coresight: etm4x: Always set tracer's device mode on target CPU

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When enabling a tracer via SysFS interface, the device mode may be set
by any CPU - not necessarily the target CPU. This can lead to race
condition in SMP, and may result in incorrect mode values being read.

Consider the following example, where CPU0 attempts to enable the tracer
on CPU1 (the target CPU):

 CPU0                                    CPU1
 etm4_enable()
  ` coresight_take_mode(SYSFS)
  ` etm4_enable_sysfs()
     ` smp_call_function_single() ---->  etm4_enable_hw_smp_call()
     			                /
                                       /  CPU idle:
                                      /   etm4_cpu_save()
                                     /     ` coresight_get_mode()
	       Failed to enable h/w /         ^^^
  ` coresight_set_mode(DISABLED) <-'          Read the intermediate SYSFS mode

In this case, CPU0 initiates the operation by taking the SYSFS mode to
avoid conflicts with the Perf mode. It then sends an IPI to CPU1 to
configure the tracer registers. If any error occurs during this process,
CPU0 rolls back by setting the mode to DISABLED.

However, if CPU1 enters an idle state during this time, it might read
the intermediate SYSFS mode. As a result, the CPU PM flow could wrongly
save and restore tracer context that is actually disabled.

To resolve the issue, this commit moves the device mode setting logic on
the target CPU. This ensures that the device mode is only modified by
the target CPU, eliminating race condition between mode writes and reads
across CPUs.

An additional change introduces the etm4_disable_sysfs_smp_call()
function for SMP calls, which disables the tracer and explicitly set the
mode to DISABLED during SysFS operations. Rename
etm4_disable_hw_smp_call() to etm4_disable_sysfs_smp_call() for naming
consistency.

The flow is updated with this change:

 CPU0                                    CPU1
 etm4_enable()
  ` etm4_enable_sysfs()
     ` smp_call_function_single() ---->  etm4_enable_hw_smp_call()
                                          ` coresight_take_mode(SYSFS)
	                                    Failed, set back to DISABLED
                                          ` coresight_set_mode(DISABLED)

                                          CPU idle:
                                          etm4_cpu_save()
                                           ` coresight_get_mode()
                                              ^^^
                                              Read out the DISABLED mode

Fixes: c38a9ec2b2 ("coresight: etm4x: moving etm_drvdata::enable to atomic field")
Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
Tested-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251111-arm_coresight_power_management_fix-v6-2-f55553b6c8b3@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Leo Yan 2025-11-11 18:58:36 +00:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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