[PATCH 3/3] powerpc: Document details on H_HTM hcall

Madhavan Srinivasan maddy at linux.ibm.com
Wed Jun 26 13:55:13 AEST 2024


On 6/22/24 1:57 PM, Ritesh Harjani (IBM) wrote:
> Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy at linux.ibm.com> writes:
>
>> Add documentation to 'papr_hcalls.rst' describing the
>> input, output and return values of the H_HTM hcall as
>> per the internal specification.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy at linux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/arch/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst | 11 +++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/arch/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst b/Documentation/arch/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst
>> index 80d2c0aadab5..805e1cb9bab9 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/arch/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/arch/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst
>> @@ -289,6 +289,17 @@ to be issued multiple times in order to be completely serviced. The
>>   subsequent hcalls to the hypervisor until the hcall is completely serviced
>>   at which point H_SUCCESS or other error is returned by the hypervisor.
>>   
>> +**H_HTM**
>> +
>> +| Input: flags, target, operation (op), op-param1, op-param2, op-param3
>> +| Out: *dumphtmbufferdata*
>> +| Return Value: *H_Success,H_Busy,H_LongBusyOrder,H_Partial,H_Parameter,
>> +		 H_P2,H_P3,H_P4,H_P5,H_P6,H_State,H_Not_Available,H_Authority*
>> +
>> +H_HTM supports setup, configuration, control and dumping of Hardware Trace
>> +Macro (HTM) function and its data. HTM buffer stores tracing data for functions
>> +like core instruction, core LLAT and nest.
>> +
> Minor nit: Maybe the set of debugfs cmds to collect the trace and some
> example trace log? If it is not confidential?

I could add the file structure in the commit message, but logs are just 
binary data.

Maddy

>
>>   References
>>   ==========
>>   .. [1] "Power Architecture Platform Reference"
>> -- 
>> 2.45.2


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