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Merge branch 'feature/esp32s2beta_apptrace_port' into 'master'
esp32s2: Adds apptrace support Closes IDF-510 and IDF-1032 See merge request espressif/esp-idf!5610
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**Post-mortem mode**. This is the default mode. The mode does not need interaction with the host side. In this mode tracing module does not check whether host has read all the data from *HW UP BUFFER* buffer and overwrites old data with the new ones. This mode is useful when only the latest trace data are interesting to the user, e.g. for analyzing program's behavior just before the crash. Host can read the data later on upon user request, e.g. via special OpenOCD command in case of working via JTAG interface.
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**Streaming mode.** Tracing module enters this mode when host connects to ESP32. In this mode before writing new data to *HW UP BUFFER* tracing module checks that there is enough space in it and if necessary waits for the host to read data and free enough memory. Maximum waiting time is controlled via timeout values passed by users to corresponding API routines. So when application tries to write data to trace buffer using finite value of the maximum waiting time it is possible situation that this data will be dropped. Especially this is true for tracing from time critical code (ISRs, OS scheduler code etc.) when infinite timeouts can lead to system malfunction. In order to avoid loss of such critical data developers can enable additional data buffering via menuconfig option :ref:`CONFIG_ESP32_APPTRACE_PENDING_DATA_SIZE_MAX`. This macro specifies the size of data which can be buffered in above conditions. The option can also help to overcome situation when data transfer to the host is temporarily slowed down, e.g due to USB bus congestions etc. But it will not help when average bitrate of trace data stream exceeds HW interface capabilities.
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**Streaming mode.** Tracing module enters this mode when host connects to ESP32. In this mode before writing new data to *HW UP BUFFER* tracing module checks that there is enough space in it and if necessary waits for the host to read data and free enough memory. Maximum waiting time is controlled via timeout values passed by users to corresponding API routines. So when application tries to write data to trace buffer using finite value of the maximum waiting time it is possible situation that this data will be dropped. Especially this is true for tracing from time critical code (ISRs, OS scheduler code etc.) when infinite timeouts can lead to system malfunction. In order to avoid loss of such critical data developers can enable additional data buffering via menuconfig option :ref:`CONFIG_APPTRACE_PENDING_DATA_SIZE_MAX`. This macro specifies the size of data which can be buffered in above conditions. The option can also help to overcome situation when data transfer to the host is temporarily slowed down, e.g due to USB bus congestions etc. But it will not help when average bitrate of trace data stream exceeds HW interface capabilities.
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Configuration Options and Dependencies
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Using of this feature depends on two components:
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1. **Host side:** Application tracing is done over JTAG, so it needs OpenOCD to be set up and running on host machine. For instructions on how to set it up, please see :doc:`JTAG Debugging <../api-guides/jtag-debugging/index>` for details.
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2. **Target side:** Application tracing functionality can be enabled in menuconfig. *Component config > Application Level Tracing* menu allows selecting destination for the trace data (HW interface for transport). Choosing any of the destinations automatically enables ``CONFIG_ESP32_APPTRACE_ENABLE`` option.
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2. **Target side:** Application tracing functionality can be enabled in menuconfig. *Component config > Application Level Tracing* menu allows selecting destination for the trace data (HW interface for transport). Choosing any of the destinations automatically enables ``CONFIG_APPTRACE_ENABLE`` option.
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.. note::
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There are two additional menuconfig options not mentioned above:
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1. *Threshold for flushing last trace data to host on panic* (:ref:`CONFIG_ESP32_APPTRACE_POSTMORTEM_FLUSH_THRESH`). This option is necessary due to the nature of working over JTAG. In that mode trace data are exposed to the host in 16 KB blocks. In post-mortem mode when one block is filled it is exposed to the host and the previous one becomes unavailable. In other words trace data are overwritten in 16 KB granularity. On panic the latest data from the current input block are exposed to host and host can read them for post-analysis. System panic may occur when very small amount of data are not exposed to the host yet. In this case the previous 16 KB of collected data will be lost and host will see the latest, but very small piece of the trace. It can be insufficient to diagnose the problem. This menuconfig option allows avoiding such situations. It controls the threshold for flushing data in case of panic. For example user can decide that it needs not less then 512 bytes of the recent trace data, so if there is less then 512 bytes of pending data at the moment of panic they will not be flushed and will not overwrite previous 16 KB. The option is only meaningful in post-mortem mode and when working over JTAG.
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2. *Timeout for flushing last trace data to host on panic* (:ref:`CONFIG_ESP32_APPTRACE_ONPANIC_HOST_FLUSH_TMO`). The option is only meaningful in streaming mode and controls the maximum time tracing module will wait for the host to read the last data in case of panic.
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1. *Threshold for flushing last trace data to host on panic* (:ref:`CONFIG_APPTRACE_POSTMORTEM_FLUSH_THRESH`). This option is necessary due to the nature of working over JTAG. In that mode trace data are exposed to the host in 16 KB blocks. In post-mortem mode when one block is filled it is exposed to the host and the previous one becomes unavailable. In other words trace data are overwritten in 16 KB granularity. On panic the latest data from the current input block are exposed to host and host can read them for post-analysis. System panic may occur when very small amount of data are not exposed to the host yet. In this case the previous 16 KB of collected data will be lost and host will see the latest, but very small piece of the trace. It can be insufficient to diagnose the problem. This menuconfig option allows avoiding such situations. It controls the threshold for flushing data in case of panic. For example user can decide that it needs not less then 512 bytes of the recent trace data, so if there is less then 512 bytes of pending data at the moment of panic they will not be flushed and will not overwrite previous 16 KB. The option is only meaningful in post-mortem mode and when working over JTAG.
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2. *Timeout for flushing last trace data to host on panic* (:ref:`CONFIG_APPTRACE_ONPANIC_HOST_FLUSH_TMO`). The option is only meaningful in streaming mode and controls the maximum time tracing module will wait for the host to read the last data in case of panic.
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How to use this library
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Before building a project with source code coverage, ensure that the following project configuration options are enabled by running ``idf.py menuconfig`` (or ``make menuconfig`` if using the legacy Make build system).
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- Enable the application tracing module by choosing *Trace Memory* for the :ref:`CONFIG_ESP32_APPTRACE_DESTINATION` option.
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- Enable Gcov to host via the :ref:`CONFIG_ESP32_GCOV_ENABLE`
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- Enable the application tracing module by choosing *Trace Memory* for the :ref:`CONFIG_APPTRACE_DESTINATION` option.
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- Enable Gcov to host via the :ref:`CONFIG_APPTRACE_GCOV_ENABLE`
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.. _app_trace-gcov-dumping-data:
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