** Also affects: linux-bluefield (Ubuntu Jammy)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux-bluefield (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: linux-bluefield (Ubuntu Jammy)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

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Title:
  mlxbf-pmc: Support 64-bit counter and counting cycles

Status in linux-bluefield package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-bluefield source package in Jammy:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  SRU Justification:

  [Impact]
  Currently, there is no method to keep track of the cycle count when an event 
is being monitored. And since cycle count increments quickly, the 32-bit 
counter values could wrap around and hence support for 64-bit counters is also 
needed for the same.

  [Fix]
  Expose 2 additional sysfs entries: count_clock and use_odd_counter. These 
fields are supported in BlueField-3 PMC hardware and each bit in count_clock 
corresponds to each counter, while each bit in use_odd_counter corresponds to 
an even counter.Exposing these fields will allow the user to program any 
counter of choice to monitor the cycle count for the required duration. 
Similarly, use_odd_counter can be set to couple 2 adjacent odd and even 
counters to form a 64-bit counter.

  [Test Case]
  1. Verify that count_clock and use_odd_counter sysfs entries are created for 
each BlueField-3 HW block. These are not supported by BlueField-1 or 
BlueField-2 HW.
  2. Set any bit in count_clock and check if the corresponding counter values 
increment after enabling.
  3. Set any bit in use_odd_counter and check if the cycle count increments on 
2 counters with the odd counter being the lower 32 bits and the even counter 
being the upper 32 bits.

  [Regression Potential]
  Can be considered minimal.

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