Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] drm/doc: document some tracepoints as uAPI

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Am Freitag, dem 14.06.2024 um 10:16 +0200 schrieb Pierre-Eric Pelloux-
Prayer:
> This commit adds a document section in drm-uapi.rst about tracepoints,
> and mark the events gpu_scheduler_trace.h as stable uAPI.
> 
> The goal is to explicitly state that tools can rely on the fields,
> formats and semantics of these events.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer <pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst                | 19 ++++++++++++++++
>  .../gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler_trace.h   | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst
> index 370d820be248..78496793a8f0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst
> @@ -570,3 +570,22 @@ dma-buf interoperability
>  
>  Please see Documentation/userspace-api/dma-buf-alloc-exchange.rst for
>  information on how dma-buf is integrated and exposed within DRM.
> +
> +
> +Trace events
> +============
> +
> +See Documentation/trace/tracepoints.rst for the tracepoints documentation.
> +In the drm subsystem, some events are considered stable uAPI to avoid
> +breaking tools (eg: gpuvis, umr) relying on them. Stable means that fields
> +cannot be removed, nor their formatting updated. Adding new fields is
> +possible, under the normal uAPI requirements.

What are those "normal uAPI requirements" in this context? Aside from
not being able to remove or change any fields?

Regards,
Lucas

> +
> +Stable uAPI events
> +------------------
> +
> +From ``drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler_trace.h``
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +.. kernel-doc::  drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler_trace.h
> +   :doc: uAPI trace events
> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler_trace.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler_trace.h
> index 0abcad26839c..63113803cdd5 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler_trace.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler_trace.h
> @@ -33,6 +33,28 @@
>  #define TRACE_SYSTEM gpu_scheduler
>  #define TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE gpu_scheduler_trace
>  
> +
> +/**
> + * DOC: uAPI trace events
> + *
> + * ``drm_sched_job``, ``drm_run_job``, ``drm_sched_process_job``,
> + * and ``drm_sched_job_wait_dep`` are considered stable uAPI.
> + *
> + * Common trace events attributes:
> + *
> + * * ``id``    - this is &drm_sched_job->id. It uniquely idenfies a job
> + *   inside a &struct drm_gpu_scheduler.
> + *
> + * * ``dev``   - the dev_name() of the device running the job.
> + *
> + * * ``ring``  - the hardware ring running the job. Together with ``dev`` it
> + *   uniquely identifies where the job is going to be executed.
> + *
> + * * ``fence`` - the &dma_fence.context and the &dma_fence.seqno of
> + *   &drm_sched_fence.finished
> + *
> + */
> +
>  #ifndef __TRACE_EVENT_GPU_SCHEDULER_PRINT_FN
>  #define __TRACE_EVENT_GPU_SCHEDULER_PRINT_FN
>  /* Similar to trace_print_array_seq but for fences. */





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