,
.probe = rvtrace_encoder_probe,
+ .remove = rvtrace_encoder_remove,
.start = rvtrace_encoder_start,
.stop = rvtrace_encoder_stop,
.driver = {
diff --git a/include/linux/gtrace.h b/include/linux/gtrace.h
index 3d769b405030..4bbe5ac835ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/gtrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/gtrace.h
@@ -437,4 +437,6 @@ int gtrace_disable_sysfs(struct gtrace_component *comp);
int gtrace_sysfs_add(struct gtrace_component *comp);
void gtrace_sysfs_remove(struct gtrace_component *comp);

+int gtrace_perf_symlink(struct gtrace_component *comp, bool link);
+
#endif /* __LINUX_GTRACE_H__ */
--
2.34.1