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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/stm.rst b/Documentation/trace/stm.rst index 2c22ddb7fd3e..99f99963e5e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/stm.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/stm.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + =================== System Trace Module =================== @@ -53,12 +55,30 @@ under "user" directory from the example above and this new rule will be used for trace sources with the id string of "user/dummy". Trace sources have to open the stm class device's node and write their -trace data into its file descriptor. In order to identify themselves -to the policy, they need to do a STP_POLICY_ID_SET ioctl on this file -descriptor providing their id string. Otherwise, they will be -automatically allocated a master/channel pair upon first write to this -file descriptor according to the "default" rule of the policy, if such -exists. +trace data into its file descriptor. + +In order to find an appropriate policy node for a given trace source, +several mechanisms can be used. First, a trace source can explicitly +identify itself by calling an STP_POLICY_ID_SET ioctl on the character +device's file descriptor, providing their id string, before they write +any data there. Secondly, if they chose not to perform the explicit +identification (because you may not want to patch existing software +to do this), they can just start writing the data, at which point the +stm core will try to find a policy node with the name matching the +task's name (e.g., "syslogd") and if one exists, it will be used. +Thirdly, if the task name can't be found among the policy nodes, the +catch-all entry "default" will be used, if it exists. This entry also +needs to be created and configured by the system administrator or +whatever tools are taking care of the policy configuration. Finally, +if all the above steps failed, the write() to an stm file descriptor +will return a error (EINVAL). + +Previously, if no policy nodes were found for a trace source, the stm +class would silently fall back to allocating the first available +contiguous range of master/channels from the beginning of the device's +master/channel range. The new requirement for a policy node to exist +will help programmers and sysadmins identify gaps in configuration +and have better control over the un-identified sources. Some STM devices may allow direct mapping of the channel mmio regions to userspace for zero-copy writing. One mappable page (in terms of @@ -92,9 +112,9 @@ allocated for the device according to the policy configuration. If there's a node in the root of the policy directory that matches the stm_source device's name (for example, "console"), this node will be used to allocate master and channel numbers. If there's no such policy -node, the stm core will pick the first contiguous chunk of channels -within the first available master. Note that the node must exist -before the stm_source device is connected to its stm device. +node, the stm core will use the catch-all entry "default", if one +exists. If neither policy nodes exist, the write() to stm_source_link +will return an error. stm_console =========== diff --git a/Documentation/trace/sys-t.rst b/Documentation/trace/sys-t.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3d8eb92735e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/trace/sys-t.rst @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=================== +MIPI SyS-T over STP +=================== + +The MIPI SyS-T protocol driver can be used with STM class devices to +generate standardized trace stream. Aside from being a standard, it +provides better trace source identification and timestamp correlation. + +In order to use the MIPI SyS-T protocol driver with your STM device, +first, you'll need CONFIG_STM_PROTO_SYS_T. + +Now, you can select which protocol driver you want to use when you create +a policy for your STM device, by specifying it in the policy name: + +# mkdir /config/stp-policy/dummy_stm.0:p_sys-t.my-policy/ + +In other words, the policy name format is extended like this: + + <device_name>:<protocol_name>.<policy_name> + +With Intel TH, therefore it can look like "0-sth:p_sys-t.my-policy". + +If the protocol name is omitted, the STM class will chose whichever +protocol driver was loaded first. + +You can also double check that everything is working as expected by + +# cat /config/stp-policy/dummy_stm.0:p_sys-t.my-policy/protocol +p_sys-t + +Now, with the MIPI SyS-T protocol driver, each policy node in the +configfs gets a few additional attributes, which determine per-source +parameters specific to the protocol: + +# mkdir /config/stp-policy/dummy_stm.0:p_sys-t.my-policy/default +# ls /config/stp-policy/dummy_stm.0:p_sys-t.my-policy/default +channels +clocksync_interval +do_len +masters +ts_interval +uuid + +The most important one here is the "uuid", which determines the UUID +that will be used to tag all data coming from this source. It is +automatically generated when a new node is created, but it is likely +that you would want to change it. + +do_len switches on/off the additional "payload length" field in the +MIPI SyS-T message header. It is off by default as the STP already +marks message boundaries. + +ts_interval and clocksync_interval determine how much time in milliseconds +can pass before we need to include a protocol (not transport, aka STP) +timestamp in a message header or send a CLOCKSYNC packet, respectively. + +See Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-stp-policy-p_sys-t for more +details. + +* [1] https://www.mipi.org/specifications/sys-t |