[PATCH v2 02/11] coresight: trbe: Refactor next buffer computation

From: Leo Yan

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 17:12:06 EST


compute_trbe_buffer_limit() only returned the next TRBE limit pointer,
leaving __arm_trbe_enable() to derive the remaining buffer state and
detect the -ENOSPC case.

Replace it with trbe_compute_next(), which computes the next TRBE buffer
state as one operation. Let the snapshot and normal paths set
buf->trbe_limit directly and return 0 or an errno, then update
trbe_write and trbe_hw_base after a successful limit calculation. The
normal path now reports -ENOSPC directly when no writable area is
available.

This refactoring is for future extensions, such as calculating
additional values (e.g., the trigger count). No functional changes are
intended.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
index ada4794c51f3eb9142cd62f4209affe308142d1b..09ed9bcf4a70479169094697dcc3d445629cfaae 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static void trbe_pad_buf(struct perf_output_handle *handle, int len)
perf_aux_output_skip(handle, len);
}

-static unsigned long trbe_snapshot_offset(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
+static int trbe_snapshot_offset(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
{
struct trbe_buf *buf = etm_perf_sink_config(handle);

@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ static unsigned long trbe_snapshot_offset(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
* the decoder to reset in case of an overflow or corruption.
* So we can use the entire buffer for the snapshot mode.
*/
- return buf->nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
+ buf->trbe_limit = buf->trbe_base + buf->nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
+ return 0;
}

static u64 trbe_min_trace_buf_size(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ static unsigned long __trbe_normal_offset(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
return 0;
}

-static unsigned long trbe_normal_offset(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
+static int trbe_normal_offset(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
{
struct trbe_buf *buf = etm_perf_sink_config(handle);
u64 limit = __trbe_normal_offset(handle);
@@ -546,19 +547,34 @@ static unsigned long trbe_normal_offset(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
limit = __trbe_normal_offset(handle);
head = PERF_IDX2OFF(handle->head, buf);
}
- return limit;
+
+ if (!limit)
+ return -ENOSPC;
+
+ buf->trbe_limit = buf->trbe_base + limit;
+ return 0;
}

-static unsigned long compute_trbe_buffer_limit(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
+static int trbe_compute_next(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
{
struct trbe_buf *buf = etm_perf_sink_config(handle);
- unsigned long offset;
+ int ret;
+
+ perf_aux_output_flag(handle, PERF_AUX_FLAG_CORESIGHT_FORMAT_RAW);

if (buf->snapshot)
- offset = trbe_snapshot_offset(handle);
+ ret = trbe_snapshot_offset(handle);
else
- offset = trbe_normal_offset(handle);
- return buf->trbe_base + offset;
+ ret = trbe_normal_offset(handle);
+
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ buf->trbe_write = buf->trbe_base + PERF_IDX2OFF(handle->head, buf);
+
+ /* Set the base of the TRBE to the buffer base */
+ buf->trbe_hw_base = buf->trbe_base;
+ return 0;
}

static void clr_trbe_status(void)
@@ -1022,15 +1038,9 @@ static int __arm_trbe_enable(struct trbe_buf *buf,
{
int ret = 0;

- perf_aux_output_flag(handle, PERF_AUX_FLAG_CORESIGHT_FORMAT_RAW);
- buf->trbe_limit = compute_trbe_buffer_limit(handle);
- buf->trbe_write = buf->trbe_base + PERF_IDX2OFF(handle->head, buf);
- if (buf->trbe_limit == buf->trbe_base) {
- ret = -ENOSPC;
+ ret = trbe_compute_next(handle);
+ if (ret)
goto err;
- }
- /* Set the base of the TRBE to the buffer base */
- buf->trbe_hw_base = buf->trbe_base;

ret = trbe_apply_work_around_before_enable(buf);
if (ret)

--
2.34.1