Re: [PATCH v4 01/10] coresight: syscfg: Initial coresight system configuration

[Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>]

On 1/28/21 5:09 PM, Mike Leach wrote:
> Creates an system management API to allow complex configurations and
> features to be programmed into a CoreSight infrastructure.
> 
> A feature is defined as a programming set for a device or class of
> devices.
> 
> A configuration is a set of features across the system that are enabled
> for a trace session.
> 
> The API will manage system wide configuration, and allow complex
> programmed features to be added to individual device instances, and
> provide for system wide configuration selection on trace capture
> operations.
> 
> This patch creates the initial data object and the initial API for
> loading configurations and features.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
> ---
>   drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile          |   2 +-
>   .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h    | 167 +++++++++++++++
>   drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c  |  12 +-
>   .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c  |   2 +-
>   .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h  |   2 +-
>   .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c    | 197 ++++++++++++++++++
>   .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.h    |  54 +++++
>   7 files changed, 432 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h
>   create mode 100644 drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.h
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile
> index f20e357758d1..4ce854c434b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>   #
>   obj-$(CONFIG_CORESIGHT) += coresight.o
>   coresight-y := coresight-core.o  coresight-etm-perf.o coresight-platform.o \
> -		coresight-sysfs.o
> +		coresight-sysfs.o coresight-syscfg.o
>   obj-$(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_LINK_AND_SINK_TMC) += coresight-tmc.o
>   coresight-tmc-y := coresight-tmc-core.o coresight-tmc-etf.o \
>   		      coresight-tmc-etr.o
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..3fedf8ab3cee
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) 2020 Linaro Limited, All rights reserved.
> + * Author: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef _CORESIGHT_CORESIGHT_CONFIG_H
> +#define _CORESIGHT_CORESIGHT_CONFIG_H
> +
> +#include <linux/coresight.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +
> +/* CoreSight Configuration Management - component and system wide configuration */
> +
> +/*
> + * Register type flags for register value descriptor:
> + * describe how the value is interpreted, and handled.
> + */
> +#define CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_STD		0x80	/* reg is standard reg */
> +#define CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE	0x40	/* reg is a resource */
> +#define CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_VAL_PARAM	0x08	/* reg value uses param */
> +#define CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_VAL_MASK	0x04	/* reg value bit masked */
> +#define CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_VAL_64BIT	0x02	/* reg value 64 bit */
> +#define CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_VAL_SAVE	0x01	/* reg value save on disable */
> +
> +/*
> + * flags defining what device class a feature will match to when processing a
> + * system configuration - used by config data and devices.
> + */
> +#define	CS_CFG_MATCH_CLASS_SRC_ALL	0x0001	/* match any source */
> +#define CS_CFG_MATCH_CLASS_SRC_ETM4	0x0002	/* match any ETMv4 device */
> +
> +/* flags defining device instance matching - used in config match desc data. */
> +#define CS_CFG_MATCH_INST_ANY		0x80000000 /* any instance of a class */
> +
> +/*
> + * Limit number of presets in a configuration
> + * This is related to the number of bits (4) we use to select the preset on
> + * the perf command line. Preset 0 is always none selected.
> + * See PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(preset, "config:0-3") in coresight-etm-perf.c
> + */
> +#define CS_CFG_CONFIG_PRESET_MAX 15
> +
> +/**
> + * Parameter descriptor for a device feature.
> + *
> + * @name:  Name of parameter.
> + * @value: Initial or default value.
> + */
> +struct cscfg_parameter_desc {
> +	const char *name;
> +	u64 value;
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * Representation of register value.
> + *
> + * Supports full 64 bit register value, or 32 bit value with optional mask
> + * value.
> + *
> + * @type:	define register usage and interpretation.
> + * @offset:	the address offset for register in the hardware device (per device specification).
> + * @hw_info:	optional hardware device type specific information. (ETM / CTI specific etc)
> + * @val64:	64 bit value.
> + * @val32:	32 bit value.
> + * @mask32:	32 bit mask when using 32 bit value to access device register.
> + */
> +struct cscfg_regval_desc {
> +	struct {
> +		u32 type:8;
> +		u32 offset:12;
> +		u32 hw_info:12;
> +	};
> +	union {
> +		u64 val64;
> +		struct {
> +			u32 val32;
> +			u32 mask32;
> +		};
> +	};
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * Device feature descriptor - combination of registers and parameters to
> + * program a device to implement a specific complex function.
> + *
> + * @name:	feature name.
> + * @brief:	brief description of the feature.
> + * @item:	List entry.
> + * @match_flags: matching information if loading into a device
> + * @nr_params:  number of parameters used.
> + * @params:	array of parameters used.
> + * @nr_regs:	number of registers used.
> + * @reg:	array of registers used.
> + */
> +struct cscfg_feature_desc {
> +	const char *name;
> +	const char *brief;
> +	struct list_head item;
> +	u32 match_flags;
> +	int nr_params;
> +	struct cscfg_parameter_desc *params;
> +	int nr_regs;
> +	struct cscfg_regval_desc *regs;
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * Match descriptor - Device / feature matching when loading into devices
> + *
> + * Used by loading configurations to define which class or specific devices
> + * they want to match used features to, and registered devices to specify which
> + * matching class and information they support.
> + *
> + * The load process uses these matching pairs to load feature instances into
> + * matching devices.
> + *
> + * @match_flags:	used to match to a particular class of device.
> + *
> + */
> +struct cscfg_match_desc {
> +	u32 match_flags;
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * Descriptor for features referenced by a configuration.
> + *
> + * @name:	name of feature to use. Match against the @name in struct
> + *		cscfg_feature_desc.
> + * @match:	match info for the feature when used in this configuration -
> + *		may be all devices of a class or a specific device in that class.
> + */
> +struct cscfg_config_feat_ref {
> +	const char *name;
> +	struct cscfg_match_desc match;
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * Configuration descriptor - describes selectable system configuration.
> + *
> + * A configuration describes device features in use, and may provide preset
> + * values for the parameters in those features.
> + *
> + * A single set of presets is the sum of the parameters declared by
> + * all the features in use - this value is @nr_total_params.
> + *
> + * @name:	name of the configuration - used for selection.
> + * @brief:	description of the purpose of the configuration.
> + * @item:	list entry.
> + * @nr_refs:	Number of features used in this configuration.
> + * @refs:	references to features used in this configuration..
> + * @nr_presets:	Number of sets of presets supplied by this configuration.
> + * @nr_total_params: Sum of all parameters declared by used features
> + * @presets:	Array of preset values.
> + *
> + */
> +struct cscfg_config_desc {
> +	const char *name;
> +	const char *brief;
> +	struct list_head item;
> +	int nr_refs;
> +	struct cscfg_config_feat_ref *refs;

s/refs/config_feat_refs/ ?

In general please name the fields to make it easier to infer the type, given
the number of structures we deal with, it becomes very difficult to track
while reading the code.

Cheers
Suzuki