From: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
To: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Cc: coresight@lists.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mathieu.poirier@linaro.org,
peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, acme@kernel.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, leo.yan@linaro.org,
quic_jinlmao@quicinc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/13] coresight: stm: Update STM driver to use Trace ID API
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:10:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ9a7VgrJ3L6o9e0600G_JL6S_PXLsZcQDLPR_YGpSu4L=pOMg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55170f1f-99f7-6e25-55d3-5d7247737afc@arm.com>
Hi suzuki,
On Fri, 7 Oct 2022 at 18:53, Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> wrote:
>
> On 06/10/2022 14:54, Mike Leach wrote:
> > Hi Suzuki,
> >
> > On Mon, 3 Oct 2022 at 10:04, Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 09/08/2022 23:33, Mike Leach wrote:
> >>> Updates the STM driver to use the trace ID allocation API.
> >>> This uses the _system_id calls to allocate an ID on device poll,
> >>> and release on device remove.
> >>>
> >>> The sysfs access to the STMTRACEIDR register has been changed from RW
> >>> to RO. Having this value as writable is not appropriate for the new
> >>> Trace ID scheme - and had potential to cause errors in the previous
> >>> scheme if values clashed with other sources.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
>
> >>> @@ -854,7 +830,7 @@ static void stm_init_generic_data(struct stm_drvdata *drvdata,
> >>>
> >>> static int stm_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
> >>> {
> >>> - int ret;
> >>> + int ret, trace_id;
> >>> void __iomem *base;
> >>> struct device *dev = &adev->dev;
> >>> struct coresight_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
> >>> @@ -938,12 +914,22 @@ static int stm_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
> >>> goto stm_unregister;
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> + trace_id = coresight_trace_id_get_system_id();
> >>> + if (trace_id < 0) {
> >>
> >> The above API returns "INVALID_ID" and not a negative error status.
> >> I think it is better to fix the API to return:
> >>
> >> ret < 0 - If there is any error
> >> - Otherwise a positive integer
> >> And the users should be kept unaware of which ID is valid or invalid.
> >>
> >
> > coresight_trace_id_get_system_id() returns the ID if one can be
> > allocated or -EINVAL if not.
> >
> > Not sure what you are looking at here.
>
> Sorry, indeed I was mistaken there. It is the get_cpu_id() which
> returns the INVALID_ID on failure. Please could we make that
> consistent with this scheme ? i.e, < 0 on error.
>
That also returns -EINVAL, as both call the same underlying allocator.
However happy to add on the comments for the exported functions
Regards
Mike
> Also, please could we add a comment above the exported functions
> on their entry/exit criteria ? It is not clearly evident, unless
> we follow the code and figure out.
>
> Cheers
> Suzuki
>
--
Mike Leach
Principal Engineer, ARM Ltd.
Manchester Design Centre. UK
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-11 11:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-09 22:33 [PATCH v3 00/13] coresight: Add new API to allocate trace source ID values Mike Leach
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] coresight: trace-id: Add API to dynamically assign Trace " Mike Leach
2022-10-03 8:55 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2022-10-11 10:22 ` Mike Leach
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] coresight: Remove obsolete Trace ID unniqueness checks Mike Leach
2022-10-03 8:56 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] coresight: stm: Update STM driver to use Trace ID API Mike Leach
2022-10-03 9:04 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2022-10-06 13:54 ` Mike Leach
2022-10-07 17:53 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2022-10-11 11:10 ` Mike Leach [this message]
2022-10-11 15:10 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] coresight: etm4x: Update ETM4 " Mike Leach
2022-10-03 9:31 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2022-10-03 9:37 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2022-10-06 13:47 ` Mike Leach
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] coresight: etm3x: Update ETM3 " Mike Leach
2022-08-13 9:53 ` kernel test robot
2022-08-13 13:48 ` kernel test robot
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] coresight: etmX.X: stm: Remove trace_id() callback Mike Leach
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] coresight: perf: traceid: Add perf notifiers for Trace ID Mike Leach
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] perf: cs-etm: Move mapping of Trace ID and cpu into helper function Mike Leach
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] perf: cs-etm: Update record event to use new Trace ID protocol Mike Leach
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] kernel: events: Export perf_report_aux_output_id() Mike Leach
2022-08-09 22:33 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] perf: cs-etm: Handle PERF_RECORD_AUX_OUTPUT_HW_ID packet Mike Leach
2022-08-09 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] coresight: events: PERF_RECORD_AUX_OUTPUT_HW_ID used for Trace ID Mike Leach
2022-08-09 22:34 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] coresight: trace-id: Add debug & test macros to Trace ID allocation Mike Leach
2022-10-03 11:06 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2022-10-06 13:22 ` Mike Leach
2022-08-12 19:50 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] coresight: Add new API to allocate trace source ID values Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2022-08-15 19:04 ` Mike Leach
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