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x86/amd_node: Fix PCI device reference counting in amd_smn_init()grafted
The local "root" pointer is a temporary variable used during the device search. Therefore, refcount related to the search iterators should be cleaned up after the search is complete. Use the __free() cleanup macro to ensure the refcount is decremented when the temporary pointer goes out of scope. Additionally, increment the refcount when caching a root pointer. This ensures the in-use refcount is separate from the temporary search refcounting. Finally, drop the redundant "root = NULL" before the second search loop. The pci_get_class() iterator always decrements the refcount of its "from" argument, so the first loop can only fall through with "root" already NULL. Fixes: 0a4b61d9c2e4 ("x86/amd_node: Fix AMD root device caching") Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260806160159.230453-1-jason.andryuk%40amd.com Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260903154325.74343-1-yazen.ghannam@amd.com
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. _htm:
+
+===================================
+HTM (Hardware Trace Macro)
+===================================
+
+Athira Rajeev, 2 Mar 2025
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+
+
+Basic overview
+==============
+
+H_HTM is used as an interface for executing Hardware Trace Macro (HTM)
+functions, including setup, configuration, control and dumping of the HTM data.
+For using HTM, it is required to setup HTM buffers and HTM operations can
+be controlled using the H_HTM hcall. The hcall can be invoked for any core/chip
+of the system from within a partition itself. To use this feature, a debugfs
+folder called "htmdump" is present under /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc.
+
+
+HTM debugfs example usage
+=========================
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ # ls /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/htmdump/
+ coreindexonchip htmcaps htmconfigure htmflags htminfo htmsetup
+ htmstart htmstatus htmtype nodalchipindex nodeindex trace
+
+Details on each file:
+
+* nodeindex, nodalchipindex, coreindexonchip specifies which partition to configure the HTM for.
+* htmtype: specifies the type of HTM. Supported target is hardwareTarget.
+* trace: is to read the HTM data.
+* htmconfigure: Configure/Deconfigure the HTM. Writing 1 to the file will configure the trace, writing 0 to the file will do deconfigure.
+* htmstart: start/Stop the HTM. Writing 1 to the file will start the tracing, writing 0 to the file will stop the tracing.
+* htmstatus: get the status of HTM. This is needed to understand the HTM state after each operation.
+* htmsetup: set the HTM buffer size. Size of HTM buffer is in power of 2
+* htminfo: provides the system processor configuration details. This is needed to understand the appropriate values for nodeindex, nodalchipindex, coreindexonchip.
+* htmcaps : provides the HTM capabilities like minimum/maximum buffer size, what kind of tracing the HTM supports etc.
+* htmflags : allows to pass flags to hcall. Currently supports controlling the wrapping of HTM buffer.
+
+To see the system processor configuration details:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ # cat /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/htmdump/htminfo > htminfo_file
+
+The result can be interpreted using hexdump.
+
+To collect HTM traces for a partition represented by nodeindex as
+zero, nodalchipindex as 1 and coreindexonchip as 12
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ # cd /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/htmdump/
+ # echo 2 > htmtype
+ # echo 33 > htmsetup ( sets 8GB memory for HTM buffer, number is size in power of 2 )
+
+This requires a CEC reboot to get the HTM buffers allocated.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ # cd /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/htmdump/
+ # echo 2 > htmtype
+ # echo 0 > nodeindex
+ # echo 1 > nodalchipindex
+ # echo 12 > coreindexonchip
+ # echo 1 > htmflags # to set noWrap for HTM buffers
+ # echo 1 > htmconfigure # Configure the HTM
+ # echo 1 > htmstart # Start the HTM
+ # echo 0 > htmstart # Stop the HTM
+ # echo 0 > htmconfigure # Deconfigure the HTM
+ # cat htmstatus # Dump the status of HTM entries as data
+
+Above will set the htmtype and core details, followed by executing respective HTM operation.
+
+Read the HTM trace data
+========================
+
+After starting the trace collection, run the workload
+of interest. Stop the trace collection after required period
+of time, and read the trace file.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ # cat /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/htmdump/trace > trace_file
+
+This trace file will contain the relevant instruction traces
+collected during the workload execution. And can be used as
+input file for trace decoders to understand data.
+
+Benefits of using HTM debugfs interface
+=======================================
+
+It is now possible to collect traces for a particular core/chip
+from within any partition of the system and decode it. Through
+this enablement, a small partition can be dedicated to collect the
+trace data and analyze to provide important information for Performance
+analysis, Software tuning, or Hardware debug.