sdk/fidl/fuchsia.perfmon.cpu/perfmon.fidl

// Copyright 2019 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

library fuchsia.perfmon.cpu;

using zx;

// The type of the `rate` field of EventConfig.
alias EventRate = uint32;

// Trace buffer space is expensive, we want to keep records small.
// Having more than 64K different events for any one arch is unlikely
// so we use 16 bits for the event id.
// To help each arch manage the plethora of different events, the event id
// is split it two parts: 5 bit event group, and 11 bit event within that
// group.
// An event id of zero is defined to be unused.
alias EventId = uint16;

const uint16 API_VERSION = 0;

/// The maximum number of events we support simultaneously.
/// Typically the h/w supports less than this, e.g., 7 or so.
const uint16 MAX_NUM_EVENTS = 32;

/// Bits for Properties.flags field.
bits PropertyFlags : uint64 {
    /// The architecture supports LBR records (Last Branch Records).
    HAS_LAST_BRANCH = 0x1;
};

/// The properties of this system.
struct Properties {
    /// S/W API version = `API_VERSION`.
    uint16 api_version;

    /// The H/W Performance Monitor version.
    /// This is the version defined by the architecture.
    uint16 pm_version;

    /// The maximum number of events that can be simultaneously supported.
    /// The combination of events that can be simultaneously supported is
    /// architecture/model specific.
    uint16 max_num_events;

    /// The maximum number of fixed events that can be simultaneously
    /// supported, and their maximum width.
    /// These values are for informational/display purposes.
    uint16 max_num_fixed_events;
    uint16 max_fixed_counter_width;

    /// The maximum number of programmable events that can be simultaneously
    /// supported, and their maximum width.
    /// These values are for informational/display purposes.
    uint16 max_num_programmable_events;
    uint16 max_programmable_counter_width;

    /// The maximum number of misc events that can be simultaneously
    /// supported, and their maximum width.
    /// These values are for informational/display purposes.
    uint16 max_num_misc_events;
    uint16 max_misc_counter_width;

    /// Various flags.
    PropertyFlags flags;
};

/// Bits for EventConfig.flags field.
// TODO(dje): hypervisor, host/guest os/user
bits EventConfigFlags : uint32 {
    /// Collect data when running in kernel mode.
    COLLECT_OS = 0x1;

    /// Collect data when running in userspace mode.
    COLLECT_USER = 0x2;

    /// Collect aspace+pc values.
    COLLECT_PC = 0x4;

    /// If set for an event then the event is used as the "timebase": data
    /// for events with a zero rate is collected when data for the timebase
    /// event is collected.
    /// It is an error to have this set and have the event's rate be zero.
    /// At most one event may be the timebase event.
    IS_TIMEBASE = 0x8;

    /// Collect the available set of last branches.
    /// Branch data is emitted as LastBranch records.
    /// This is only available when the underlying system supports it.
    // TODO(dje): Provide knob to specify how many branches.
    COLLECT_LAST_BRANCH = 0x10;
};

struct EventConfig {
    /// Event to collect data for.
    /// The values are architecture specific ids.
    /// Each event may appear at most once.
    EventId event;

    /// Sampling rate.
    /// - If rate is non-zero then when the event gets this many hits data is
    ///   collected (e.g., pc, time).
    ///   The rate can be non-zero for counting based events only.
    /// - If rate is zero then:
    ///     If there is a timebase event then data for this event is collected
    ///     when data for the timebase event is collected.
    ///     Otherwise data for the event is collected once, when tracing stops.
    EventRate rate;

    /// Flags for the event.
    EventConfigFlags flags;
};

/// Passed to `StageConfig()` to select the data to be collected.
struct Config {
    /// Events to collect data for.
    array<EventConfig>:MAX_NUM_EVENTS events;
};

/// The allocation configuration for a data collection run.
/// This is generally the first call to allocate resources for a trace,
/// "trace" is used generically here: == "data collection run".
struct Allocation {
    /// The number of buffers to allocate for trace data.
    /// This must be #cpus for now.
    uint32 num_buffers;

    /// The size of each buffer in 4K pages.
    /// Each cpu gets same buffer size.
    uint32 buffer_size_in_pages;
};

protocol Controller {
    /// Fetch the performance monitor properties of the system.
    GetProperties() -> (Properties properties);

    /// Create a trace, allocating the needed trace buffers and other resources.
    /// "other resources" is basically a catch-all for other things that will
    /// be needed. This does not include reserving the events, that is done
    /// later by `StageConfig()`.
    Initialize(Allocation allocation) -> () error zx.status;

    /// Free all trace buffers and any other resources allocated for the trace.
    /// This is also done when the connection is closed.
    /// Tracing is first stopped if not already stopped.
    /// May be called multiple times.
    Terminate() -> ();

    /// Return the trace allocation configuration, if there is one.
    GetAllocation() -> (Allocation? allocation);

    /// Stage performance monitor specification for a cpu.
    /// Must be called with data collection off and after `Initialize()`.
    /// Note: This doesn't actually configure the h/w, this just stages
    /// the values for subsequent use by `Start()`.
    StageConfig(Config config) -> () error zx.status;

    /// Fetch performance monitor specification for a cpu, if it exists.
    /// Must be called with data collection off and after `StageConfig()`.
    GetConfig() -> (Config? config);

    /// Return a handle of a trace buffer, if it exists, and if `descriptor`
    /// is valid.
    /// `descriptor` is (0, 1, 2, ..., `num_buffers`-1)
    GetBufferHandle(uint32 descriptor) -> (zx.handle:VMO? vmo);

    /// Turn on data collection.
    /// Must be called after `Initialize()` + `StageConfig()` and with data
    /// collection off.
    Start() -> () error zx.status;

    /// Turn off data collection.
    /// May be called any time after `Initialize()` has been called and before
    /// `Terminate()`. If called at other times the call is ignored.
    /// May be called multiple times.
    Stop() -> ();
};