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authorJames Clark <james.clark@arm.com>2022-05-11 15:46:00 +0100
committerSuzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>2022-07-06 16:32:08 +0100
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Documentation: coresight: Link config options to existing documentation
In order to document the newly added branch_broadcast option, create a table that links all of the config option formats to any existing docs. That way when the branch broadcast docs are expanded they are accessible from both places. Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220511144601.2257870-4-james.clark@arm.com
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-etm4x-reference.rst b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-etm4x-reference.rst
index d25dfe86af9b..0439b4006227 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-etm4x-reference.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight-etm4x-reference.rst
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ Bit assignments shown below:-
parameter is set this value is applied to the currently indexed
address range.
+.. _coresight-branch-broadcast:
**bit (4):**
ETM_MODE_BB
@@ -657,6 +658,7 @@ Bit assignments shown below:-
**description:**
Set to enable branch broadcast if supported in hardware [IDR0].
+.. _coresight-cycle-accurate:
**bit (5):**
ETMv4_MODE_CYCACC
@@ -678,6 +680,7 @@ Bit assignments shown below:-
**description:**
Set to enable virtual machine ID tracing if supported [IDR2].
+.. _coresight-timestamp:
**bit (11):**
ETMv4_MODE_TIMESTAMP
@@ -685,6 +688,7 @@ Bit assignments shown below:-
**description:**
Set to enable timestamp generation if supported [IDR0].
+.. _coresight-return-stack:
**bit (12):**
ETM_MODE_RETURNSTACK
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
index 5e76bfe69b0b..4a71ea6cb390 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/coresight/coresight.rst
@@ -585,6 +585,45 @@ sort example is from the AutoFDO tutorial (https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/AutoFDO/Tuto
Bubble sorting array of 30000 elements
5806 ms
+Config option formats
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following strings can be provided between // on the perf command line to enable various options.
+They are also listed in the folder /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cs_etm/format/
+
+.. list-table::
+ :header-rows: 1
+
+ * - Option
+ - Description
+ * - branch_broadcast
+ - Session local version of the system wide setting:
+ :ref:`ETM_MODE_BB <coresight-branch-broadcast>`
+ * - contextid
+ - See `Tracing PID`_
+ * - contextid1
+ - See `Tracing PID`_
+ * - contextid2
+ - See `Tracing PID`_
+ * - configid
+ - Selection for a custom configuration. This is an implementation detail and not used directly,
+ see :ref:`trace/coresight/coresight-config:Using Configurations in perf`
+ * - preset
+ - Override for parameters in a custom configuration, see
+ :ref:`trace/coresight/coresight-config:Using Configurations in perf`
+ * - sinkid
+ - Hashed version of the string to select a sink, automatically set when using the @ notation.
+ This is an internal implementation detail and is not used directly, see `Using perf
+ framework`_.
+ * - cycacc
+ - Session local version of the system wide setting: :ref:`ETMv4_MODE_CYCACC
+ <coresight-cycle-accurate>`
+ * - retstack
+ - Session local version of the system wide setting: :ref:`ETM_MODE_RETURNSTACK
+ <coresight-return-stack>`
+ * - timestamp
+ - Session local version of the system wide setting: :ref:`ETMv4_MODE_TIMESTAMP
+ <coresight-timestamp>`
How to use the STM module
-------------------------