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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-05 11:59:05 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-05 11:59:05 -0700 |
| commit | 9f0346dcbea363787186c94ef94dd01aaa215afa (patch) | |
| tree | b81c168f4d0dbe4c7f4750f4598d48a6deb72094 /Documentation/trace/sys-t.rst | |
| download | linux-stable-9f0346dcbea363787186c94ef94dd01aaa215afa.tar.gz linux-stable-9f0346dcbea363787186c94ef94dd01aaa215afa.zip | |
Merge tag 'driver-core-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-coregrafted
Pull driver core fixes from Danilo Krummrich:
- Fix kernfs listxattr() not returning security xattr names (e.g.
SELinux labels) when the kernfs node has no allocated kernfs_iattrs
- Fix silent truncation of IRQ vector indices in the Rust PCI
abstractions
- Don't select OF from DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST; skip the test when OF is
disabled instead of silently enabling extra kernel functionality
- Russ Weight is retiring from kernel development; update the Firmware
Loader sysfs contact to the driver-core mailing list, add a CREDITS
entry for Firmware Upload, and update MAINTAINERS accordingly
* tag 'driver-core-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core:
MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader
CREDITS: Add CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload
firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes
rust: pci: reject IRQ vector indices that do not fit in u32
kernfs: preserve security xattrs without allocating iattrs
drivers: base: test: DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST should not select OF
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/sys-t.rst b/Documentation/trace/sys-t.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3d8eb9273 --- /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 |
