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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst index 69f72e71a96e..843facf01b2d 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst @@ -446,6 +446,23 @@ telemetry information (devcoredump, syslog). This is useful because the first hang is usually the most critical one which can result in consequential hangs or complete wedging. +Task information +---------------- + +The information about which application (if any) was involved in the device +wedging is useful for userspace if they want to notify the user about what +happened (e.g. the compositor display a message to the user "The <task name> +caused a graphical error and the system recovered") or to implement policies +(e.g. the daemon may "ban" an task that keeps resetting the device). If the task +information is available, the uevent will display as ``PID=<pid>`` and +``TASK=<task name>``. Otherwise, ``PID`` and ``TASK`` will not appear in the +event string. + +The reliability of this information is driver and hardware specific, and should +be taken with a caution regarding it's precision. To have a big picture of what +really happened, the devcoredump file provides much more detailed information +about the device state and about the event. + Consumer prerequisites ---------------------- @@ -693,3 +710,22 @@ 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 information about using +Linux Kernel Tracepoints. +In the DRM subsystem, some events are considered stable uAPI to avoid +breaking tools (e.g.: 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. + +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
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