Adding upstream version 6.6.15.upstream/6.6.15

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

17 files changed, 8006 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "osnoise.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_cpus - return the original "osnoise/cpus" content
+ *
+ * It also saves the value to be restored.
+ */
+char *osnoise_get_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	if (context->curr_cpus)
+		return context->curr_cpus;
+
+	if (context->orig_cpus)
+		return context->orig_cpus;
+
+	context->orig_cpus = tracefs_instance_file_read(NULL, "osnoise/cpus", NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * The error value (NULL) is the same for tracefs_instance_file_read()
+	 * and this functions, so:
+	 */
+	return context->orig_cpus;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_cpus - configure osnoise to run on *cpus
+ *
+ * "osnoise/cpus" file is used to set the cpus in which osnoise/timerlat
+ * will run. This function opens this file, saves the current value,
+ * and set the cpus passed as argument.
+ */
+int osnoise_set_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context, char *cpus)
+{
+	char *orig_cpus = osnoise_get_cpus(context);
+	char buffer[1024];
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!orig_cpus)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->curr_cpus = strdup(cpus);
+	if (!context->curr_cpus)
+		return -1;
+
+	snprintf(buffer, 1024, "%s\n", cpus);
+
+	debug_msg("setting cpus to %s from %s", cpus, context->orig_cpus);
+
+	retval = tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, "osnoise/cpus", buffer);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		free(context->curr_cpus);
+		context->curr_cpus = NULL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_cpus - restore the original "osnoise/cpus"
+ *
+ * osnoise_set_cpus() saves the original data for the "osnoise/cpus"
+ * file. This function restore the original config it was previously
+ * modified.
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!context->orig_cpus)
+		return;
+
+	if (!context->curr_cpus)
+		return;
+
+	/* nothing to do? */
+	if (!strcmp(context->orig_cpus, context->curr_cpus))
+		goto out_done;
+
+	debug_msg("restoring cpus to %s", context->orig_cpus);
+
+	retval = tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, "osnoise/cpus", context->orig_cpus);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("could not restore original osnoise cpus\n");
+
+out_done:
+	free(context->curr_cpus);
+	context->curr_cpus = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_cpus - restore cpus config and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_cpus(context);
+
+	if (!context->orig_cpus)
+		return;
+
+	free(context->orig_cpus);
+	context->orig_cpus = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_read_ll_config - read a long long value from a config
+ *
+ * returns -1 on error.
+ */
+static long long osnoise_read_ll_config(char *rel_path)
+{
+	long long retval;
+	char *buffer;
+
+	buffer = tracefs_instance_file_read(NULL, rel_path, NULL);
+	if (!buffer)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* get_llong_from_str returns -1 on error */
+	retval = get_llong_from_str(buffer);
+
+	debug_msg("reading %s returned %lld\n", rel_path, retval);
+
+	free(buffer);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_write_ll_config - write a long long value to a config in rel_path
+ *
+ * returns -1 on error.
+ */
+static long long osnoise_write_ll_config(char *rel_path, long long value)
+{
+	char buffer[BUFF_U64_STR_SIZE];
+	long long retval;
+
+	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%lld\n", value);
+
+	debug_msg("setting %s to %lld\n", rel_path, value);
+
+	retval = tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, rel_path, buffer);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_runtime - return the original "osnoise/runtime_us" value
+ *
+ * It also saves the value to be restored.
+ */
+unsigned long long osnoise_get_runtime(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long runtime_us;
+
+	if (context->runtime_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->runtime_us;
+
+	if (context->orig_runtime_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_runtime_us;
+
+	runtime_us = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/runtime_us");
+	if (runtime_us < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_runtime_us = runtime_us;
+	return runtime_us;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_period - return the original "osnoise/period_us" value
+ *
+ * It also saves the value to be restored.
+ */
+unsigned long long osnoise_get_period(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long period_us;
+
+	if (context->period_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->period_us;
+
+	if (context->orig_period_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_period_us;
+
+	period_us = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/period_us");
+	if (period_us < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_period_us = period_us;
+	return period_us;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+static int __osnoise_write_runtime(struct osnoise_context *context,
+				   unsigned long long runtime)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_runtime_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/runtime_us", runtime);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->runtime_us = runtime;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __osnoise_write_period(struct osnoise_context *context,
+				  unsigned long long period)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_period_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/period_us", period);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->period_us = period;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_runtime_period - set osnoise runtime and period
+ *
+ * Osnoise's runtime and period are related as runtime <= period.
+ * Thus, this function saves the original values, and then tries
+ * to set the runtime and period if they are != 0.
+ */
+int osnoise_set_runtime_period(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			       unsigned long long runtime,
+			       unsigned long long period)
+{
+	unsigned long long curr_runtime_us;
+	unsigned long long curr_period_us;
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!period && !runtime)
+		return 0;
+
+	curr_runtime_us = osnoise_get_runtime(context);
+	curr_period_us = osnoise_get_period(context);
+
+	/* error getting any value? */
+	if (curr_period_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL || curr_runtime_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!period) {
+		if (runtime > curr_period_us)
+			return -1;
+		return __osnoise_write_runtime(context, runtime);
+	} else if (!runtime) {
+		if (period < curr_runtime_us)
+			return -1;
+		return __osnoise_write_period(context, period);
+	}
+
+	if (runtime > curr_period_us) {
+		retval = __osnoise_write_period(context, period);
+		if (retval)
+			return -1;
+		retval = __osnoise_write_runtime(context, runtime);
+		if (retval)
+			return -1;
+	} else {
+		retval = __osnoise_write_runtime(context, runtime);
+		if (retval)
+			return -1;
+		retval = __osnoise_write_period(context, period);
+		if (retval)
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_runtime_period - restore the original runtime and period
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_runtime_period(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	unsigned long long orig_runtime = context->orig_runtime_us;
+	unsigned long long orig_period = context->orig_period_us;
+	unsigned long long curr_runtime = context->runtime_us;
+	unsigned long long curr_period = context->period_us;
+	int retval;
+
+	if ((orig_runtime == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL) && (orig_period == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL))
+		return;
+
+	if ((orig_period == curr_period) && (orig_runtime == curr_runtime))
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_set_runtime_period(context, orig_runtime, orig_period);
+	if (retval)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original osnoise runtime/period\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->runtime_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+	context->period_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_runtime_period - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_runtime_period(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_runtime_period(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_runtime_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		context->orig_runtime_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+
+	if (context->orig_period_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		context->orig_period_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_timerlat_period_us - read and save the original "timerlat_period_us"
+ */
+static long long
+osnoise_get_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long timerlat_period_us;
+
+	if (context->timerlat_period_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->timerlat_period_us;
+
+	if (context->orig_timerlat_period_us != OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_timerlat_period_us;
+
+	timerlat_period_us = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/timerlat_period_us");
+	if (timerlat_period_us < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_timerlat_period_us = timerlat_period_us;
+	return timerlat_period_us;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_timerlat_period_us - set "timerlat_period_us"
+ */
+int osnoise_set_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context, long long timerlat_period_us)
+{
+	long long curr_timerlat_period_us = osnoise_get_timerlat_period_us(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (curr_timerlat_period_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/timerlat_period_us", timerlat_period_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->timerlat_period_us = timerlat_period_us;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_timerlat_period_us - restore "timerlat_period_us"
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_timerlat_period_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_timerlat_period_us == context->timerlat_period_us)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/timerlat_period_us", context->orig_timerlat_period_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original osnoise timerlat_period_us\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->timerlat_period_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_timerlat_period_us - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_timerlat_period_us(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_timerlat_period_us == OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_timerlat_period_us = OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_stop_us - read and save the original "stop_tracing_us"
+ */
+static long long
+osnoise_get_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long stop_us;
+
+	if (context->stop_us != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->stop_us;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_us != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_stop_us;
+
+	stop_us = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_us");
+	if (stop_us < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_stop_us = stop_us;
+	return stop_us;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_stop_us - set "stop_tracing_us"
+ */
+int osnoise_set_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context, long long stop_us)
+{
+	long long curr_stop_us = osnoise_get_stop_us(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (curr_stop_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_us", stop_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->stop_us = stop_us;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_stop_us - restore the original "stop_tracing_us"
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_us == context->stop_us)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_us", context->orig_stop_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original osnoise stop_us\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->stop_us = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_stop_us - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_stop_us(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_stop_us = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_stop_total_us - read and save the original "stop_tracing_total_us"
+ */
+static long long
+osnoise_get_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long stop_total_us;
+
+	if (context->stop_total_us != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->stop_total_us;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_total_us != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_stop_total_us;
+
+	stop_total_us = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_total_us");
+	if (stop_total_us < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_stop_total_us = stop_total_us;
+	return stop_total_us;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_stop_total_us - set "stop_tracing_total_us"
+ */
+int osnoise_set_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context, long long stop_total_us)
+{
+	long long curr_stop_total_us = osnoise_get_stop_total_us(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (curr_stop_total_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_total_us", stop_total_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->stop_total_us = stop_total_us;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_stop_total_us - restore the original "stop_tracing_total_us"
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_total_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_total_us == context->stop_total_us)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/stop_tracing_total_us",
+			context->orig_stop_total_us);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original osnoise stop_total_us\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->stop_total_us = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_stop_total_us - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_stop_total_us(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_stop_total_us == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_stop_total_us = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_print_stack - read and save the original "print_stack"
+ */
+static long long
+osnoise_get_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long print_stack;
+
+	if (context->print_stack != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->print_stack;
+
+	if (context->orig_print_stack != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_print_stack;
+
+	print_stack = osnoise_read_ll_config("osnoise/print_stack");
+	if (print_stack < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_print_stack = print_stack;
+	return print_stack;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_print_stack - set "print_stack"
+ */
+int osnoise_set_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context, long long print_stack)
+{
+	long long curr_print_stack = osnoise_get_print_stack(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (curr_print_stack == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/print_stack", print_stack);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->print_stack = print_stack;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_print_stack - restore the original "print_stack"
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_print_stack == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_print_stack == context->print_stack)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("osnoise/print_stack", context->orig_print_stack);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original osnoise print_stack\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->print_stack = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_print_stack - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_print_stack(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_print_stack == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_print_stack = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_tracing_thresh - read and save the original "tracing_thresh"
+ */
+static long long
+osnoise_get_tracing_thresh(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	long long tracing_thresh;
+
+	if (context->tracing_thresh != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->tracing_thresh;
+
+	if (context->orig_tracing_thresh != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_tracing_thresh;
+
+	tracing_thresh = osnoise_read_ll_config("tracing_thresh");
+	if (tracing_thresh < 0)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	context->orig_tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh;
+	return tracing_thresh;
+
+out_err:
+	return OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_set_tracing_thresh - set "tracing_thresh"
+ */
+int osnoise_set_tracing_thresh(struct osnoise_context *context, long long tracing_thresh)
+{
+	long long curr_tracing_thresh = osnoise_get_tracing_thresh(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (curr_tracing_thresh == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("tracing_thresh", tracing_thresh);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_restore_tracing_thresh - restore the original "tracing_thresh"
+ */
+void osnoise_restore_tracing_thresh(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_tracing_thresh == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_tracing_thresh == context->tracing_thresh)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_write_ll_config("tracing_thresh", context->orig_tracing_thresh);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original tracing_thresh\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->tracing_thresh = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_tracing_thresh - restore original values and cleanup data
+ */
+void osnoise_put_tracing_thresh(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_tracing_thresh(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_tracing_thresh == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_tracing_thresh = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+static int osnoise_options_get_option(char *option)
+{
+	char *options = tracefs_instance_file_read(NULL, "osnoise/options", NULL);
+	char no_option[128];
+	int retval = 0;
+	char *opt;
+
+	if (!options)
+		return OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check first if the option is disabled.
+	 */
+	snprintf(no_option, sizeof(no_option), "NO_%s", option);
+
+	opt = strstr(options, no_option);
+	if (opt)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	/*
+	 * Now that it is not disabled, if the string is there, it is
+	 * enabled. If the string is not there, the option does not exist.
+	 */
+	opt = strstr(options, option);
+	if (opt)
+		retval = 1;
+	else
+		retval = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+out_free:
+	free(options);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int osnoise_options_set_option(char *option, bool onoff)
+{
+	char no_option[128];
+
+	if (onoff)
+		return tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, "osnoise/options", option);
+
+	snprintf(no_option, sizeof(no_option), "NO_%s", option);
+
+	return tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, "osnoise/options", no_option);
+}
+
+static int osnoise_get_irq_disable(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	if (context->opt_irq_disable != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->opt_irq_disable;
+
+	if (context->orig_opt_irq_disable != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_opt_irq_disable;
+
+	context->orig_opt_irq_disable = osnoise_options_get_option("OSNOISE_IRQ_DISABLE");
+
+	return context->orig_opt_irq_disable;
+}
+
+int osnoise_set_irq_disable(struct osnoise_context *context, bool onoff)
+{
+	int opt_irq_disable = osnoise_get_irq_disable(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (opt_irq_disable == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (opt_irq_disable == onoff)
+		return 0;
+
+	retval = osnoise_options_set_option("OSNOISE_IRQ_DISABLE", onoff);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->opt_irq_disable = onoff;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void osnoise_restore_irq_disable(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_opt_irq_disable == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_opt_irq_disable == context->opt_irq_disable)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_options_set_option("OSNOISE_IRQ_DISABLE", context->orig_opt_irq_disable);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original OSNOISE_IRQ_DISABLE option\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->orig_opt_irq_disable = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+static void osnoise_put_irq_disable(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_irq_disable(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_opt_irq_disable == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_opt_irq_disable = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+static int osnoise_get_workload(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	if (context->opt_workload != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->opt_workload;
+
+	if (context->orig_opt_workload != OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return context->orig_opt_workload;
+
+	context->orig_opt_workload = osnoise_options_get_option("OSNOISE_WORKLOAD");
+
+	return context->orig_opt_workload;
+}
+
+int osnoise_set_workload(struct osnoise_context *context, bool onoff)
+{
+	int opt_workload = osnoise_get_workload(context);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (opt_workload == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (opt_workload == onoff)
+		return 0;
+
+	retval = osnoise_options_set_option("OSNOISE_WORKLOAD", onoff);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	context->opt_workload = onoff;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void osnoise_restore_workload(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (context->orig_opt_workload == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	if (context->orig_opt_workload == context->opt_workload)
+		goto out_done;
+
+	retval = osnoise_options_set_option("OSNOISE_WORKLOAD", context->orig_opt_workload);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Could not restore original OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option\n");
+
+out_done:
+	context->orig_opt_workload = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+static void osnoise_put_workload(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	osnoise_restore_workload(context);
+
+	if (context->orig_opt_workload == OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL)
+		return;
+
+	context->orig_opt_workload = OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * enable_osnoise - enable osnoise tracer in the trace_instance
+ */
+int enable_osnoise(struct trace_instance *trace)
+{
+	return enable_tracer_by_name(trace->inst, "osnoise");
+}
+
+/*
+ * enable_timerlat - enable timerlat tracer in the trace_instance
+ */
+int enable_timerlat(struct trace_instance *trace)
+{
+	return enable_tracer_by_name(trace->inst, "timerlat");
+}
+
+enum {
+	FLAG_CONTEXT_NEWLY_CREATED	= (1 << 0),
+	FLAG_CONTEXT_DELETED		= (1 << 1),
+};
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_get_context - increase the usage of a context and return it
+ */
+int osnoise_get_context(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (context->flags & FLAG_CONTEXT_DELETED) {
+		ret = -1;
+	} else {
+		context->ref++;
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_context_alloc - alloc an osnoise_context
+ *
+ * The osnoise context contains the information of the "osnoise/" configs.
+ * It is used to set and restore the config.
+ */
+struct osnoise_context *osnoise_context_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct osnoise_context *context;
+
+	context = calloc(1, sizeof(*context));
+	if (!context)
+		return NULL;
+
+	context->orig_stop_us		= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+	context->stop_us		= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+	context->orig_stop_total_us	= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+	context->stop_total_us		= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+	context->orig_print_stack	= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+	context->print_stack		= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+	context->orig_tracing_thresh	= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+	context->tracing_thresh		= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+	context->orig_opt_irq_disable	= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+	context->opt_irq_disable	= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+	context->orig_opt_workload	= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+	context->opt_workload		= OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL;
+
+	osnoise_get_context(context);
+
+	return context;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_put_context - put the osnoise_put_context
+ *
+ * If there is no other user for the context, the original data
+ * is restored.
+ */
+void osnoise_put_context(struct osnoise_context *context)
+{
+	if (--context->ref < 1)
+		context->flags |= FLAG_CONTEXT_DELETED;
+
+	if (!(context->flags & FLAG_CONTEXT_DELETED))
+		return;
+
+	osnoise_put_cpus(context);
+	osnoise_put_runtime_period(context);
+	osnoise_put_stop_us(context);
+	osnoise_put_stop_total_us(context);
+	osnoise_put_timerlat_period_us(context);
+	osnoise_put_print_stack(context);
+	osnoise_put_tracing_thresh(context);
+	osnoise_put_irq_disable(context);
+	osnoise_put_workload(context);
+
+	free(context);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_destroy_tool - disable trace, restore configs and free data
+ */
+void osnoise_destroy_tool(struct osnoise_tool *top)
+{
+	if (!top)
+		return;
+
+	trace_instance_destroy(&top->trace);
+
+	if (top->context)
+		osnoise_put_context(top->context);
+
+	free(top);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_init_tool - init an osnoise tool
+ *
+ * It allocs data, create a context to store data and
+ * creates a new trace instance for the tool.
+ */
+struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_tool(char *tool_name)
+{
+	struct osnoise_tool *top;
+	int retval;
+
+	top = calloc(1, sizeof(*top));
+	if (!top)
+		return NULL;
+
+	top->context = osnoise_context_alloc();
+	if (!top->context)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	retval = trace_instance_init(&top->trace, tool_name);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	return top;
+out_err:
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(top);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_init_trace_tool - init a tracer instance to trace osnoise events
+ */
+struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_trace_tool(char *tracer)
+{
+	struct osnoise_tool *trace;
+	int retval;
+
+	trace = osnoise_init_tool("osnoise_trace");
+	if (!trace)
+		return NULL;
+
+	retval = tracefs_event_enable(trace->trace.inst, "osnoise", NULL);
+	if (retval < 0 && !errno) {
+		err_msg("Could not find osnoise events\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	retval = enable_tracer_by_name(trace->trace.inst, tracer);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Could not enable %s tracer for tracing\n", tracer);
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	return trace;
+out_err:
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(trace);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void osnoise_usage(int err)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	static const char *msg[] = {
+		"",
+		"osnoise version " VERSION,
+		"",
+		"  usage: [rtla] osnoise [MODE] ...",
+		"",
+		"  modes:",
+		"     top   - prints the summary from osnoise tracer",
+		"     hist  - prints a histogram of osnoise samples",
+		"",
+		"if no MODE is given, the top mode is called, passing the arguments",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	for (i = 0; msg[i]; i++)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg[i]);
+	exit(err);
+}
+
+int osnoise_main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	if (argc == 0)
+		goto usage;
+
+	/*
+	 * if osnoise was called without any argument, run the
+	 * default cmdline.
+	 */
+	if (argc == 1) {
+		osnoise_top_main(argc, argv);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	if ((strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0) || (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0)) {
+		osnoise_usage(0);
+	} else if (strncmp(argv[1], "-", 1) == 0) {
+		/* the user skipped the tool, call the default one */
+		osnoise_top_main(argc, argv);
+		exit(0);
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[1], "top") == 0) {
+		osnoise_top_main(argc-1, &argv[1]);
+		exit(0);
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[1], "hist") == 0) {
+		osnoise_hist_main(argc-1, &argv[1]);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+usage:
+	osnoise_usage(1);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+int hwnoise_main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	osnoise_top_main(argc, argv);
+	exit(0);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..555f4f4903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include "trace.h"
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_context - read, store, write, restore osnoise configs.
+ */
+struct osnoise_context {
+	int			flags;
+	int			ref;
+
+	char			*curr_cpus;
+	char			*orig_cpus;
+
+	/* 0 as init value */
+	unsigned long long	orig_runtime_us;
+	unsigned long long	runtime_us;
+
+	/* 0 as init value */
+	unsigned long long	orig_period_us;
+	unsigned long long	period_us;
+
+	/* 0 as init value */
+	long long		orig_timerlat_period_us;
+	long long		timerlat_period_us;
+
+	/* 0 as init value */
+	long long		orig_tracing_thresh;
+	long long		tracing_thresh;
+
+	/* -1 as init value because 0 is disabled */
+	long long		orig_stop_us;
+	long long		stop_us;
+
+	/* -1 as init value because 0 is disabled */
+	long long		orig_stop_total_us;
+	long long		stop_total_us;
+
+	/* -1 as init value because 0 is disabled */
+	long long		orig_print_stack;
+	long long		print_stack;
+
+	/* -1 as init value because 0 is off */
+	int			orig_opt_irq_disable;
+	int			opt_irq_disable;
+
+	/* -1 as init value because 0 is off */
+	int			orig_opt_workload;
+	int			opt_workload;
+};
+
+/*
+ * *_INIT_VALs are also invalid values, they are used to
+ * communicate errors.
+ */
+#define OSNOISE_OPTION_INIT_VAL	(-1)
+#define OSNOISE_TIME_INIT_VAL	(0)
+
+struct osnoise_context *osnoise_context_alloc(void);
+int osnoise_get_context(struct osnoise_context *context);
+void osnoise_put_context(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context, char *cpus);
+void osnoise_restore_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_runtime_period(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			       unsigned long long runtime,
+			       unsigned long long period);
+void osnoise_restore_runtime_period(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			long long stop_us);
+void osnoise_restore_stop_us(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			      long long stop_total_us);
+void osnoise_restore_stop_total_us(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context,
+				   long long timerlat_period_us);
+void osnoise_restore_timerlat_period_us(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+int osnoise_set_tracing_thresh(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			       long long tracing_thresh);
+void osnoise_restore_tracing_thresh(struct osnoise_context *context);
+
+void osnoise_restore_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context);
+int osnoise_set_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context,
+			    long long print_stack);
+
+int osnoise_set_irq_disable(struct osnoise_context *context, bool onoff);
+int osnoise_set_workload(struct osnoise_context *context, bool onoff);
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_tool -  osnoise based tool definition.
+ */
+struct osnoise_tool {
+	struct trace_instance		trace;
+	struct osnoise_context		*context;
+	void				*data;
+	void				*params;
+	time_t				start_time;
+};
+
+void osnoise_destroy_tool(struct osnoise_tool *top);
+struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_tool(char *tool_name);
+struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_trace_tool(char *tracer);
+
+int osnoise_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[]);
+int osnoise_top_main(int argc, char **argv);
+int osnoise_main(int argc, char **argv);
+int hwnoise_main(int argc, char **argv);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f81fa0073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
@@ -0,0 +1,945 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "osnoise.h"
+
+struct osnoise_hist_params {
+	char			*cpus;
+	cpu_set_t		monitored_cpus;
+	char			*trace_output;
+	char			*cgroup_name;
+	unsigned long long	runtime;
+	unsigned long long	period;
+	long long		threshold;
+	long long		stop_us;
+	long long		stop_total_us;
+	int			sleep_time;
+	int			duration;
+	int			set_sched;
+	int			output_divisor;
+	int			cgroup;
+	int			hk_cpus;
+	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
+	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
+	struct trace_events	*events;
+
+	char			no_header;
+	char			no_summary;
+	char			no_index;
+	char			with_zeros;
+	int			bucket_size;
+	int			entries;
+};
+
+struct osnoise_hist_cpu {
+	int			*samples;
+	int			count;
+
+	unsigned long long	min_sample;
+	unsigned long long	sum_sample;
+	unsigned long long	max_sample;
+
+};
+
+struct osnoise_hist_data {
+	struct tracefs_hist	*trace_hist;
+	struct osnoise_hist_cpu	*hist;
+	int			entries;
+	int			bucket_size;
+	int			nr_cpus;
+};
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_free_histogram - free runtime data
+ */
+static void
+osnoise_free_histogram(struct osnoise_hist_data *data)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	/* one histogram for IRQ and one for thread, per CPU */
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (data->hist[cpu].samples)
+			free(data->hist[cpu].samples);
+	}
+
+	/* one set of histograms per CPU */
+	if (data->hist)
+		free(data->hist);
+
+	free(data);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_alloc_histogram - alloc runtime data
+ */
+static struct osnoise_hist_data
+*osnoise_alloc_histogram(int nr_cpus, int entries, int bucket_size)
+{
+	struct osnoise_hist_data *data;
+	int cpu;
+
+	data = calloc(1, sizeof(*data));
+	if (!data)
+		return NULL;
+
+	data->entries = entries;
+	data->bucket_size = bucket_size;
+	data->nr_cpus = nr_cpus;
+
+	data->hist = calloc(1, sizeof(*data->hist) * nr_cpus);
+	if (!data->hist)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		data->hist[cpu].samples = calloc(1, sizeof(*data->hist->samples) * (entries + 1));
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].samples)
+			goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	/* set the min to max */
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++)
+		data->hist[cpu].min_sample = ~0;
+
+	return data;
+
+cleanup:
+	osnoise_free_histogram(data);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void osnoise_hist_update_multiple(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int cpu,
+					 unsigned long long duration, int count)
+{
+	struct osnoise_hist_params *params = tool->params;
+	struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
+	unsigned long long total_duration;
+	int entries = data->entries;
+	int bucket;
+	int *hist;
+
+	if (params->output_divisor)
+		duration = duration / params->output_divisor;
+
+	if (data->bucket_size)
+		bucket = duration / data->bucket_size;
+
+	total_duration = duration * count;
+
+	hist = data->hist[cpu].samples;
+	data->hist[cpu].count += count;
+	update_min(&data->hist[cpu].min_sample, &duration);
+	update_sum(&data->hist[cpu].sum_sample, &total_duration);
+	update_max(&data->hist[cpu].max_sample, &duration);
+
+	if (bucket < entries)
+		hist[bucket] += count;
+	else
+		hist[entries] += count;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_destroy_trace_hist - disable events used to collect histogram
+ */
+static void osnoise_destroy_trace_hist(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+{
+	struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
+
+	tracefs_hist_pause(tool->trace.inst, data->trace_hist);
+	tracefs_hist_destroy(tool->trace.inst, data->trace_hist);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_init_trace_hist - enable events used to collect histogram
+ */
+static int osnoise_init_trace_hist(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+{
+	struct osnoise_hist_params *params = tool->params;
+	struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
+	int bucket_size;
+	char buff[128];
+	int retval = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Set the size of the bucket.
+	 */
+	bucket_size = params->output_divisor * params->bucket_size;
+	snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "duration.buckets=%d", bucket_size);
+
+	data->trace_hist = tracefs_hist_alloc(tool->trace.tep, "osnoise", "sample_threshold",
+			buff, TRACEFS_HIST_KEY_NORMAL);
+	if (!data->trace_hist)
+		return 1;
+
+	retval = tracefs_hist_add_key(data->trace_hist, "cpu", 0);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	retval = tracefs_hist_start(tool->trace.inst, data->trace_hist);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	osnoise_destroy_trace_hist(tool);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_read_trace_hist - parse histogram file and file osnoise histogram
+ */
+static void osnoise_read_trace_hist(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+{
+	struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
+	long long cpu, counter, duration;
+	char *content, *position;
+
+	tracefs_hist_pause(tool->trace.inst, data->trace_hist);
+
+	content = tracefs_event_file_read(tool->trace.inst, "osnoise",
+					  "sample_threshold",
+					  "hist", NULL);
+	if (!content)
+		return;
+
+	position = content;
+	while (true) {
+		position = strstr(position, "duration: ~");
+		if (!position)
+			break;
+		position += strlen("duration: ~");
+		duration = get_llong_from_str(position);
+		if (duration == -1)
+			err_msg("error reading duration from histogram\n");
+
+		position = strstr(position, "cpu:");
+		if (!position)
+			break;
+		position += strlen("cpu: ");
+		cpu = get_llong_from_str(position);
+		if (cpu == -1)
+			err_msg("error reading cpu from histogram\n");
+
+		position = strstr(position, "hitcount:");
+		if (!position)
+			break;
+		position += strlen("hitcount: ");
+		counter = get_llong_from_str(position);
+		if (counter == -1)
+			err_msg("error reading counter from histogram\n");
+
+		osnoise_hist_update_multiple(tool, cpu, duration, counter);
+	}
+	free(content);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_hist_header - print the header of the tracer to the output
+ */
+static void osnoise_hist_header(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+{
+	struct osnoise_hist_params *params = tool->params;
+	struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
+	struct trace_seq *s = tool->trace.seq;
+	char duration[26];
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (params->no_header)
+		return;
+
+	get_duration(tool->start_time, duration, sizeof(duration));
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "# RTLA osnoise histogram\n");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "# Time unit is %s (%s)\n",
+			params->output_divisor == 1 ? "nanoseconds" : "microseconds",
+			params->output_divisor == 1 ? "ns" : "us");
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "# Duration: %s\n", duration);
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "Index");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].count)
+			continue;
+
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "   CPU-%03d", cpu);
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+
+	trace_seq_do_printf(s);
+	trace_seq_reset(s);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_print_summary - print the summary of the hist data to the output
+ */
+static void
+osnoise_print_summary(struct osnoise_hist_params *params,
+		       struct trace_instance *trace,
+		       struct osnoise_hist_data *data)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (params->no_summary)
+		return;
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "count:");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].count)
+			continue;
+
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ", data->hist[cpu].count);
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "min:  ");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].count)
+			continue;
+
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",	data->hist[cpu].min_sample);
+
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "avg:  ");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].count)
+			continue;
+
+		if (data->hist[cpu].count)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9.2f ",
+				((double) data->hist[cpu].sum_sample) / data->hist[cpu].count);
+		else
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "        - ");
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "max:  ");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].count)
+			continue;
+
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ", data->hist[cpu].max_sample);
+
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+	trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
+	trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_print_stats - print data for all CPUs
+ */
+static void
+osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_hist_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+{
+	struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
+	struct trace_instance *trace = &tool->trace;
+	int bucket, cpu;
+	int total;
+
+	osnoise_hist_header(tool);
+
+	for (bucket = 0; bucket < data->entries; bucket++) {
+		total = 0;
+
+		if (!params->no_index)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%-6d",
+					 bucket * data->bucket_size);
+
+		for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+			if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+				continue;
+
+			if (!data->hist[cpu].count)
+				continue;
+
+			total += data->hist[cpu].samples[bucket];
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ", data->hist[cpu].samples[bucket]);
+		}
+
+		if (total == 0 && !params->with_zeros) {
+			trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+		trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
+		trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+	}
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "over: ");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].count)
+			continue;
+
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
+				 data->hist[cpu].samples[data->entries]);
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+	trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
+	trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+
+	osnoise_print_summary(params, trace, data);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_hist_usage - prints osnoise hist usage message
+ */
+static void osnoise_hist_usage(char *usage)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	static const char * const msg[] = {
+		"",
+		"  usage: rtla osnoise hist [-h] [-D] [-d s] [-a us] [-p us] [-r us] [-s us] [-S us] \\",
+		"	  [-T us] [-t[=file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] \\",
+		"	  [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list] [-P priority] [-b N] [-E N] [--no-header] [--no-summary] \\",
+		"	  [--no-index] [--with-zeros] [-C[=cgroup_name]]",
+		"",
+		"	  -h/--help: print this menu",
+		"	  -a/--auto: set automatic trace mode, stopping the session if argument in us sample is hit",
+		"	  -p/--period us: osnoise period in us",
+		"	  -r/--runtime us: osnoise runtime in us",
+		"	  -s/--stop us: stop trace if a single sample is higher than the argument in us",
+		"	  -S/--stop-total us: stop trace if the total sample is higher than the argument in us",
+		"	  -T/--threshold us: the minimum delta to be considered a noise",
+		"	  -c/--cpus cpu-list: list of cpus to run osnoise threads",
+		"	  -H/--house-keeping cpus: run rtla control threads only on the given cpus",
+		"	  -C/--cgroup[=cgroup_name]: set cgroup, if no cgroup_name is passed, the rtla's cgroup will be inherited",
+		"	  -d/--duration time[s|m|h|d]: duration of the session",
+		"	  -D/--debug: print debug info",
+		"	  -t/--trace[=file]: save the stopped trace to [file|osnoise_trace.txt]",
+		"	  -e/--event <sys:event>: enable the <sys:event> in the trace instance, multiple -e are allowed",
+		"	     --filter <filter>: enable a trace event filter to the previous -e event",
+		"	     --trigger <trigger>: enable a trace event trigger to the previous -e event",
+		"	  -b/--bucket-size N: set the histogram bucket size (default 1)",
+		"	  -E/--entries N: set the number of entries of the histogram (default 256)",
+		"	     --no-header: do not print header",
+		"	     --no-summary: do not print summary",
+		"	     --no-index: do not print index",
+		"	     --with-zeros: print zero only entries",
+		"	  -P/--priority o:prio|r:prio|f:prio|d:runtime:period: set scheduling parameters",
+		"		o:prio - use SCHED_OTHER with prio",
+		"		r:prio - use SCHED_RR with prio",
+		"		f:prio - use SCHED_FIFO with prio",
+		"		d:runtime[us|ms|s]:period[us|ms|s] - use SCHED_DEADLINE with runtime and period",
+		"						       in nanoseconds",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	if (usage)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", usage);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "rtla osnoise hist: a per-cpu histogram of the OS noise (version %s)\n",
+			VERSION);
+
+	for (i = 0; msg[i]; i++)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg[i]);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_hist_parse_args - allocs, parse and fill the cmd line parameters
+ */
+static struct osnoise_hist_params
+*osnoise_hist_parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	struct osnoise_hist_params *params;
+	struct trace_events *tevent;
+	int retval;
+	int c;
+
+	params = calloc(1, sizeof(*params));
+	if (!params)
+		exit(1);
+
+	/* display data in microseconds */
+	params->output_divisor = 1000;
+	params->bucket_size = 1;
+	params->entries = 256;
+
+	while (1) {
+		static struct option long_options[] = {
+			{"auto",		required_argument,	0, 'a'},
+			{"bucket-size",		required_argument,	0, 'b'},
+			{"entries",		required_argument,	0, 'E'},
+			{"cpus",		required_argument,	0, 'c'},
+			{"cgroup",		optional_argument,	0, 'C'},
+			{"debug",		no_argument,		0, 'D'},
+			{"duration",		required_argument,	0, 'd'},
+			{"house-keeping",	required_argument,		0, 'H'},
+			{"help",		no_argument,		0, 'h'},
+			{"period",		required_argument,	0, 'p'},
+			{"priority",		required_argument,	0, 'P'},
+			{"runtime",		required_argument,	0, 'r'},
+			{"stop",		required_argument,	0, 's'},
+			{"stop-total",		required_argument,	0, 'S'},
+			{"trace",		optional_argument,	0, 't'},
+			{"event",		required_argument,	0, 'e'},
+			{"threshold",		required_argument,	0, 'T'},
+			{"no-header",		no_argument,		0, '0'},
+			{"no-summary",		no_argument,		0, '1'},
+			{"no-index",		no_argument,		0, '2'},
+			{"with-zeros",		no_argument,		0, '3'},
+			{"trigger",		required_argument,	0, '4'},
+			{"filter",		required_argument,	0, '5'},
+			{0, 0, 0, 0}
+		};
+
+		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
+		int option_index = 0;
+
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::b:d:e:E:DhH:p:P:r:s:S:t::T:01234:5:",
+				 long_options, &option_index);
+
+		/* detect the end of the options. */
+		if (c == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'a':
+			/* set sample stop to auto_thresh */
+			params->stop_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+
+			/* set sample threshold to 1 */
+			params->threshold = 1;
+
+			/* set trace */
+			params->trace_output = "osnoise_trace.txt";
+
+			break;
+		case 'b':
+			params->bucket_size = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if ((params->bucket_size == 0) || (params->bucket_size >= 1000000))
+				osnoise_hist_usage("Bucket size needs to be > 0 and <= 1000000\n");
+			break;
+		case 'c':
+			retval = parse_cpu_set(optarg, &params->monitored_cpus);
+			if (retval)
+				osnoise_hist_usage("\nInvalid -c cpu list\n");
+			params->cpus = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 'C':
+			params->cgroup = 1;
+			if (!optarg) {
+				/* will inherit this cgroup */
+				params->cgroup_name = NULL;
+			} else if (*optarg == '=') {
+				/* skip the = */
+				params->cgroup_name = ++optarg;
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'D':
+			config_debug = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'd':
+			params->duration = parse_seconds_duration(optarg);
+			if (!params->duration)
+				osnoise_hist_usage("Invalid -D duration\n");
+			break;
+		case 'e':
+			tevent = trace_event_alloc(optarg);
+			if (!tevent) {
+				err_msg("Error alloc trace event");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+
+			if (params->events)
+				tevent->next = params->events;
+
+			params->events = tevent;
+			break;
+		case 'E':
+			params->entries = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if ((params->entries < 10) || (params->entries > 9999999))
+				osnoise_hist_usage("Entries must be > 10 and < 9999999\n");
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+		case '?':
+			osnoise_hist_usage(NULL);
+			break;
+		case 'H':
+			params->hk_cpus = 1;
+			retval = parse_cpu_set(optarg, &params->hk_cpu_set);
+			if (retval) {
+				err_msg("Error parsing house keeping CPUs\n");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'p':
+			params->period = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if (params->period > 10000000)
+				osnoise_hist_usage("Period longer than 10 s\n");
+			break;
+		case 'P':
+			retval = parse_prio(optarg, &params->sched_param);
+			if (retval == -1)
+				osnoise_hist_usage("Invalid -P priority");
+			params->set_sched = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'r':
+			params->runtime = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if (params->runtime < 100)
+				osnoise_hist_usage("Runtime shorter than 100 us\n");
+			break;
+		case 's':
+			params->stop_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'S':
+			params->stop_total_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'T':
+			params->threshold = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 't':
+			if (optarg)
+				/* skip = */
+				params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+			else
+				params->trace_output = "osnoise_trace.txt";
+			break;
+		case '0': /* no header */
+			params->no_header = 1;
+			break;
+		case '1': /* no summary */
+			params->no_summary = 1;
+			break;
+		case '2': /* no index */
+			params->no_index = 1;
+			break;
+		case '3': /* with zeros */
+			params->with_zeros = 1;
+			break;
+		case '4': /* trigger */
+			if (params->events) {
+				retval = trace_event_add_trigger(params->events, optarg);
+				if (retval) {
+					err_msg("Error adding trigger %s\n", optarg);
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+			} else {
+				osnoise_hist_usage("--trigger requires a previous -e\n");
+			}
+			break;
+		case '5': /* filter */
+			if (params->events) {
+				retval = trace_event_add_filter(params->events, optarg);
+				if (retval) {
+					err_msg("Error adding filter %s\n", optarg);
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+			} else {
+				osnoise_hist_usage("--filter requires a previous -e\n");
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			osnoise_hist_usage("Invalid option");
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (geteuid()) {
+		err_msg("rtla needs root permission\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	if (params->no_index && !params->with_zeros)
+		osnoise_hist_usage("no-index set and with-zeros not set - it does not make sense");
+
+	return params;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_hist_apply_config - apply the hist configs to the initialized tool
+ */
+static int
+osnoise_hist_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct osnoise_hist_params *params)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!params->sleep_time)
+		params->sleep_time = 1;
+
+	if (params->cpus) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_cpus(tool->context, params->cpus);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to apply CPUs config\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->runtime || params->period) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_runtime_period(tool->context,
+						    params->runtime,
+						    params->period);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set runtime and/or period\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->stop_us) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_stop_us(tool->context, params->stop_us);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set stop us\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->stop_total_us) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_stop_total_us(tool->context, params->stop_total_us);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set stop total us\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->threshold) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_tracing_thresh(tool->context, params->threshold);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set tracing_thresh\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->hk_cpus) {
+		retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(params->hk_cpu_set),
+					   &params->hk_cpu_set);
+		if (retval == -1) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set rtla to the house keeping CPUs\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	} else if (params->cpus) {
+		/*
+		 * Even if the user do not set a house-keeping CPU, try to
+		 * move rtla to a CPU set different to the one where the user
+		 * set the workload to run.
+		 *
+		 * No need to check results as this is an automatic attempt.
+		 */
+		auto_house_keeping(&params->monitored_cpus);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_init_hist - initialize a osnoise hist tool with parameters
+ */
+static struct osnoise_tool
+*osnoise_init_hist(struct osnoise_hist_params *params)
+{
+	struct osnoise_tool *tool;
+	int nr_cpus;
+
+	nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+
+	tool = osnoise_init_tool("osnoise_hist");
+	if (!tool)
+		return NULL;
+
+	tool->data = osnoise_alloc_histogram(nr_cpus, params->entries, params->bucket_size);
+	if (!tool->data)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	tool->params = params;
+
+	return tool;
+
+out_err:
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(tool);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int stop_tracing;
+static void stop_hist(int sig)
+{
+	stop_tracing = 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_hist_set_signals - handles the signal to stop the tool
+ */
+static void
+osnoise_hist_set_signals(struct osnoise_hist_params *params)
+{
+	signal(SIGINT, stop_hist);
+	if (params->duration) {
+		signal(SIGALRM, stop_hist);
+		alarm(params->duration);
+	}
+}
+
+int osnoise_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	struct osnoise_hist_params *params;
+	struct osnoise_tool *record = NULL;
+	struct osnoise_tool *tool = NULL;
+	struct trace_instance *trace;
+	int return_value = 1;
+	int retval;
+
+	params = osnoise_hist_parse_args(argc, argv);
+	if (!params)
+		exit(1);
+
+	tool = osnoise_init_hist(params);
+	if (!tool) {
+		err_msg("Could not init osnoise hist\n");
+		goto out_exit;
+	}
+
+	retval = osnoise_hist_apply_config(tool, params);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Could not apply config\n");
+		goto out_destroy;
+	}
+
+	trace = &tool->trace;
+
+	retval = enable_osnoise(trace);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to enable osnoise tracer\n");
+		goto out_destroy;
+	}
+
+	retval = osnoise_init_trace_hist(tool);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_destroy;
+
+	if (params->set_sched) {
+		retval = set_comm_sched_attr("osnoise/", &params->sched_param);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set sched parameters\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->cgroup) {
+		retval = set_comm_cgroup("timerlat/", params->cgroup_name);
+		if (!retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to move threads to cgroup\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->trace_output) {
+		record = osnoise_init_trace_tool("osnoise");
+		if (!record) {
+			err_msg("Failed to enable the trace instance\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+
+		if (params->events) {
+			retval = trace_events_enable(&record->trace, params->events);
+			if (retval)
+				goto out_hist;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Start the tracer here, after having set all instances.
+	 *
+	 * Let the trace instance start first for the case of hitting a stop
+	 * tracing while enabling other instances. The trace instance is the
+	 * one with most valuable information.
+	 */
+	if (params->trace_output)
+		trace_instance_start(&record->trace);
+	trace_instance_start(trace);
+
+	tool->start_time = time(NULL);
+	osnoise_hist_set_signals(params);
+
+	while (!stop_tracing) {
+		sleep(params->sleep_time);
+
+		retval = tracefs_iterate_raw_events(trace->tep,
+						    trace->inst,
+						    NULL,
+						    0,
+						    collect_registered_events,
+						    trace);
+		if (retval < 0) {
+			err_msg("Error iterating on events\n");
+			goto out_hist;
+		}
+
+		if (trace_is_off(&tool->trace, &record->trace))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	osnoise_read_trace_hist(tool);
+
+	osnoise_print_stats(params, tool);
+
+	return_value = 0;
+
+	if (trace_is_off(&tool->trace, &record->trace)) {
+		printf("rtla osnoise hit stop tracing\n");
+		if (params->trace_output) {
+			printf("  Saving trace to %s\n", params->trace_output);
+			save_trace_to_file(record->trace.inst, params->trace_output);
+		}
+	}
+
+out_hist:
+	trace_events_destroy(&record->trace, params->events);
+	params->events = NULL;
+out_free:
+	osnoise_free_histogram(tool->data);
+out_destroy:
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(record);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(tool);
+	free(params);
+out_exit:
+	exit(return_value);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7c959be86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
@@ -0,0 +1,778 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+
+#include "osnoise.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+enum osnoise_mode {
+	MODE_OSNOISE = 0,
+	MODE_HWNOISE
+};
+
+/*
+ * osnoise top parameters
+ */
+struct osnoise_top_params {
+	char			*cpus;
+	cpu_set_t		monitored_cpus;
+	char			*trace_output;
+	char			*cgroup_name;
+	unsigned long long	runtime;
+	unsigned long long	period;
+	long long		threshold;
+	long long		stop_us;
+	long long		stop_total_us;
+	int			sleep_time;
+	int			duration;
+	int			quiet;
+	int			set_sched;
+	int			cgroup;
+	int			hk_cpus;
+	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
+	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
+	struct trace_events	*events;
+	enum osnoise_mode	mode;
+};
+
+struct osnoise_top_cpu {
+	unsigned long long	sum_runtime;
+	unsigned long long	sum_noise;
+	unsigned long long	max_noise;
+	unsigned long long	max_sample;
+
+	unsigned long long	hw_count;
+	unsigned long long	nmi_count;
+	unsigned long long	irq_count;
+	unsigned long long	softirq_count;
+	unsigned long long	thread_count;
+
+	int			sum_cycles;
+};
+
+struct osnoise_top_data {
+	struct osnoise_top_cpu	*cpu_data;
+	int			nr_cpus;
+};
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_free_top - free runtime data
+ */
+static void
+osnoise_free_top(struct osnoise_top_data *data)
+{
+	free(data->cpu_data);
+	free(data);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_alloc_histogram - alloc runtime data
+ */
+static struct osnoise_top_data *osnoise_alloc_top(int nr_cpus)
+{
+	struct osnoise_top_data *data;
+
+	data = calloc(1, sizeof(*data));
+	if (!data)
+		return NULL;
+
+	data->nr_cpus = nr_cpus;
+
+	/* one set of histograms per CPU */
+	data->cpu_data = calloc(1, sizeof(*data->cpu_data) * nr_cpus);
+	if (!data->cpu_data)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	return data;
+
+cleanup:
+	osnoise_free_top(data);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_top_handler - this is the handler for osnoise tracer events
+ */
+static int
+osnoise_top_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+		    struct tep_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct trace_instance *trace = context;
+	struct osnoise_tool *tool;
+	unsigned long long val;
+	struct osnoise_top_cpu *cpu_data;
+	struct osnoise_top_data *data;
+	int cpu = record->cpu;
+
+	tool = container_of(trace, struct osnoise_tool, trace);
+
+	data = tool->data;
+	cpu_data = &data->cpu_data[cpu];
+
+	cpu_data->sum_cycles++;
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "runtime", record, &val, 1);
+	update_sum(&cpu_data->sum_runtime, &val);
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "noise", record, &val, 1);
+	update_max(&cpu_data->max_noise, &val);
+	update_sum(&cpu_data->sum_noise, &val);
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "max_sample", record, &val, 1);
+	update_max(&cpu_data->max_sample, &val);
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "hw_count", record, &val, 1);
+	update_sum(&cpu_data->hw_count, &val);
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "nmi_count", record, &val, 1);
+	update_sum(&cpu_data->nmi_count, &val);
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "irq_count", record, &val, 1);
+	update_sum(&cpu_data->irq_count, &val);
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "softirq_count", record, &val, 1);
+	update_sum(&cpu_data->softirq_count, &val);
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "thread_count", record, &val, 1);
+	update_sum(&cpu_data->thread_count, &val);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_top_header - print the header of the tool output
+ */
+static void osnoise_top_header(struct osnoise_tool *top)
+{
+	struct osnoise_top_params *params = top->params;
+	struct trace_seq *s = top->trace.seq;
+	char duration[26];
+
+	get_duration(top->start_time, duration, sizeof(duration));
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[2;37;40m");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "                                          ");
+
+	if (params->mode == MODE_OSNOISE) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "Operating System Noise");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "                                       ");
+	} else if (params->mode == MODE_HWNOISE) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "Hardware-related Noise");
+	}
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "                                   ");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[0;0;0m");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "duration: %9s | time is in us\n", duration);
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[2;30;47m");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "CPU Period       Runtime ");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "       Noise ");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, " %% CPU Aval ");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "  Max Noise   Max Single ");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "         HW          NMI");
+
+	if (params->mode == MODE_HWNOISE)
+		goto eol;
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "          IRQ      Softirq       Thread");
+
+eol:
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[0;0;0m");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+}
+
+/*
+ * clear_terminal - clears the output terminal
+ */
+static void clear_terminal(struct trace_seq *seq)
+{
+	if (!config_debug)
+		trace_seq_printf(seq, "\033c");
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_top_print - prints the output of a given CPU
+ */
+static void osnoise_top_print(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int cpu)
+{
+	struct osnoise_top_params *params = tool->params;
+	struct trace_seq *s = tool->trace.seq;
+	struct osnoise_top_cpu *cpu_data;
+	struct osnoise_top_data *data;
+	int percentage;
+	int decimal;
+
+	data = tool->data;
+	cpu_data = &data->cpu_data[cpu];
+
+	if (!cpu_data->sum_runtime)
+		return;
+
+	percentage = ((cpu_data->sum_runtime - cpu_data->sum_noise) * 10000000)
+			/ cpu_data->sum_runtime;
+	decimal = percentage % 100000;
+	percentage = percentage / 100000;
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%3d #%-6d %12llu ", cpu, cpu_data->sum_cycles, cpu_data->sum_runtime);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%12llu ", cpu_data->sum_noise);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "  %3d.%05d", percentage, decimal);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%12llu %12llu", cpu_data->max_noise, cpu_data->max_sample);
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%12llu ", cpu_data->hw_count);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%12llu ", cpu_data->nmi_count);
+
+	if (params->mode == MODE_HWNOISE) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%12llu ", cpu_data->irq_count);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%12llu ", cpu_data->softirq_count);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%12llu\n", cpu_data->thread_count);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_print_stats - print data for all cpus
+ */
+static void
+osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_top_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *top)
+{
+	struct trace_instance *trace = &top->trace;
+	static int nr_cpus = -1;
+	int i;
+
+	if (nr_cpus == -1)
+		nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+
+	if (!params->quiet)
+		clear_terminal(trace->seq);
+
+	osnoise_top_header(top);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(i, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+		osnoise_top_print(top, i);
+	}
+
+	trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
+	trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_top_usage - prints osnoise top usage message
+ */
+static void osnoise_top_usage(struct osnoise_top_params *params, char *usage)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	static const char * const msg[] = {
+		" [-h] [-q] [-D] [-d s] [-a us] [-p us] [-r us] [-s us] [-S us] \\",
+		"	  [-T us] [-t[=file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] \\",
+		"	  [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list] [-P priority] [-C[=cgroup_name]]",
+		"",
+		"	  -h/--help: print this menu",
+		"	  -a/--auto: set automatic trace mode, stopping the session if argument in us sample is hit",
+		"	  -p/--period us: osnoise period in us",
+		"	  -r/--runtime us: osnoise runtime in us",
+		"	  -s/--stop us: stop trace if a single sample is higher than the argument in us",
+		"	  -S/--stop-total us: stop trace if the total sample is higher than the argument in us",
+		"	  -T/--threshold us: the minimum delta to be considered a noise",
+		"	  -c/--cpus cpu-list: list of cpus to run osnoise threads",
+		"	  -H/--house-keeping cpus: run rtla control threads only on the given cpus",
+		"	  -C/--cgroup[=cgroup_name]: set cgroup, if no cgroup_name is passed, the rtla's cgroup will be inherited",
+		"	  -d/--duration time[s|m|h|d]: duration of the session",
+		"	  -D/--debug: print debug info",
+		"	  -t/--trace[=file]: save the stopped trace to [file|osnoise_trace.txt]",
+		"	  -e/--event <sys:event>: enable the <sys:event> in the trace instance, multiple -e are allowed",
+		"	     --filter <filter>: enable a trace event filter to the previous -e event",
+		"	     --trigger <trigger>: enable a trace event trigger to the previous -e event",
+		"	  -q/--quiet print only a summary at the end",
+		"	  -P/--priority o:prio|r:prio|f:prio|d:runtime:period : set scheduling parameters",
+		"		o:prio - use SCHED_OTHER with prio",
+		"		r:prio - use SCHED_RR with prio",
+		"		f:prio - use SCHED_FIFO with prio",
+		"		d:runtime[us|ms|s]:period[us|ms|s] - use SCHED_DEADLINE with runtime and period",
+		"						       in nanoseconds",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	if (usage)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", usage);
+
+	if (params->mode == MODE_OSNOISE) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"rtla osnoise top: a per-cpu summary of the OS noise (version %s)\n",
+			VERSION);
+
+		fprintf(stderr, "  usage: rtla osnoise [top]");
+	}
+
+	if (params->mode == MODE_HWNOISE) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"rtla hwnoise: a summary of hardware-related noise (version %s)\n",
+			VERSION);
+
+		fprintf(stderr, "  usage: rtla hwnoise");
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; msg[i]; i++)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg[i]);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_top_parse_args - allocs, parse and fill the cmd line parameters
+ */
+struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct osnoise_top_params *params;
+	struct trace_events *tevent;
+	int retval;
+	int c;
+
+	params = calloc(1, sizeof(*params));
+	if (!params)
+		exit(1);
+
+	if (strcmp(argv[0], "hwnoise") == 0) {
+		params->mode = MODE_HWNOISE;
+		/*
+		 * Reduce CPU usage for 75% to avoid killing the system.
+		 */
+		params->runtime = 750000;
+		params->period = 1000000;
+	}
+
+	while (1) {
+		static struct option long_options[] = {
+			{"auto",		required_argument,	0, 'a'},
+			{"cpus",		required_argument,	0, 'c'},
+			{"cgroup",		optional_argument,	0, 'C'},
+			{"debug",		no_argument,		0, 'D'},
+			{"duration",		required_argument,	0, 'd'},
+			{"event",		required_argument,	0, 'e'},
+			{"house-keeping",	required_argument,	0, 'H'},
+			{"help",		no_argument,		0, 'h'},
+			{"period",		required_argument,	0, 'p'},
+			{"priority",		required_argument,	0, 'P'},
+			{"quiet",		no_argument,		0, 'q'},
+			{"runtime",		required_argument,	0, 'r'},
+			{"stop",		required_argument,	0, 's'},
+			{"stop-total",		required_argument,	0, 'S'},
+			{"threshold",		required_argument,	0, 'T'},
+			{"trace",		optional_argument,	0, 't'},
+			{"trigger",		required_argument,	0, '0'},
+			{"filter",		required_argument,	0, '1'},
+			{0, 0, 0, 0}
+		};
+
+		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
+		int option_index = 0;
+
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::d:De:hH:p:P:qr:s:S:t::T:0:1:",
+				 long_options, &option_index);
+
+		/* Detect the end of the options. */
+		if (c == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'a':
+			/* set sample stop to auto_thresh */
+			params->stop_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+
+			/* set sample threshold to 1 */
+			params->threshold = 1;
+
+			/* set trace */
+			params->trace_output = "osnoise_trace.txt";
+
+			break;
+		case 'c':
+			retval = parse_cpu_set(optarg, &params->monitored_cpus);
+			if (retval)
+				osnoise_top_usage(params, "\nInvalid -c cpu list\n");
+			params->cpus = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 'C':
+			params->cgroup = 1;
+			if (!optarg) {
+				/* will inherit this cgroup */
+				params->cgroup_name = NULL;
+			} else if (*optarg == '=') {
+				/* skip the = */
+				params->cgroup_name = ++optarg;
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'D':
+			config_debug = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'd':
+			params->duration = parse_seconds_duration(optarg);
+			if (!params->duration)
+				osnoise_top_usage(params, "Invalid -D duration\n");
+			break;
+		case 'e':
+			tevent = trace_event_alloc(optarg);
+			if (!tevent) {
+				err_msg("Error alloc trace event");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+
+			if (params->events)
+				tevent->next = params->events;
+			params->events = tevent;
+
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+		case '?':
+			osnoise_top_usage(params, NULL);
+			break;
+		case 'H':
+			params->hk_cpus = 1;
+			retval = parse_cpu_set(optarg, &params->hk_cpu_set);
+			if (retval) {
+				err_msg("Error parsing house keeping CPUs\n");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'p':
+			params->period = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if (params->period > 10000000)
+				osnoise_top_usage(params, "Period longer than 10 s\n");
+			break;
+		case 'P':
+			retval = parse_prio(optarg, &params->sched_param);
+			if (retval == -1)
+				osnoise_top_usage(params, "Invalid -P priority");
+			params->set_sched = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'q':
+			params->quiet = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'r':
+			params->runtime = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if (params->runtime < 100)
+				osnoise_top_usage(params, "Runtime shorter than 100 us\n");
+			break;
+		case 's':
+			params->stop_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'S':
+			params->stop_total_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 't':
+			if (optarg)
+				/* skip = */
+				params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+			else
+				params->trace_output = "osnoise_trace.txt";
+			break;
+		case 'T':
+			params->threshold = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case '0': /* trigger */
+			if (params->events) {
+				retval = trace_event_add_trigger(params->events, optarg);
+				if (retval) {
+					err_msg("Error adding trigger %s\n", optarg);
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+			} else {
+				osnoise_top_usage(params, "--trigger requires a previous -e\n");
+			}
+			break;
+		case '1': /* filter */
+			if (params->events) {
+				retval = trace_event_add_filter(params->events, optarg);
+				if (retval) {
+					err_msg("Error adding filter %s\n", optarg);
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+			} else {
+				osnoise_top_usage(params, "--filter requires a previous -e\n");
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			osnoise_top_usage(params, "Invalid option");
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (geteuid()) {
+		err_msg("osnoise needs root permission\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	return params;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_top_apply_config - apply the top configs to the initialized tool
+ */
+static int
+osnoise_top_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct osnoise_top_params *params)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!params->sleep_time)
+		params->sleep_time = 1;
+
+	if (params->cpus) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_cpus(tool->context, params->cpus);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to apply CPUs config\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->runtime || params->period) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_runtime_period(tool->context,
+						    params->runtime,
+						    params->period);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set runtime and/or period\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->stop_us) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_stop_us(tool->context, params->stop_us);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set stop us\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->stop_total_us) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_stop_total_us(tool->context, params->stop_total_us);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set stop total us\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->threshold) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_tracing_thresh(tool->context, params->threshold);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set tracing_thresh\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->mode == MODE_HWNOISE) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_irq_disable(tool->context, 1);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set OSNOISE_IRQ_DISABLE option\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->hk_cpus) {
+		retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(params->hk_cpu_set),
+					   &params->hk_cpu_set);
+		if (retval == -1) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set rtla to the house keeping CPUs\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	} else if (params->cpus) {
+		/*
+		 * Even if the user do not set a house-keeping CPU, try to
+		 * move rtla to a CPU set different to the one where the user
+		 * set the workload to run.
+		 *
+		 * No need to check results as this is an automatic attempt.
+		 */
+		auto_house_keeping(&params->monitored_cpus);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_init_top - initialize a osnoise top tool with parameters
+ */
+struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_top(struct osnoise_top_params *params)
+{
+	struct osnoise_tool *tool;
+	int nr_cpus;
+
+	nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+
+	tool = osnoise_init_tool("osnoise_top");
+	if (!tool)
+		return NULL;
+
+	tool->data = osnoise_alloc_top(nr_cpus);
+	if (!tool->data)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	tool->params = params;
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "ftrace", "osnoise",
+				   osnoise_top_handler, NULL);
+
+	return tool;
+
+out_err:
+	osnoise_free_top(tool->data);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(tool);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int stop_tracing;
+static void stop_top(int sig)
+{
+	stop_tracing = 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * osnoise_top_set_signals - handles the signal to stop the tool
+ */
+static void osnoise_top_set_signals(struct osnoise_top_params *params)
+{
+	signal(SIGINT, stop_top);
+	if (params->duration) {
+		signal(SIGALRM, stop_top);
+		alarm(params->duration);
+	}
+}
+
+int osnoise_top_main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct osnoise_top_params *params;
+	struct osnoise_tool *record = NULL;
+	struct osnoise_tool *tool = NULL;
+	struct trace_instance *trace;
+	int return_value = 1;
+	int retval;
+
+	params = osnoise_top_parse_args(argc, argv);
+	if (!params)
+		exit(1);
+
+	tool = osnoise_init_top(params);
+	if (!tool) {
+		err_msg("Could not init osnoise top\n");
+		goto out_exit;
+	}
+
+	retval = osnoise_top_apply_config(tool, params);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Could not apply config\n");
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	trace = &tool->trace;
+
+	retval = enable_osnoise(trace);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to enable osnoise tracer\n");
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	if (params->set_sched) {
+		retval = set_comm_sched_attr("osnoise/", &params->sched_param);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set sched parameters\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->cgroup) {
+		retval = set_comm_cgroup("osnoise/", params->cgroup_name);
+		if (!retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to move threads to cgroup\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->trace_output) {
+		record = osnoise_init_trace_tool("osnoise");
+		if (!record) {
+			err_msg("Failed to enable the trace instance\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+
+		if (params->events) {
+			retval = trace_events_enable(&record->trace, params->events);
+			if (retval)
+				goto out_top;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Start the tracer here, after having set all instances.
+	 *
+	 * Let the trace instance start first for the case of hitting a stop
+	 * tracing while enabling other instances. The trace instance is the
+	 * one with most valuable information.
+	 */
+	if (params->trace_output)
+		trace_instance_start(&record->trace);
+	trace_instance_start(trace);
+
+	tool->start_time = time(NULL);
+	osnoise_top_set_signals(params);
+
+	while (!stop_tracing) {
+		sleep(params->sleep_time);
+
+		retval = tracefs_iterate_raw_events(trace->tep,
+						    trace->inst,
+						    NULL,
+						    0,
+						    collect_registered_events,
+						    trace);
+		if (retval < 0) {
+			err_msg("Error iterating on events\n");
+			goto out_top;
+		}
+
+		if (!params->quiet)
+			osnoise_print_stats(params, tool);
+
+		if (trace_is_off(&tool->trace, &record->trace))
+			break;
+
+	}
+
+	osnoise_print_stats(params, tool);
+
+	return_value = 0;
+
+	if (trace_is_off(&tool->trace, &record->trace)) {
+		printf("osnoise hit stop tracing\n");
+		if (params->trace_output) {
+			printf("  Saving trace to %s\n", params->trace_output);
+			save_trace_to_file(record->trace.inst, params->trace_output);
+		}
+	}
+
+out_top:
+	trace_events_destroy(&record->trace, params->events);
+	params->events = NULL;
+out_free:
+	osnoise_free_top(tool->data);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(record);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(tool);
+	free(params);
+out_exit:
+	exit(return_value);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7635c70123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "osnoise.h"
+#include "timerlat.h"
+
+/*
+ * rtla_usage - print rtla usage
+ */
+static void rtla_usage(int err)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	static const char *msg[] = {
+		"",
+		"rtla version " VERSION,
+		"",
+		"  usage: rtla COMMAND ...",
+		"",
+		"  commands:",
+		"     osnoise  - gives information about the operating system noise (osnoise)",
+		"     hwnoise  - gives information about hardware-related noise",
+		"     timerlat - measures the timer irq and thread latency",
+		"",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	for (i = 0; msg[i]; i++)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg[i]);
+	exit(err);
+}
+
+/*
+ * run_command - try to run a rtla tool command
+ *
+ * It returns 0 if it fails. The tool's main will generally not
+ * return as they should call exit().
+ */
+int run_command(int argc, char **argv, int start_position)
+{
+	if (strcmp(argv[start_position], "osnoise") == 0) {
+		osnoise_main(argc-start_position, &argv[start_position]);
+		goto ran;
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[start_position], "hwnoise") == 0) {
+		hwnoise_main(argc-start_position, &argv[start_position]);
+		goto ran;
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[start_position], "timerlat") == 0) {
+		timerlat_main(argc-start_position, &argv[start_position]);
+		goto ran;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+ran:
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	/* is it an alias? */
+	retval = run_command(argc, argv, 0);
+	if (retval)
+		exit(0);
+
+	if (argc < 2)
+		goto usage;
+
+	if (strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0) {
+		rtla_usage(0);
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
+		rtla_usage(0);
+	}
+
+	retval = run_command(argc, argv, 1);
+	if (retval)
+		exit(0);
+
+usage:
+	rtla_usage(1);
+	exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21cdcc5c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "timerlat.h"
+
+static void timerlat_usage(int err)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	static const char * const msg[] = {
+		"",
+		"timerlat version " VERSION,
+		"",
+		"  usage: [rtla] timerlat [MODE] ...",
+		"",
+		"  modes:",
+		"     top   - prints the summary from timerlat tracer",
+		"     hist  - prints a histogram of timer latencies",
+		"",
+		"if no MODE is given, the top mode is called, passing the arguments",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	for (i = 0; msg[i]; i++)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg[i]);
+	exit(err);
+}
+
+int timerlat_main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	if (argc == 0)
+		goto usage;
+
+	/*
+	 * if timerlat was called without any argument, run the
+	 * default cmdline.
+	 */
+	if (argc == 1) {
+		timerlat_top_main(argc, argv);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	if ((strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0) || (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0)) {
+		timerlat_usage(0);
+	} else if (strncmp(argv[1], "-", 1) == 0) {
+		/* the user skipped the tool, call the default one */
+		timerlat_top_main(argc, argv);
+		exit(0);
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[1], "top") == 0) {
+		timerlat_top_main(argc-1, &argv[1]);
+		exit(0);
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[1], "hist") == 0) {
+		timerlat_hist_main(argc-1, &argv[1]);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+usage:
+	timerlat_usage(1);
+	exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88561bfd14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[]);
+int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[]);
+int timerlat_main(int argc, char *argv[]);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7093fd5333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1041 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "osnoise.h"
+#include "timerlat.h"
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+enum timelat_state {
+	TIMERLAT_INIT = 0,
+	TIMERLAT_WAITING_IRQ,
+	TIMERLAT_WAITING_THREAD,
+};
+
+#define MAX_COMM		24
+
+/*
+ * Per-cpu data statistics and data.
+ */
+struct timerlat_aa_data {
+	/* Current CPU state */
+	int			curr_state;
+
+	/* timerlat IRQ latency */
+	unsigned long long	tlat_irq_seqnum;
+	unsigned long long	tlat_irq_latency;
+	unsigned long long	tlat_irq_timstamp;
+
+	/* timerlat Thread latency */
+	unsigned long long	tlat_thread_seqnum;
+	unsigned long long	tlat_thread_latency;
+	unsigned long long	tlat_thread_timstamp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Information about the thread running when the IRQ
+	 * arrived.
+	 *
+	 * This can be blocking or interference, depending on the
+	 * priority of the thread. Assuming timerlat is the highest
+	 * prio, it is blocking. If timerlat has a lower prio, it is
+	 * interference.
+	 * note: "unsigned long long" because they are fetch using tep_get_field_val();
+	 */
+	unsigned long long	run_thread_pid;
+	char			run_thread_comm[MAX_COMM];
+	unsigned long long	thread_blocking_duration;
+	unsigned long long	max_exit_idle_latency;
+
+	/* Information about the timerlat timer irq */
+	unsigned long long	timer_irq_start_time;
+	unsigned long long	timer_irq_start_delay;
+	unsigned long long	timer_irq_duration;
+	unsigned long long	timer_exit_from_idle;
+
+	/*
+	 * Information about the last IRQ before the timerlat irq
+	 * arrived.
+	 *
+	 * If now - timestamp is <= latency, it might have influenced
+	 * in the timerlat irq latency. Otherwise, ignore it.
+	 */
+	unsigned long long	prev_irq_duration;
+	unsigned long long	prev_irq_timstamp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Interference sum.
+	 */
+	unsigned long long	thread_nmi_sum;
+	unsigned long long	thread_irq_sum;
+	unsigned long long	thread_softirq_sum;
+	unsigned long long	thread_thread_sum;
+
+	/*
+	 * Interference task information.
+	 */
+	struct trace_seq	*prev_irqs_seq;
+	struct trace_seq	*nmi_seq;
+	struct trace_seq	*irqs_seq;
+	struct trace_seq	*softirqs_seq;
+	struct trace_seq	*threads_seq;
+	struct trace_seq	*stack_seq;
+
+	/*
+	 * Current thread.
+	 */
+	char			current_comm[MAX_COMM];
+	unsigned long long	current_pid;
+
+	/*
+	 * Is the system running a kworker?
+	 */
+	unsigned long long	kworker;
+	unsigned long long	kworker_func;
+};
+
+/*
+ * The analysis context and system wide view
+ */
+struct timerlat_aa_context {
+	int nr_cpus;
+	int dump_tasks;
+
+	/* per CPU data */
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data;
+
+	/*
+	 * required to translate function names and register
+	 * events.
+	 */
+	struct osnoise_tool *tool;
+};
+
+/*
+ * The data is stored as a local variable, but accessed via a helper function.
+ *
+ * It could be stored inside the trace context. But every access would
+ * require container_of() + a series of pointers. Do we need it? Not sure.
+ *
+ * For now keep it simple. If needed, store it in the tool, add the *context
+ * as a parameter in timerlat_aa_get_ctx() and do the magic there.
+ */
+static struct timerlat_aa_context *__timerlat_aa_ctx;
+
+static struct timerlat_aa_context *timerlat_aa_get_ctx(void)
+{
+	return __timerlat_aa_ctx;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_get_data - Get the per-cpu data from the timerlat context
+ */
+static struct timerlat_aa_data
+*timerlat_aa_get_data(struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx, int cpu)
+{
+	return &taa_ctx->taa_data[cpu];
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_irq_latency - Handles timerlat IRQ event
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_irq_latency(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data,
+				   struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+				   struct tep_event *event)
+{
+	/*
+	 * For interference, we start now looking for things that can delay
+	 * the thread.
+	 */
+	taa_data->curr_state = TIMERLAT_WAITING_THREAD;
+	taa_data->tlat_irq_timstamp = record->ts;
+
+	/*
+	 * Zero values.
+	 */
+	taa_data->thread_nmi_sum = 0;
+	taa_data->thread_irq_sum = 0;
+	taa_data->thread_softirq_sum = 0;
+	taa_data->thread_thread_sum = 0;
+	taa_data->thread_blocking_duration = 0;
+	taa_data->timer_irq_start_time = 0;
+	taa_data->timer_irq_duration = 0;
+	taa_data->timer_exit_from_idle = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Zero interference tasks.
+	 */
+	trace_seq_reset(taa_data->nmi_seq);
+	trace_seq_reset(taa_data->irqs_seq);
+	trace_seq_reset(taa_data->softirqs_seq);
+	trace_seq_reset(taa_data->threads_seq);
+
+	/* IRQ latency values */
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "timer_latency", record, &taa_data->tlat_irq_latency, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "seqnum", record, &taa_data->tlat_irq_seqnum, 1);
+
+	/* The thread that can cause blocking */
+	tep_get_common_field_val(s, event, "common_pid", record, &taa_data->run_thread_pid, 1);
+
+	/*
+	 * Get exit from idle case.
+	 *
+	 * If it is not idle thread:
+	 */
+	if (taa_data->run_thread_pid)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * if the latency is shorter than the known exit from idle:
+	 */
+	if (taa_data->tlat_irq_latency < taa_data->max_exit_idle_latency)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * To be safe, ignore the cases in which an IRQ/NMI could have
+	 * interfered with the timerlat IRQ.
+	 */
+	if (taa_data->tlat_irq_timstamp - taa_data->tlat_irq_latency
+	    < taa_data->prev_irq_timstamp + taa_data->prev_irq_duration)
+		return 0;
+
+	taa_data->max_exit_idle_latency = taa_data->tlat_irq_latency;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_thread_latency - Handles timerlat thread event
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_thread_latency(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data,
+				      struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+				      struct tep_event *event)
+{
+	/*
+	 * For interference, we start now looking for things that can delay
+	 * the IRQ of the next cycle.
+	 */
+	taa_data->curr_state = TIMERLAT_WAITING_IRQ;
+	taa_data->tlat_thread_timstamp = record->ts;
+
+	/* Thread latency values */
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "timer_latency", record, &taa_data->tlat_thread_latency, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "seqnum", record, &taa_data->tlat_thread_seqnum, 1);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_handler - Handle timerlat events
+ *
+ * This function is called to handle timerlat events recording statistics.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+			struct tep_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx = timerlat_aa_get_ctx();
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, record->cpu);
+	unsigned long long thread;
+
+	if (!taa_data)
+		return -1;
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "context", record, &thread, 1);
+	if (!thread)
+		return timerlat_aa_irq_latency(taa_data, s, record, event);
+	else
+		return timerlat_aa_thread_latency(taa_data, s, record, event);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_nmi_handler - Handles NMI noise
+ *
+ * It is used to collect information about interferences from NMI. It is
+ * hooked to the osnoise:nmi_noise event.
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_nmi_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+				   struct tep_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx = timerlat_aa_get_ctx();
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, record->cpu);
+	unsigned long long duration;
+	unsigned long long start;
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "duration", record, &duration, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "start", record, &start, 1);
+
+	if (taa_data->curr_state == TIMERLAT_WAITING_IRQ) {
+		taa_data->prev_irq_duration = duration;
+		taa_data->prev_irq_timstamp = start;
+
+		trace_seq_reset(taa_data->prev_irqs_seq);
+		trace_seq_printf(taa_data->prev_irqs_seq, "\t%24s	\t\t\t%9.2f us\n",
+			 "nmi", ns_to_usf(duration));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	taa_data->thread_nmi_sum += duration;
+	trace_seq_printf(taa_data->nmi_seq, "	%24s	\t\t\t%9.2f us\n",
+		 "nmi", ns_to_usf(duration));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_irq_handler - Handles IRQ noise
+ *
+ * It is used to collect information about interferences from IRQ. It is
+ * hooked to the osnoise:irq_noise event.
+ *
+ * It is a little bit more complex than the other because it measures:
+ *	- The IRQs that can delay the timer IRQ before it happened.
+ *	- The Timerlat IRQ handler
+ *	- The IRQs that happened between the timerlat IRQ and the timerlat thread
+ *	  (IRQ interference).
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_irq_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+				   struct tep_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx = timerlat_aa_get_ctx();
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, record->cpu);
+	unsigned long long expected_start;
+	unsigned long long duration;
+	unsigned long long vector;
+	unsigned long long start;
+	char *desc;
+	int val;
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "duration", record, &duration, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "start", record, &start, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "vector", record, &vector, 1);
+	desc = tep_get_field_raw(s, event, "desc", record, &val, 1);
+
+	/*
+	 * Before the timerlat IRQ.
+	 */
+	if (taa_data->curr_state == TIMERLAT_WAITING_IRQ) {
+		taa_data->prev_irq_duration = duration;
+		taa_data->prev_irq_timstamp = start;
+
+		trace_seq_reset(taa_data->prev_irqs_seq);
+		trace_seq_printf(taa_data->prev_irqs_seq, "\t%24s:%-3llu	\t\t%9.2f us\n",
+				 desc, vector, ns_to_usf(duration));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The timerlat IRQ: taa_data->timer_irq_start_time is zeroed at
+	 * the timerlat irq handler.
+	 */
+	if (!taa_data->timer_irq_start_time) {
+		expected_start = taa_data->tlat_irq_timstamp - taa_data->tlat_irq_latency;
+
+		taa_data->timer_irq_start_time = start;
+		taa_data->timer_irq_duration = duration;
+
+		/*
+		 * We are dealing with two different clock sources: the
+		 * external clock source that timerlat uses as a reference
+		 * and the clock used by the tracer. There are also two
+		 * moments: the time reading the clock and the timer in
+		 * which the event is placed in the buffer (the trace
+		 * event timestamp). If the processor is slow or there
+		 * is some hardware noise, the difference between the
+		 * timestamp and the external clock read can be longer
+		 * than the IRQ handler delay, resulting in a negative
+		 * time. If so, set IRQ start delay as 0. In the end,
+		 * it is less relevant than the noise.
+		 */
+		if (expected_start < taa_data->timer_irq_start_time)
+			taa_data->timer_irq_start_delay = taa_data->timer_irq_start_time - expected_start;
+		else
+			taa_data->timer_irq_start_delay = 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * not exit from idle.
+		 */
+		if (taa_data->run_thread_pid)
+			return 0;
+
+		if (expected_start > taa_data->prev_irq_timstamp + taa_data->prev_irq_duration)
+			taa_data->timer_exit_from_idle = taa_data->timer_irq_start_delay;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * IRQ interference.
+	 */
+	taa_data->thread_irq_sum += duration;
+	trace_seq_printf(taa_data->irqs_seq, "	%24s:%-3llu	\t	%9.2f us\n",
+			 desc, vector, ns_to_usf(duration));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static char *softirq_name[] = { "HI", "TIMER",	"NET_TX", "NET_RX", "BLOCK",
+				"IRQ_POLL", "TASKLET", "SCHED", "HRTIMER", "RCU" };
+
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_softirq_handler - Handles Softirq noise
+ *
+ * It is used to collect information about interferences from Softirq. It is
+ * hooked to the osnoise:softirq_noise event.
+ *
+ * It is only printed in the non-rt kernel, as softirqs become thread on RT.
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_softirq_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+				       struct tep_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx = timerlat_aa_get_ctx();
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, record->cpu);
+	unsigned long long duration;
+	unsigned long long vector;
+	unsigned long long start;
+
+	if (taa_data->curr_state == TIMERLAT_WAITING_IRQ)
+		return 0;
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "duration", record, &duration, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "start", record, &start, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "vector", record, &vector, 1);
+
+	taa_data->thread_softirq_sum += duration;
+
+	trace_seq_printf(taa_data->softirqs_seq, "\t%24s:%-3llu	\t	%9.2f us\n",
+			 softirq_name[vector], vector, ns_to_usf(duration));
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_softirq_handler - Handles thread noise
+ *
+ * It is used to collect information about interferences from threads. It is
+ * hooked to the osnoise:thread_noise event.
+ *
+ * Note: if you see thread noise, your timerlat thread was not the highest prio one.
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_thread_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+				      struct tep_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx = timerlat_aa_get_ctx();
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, record->cpu);
+	unsigned long long duration;
+	unsigned long long start;
+	unsigned long long pid;
+	const char *comm;
+	int val;
+
+	if (taa_data->curr_state == TIMERLAT_WAITING_IRQ)
+		return 0;
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "duration", record, &duration, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "start", record, &start, 1);
+
+	tep_get_common_field_val(s, event, "common_pid", record, &pid, 1);
+	comm = tep_get_field_raw(s, event, "comm", record, &val, 1);
+
+	if (pid == taa_data->run_thread_pid && !taa_data->thread_blocking_duration) {
+		taa_data->thread_blocking_duration = duration;
+
+		if (comm)
+			strncpy(taa_data->run_thread_comm, comm, MAX_COMM);
+		else
+			sprintf(taa_data->run_thread_comm, "<...>");
+
+	} else {
+		taa_data->thread_thread_sum += duration;
+
+		trace_seq_printf(taa_data->threads_seq, "\t%24s:%-3llu	\t\t%9.2f us\n",
+			 comm, pid, ns_to_usf(duration));
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_stack_handler - Handles timerlat IRQ stack trace
+ *
+ * Saves and parse the stack trace generated by the timerlat IRQ.
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_stack_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+			      struct tep_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx = timerlat_aa_get_ctx();
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, record->cpu);
+	unsigned long *caller;
+	const char *function;
+	int val, i;
+
+	trace_seq_reset(taa_data->stack_seq);
+
+	trace_seq_printf(taa_data->stack_seq, "    Blocking thread stack trace\n");
+	caller = tep_get_field_raw(s, event, "caller", record, &val, 1);
+	if (caller) {
+		for (i = 0; ; i++) {
+			function = tep_find_function(taa_ctx->tool->trace.tep, caller[i]);
+			if (!function)
+				break;
+			trace_seq_printf(taa_data->stack_seq, "\t\t-> %s\n", function);
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_sched_switch_handler - Tracks the current thread running on the CPU
+ *
+ * Handles the sched:sched_switch event to trace the current thread running on the
+ * CPU. It is used to display the threads running on the other CPUs when the trace
+ * stops.
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_sched_switch_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+					    struct tep_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx = timerlat_aa_get_ctx();
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, record->cpu);
+	const char *comm;
+	int val;
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "next_pid", record, &taa_data->current_pid, 1);
+	comm = tep_get_field_raw(s, event, "next_comm", record, &val, 1);
+
+	strncpy(taa_data->current_comm, comm, MAX_COMM);
+
+	/*
+	 * If this was a kworker, clean the last kworkers that ran.
+	 */
+	taa_data->kworker = 0;
+	taa_data->kworker_func = 0;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_kworker_start_handler - Tracks a kworker running on the CPU
+ *
+ * Handles workqueue:workqueue_execute_start event, keeping track of
+ * the job that a kworker could be doing in the CPU.
+ *
+ * We already catch problems of hardware related latencies caused by work queues
+ * running driver code that causes hardware stall. For example, with DRM drivers.
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_kworker_start_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+					     struct tep_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx = timerlat_aa_get_ctx();
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, record->cpu);
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "work", record, &taa_data->kworker, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "function", record, &taa_data->kworker_func, 1);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_thread_analysis - Prints the analysis of a CPU that hit a stop tracing
+ *
+ * This is the core of the analysis.
+ */
+static void timerlat_thread_analysis(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data, int cpu,
+				     int irq_thresh, int thread_thresh)
+{
+	long long exp_irq_ts;
+	int total;
+	int irq;
+
+	/*
+	 * IRQ latency or Thread latency?
+	 */
+	if (taa_data->tlat_irq_seqnum > taa_data->tlat_thread_seqnum) {
+		irq = 1;
+		total = taa_data->tlat_irq_latency;
+	} else {
+		irq = 0;
+		total = taa_data->tlat_thread_latency;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Expected IRQ arrival time using the trace clock as the base.
+	 *
+	 * TODO: Add a list of previous IRQ, and then run the list backwards.
+	 */
+	exp_irq_ts = taa_data->timer_irq_start_time - taa_data->timer_irq_start_delay;
+	if (exp_irq_ts < taa_data->prev_irq_timstamp + taa_data->prev_irq_duration) {
+		if (taa_data->prev_irq_timstamp < taa_data->timer_irq_start_time)
+			printf("  Previous IRQ interference:	\t\t up to  %9.2f us\n",
+				ns_to_usf(taa_data->prev_irq_duration));
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The delay that the IRQ suffered before starting.
+	 */
+	printf("  IRQ handler delay:		%16s	%9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n",
+		(ns_to_usf(taa_data->timer_exit_from_idle) > 10) ? "(exit from idle)" : "",
+		ns_to_usf(taa_data->timer_irq_start_delay),
+		ns_to_per(total, taa_data->timer_irq_start_delay));
+
+	/*
+	 * Timerlat IRQ.
+	 */
+	printf("  IRQ latency:	\t\t\t\t	%9.2f us\n",
+		ns_to_usf(taa_data->tlat_irq_latency));
+
+	if (irq) {
+		/*
+		 * If the trace stopped due to IRQ, the other events will not happen
+		 * because... the trace stopped :-).
+		 *
+		 * That is all folks, the stack trace was printed before the stop,
+		 * so it will be displayed, it is the key.
+		 */
+		printf("  Blocking thread:\n");
+		printf("	%24s:%-9llu\n",
+			taa_data->run_thread_comm, taa_data->run_thread_pid);
+	} else  {
+		/*
+		 * The duration of the IRQ handler that handled the timerlat IRQ.
+		 */
+		printf("  Timerlat IRQ duration:	\t\t	%9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n",
+			ns_to_usf(taa_data->timer_irq_duration),
+			ns_to_per(total, taa_data->timer_irq_duration));
+
+		/*
+		 * The amount of time that the current thread postponed the scheduler.
+		 *
+		 * Recalling that it is net from NMI/IRQ/Softirq interference, so there
+		 * is no need to compute values here.
+		 */
+		printf("  Blocking thread:	\t\t\t	%9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n",
+			ns_to_usf(taa_data->thread_blocking_duration),
+			ns_to_per(total, taa_data->thread_blocking_duration));
+
+		printf("	%24s:%-9llu		%9.2f us\n",
+			taa_data->run_thread_comm, taa_data->run_thread_pid,
+			ns_to_usf(taa_data->thread_blocking_duration));
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Print the stack trace!
+	 */
+	trace_seq_do_printf(taa_data->stack_seq);
+
+	/*
+	 * NMIs can happen during the IRQ, so they are always possible.
+	 */
+	if (taa_data->thread_nmi_sum)
+		printf("  NMI interference	\t\t\t	%9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n",
+			ns_to_usf(taa_data->thread_nmi_sum),
+			ns_to_per(total, taa_data->thread_nmi_sum));
+
+	/*
+	 * If it is an IRQ latency, the other factors can be skipped.
+	 */
+	if (irq)
+		goto print_total;
+
+	/*
+	 * Prints the interference caused by IRQs to the thread latency.
+	 */
+	if (taa_data->thread_irq_sum) {
+		printf("  IRQ interference	\t\t\t	%9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n",
+			ns_to_usf(taa_data->thread_irq_sum),
+			ns_to_per(total, taa_data->thread_irq_sum));
+
+		trace_seq_do_printf(taa_data->irqs_seq);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Prints the interference caused by Softirqs to the thread latency.
+	 */
+	if (taa_data->thread_softirq_sum) {
+		printf("  Softirq interference	\t\t\t	%9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n",
+			ns_to_usf(taa_data->thread_softirq_sum),
+			ns_to_per(total, taa_data->thread_softirq_sum));
+
+		trace_seq_do_printf(taa_data->softirqs_seq);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Prints the interference caused by other threads to the thread latency.
+	 *
+	 * If this happens, your timerlat is not the highest prio. OK, migration
+	 * thread can happen. But otherwise, you are not measuring the "scheduling
+	 * latency" only, and here is the difference from scheduling latency and
+	 * timer handling latency.
+	 */
+	if (taa_data->thread_thread_sum) {
+		printf("  Thread interference	\t\t\t	%9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n",
+			ns_to_usf(taa_data->thread_thread_sum),
+			ns_to_per(total, taa_data->thread_thread_sum));
+
+		trace_seq_do_printf(taa_data->threads_seq);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Done.
+	 */
+print_total:
+	printf("------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
+	printf("  %s latency:	\t\t\t	%9.2f us (100%%)\n", irq ? "IRQ" : "Thread",
+		ns_to_usf(total));
+}
+
+static int timerlat_auto_analysis_collect_trace(struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx)
+{
+	struct trace_instance *trace = &taa_ctx->tool->trace;
+	int retval;
+
+	retval = tracefs_iterate_raw_events(trace->tep,
+					    trace->inst,
+					    NULL,
+					    0,
+					    collect_registered_events,
+					    trace);
+		if (retval < 0) {
+			err_msg("Error iterating on events\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * timerlat_auto_analysis - Analyze the collected data
+ */
+void timerlat_auto_analysis(int irq_thresh, int thread_thresh)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx = timerlat_aa_get_ctx();
+	unsigned long long max_exit_from_idle = 0;
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data;
+	int max_exit_from_idle_cpu;
+	struct tep_handle *tep;
+	int cpu;
+
+	timerlat_auto_analysis_collect_trace(taa_ctx);
+
+	/* bring stop tracing to the ns scale */
+	irq_thresh = irq_thresh * 1000;
+	thread_thresh = thread_thresh * 1000;
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < taa_ctx->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, cpu);
+
+		if (irq_thresh && taa_data->tlat_irq_latency >= irq_thresh) {
+			printf("## CPU %d hit stop tracing, analyzing it ##\n", cpu);
+			timerlat_thread_analysis(taa_data, cpu, irq_thresh, thread_thresh);
+		} else if (thread_thresh && (taa_data->tlat_thread_latency) >= thread_thresh) {
+			printf("## CPU %d hit stop tracing, analyzing it ##\n", cpu);
+			timerlat_thread_analysis(taa_data, cpu, irq_thresh, thread_thresh);
+		}
+
+		if (taa_data->max_exit_idle_latency > max_exit_from_idle) {
+			max_exit_from_idle = taa_data->max_exit_idle_latency;
+			max_exit_from_idle_cpu = cpu;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	if (max_exit_from_idle) {
+		printf("\n");
+		printf("Max timerlat IRQ latency from idle: %.2f us in cpu %d\n",
+			ns_to_usf(max_exit_from_idle), max_exit_from_idle_cpu);
+	}
+	if (!taa_ctx->dump_tasks)
+		return;
+
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("Printing CPU tasks:\n");
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < taa_ctx->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, cpu);
+		tep = taa_ctx->tool->trace.tep;
+
+		printf("    [%.3d] %24s:%llu", cpu, taa_data->current_comm, taa_data->current_pid);
+
+		if (taa_data->kworker_func)
+			printf(" kworker:%s:%s",
+				tep_find_function(tep, taa_data->kworker) ? : "<...>",
+				tep_find_function(tep, taa_data->kworker_func));
+		printf("\n");
+	}
+
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_destroy_seqs - Destroy seq files used to store parsed data
+ */
+static void timerlat_aa_destroy_seqs(struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!taa_ctx->taa_data)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < taa_ctx->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, i);
+
+		if (taa_data->prev_irqs_seq) {
+			trace_seq_destroy(taa_data->prev_irqs_seq);
+			free(taa_data->prev_irqs_seq);
+		}
+
+		if (taa_data->nmi_seq) {
+			trace_seq_destroy(taa_data->nmi_seq);
+			free(taa_data->nmi_seq);
+		}
+
+		if (taa_data->irqs_seq) {
+			trace_seq_destroy(taa_data->irqs_seq);
+			free(taa_data->irqs_seq);
+		}
+
+		if (taa_data->softirqs_seq) {
+			trace_seq_destroy(taa_data->softirqs_seq);
+			free(taa_data->softirqs_seq);
+		}
+
+		if (taa_data->threads_seq) {
+			trace_seq_destroy(taa_data->threads_seq);
+			free(taa_data->threads_seq);
+		}
+
+		if (taa_data->stack_seq) {
+			trace_seq_destroy(taa_data->stack_seq);
+			free(taa_data->stack_seq);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_init_seqs - Init seq files used to store parsed information
+ *
+ * Instead of keeping data structures to store raw data, use seq files to
+ * store parsed data.
+ *
+ * Allocates and initialize seq files.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_init_seqs(struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < taa_ctx->nr_cpus; i++) {
+
+		taa_data = timerlat_aa_get_data(taa_ctx, i);
+
+		taa_data->prev_irqs_seq = calloc(1, sizeof(*taa_data->prev_irqs_seq));
+		if (!taa_data->prev_irqs_seq)
+			goto out_err;
+
+		trace_seq_init(taa_data->prev_irqs_seq);
+
+		taa_data->nmi_seq = calloc(1, sizeof(*taa_data->nmi_seq));
+		if (!taa_data->nmi_seq)
+			goto out_err;
+
+		trace_seq_init(taa_data->nmi_seq);
+
+		taa_data->irqs_seq = calloc(1, sizeof(*taa_data->irqs_seq));
+		if (!taa_data->irqs_seq)
+			goto out_err;
+
+		trace_seq_init(taa_data->irqs_seq);
+
+		taa_data->softirqs_seq = calloc(1, sizeof(*taa_data->softirqs_seq));
+		if (!taa_data->softirqs_seq)
+			goto out_err;
+
+		trace_seq_init(taa_data->softirqs_seq);
+
+		taa_data->threads_seq = calloc(1, sizeof(*taa_data->threads_seq));
+		if (!taa_data->threads_seq)
+			goto out_err;
+
+		trace_seq_init(taa_data->threads_seq);
+
+		taa_data->stack_seq = calloc(1, sizeof(*taa_data->stack_seq));
+		if (!taa_data->stack_seq)
+			goto out_err;
+
+		trace_seq_init(taa_data->stack_seq);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	timerlat_aa_destroy_seqs(taa_ctx);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_unregister_events - Unregister events used in the auto-analysis
+ */
+static void timerlat_aa_unregister_events(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int dump_tasks)
+{
+
+	tep_unregister_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "ftrace", "timerlat",
+				     timerlat_aa_handler, tool);
+
+	tracefs_event_disable(tool->trace.inst, "osnoise", NULL);
+
+	tep_unregister_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "osnoise", "nmi_noise",
+				     timerlat_aa_nmi_handler, tool);
+
+	tep_unregister_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "osnoise", "irq_noise",
+				     timerlat_aa_irq_handler, tool);
+
+	tep_unregister_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "osnoise", "softirq_noise",
+				     timerlat_aa_softirq_handler, tool);
+
+	tep_unregister_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "osnoise", "thread_noise",
+				     timerlat_aa_thread_handler, tool);
+
+	tep_unregister_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "ftrace", "kernel_stack",
+				     timerlat_aa_stack_handler, tool);
+	if (!dump_tasks)
+		return;
+
+	tracefs_event_disable(tool->trace.inst, "sched", "sched_switch");
+	tep_unregister_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "sched", "sched_switch",
+				     timerlat_aa_sched_switch_handler, tool);
+
+	tracefs_event_disable(tool->trace.inst, "workqueue", "workqueue_execute_start");
+	tep_unregister_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "workqueue", "workqueue_execute_start",
+				     timerlat_aa_kworker_start_handler, tool);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_aa_register_events - Register events used in the auto-analysis
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+static int timerlat_aa_register_events(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int dump_tasks)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "ftrace", "timerlat",
+				timerlat_aa_handler, tool);
+
+
+	/*
+	 * register auto-analysis handlers.
+	 */
+	retval = tracefs_event_enable(tool->trace.inst, "osnoise", NULL);
+	if (retval < 0 && !errno) {
+		err_msg("Could not find osnoise events\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "osnoise", "nmi_noise",
+				   timerlat_aa_nmi_handler, tool);
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "osnoise", "irq_noise",
+				   timerlat_aa_irq_handler, tool);
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "osnoise", "softirq_noise",
+				   timerlat_aa_softirq_handler, tool);
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "osnoise", "thread_noise",
+				   timerlat_aa_thread_handler, tool);
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "ftrace", "kernel_stack",
+				   timerlat_aa_stack_handler, tool);
+
+	if (!dump_tasks)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Dump task events.
+	 */
+	retval = tracefs_event_enable(tool->trace.inst, "sched", "sched_switch");
+	if (retval < 0 && !errno) {
+		err_msg("Could not find sched_switch\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "sched", "sched_switch",
+				   timerlat_aa_sched_switch_handler, tool);
+
+	retval = tracefs_event_enable(tool->trace.inst, "workqueue", "workqueue_execute_start");
+	if (retval < 0 && !errno) {
+		err_msg("Could not find workqueue_execute_start\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "workqueue", "workqueue_execute_start",
+				   timerlat_aa_kworker_start_handler, tool);
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	timerlat_aa_unregister_events(tool, dump_tasks);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * timerlat_aa_destroy - Destroy timerlat auto-analysis
+ */
+void timerlat_aa_destroy(void)
+{
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx = timerlat_aa_get_ctx();
+
+	if (!taa_ctx)
+		return;
+
+	if (!taa_ctx->taa_data)
+		goto out_ctx;
+
+	timerlat_aa_unregister_events(taa_ctx->tool, taa_ctx->dump_tasks);
+	timerlat_aa_destroy_seqs(taa_ctx);
+	free(taa_ctx->taa_data);
+out_ctx:
+	free(taa_ctx);
+}
+
+/**
+ * timerlat_aa_init - Initialize timerlat auto-analysis
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+int timerlat_aa_init(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int dump_tasks)
+{
+	int nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+	struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx;
+	int retval;
+
+	taa_ctx = calloc(1, sizeof(*taa_ctx));
+	if (!taa_ctx)
+		return -1;
+
+	__timerlat_aa_ctx = taa_ctx;
+
+	taa_ctx->nr_cpus = nr_cpus;
+	taa_ctx->tool = tool;
+	taa_ctx->dump_tasks = dump_tasks;
+
+	taa_ctx->taa_data = calloc(nr_cpus, sizeof(*taa_ctx->taa_data));
+	if (!taa_ctx->taa_data)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	retval = timerlat_aa_init_seqs(taa_ctx);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	retval = timerlat_aa_register_events(tool, dump_tasks);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	timerlat_aa_destroy();
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cea4bb1531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+int timerlat_aa_init(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int dump_task);
+void timerlat_aa_destroy(void);
+
+void timerlat_auto_analysis(int irq_thresh, int thread_thresh);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47d3d8b53c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1128 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "osnoise.h"
+#include "timerlat.h"
+#include "timerlat_aa.h"
+#include "timerlat_u.h"
+
+struct timerlat_hist_params {
+	char			*cpus;
+	cpu_set_t		monitored_cpus;
+	char			*trace_output;
+	char			*cgroup_name;
+	unsigned long long	runtime;
+	long long		stop_us;
+	long long		stop_total_us;
+	long long		timerlat_period_us;
+	long long		print_stack;
+	int			sleep_time;
+	int			output_divisor;
+	int			duration;
+	int			set_sched;
+	int			dma_latency;
+	int			cgroup;
+	int			hk_cpus;
+	int			no_aa;
+	int			dump_tasks;
+	int			user_hist;
+	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
+	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
+	struct trace_events	*events;
+	char			no_irq;
+	char			no_thread;
+	char			no_header;
+	char			no_summary;
+	char			no_index;
+	char			with_zeros;
+	int			bucket_size;
+	int			entries;
+};
+
+struct timerlat_hist_cpu {
+	int			*irq;
+	int			*thread;
+	int			*user;
+
+	int			irq_count;
+	int			thread_count;
+	int			user_count;
+
+	unsigned long long	min_irq;
+	unsigned long long	sum_irq;
+	unsigned long long	max_irq;
+
+	unsigned long long	min_thread;
+	unsigned long long	sum_thread;
+	unsigned long long	max_thread;
+
+	unsigned long long	min_user;
+	unsigned long long	sum_user;
+	unsigned long long	max_user;
+};
+
+struct timerlat_hist_data {
+	struct timerlat_hist_cpu	*hist;
+	int				entries;
+	int				bucket_size;
+	int				nr_cpus;
+};
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_free_histogram - free runtime data
+ */
+static void
+timerlat_free_histogram(struct timerlat_hist_data *data)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	/* one histogram for IRQ and one for thread, per CPU */
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (data->hist[cpu].irq)
+			free(data->hist[cpu].irq);
+
+		if (data->hist[cpu].thread)
+			free(data->hist[cpu].thread);
+
+		if (data->hist[cpu].user)
+			free(data->hist[cpu].user);
+
+	}
+
+	/* one set of histograms per CPU */
+	if (data->hist)
+		free(data->hist);
+
+	free(data);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_alloc_histogram - alloc runtime data
+ */
+static struct timerlat_hist_data
+*timerlat_alloc_histogram(int nr_cpus, int entries, int bucket_size)
+{
+	struct timerlat_hist_data *data;
+	int cpu;
+
+	data = calloc(1, sizeof(*data));
+	if (!data)
+		return NULL;
+
+	data->entries = entries;
+	data->bucket_size = bucket_size;
+	data->nr_cpus = nr_cpus;
+
+	/* one set of histograms per CPU */
+	data->hist = calloc(1, sizeof(*data->hist) * nr_cpus);
+	if (!data->hist)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	/* one histogram for IRQ and one for thread, per cpu */
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		data->hist[cpu].irq = calloc(1, sizeof(*data->hist->irq) * (entries + 1));
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].irq)
+			goto cleanup;
+
+		data->hist[cpu].thread = calloc(1, sizeof(*data->hist->thread) * (entries + 1));
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].thread)
+			goto cleanup;
+
+		data->hist[cpu].user = calloc(1, sizeof(*data->hist->user) * (entries + 1));
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].user)
+			goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	/* set the min to max */
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		data->hist[cpu].min_irq = ~0;
+		data->hist[cpu].min_thread = ~0;
+		data->hist[cpu].min_user = ~0;
+	}
+
+	return data;
+
+cleanup:
+	timerlat_free_histogram(data);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_hist_update - record a new timerlat occurent on cpu, updating data
+ */
+static void
+timerlat_hist_update(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int cpu,
+		     unsigned long long context,
+		     unsigned long long latency)
+{
+	struct timerlat_hist_params *params = tool->params;
+	struct timerlat_hist_data *data = tool->data;
+	int entries = data->entries;
+	int bucket;
+	int *hist;
+
+	if (params->output_divisor)
+		latency = latency / params->output_divisor;
+
+	if (data->bucket_size)
+		bucket = latency / data->bucket_size;
+
+	if (!context) {
+		hist = data->hist[cpu].irq;
+		data->hist[cpu].irq_count++;
+		update_min(&data->hist[cpu].min_irq, &latency);
+		update_sum(&data->hist[cpu].sum_irq, &latency);
+		update_max(&data->hist[cpu].max_irq, &latency);
+	} else if (context == 1) {
+		hist = data->hist[cpu].thread;
+		data->hist[cpu].thread_count++;
+		update_min(&data->hist[cpu].min_thread, &latency);
+		update_sum(&data->hist[cpu].sum_thread, &latency);
+		update_max(&data->hist[cpu].max_thread, &latency);
+	} else { /* user */
+		hist = data->hist[cpu].user;
+		data->hist[cpu].user_count++;
+		update_min(&data->hist[cpu].min_user, &latency);
+		update_sum(&data->hist[cpu].sum_user, &latency);
+		update_max(&data->hist[cpu].max_user, &latency);
+	}
+
+	if (bucket < entries)
+		hist[bucket]++;
+	else
+		hist[entries]++;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_hist_handler - this is the handler for timerlat tracer events
+ */
+static int
+timerlat_hist_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+		     struct tep_event *event, void *data)
+{
+	struct trace_instance *trace = data;
+	unsigned long long context, latency;
+	struct osnoise_tool *tool;
+	int cpu = record->cpu;
+
+	tool = container_of(trace, struct osnoise_tool, trace);
+
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "context", record, &context, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "timer_latency", record, &latency, 1);
+
+	timerlat_hist_update(tool, cpu, context, latency);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_hist_header - print the header of the tracer to the output
+ */
+static void timerlat_hist_header(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+{
+	struct timerlat_hist_params *params = tool->params;
+	struct timerlat_hist_data *data = tool->data;
+	struct trace_seq *s = tool->trace.seq;
+	char duration[26];
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (params->no_header)
+		return;
+
+	get_duration(tool->start_time, duration, sizeof(duration));
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "# RTLA timerlat histogram\n");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "# Time unit is %s (%s)\n",
+			params->output_divisor == 1 ? "nanoseconds" : "microseconds",
+			params->output_divisor == 1 ? "ns" : "us");
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "# Duration: %s\n", duration);
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "Index");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].irq_count && !data->hist[cpu].thread_count)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!params->no_irq)
+			trace_seq_printf(s, "   IRQ-%03d", cpu);
+
+		if (!params->no_thread)
+			trace_seq_printf(s, "   Thr-%03d", cpu);
+
+		if (params->user_hist)
+			trace_seq_printf(s, "   Usr-%03d", cpu);
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+
+
+	trace_seq_do_printf(s);
+	trace_seq_reset(s);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_print_summary - print the summary of the hist data to the output
+ */
+static void
+timerlat_print_summary(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
+		       struct trace_instance *trace,
+		       struct timerlat_hist_data *data)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (params->no_summary)
+		return;
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "count:");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].irq_count && !data->hist[cpu].thread_count)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!params->no_irq)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
+					data->hist[cpu].irq_count);
+
+		if (!params->no_thread)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
+					data->hist[cpu].thread_count);
+
+		if (params->user_hist)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
+					 data->hist[cpu].user_count);
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "min:  ");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].irq_count && !data->hist[cpu].thread_count)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!params->no_irq)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+					data->hist[cpu].min_irq);
+
+		if (!params->no_thread)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+					data->hist[cpu].min_thread);
+
+		if (params->user_hist)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+					data->hist[cpu].min_user);
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "avg:  ");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].irq_count && !data->hist[cpu].thread_count)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!params->no_irq) {
+			if (data->hist[cpu].irq_count)
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+						 data->hist[cpu].sum_irq / data->hist[cpu].irq_count);
+			else
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "        - ");
+		}
+
+		if (!params->no_thread) {
+			if (data->hist[cpu].thread_count)
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+						 data->hist[cpu].sum_thread / data->hist[cpu].thread_count);
+			else
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "        - ");
+		}
+
+		if (params->user_hist) {
+			if (data->hist[cpu].user_count)
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+						 data->hist[cpu].sum_user / data->hist[cpu].user_count);
+			else
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "        - ");
+		}
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "max:  ");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].irq_count && !data->hist[cpu].thread_count)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!params->no_irq)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+					data->hist[cpu].max_irq);
+
+		if (!params->no_thread)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+					data->hist[cpu].max_thread);
+
+		if (params->user_hist)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+					data->hist[cpu].max_user);
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+	trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
+	trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_print_stats - print data for all CPUs
+ */
+static void
+timerlat_print_stats(struct timerlat_hist_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+{
+	struct timerlat_hist_data *data = tool->data;
+	struct trace_instance *trace = &tool->trace;
+	int bucket, cpu;
+	int total;
+
+	timerlat_hist_header(tool);
+
+	for (bucket = 0; bucket < data->entries; bucket++) {
+		total = 0;
+
+		if (!params->no_index)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%-6d",
+					 bucket * data->bucket_size);
+
+		for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+			if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+				continue;
+
+			if (!data->hist[cpu].irq_count && !data->hist[cpu].thread_count)
+				continue;
+
+			if (!params->no_irq) {
+				total += data->hist[cpu].irq[bucket];
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
+						data->hist[cpu].irq[bucket]);
+			}
+
+			if (!params->no_thread) {
+				total += data->hist[cpu].thread[bucket];
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
+						data->hist[cpu].thread[bucket]);
+			}
+
+			if (params->user_hist) {
+				total += data->hist[cpu].user[bucket];
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
+						data->hist[cpu].user[bucket]);
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		if (total == 0 && !params->with_zeros) {
+			trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+		trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
+		trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+	}
+
+	if (!params->no_index)
+		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "over: ");
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < data->nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(cpu, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].irq_count && !data->hist[cpu].thread_count)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!params->no_irq)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
+					 data->hist[cpu].irq[data->entries]);
+
+		if (!params->no_thread)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
+					 data->hist[cpu].thread[data->entries]);
+
+		if (params->user_hist)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
+					 data->hist[cpu].user[data->entries]);
+	}
+	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
+	trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
+	trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+
+	timerlat_print_summary(params, trace, data);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_hist_usage - prints timerlat top usage message
+ */
+static void timerlat_hist_usage(char *usage)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	char *msg[] = {
+		"",
+		"  usage: [rtla] timerlat hist [-h] [-q] [-d s] [-D] [-n] [-a us] [-p us] [-i us] [-T us] [-s us] \\",
+		"         [-t[=file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list]\\",
+		"	  [-P priority] [-E N] [-b N] [--no-irq] [--no-thread] [--no-header] [--no-summary] \\",
+		"	  [--no-index] [--with-zeros] [--dma-latency us] [-C[=cgroup_name]] [--no-aa] [--dump-task] [-u]",
+		"",
+		"	  -h/--help: print this menu",
+		"	  -a/--auto: set automatic trace mode, stopping the session if argument in us latency is hit",
+		"	  -p/--period us: timerlat period in us",
+		"	  -i/--irq us: stop trace if the irq latency is higher than the argument in us",
+		"	  -T/--thread us: stop trace if the thread latency is higher than the argument in us",
+		"	  -s/--stack us: save the stack trace at the IRQ if a thread latency is higher than the argument in us",
+		"	  -c/--cpus cpus: run the tracer only on the given cpus",
+		"	  -H/--house-keeping cpus: run rtla control threads only on the given cpus",
+		"	  -C/--cgroup[=cgroup_name]: set cgroup, if no cgroup_name is passed, the rtla's cgroup will be inherited",
+		"	  -d/--duration time[m|h|d]: duration of the session in seconds",
+		"	     --dump-tasks: prints the task running on all CPUs if stop conditions are met (depends on !--no-aa)",
+		"	  -D/--debug: print debug info",
+		"	  -t/--trace[=file]: save the stopped trace to [file|timerlat_trace.txt]",
+		"	  -e/--event <sys:event>: enable the <sys:event> in the trace instance, multiple -e are allowed",
+		"	     --filter <filter>: enable a trace event filter to the previous -e event",
+		"	     --trigger <trigger>: enable a trace event trigger to the previous -e event",
+		"	  -n/--nano: display data in nanoseconds",
+		"	     --no-aa: disable auto-analysis, reducing rtla timerlat cpu usage",
+		"	  -b/--bucket-size N: set the histogram bucket size (default 1)",
+		"	  -E/--entries N: set the number of entries of the histogram (default 256)",
+		"	     --no-irq: ignore IRQ latencies",
+		"	     --no-thread: ignore thread latencies",
+		"	     --no-header: do not print header",
+		"	     --no-summary: do not print summary",
+		"	     --no-index: do not print index",
+		"	     --with-zeros: print zero only entries",
+		"	     --dma-latency us: set /dev/cpu_dma_latency latency <us> to reduce exit from idle latency",
+		"	  -P/--priority o:prio|r:prio|f:prio|d:runtime:period : set scheduling parameters",
+		"		o:prio - use SCHED_OTHER with prio",
+		"		r:prio - use SCHED_RR with prio",
+		"		f:prio - use SCHED_FIFO with prio",
+		"		d:runtime[us|ms|s]:period[us|ms|s] - use SCHED_DEADLINE with runtime and period",
+		"						       in nanoseconds",
+		"	  -u/--user-threads: use rtla user-space threads instead of in-kernel timerlat threads",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	if (usage)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", usage);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "rtla timerlat hist: a per-cpu histogram of the timer latency (version %s)\n",
+			VERSION);
+
+	for (i = 0; msg[i]; i++)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg[i]);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_hist_parse_args - allocs, parse and fill the cmd line parameters
+ */
+static struct timerlat_hist_params
+*timerlat_hist_parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	struct timerlat_hist_params *params;
+	struct trace_events *tevent;
+	int auto_thresh;
+	int retval;
+	int c;
+
+	params = calloc(1, sizeof(*params));
+	if (!params)
+		exit(1);
+
+	/* disabled by default */
+	params->dma_latency = -1;
+
+	/* display data in microseconds */
+	params->output_divisor = 1000;
+	params->bucket_size = 1;
+	params->entries = 256;
+
+	while (1) {
+		static struct option long_options[] = {
+			{"auto",		required_argument,	0, 'a'},
+			{"cpus",		required_argument,	0, 'c'},
+			{"cgroup",		optional_argument,	0, 'C'},
+			{"bucket-size",		required_argument,	0, 'b'},
+			{"debug",		no_argument,		0, 'D'},
+			{"entries",		required_argument,	0, 'E'},
+			{"duration",		required_argument,	0, 'd'},
+			{"house-keeping",	required_argument,	0, 'H'},
+			{"help",		no_argument,		0, 'h'},
+			{"irq",			required_argument,	0, 'i'},
+			{"nano",		no_argument,		0, 'n'},
+			{"period",		required_argument,	0, 'p'},
+			{"priority",		required_argument,	0, 'P'},
+			{"stack",		required_argument,	0, 's'},
+			{"thread",		required_argument,	0, 'T'},
+			{"trace",		optional_argument,	0, 't'},
+			{"user-threads",	no_argument,		0, 'u'},
+			{"event",		required_argument,	0, 'e'},
+			{"no-irq",		no_argument,		0, '0'},
+			{"no-thread",		no_argument,		0, '1'},
+			{"no-header",		no_argument,		0, '2'},
+			{"no-summary",		no_argument,		0, '3'},
+			{"no-index",		no_argument,		0, '4'},
+			{"with-zeros",		no_argument,		0, '5'},
+			{"trigger",		required_argument,	0, '6'},
+			{"filter",		required_argument,	0, '7'},
+			{"dma-latency",		required_argument,	0, '8'},
+			{"no-aa",		no_argument,		0, '9'},
+			{"dump-task",		no_argument,		0, '\1'},
+			{0, 0, 0, 0}
+		};
+
+		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
+		int option_index = 0;
+
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::b:d:e:E:DhH:i:np:P:s:t::T:u0123456:7:8:9\1",
+				 long_options, &option_index);
+
+		/* detect the end of the options. */
+		if (c == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'a':
+			auto_thresh = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+
+			/* set thread stop to auto_thresh */
+			params->stop_total_us = auto_thresh;
+			params->stop_us = auto_thresh;
+
+			/* get stack trace */
+			params->print_stack = auto_thresh;
+
+			/* set trace */
+			params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
+
+			break;
+		case 'c':
+			retval = parse_cpu_set(optarg, &params->monitored_cpus);
+			if (retval)
+				timerlat_hist_usage("\nInvalid -c cpu list\n");
+			params->cpus = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 'C':
+			params->cgroup = 1;
+			if (!optarg) {
+				/* will inherit this cgroup */
+				params->cgroup_name = NULL;
+			} else if (*optarg == '=') {
+				/* skip the = */
+				params->cgroup_name = ++optarg;
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'b':
+			params->bucket_size = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if ((params->bucket_size == 0) || (params->bucket_size >= 1000000))
+				timerlat_hist_usage("Bucket size needs to be > 0 and <= 1000000\n");
+			break;
+		case 'D':
+			config_debug = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'd':
+			params->duration = parse_seconds_duration(optarg);
+			if (!params->duration)
+				timerlat_hist_usage("Invalid -D duration\n");
+			break;
+		case 'e':
+			tevent = trace_event_alloc(optarg);
+			if (!tevent) {
+				err_msg("Error alloc trace event");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+
+			if (params->events)
+				tevent->next = params->events;
+
+			params->events = tevent;
+			break;
+		case 'E':
+			params->entries = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if ((params->entries < 10) || (params->entries > 9999999))
+					timerlat_hist_usage("Entries must be > 10 and < 9999999\n");
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+		case '?':
+			timerlat_hist_usage(NULL);
+			break;
+		case 'H':
+			params->hk_cpus = 1;
+			retval = parse_cpu_set(optarg, &params->hk_cpu_set);
+			if (retval) {
+				err_msg("Error parsing house keeping CPUs\n");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'i':
+			params->stop_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'n':
+			params->output_divisor = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'p':
+			params->timerlat_period_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if (params->timerlat_period_us > 1000000)
+				timerlat_hist_usage("Period longer than 1 s\n");
+			break;
+		case 'P':
+			retval = parse_prio(optarg, &params->sched_param);
+			if (retval == -1)
+				timerlat_hist_usage("Invalid -P priority");
+			params->set_sched = 1;
+			break;
+		case 's':
+			params->print_stack = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'T':
+			params->stop_total_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 't':
+			if (optarg)
+				/* skip = */
+				params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+			else
+				params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
+			break;
+		case 'u':
+			params->user_hist = 1;
+			break;
+		case '0': /* no irq */
+			params->no_irq = 1;
+			break;
+		case '1': /* no thread */
+			params->no_thread = 1;
+			break;
+		case '2': /* no header */
+			params->no_header = 1;
+			break;
+		case '3': /* no summary */
+			params->no_summary = 1;
+			break;
+		case '4': /* no index */
+			params->no_index = 1;
+			break;
+		case '5': /* with zeros */
+			params->with_zeros = 1;
+			break;
+		case '6': /* trigger */
+			if (params->events) {
+				retval = trace_event_add_trigger(params->events, optarg);
+				if (retval) {
+					err_msg("Error adding trigger %s\n", optarg);
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+			} else {
+				timerlat_hist_usage("--trigger requires a previous -e\n");
+			}
+			break;
+		case '7': /* filter */
+			if (params->events) {
+				retval = trace_event_add_filter(params->events, optarg);
+				if (retval) {
+					err_msg("Error adding filter %s\n", optarg);
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+			} else {
+				timerlat_hist_usage("--filter requires a previous -e\n");
+			}
+			break;
+		case '8':
+			params->dma_latency = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if (params->dma_latency < 0 || params->dma_latency > 10000) {
+				err_msg("--dma-latency needs to be >= 0 and < 10000");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+			break;
+		case '9':
+			params->no_aa = 1;
+			break;
+		case '\1':
+			params->dump_tasks = 1;
+			break;
+		default:
+			timerlat_hist_usage("Invalid option");
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (geteuid()) {
+		err_msg("rtla needs root permission\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	if (params->no_irq && params->no_thread)
+		timerlat_hist_usage("no-irq and no-thread set, there is nothing to do here");
+
+	if (params->no_index && !params->with_zeros)
+		timerlat_hist_usage("no-index set with with-zeros is not set - it does not make sense");
+
+	/*
+	 * Auto analysis only happens if stop tracing, thus:
+	 */
+	if (!params->stop_us && !params->stop_total_us)
+		params->no_aa = 1;
+
+	return params;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_hist_apply_config - apply the hist configs to the initialized tool
+ */
+static int
+timerlat_hist_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct timerlat_hist_params *params)
+{
+	int retval, i;
+
+	if (!params->sleep_time)
+		params->sleep_time = 1;
+
+	if (params->cpus) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_cpus(tool->context, params->cpus);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to apply CPUs config\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	} else {
+		for (i = 0; i < sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); i++)
+			CPU_SET(i, &params->monitored_cpus);
+	}
+
+	if (params->stop_us) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_stop_us(tool->context, params->stop_us);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set stop us\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->stop_total_us) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_stop_total_us(tool->context, params->stop_total_us);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set stop total us\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->timerlat_period_us) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_timerlat_period_us(tool->context, params->timerlat_period_us);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set timerlat period\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->print_stack) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_print_stack(tool->context, params->print_stack);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set print stack\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->hk_cpus) {
+		retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(params->hk_cpu_set),
+					   &params->hk_cpu_set);
+		if (retval == -1) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set rtla to the house keeping CPUs\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	} else if (params->cpus) {
+		/*
+		 * Even if the user do not set a house-keeping CPU, try to
+		 * move rtla to a CPU set different to the one where the user
+		 * set the workload to run.
+		 *
+		 * No need to check results as this is an automatic attempt.
+		 */
+		auto_house_keeping(&params->monitored_cpus);
+	}
+
+	if (params->user_hist) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_workload(tool->context, 0);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_init_hist - initialize a timerlat hist tool with parameters
+ */
+static struct osnoise_tool
+*timerlat_init_hist(struct timerlat_hist_params *params)
+{
+	struct osnoise_tool *tool;
+	int nr_cpus;
+
+	nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+
+	tool = osnoise_init_tool("timerlat_hist");
+	if (!tool)
+		return NULL;
+
+	tool->data = timerlat_alloc_histogram(nr_cpus, params->entries, params->bucket_size);
+	if (!tool->data)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	tool->params = params;
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(tool->trace.tep, -1, "ftrace", "timerlat",
+				   timerlat_hist_handler, tool);
+
+	return tool;
+
+out_err:
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(tool);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int stop_tracing;
+static void stop_hist(int sig)
+{
+	stop_tracing = 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_hist_set_signals - handles the signal to stop the tool
+ */
+static void
+timerlat_hist_set_signals(struct timerlat_hist_params *params)
+{
+	signal(SIGINT, stop_hist);
+	if (params->duration) {
+		signal(SIGALRM, stop_hist);
+		alarm(params->duration);
+	}
+}
+
+int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	struct timerlat_hist_params *params;
+	struct osnoise_tool *record = NULL;
+	struct timerlat_u_params params_u;
+	struct osnoise_tool *tool = NULL;
+	struct osnoise_tool *aa = NULL;
+	struct trace_instance *trace;
+	int dma_latency_fd = -1;
+	int return_value = 1;
+	pthread_t timerlat_u;
+	int retval;
+
+	params = timerlat_hist_parse_args(argc, argv);
+	if (!params)
+		exit(1);
+
+	tool = timerlat_init_hist(params);
+	if (!tool) {
+		err_msg("Could not init osnoise hist\n");
+		goto out_exit;
+	}
+
+	retval = timerlat_hist_apply_config(tool, params);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Could not apply config\n");
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	trace = &tool->trace;
+
+	retval = enable_timerlat(trace);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to enable timerlat tracer\n");
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	if (params->set_sched) {
+		retval = set_comm_sched_attr("timerlat/", &params->sched_param);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set sched parameters\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->cgroup && !params->user_hist) {
+		retval = set_comm_cgroup("timerlat/", params->cgroup_name);
+		if (!retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to move threads to cgroup\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->dma_latency >= 0) {
+		dma_latency_fd = set_cpu_dma_latency(params->dma_latency);
+		if (dma_latency_fd < 0) {
+			err_msg("Could not set /dev/cpu_dma_latency.\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->trace_output) {
+		record = osnoise_init_trace_tool("timerlat");
+		if (!record) {
+			err_msg("Failed to enable the trace instance\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+
+		if (params->events) {
+			retval = trace_events_enable(&record->trace, params->events);
+			if (retval)
+				goto out_hist;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!params->no_aa) {
+		aa = osnoise_init_tool("timerlat_aa");
+		if (!aa)
+			goto out_hist;
+
+		retval = timerlat_aa_init(aa, params->dump_tasks);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to enable the auto analysis instance\n");
+			goto out_hist;
+		}
+
+		retval = enable_timerlat(&aa->trace);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to enable timerlat tracer\n");
+			goto out_hist;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Start the tracers here, after having set all instances.
+	 *
+	 * Let the trace instance start first for the case of hitting a stop
+	 * tracing while enabling other instances. The trace instance is the
+	 * one with most valuable information.
+	 */
+	if (params->trace_output)
+		trace_instance_start(&record->trace);
+	if (!params->no_aa)
+		trace_instance_start(&aa->trace);
+	trace_instance_start(trace);
+
+	tool->start_time = time(NULL);
+	timerlat_hist_set_signals(params);
+
+	if (params->user_hist) {
+		/* rtla asked to stop */
+		params_u.should_run = 1;
+		/* all threads left */
+		params_u.stopped_running = 0;
+
+		params_u.set = &params->monitored_cpus;
+		if (params->set_sched)
+			params_u.sched_param = &params->sched_param;
+		else
+			params_u.sched_param = NULL;
+
+		params_u.cgroup_name = params->cgroup_name;
+
+		retval = pthread_create(&timerlat_u, NULL, timerlat_u_dispatcher, &params_u);
+		if (retval)
+			err_msg("Error creating timerlat user-space threads\n");
+	}
+
+	while (!stop_tracing) {
+		sleep(params->sleep_time);
+
+		retval = tracefs_iterate_raw_events(trace->tep,
+						    trace->inst,
+						    NULL,
+						    0,
+						    collect_registered_events,
+						    trace);
+		if (retval < 0) {
+			err_msg("Error iterating on events\n");
+			goto out_hist;
+		}
+
+		if (trace_is_off(&tool->trace, &record->trace))
+			break;
+
+		/* is there still any user-threads ? */
+		if (params->user_hist) {
+			if (params_u.stopped_running) {
+				debug_msg("timerlat user-space threads stopped!\n");
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if (params->user_hist && !params_u.stopped_running) {
+		params_u.should_run = 0;
+		sleep(1);
+	}
+
+	timerlat_print_stats(params, tool);
+
+	return_value = 0;
+
+	if (trace_is_off(&tool->trace, &record->trace)) {
+		printf("rtla timerlat hit stop tracing\n");
+
+		if (!params->no_aa)
+			timerlat_auto_analysis(params->stop_us, params->stop_total_us);
+
+		if (params->trace_output) {
+			printf("  Saving trace to %s\n", params->trace_output);
+			save_trace_to_file(record->trace.inst, params->trace_output);
+		}
+	}
+
+out_hist:
+	timerlat_aa_destroy();
+	if (dma_latency_fd >= 0)
+		close(dma_latency_fd);
+	trace_events_destroy(&record->trace, params->events);
+	params->events = NULL;
+out_free:
+	timerlat_free_histogram(tool->data);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(aa);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(record);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(tool);
+	free(params);
+out_exit:
+	exit(return_value);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1640f121ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
@@ -0,0 +1,965 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "osnoise.h"
+#include "timerlat.h"
+#include "timerlat_aa.h"
+#include "timerlat_u.h"
+
+struct timerlat_top_params {
+	char			*cpus;
+	cpu_set_t		monitored_cpus;
+	char			*trace_output;
+	char			*cgroup_name;
+	unsigned long long	runtime;
+	long long		stop_us;
+	long long		stop_total_us;
+	long long		timerlat_period_us;
+	long long		print_stack;
+	int			sleep_time;
+	int			output_divisor;
+	int			duration;
+	int			quiet;
+	int			set_sched;
+	int			dma_latency;
+	int			no_aa;
+	int			aa_only;
+	int			dump_tasks;
+	int			cgroup;
+	int			hk_cpus;
+	int			user_top;
+	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
+	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
+	struct trace_events	*events;
+};
+
+struct timerlat_top_cpu {
+	int			irq_count;
+	int			thread_count;
+	int			user_count;
+
+	unsigned long long	cur_irq;
+	unsigned long long	min_irq;
+	unsigned long long	sum_irq;
+	unsigned long long	max_irq;
+
+	unsigned long long	cur_thread;
+	unsigned long long	min_thread;
+	unsigned long long	sum_thread;
+	unsigned long long	max_thread;
+
+	unsigned long long	cur_user;
+	unsigned long long	min_user;
+	unsigned long long	sum_user;
+	unsigned long long	max_user;
+};
+
+struct timerlat_top_data {
+	struct timerlat_top_cpu	*cpu_data;
+	int			nr_cpus;
+};
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_free_top - free runtime data
+ */
+static void
+timerlat_free_top(struct timerlat_top_data *data)
+{
+	free(data->cpu_data);
+	free(data);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_alloc_histogram - alloc runtime data
+ */
+static struct timerlat_top_data *timerlat_alloc_top(int nr_cpus)
+{
+	struct timerlat_top_data *data;
+	int cpu;
+
+	data = calloc(1, sizeof(*data));
+	if (!data)
+		return NULL;
+
+	data->nr_cpus = nr_cpus;
+
+	/* one set of histograms per CPU */
+	data->cpu_data = calloc(1, sizeof(*data->cpu_data) * nr_cpus);
+	if (!data->cpu_data)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	/* set the min to max */
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		data->cpu_data[cpu].min_irq = ~0;
+		data->cpu_data[cpu].min_thread = ~0;
+		data->cpu_data[cpu].min_user = ~0;
+	}
+
+	return data;
+
+cleanup:
+	timerlat_free_top(data);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_hist_update - record a new timerlat occurent on cpu, updating data
+ */
+static void
+timerlat_top_update(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int cpu,
+		    unsigned long long thread,
+		    unsigned long long latency)
+{
+	struct timerlat_top_data *data = tool->data;
+	struct timerlat_top_cpu *cpu_data = &data->cpu_data[cpu];
+
+	if (!thread) {
+		cpu_data->irq_count++;
+		cpu_data->cur_irq = latency;
+		update_min(&cpu_data->min_irq, &latency);
+		update_sum(&cpu_data->sum_irq, &latency);
+		update_max(&cpu_data->max_irq, &latency);
+	} else if (thread == 1) {
+		cpu_data->thread_count++;
+		cpu_data->cur_thread = latency;
+		update_min(&cpu_data->min_thread, &latency);
+		update_sum(&cpu_data->sum_thread, &latency);
+		update_max(&cpu_data->max_thread, &latency);
+	} else {
+		cpu_data->user_count++;
+		cpu_data->cur_user = latency;
+		update_min(&cpu_data->min_user, &latency);
+		update_sum(&cpu_data->sum_user, &latency);
+		update_max(&cpu_data->max_user, &latency);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_top_handler - this is the handler for timerlat tracer events
+ */
+static int
+timerlat_top_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
+		     struct tep_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct trace_instance *trace = context;
+	struct timerlat_top_params *params;
+	unsigned long long latency, thread;
+	struct osnoise_tool *top;
+	int cpu = record->cpu;
+
+	top = container_of(trace, struct osnoise_tool, trace);
+	params = top->params;
+
+	if (!params->aa_only) {
+		tep_get_field_val(s, event, "context", record, &thread, 1);
+		tep_get_field_val(s, event, "timer_latency", record, &latency, 1);
+
+		timerlat_top_update(top, cpu, thread, latency);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_top_header - print the header of the tool output
+ */
+static void timerlat_top_header(struct osnoise_tool *top)
+{
+	struct timerlat_top_params *params = top->params;
+	struct trace_seq *s = top->trace.seq;
+	char duration[26];
+
+	get_duration(top->start_time, duration, sizeof(duration));
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[2;37;40m");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "                                     Timer Latency                                              ");
+	if (params->user_top)
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "                                         ");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[0;0;0m");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%-6s   |          IRQ Timer Latency (%s)        |         Thread Timer Latency (%s)", duration,
+			params->output_divisor == 1 ? "ns" : "us",
+			params->output_divisor == 1 ? "ns" : "us");
+
+	if (params->user_top) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "      |    Ret user Timer Latency (%s)",
+				params->output_divisor == 1 ? "ns" : "us");
+	}
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[2;30;47m");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "CPU COUNT      |      cur       min       avg       max |      cur       min       avg       max");
+	if (params->user_top)
+		trace_seq_printf(s, " |      cur       min       avg       max");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[0;0;0m");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_top_print - prints the output of a given CPU
+ */
+static void timerlat_top_print(struct osnoise_tool *top, int cpu)
+{
+
+	struct timerlat_top_params *params = top->params;
+	struct timerlat_top_data *data = top->data;
+	struct timerlat_top_cpu *cpu_data = &data->cpu_data[cpu];
+	int divisor = params->output_divisor;
+	struct trace_seq *s = top->trace.seq;
+
+	if (divisor == 0)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Skip if no data is available: is this cpu offline?
+	 */
+	if (!cpu_data->irq_count && !cpu_data->thread_count)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Unless trace is being lost, IRQ counter is always the max.
+	 */
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "%3d #%-9d |", cpu, cpu_data->irq_count);
+
+	if (!cpu_data->irq_count) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - |");
+	} else {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_irq / params->output_divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_irq / params->output_divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", (cpu_data->sum_irq / cpu_data->irq_count) / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu |", cpu_data->max_irq / divisor);
+	}
+
+	if (!cpu_data->thread_count) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        -\n");
+	} else {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_thread / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_thread / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ",
+				(cpu_data->sum_thread / cpu_data->thread_count) / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu", cpu_data->max_thread / divisor);
+	}
+
+	if (!params->user_top) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, " |");
+
+	if (!cpu_data->user_count) {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "        -\n");
+	} else {
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_user / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_user / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ",
+				(cpu_data->sum_user / cpu_data->user_count) / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu\n", cpu_data->max_user / divisor);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * clear_terminal - clears the output terminal
+ */
+static void clear_terminal(struct trace_seq *seq)
+{
+	if (!config_debug)
+		trace_seq_printf(seq, "\033c");
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_print_stats - print data for all cpus
+ */
+static void
+timerlat_print_stats(struct timerlat_top_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *top)
+{
+	struct trace_instance *trace = &top->trace;
+	static int nr_cpus = -1;
+	int i;
+
+	if (params->aa_only)
+		return;
+
+	if (nr_cpus == -1)
+		nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+
+	if (!params->quiet)
+		clear_terminal(trace->seq);
+
+	timerlat_top_header(top);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+		if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(i, &params->monitored_cpus))
+			continue;
+		timerlat_top_print(top, i);
+	}
+
+	trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
+	trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_top_usage - prints timerlat top usage message
+ */
+static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	static const char *const msg[] = {
+		"",
+		"  usage: rtla timerlat [top] [-h] [-q] [-a us] [-d s] [-D] [-n] [-p us] [-i us] [-T us] [-s us] \\",
+		"	  [[-t[=file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list]\\",
+		"	  [-P priority] [--dma-latency us] [--aa-only us] [-C[=cgroup_name]] [-u]",
+		"",
+		"	  -h/--help: print this menu",
+		"	  -a/--auto: set automatic trace mode, stopping the session if argument in us latency is hit",
+		"	     --aa-only us: stop if <us> latency is hit, only printing the auto analysis (reduces CPU usage)",
+		"	  -p/--period us: timerlat period in us",
+		"	  -i/--irq us: stop trace if the irq latency is higher than the argument in us",
+		"	  -T/--thread us: stop trace if the thread latency is higher than the argument in us",
+		"	  -s/--stack us: save the stack trace at the IRQ if a thread latency is higher than the argument in us",
+		"	  -c/--cpus cpus: run the tracer only on the given cpus",
+		"	  -H/--house-keeping cpus: run rtla control threads only on the given cpus",
+		"	  -C/--cgroup[=cgroup_name]: set cgroup, if no cgroup_name is passed, the rtla's cgroup will be inherited",
+		"	  -d/--duration time[m|h|d]: duration of the session in seconds",
+		"	  -D/--debug: print debug info",
+		"	     --dump-tasks: prints the task running on all CPUs if stop conditions are met (depends on !--no-aa)",
+		"	  -t/--trace[=file]: save the stopped trace to [file|timerlat_trace.txt]",
+		"	  -e/--event <sys:event>: enable the <sys:event> in the trace instance, multiple -e are allowed",
+		"	     --filter <command>: enable a trace event filter to the previous -e event",
+		"	     --trigger <command>: enable a trace event trigger to the previous -e event",
+		"	  -n/--nano: display data in nanoseconds",
+		"	     --no-aa: disable auto-analysis, reducing rtla timerlat cpu usage",
+		"	  -q/--quiet print only a summary at the end",
+		"	     --dma-latency us: set /dev/cpu_dma_latency latency <us> to reduce exit from idle latency",
+		"	  -P/--priority o:prio|r:prio|f:prio|d:runtime:period : set scheduling parameters",
+		"		o:prio - use SCHED_OTHER with prio",
+		"		r:prio - use SCHED_RR with prio",
+		"		f:prio - use SCHED_FIFO with prio",
+		"		d:runtime[us|ms|s]:period[us|ms|s] - use SCHED_DEADLINE with runtime and period",
+		"						       in nanoseconds",
+		"	  -u/--user-threads: use rtla user-space threads instead of in-kernel timerlat threads",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	if (usage)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", usage);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "rtla timerlat top: a per-cpu summary of the timer latency (version %s)\n",
+			VERSION);
+
+	for (i = 0; msg[i]; i++)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg[i]);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_top_parse_args - allocs, parse and fill the cmd line parameters
+ */
+static struct timerlat_top_params
+*timerlat_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct timerlat_top_params *params;
+	struct trace_events *tevent;
+	long long auto_thresh;
+	int retval;
+	int c;
+
+	params = calloc(1, sizeof(*params));
+	if (!params)
+		exit(1);
+
+	/* disabled by default */
+	params->dma_latency = -1;
+
+	/* display data in microseconds */
+	params->output_divisor = 1000;
+
+	while (1) {
+		static struct option long_options[] = {
+			{"auto",		required_argument,	0, 'a'},
+			{"cpus",		required_argument,	0, 'c'},
+			{"cgroup",		optional_argument,	0, 'C'},
+			{"debug",		no_argument,		0, 'D'},
+			{"duration",		required_argument,	0, 'd'},
+			{"event",		required_argument,	0, 'e'},
+			{"help",		no_argument,		0, 'h'},
+			{"house-keeping",	required_argument,	0, 'H'},
+			{"irq",			required_argument,	0, 'i'},
+			{"nano",		no_argument,		0, 'n'},
+			{"period",		required_argument,	0, 'p'},
+			{"priority",		required_argument,	0, 'P'},
+			{"quiet",		no_argument,		0, 'q'},
+			{"stack",		required_argument,	0, 's'},
+			{"thread",		required_argument,	0, 'T'},
+			{"trace",		optional_argument,	0, 't'},
+			{"user-threads",	no_argument,		0, 'u'},
+			{"trigger",		required_argument,	0, '0'},
+			{"filter",		required_argument,	0, '1'},
+			{"dma-latency",		required_argument,	0, '2'},
+			{"no-aa",		no_argument,		0, '3'},
+			{"dump-tasks",		no_argument,		0, '4'},
+			{"aa-only",		required_argument,	0, '5'},
+			{0, 0, 0, 0}
+		};
+
+		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
+		int option_index = 0;
+
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::d:De:hH:i:np:P:qs:t::T:u0:1:2:345:",
+				 long_options, &option_index);
+
+		/* detect the end of the options. */
+		if (c == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'a':
+			auto_thresh = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+
+			/* set thread stop to auto_thresh */
+			params->stop_total_us = auto_thresh;
+			params->stop_us = auto_thresh;
+
+			/* get stack trace */
+			params->print_stack = auto_thresh;
+
+			/* set trace */
+			params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
+			break;
+		case '5':
+			/* it is here because it is similar to -a */
+			auto_thresh = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+
+			/* set thread stop to auto_thresh */
+			params->stop_total_us = auto_thresh;
+			params->stop_us = auto_thresh;
+
+			/* get stack trace */
+			params->print_stack = auto_thresh;
+
+			/* set aa_only to avoid parsing the trace */
+			params->aa_only = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'c':
+			retval = parse_cpu_set(optarg, &params->monitored_cpus);
+			if (retval)
+				timerlat_top_usage("\nInvalid -c cpu list\n");
+			params->cpus = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 'C':
+			params->cgroup = 1;
+			if (!optarg) {
+				/* will inherit this cgroup */
+				params->cgroup_name = NULL;
+			} else if (*optarg == '=') {
+				/* skip the = */
+				params->cgroup_name = ++optarg;
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'D':
+			config_debug = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'd':
+			params->duration = parse_seconds_duration(optarg);
+			if (!params->duration)
+				timerlat_top_usage("Invalid -D duration\n");
+			break;
+		case 'e':
+			tevent = trace_event_alloc(optarg);
+			if (!tevent) {
+				err_msg("Error alloc trace event");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+
+			if (params->events)
+				tevent->next = params->events;
+			params->events = tevent;
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+		case '?':
+			timerlat_top_usage(NULL);
+			break;
+		case 'H':
+			params->hk_cpus = 1;
+			retval = parse_cpu_set(optarg, &params->hk_cpu_set);
+			if (retval) {
+				err_msg("Error parsing house keeping CPUs\n");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'i':
+			params->stop_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'n':
+			params->output_divisor = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'p':
+			params->timerlat_period_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if (params->timerlat_period_us > 1000000)
+				timerlat_top_usage("Period longer than 1 s\n");
+			break;
+		case 'P':
+			retval = parse_prio(optarg, &params->sched_param);
+			if (retval == -1)
+				timerlat_top_usage("Invalid -P priority");
+			params->set_sched = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'q':
+			params->quiet = 1;
+			break;
+		case 's':
+			params->print_stack = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'T':
+			params->stop_total_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 't':
+			if (optarg)
+				/* skip = */
+				params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+			else
+				params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
+
+			break;
+		case 'u':
+			params->user_top = true;
+			break;
+		case '0': /* trigger */
+			if (params->events) {
+				retval = trace_event_add_trigger(params->events, optarg);
+				if (retval) {
+					err_msg("Error adding trigger %s\n", optarg);
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+			} else {
+				timerlat_top_usage("--trigger requires a previous -e\n");
+			}
+			break;
+		case '1': /* filter */
+			if (params->events) {
+				retval = trace_event_add_filter(params->events, optarg);
+				if (retval) {
+					err_msg("Error adding filter %s\n", optarg);
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+			} else {
+				timerlat_top_usage("--filter requires a previous -e\n");
+			}
+			break;
+		case '2': /* dma-latency */
+			params->dma_latency = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if (params->dma_latency < 0 || params->dma_latency > 10000) {
+				err_msg("--dma-latency needs to be >= 0 and < 10000");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+			break;
+		case '3': /* no-aa */
+			params->no_aa = 1;
+			break;
+		case '4':
+			params->dump_tasks = 1;
+			break;
+		default:
+			timerlat_top_usage("Invalid option");
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (geteuid()) {
+		err_msg("rtla needs root permission\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Auto analysis only happens if stop tracing, thus:
+	 */
+	if (!params->stop_us && !params->stop_total_us)
+		params->no_aa = 1;
+
+	if (params->no_aa && params->aa_only)
+		timerlat_top_usage("--no-aa and --aa-only are mutually exclusive!");
+
+	return params;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_top_apply_config - apply the top configs to the initialized tool
+ */
+static int
+timerlat_top_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *top, struct timerlat_top_params *params)
+{
+	int retval;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!params->sleep_time)
+		params->sleep_time = 1;
+
+	if (params->cpus) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_cpus(top->context, params->cpus);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to apply CPUs config\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	} else {
+		for (i = 0; i < sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); i++)
+			CPU_SET(i, &params->monitored_cpus);
+	}
+
+	if (params->stop_us) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_stop_us(top->context, params->stop_us);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set stop us\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->stop_total_us) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_stop_total_us(top->context, params->stop_total_us);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set stop total us\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	if (params->timerlat_period_us) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_timerlat_period_us(top->context, params->timerlat_period_us);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set timerlat period\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	if (params->print_stack) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_print_stack(top->context, params->print_stack);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set print stack\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->hk_cpus) {
+		retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(params->hk_cpu_set),
+					   &params->hk_cpu_set);
+		if (retval == -1) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set rtla to the house keeping CPUs\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	} else if (params->cpus) {
+		/*
+		 * Even if the user do not set a house-keeping CPU, try to
+		 * move rtla to a CPU set different to the one where the user
+		 * set the workload to run.
+		 *
+		 * No need to check results as this is an automatic attempt.
+		 */
+		auto_house_keeping(&params->monitored_cpus);
+	}
+
+	if (params->user_top) {
+		retval = osnoise_set_workload(top->context, 0);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_init_top - initialize a timerlat top tool with parameters
+ */
+static struct osnoise_tool
+*timerlat_init_top(struct timerlat_top_params *params)
+{
+	struct osnoise_tool *top;
+	int nr_cpus;
+
+	nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+
+	top = osnoise_init_tool("timerlat_top");
+	if (!top)
+		return NULL;
+
+	top->data = timerlat_alloc_top(nr_cpus);
+	if (!top->data)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	top->params = params;
+
+	tep_register_event_handler(top->trace.tep, -1, "ftrace", "timerlat",
+				   timerlat_top_handler, top);
+
+	return top;
+
+out_err:
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(top);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int stop_tracing;
+static void stop_top(int sig)
+{
+	stop_tracing = 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_top_set_signals - handles the signal to stop the tool
+ */
+static void
+timerlat_top_set_signals(struct timerlat_top_params *params)
+{
+	signal(SIGINT, stop_top);
+	if (params->duration) {
+		signal(SIGALRM, stop_top);
+		alarm(params->duration);
+	}
+}
+
+int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	struct timerlat_top_params *params;
+	struct osnoise_tool *record = NULL;
+	struct timerlat_u_params params_u;
+	struct osnoise_tool *top = NULL;
+	struct osnoise_tool *aa = NULL;
+	struct trace_instance *trace;
+	int dma_latency_fd = -1;
+	pthread_t timerlat_u;
+	int return_value = 1;
+	char *max_lat;
+	int retval;
+
+	params = timerlat_top_parse_args(argc, argv);
+	if (!params)
+		exit(1);
+
+	top = timerlat_init_top(params);
+	if (!top) {
+		err_msg("Could not init osnoise top\n");
+		goto out_exit;
+	}
+
+	retval = timerlat_top_apply_config(top, params);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Could not apply config\n");
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	trace = &top->trace;
+
+	retval = enable_timerlat(trace);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to enable timerlat tracer\n");
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	if (params->set_sched) {
+		retval = set_comm_sched_attr("timerlat/", &params->sched_param);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set sched parameters\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->cgroup && !params->user_top) {
+		retval = set_comm_cgroup("timerlat/", params->cgroup_name);
+		if (!retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to move threads to cgroup\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->dma_latency >= 0) {
+		dma_latency_fd = set_cpu_dma_latency(params->dma_latency);
+		if (dma_latency_fd < 0) {
+			err_msg("Could not set /dev/cpu_dma_latency.\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->trace_output) {
+		record = osnoise_init_trace_tool("timerlat");
+		if (!record) {
+			err_msg("Failed to enable the trace instance\n");
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+
+		if (params->events) {
+			retval = trace_events_enable(&record->trace, params->events);
+			if (retval)
+				goto out_top;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!params->no_aa) {
+		if (params->aa_only) {
+			/* as top is not used for display, use it for aa */
+			aa = top;
+		} else  {
+			/* otherwise, a new instance is needed */
+			aa = osnoise_init_tool("timerlat_aa");
+			if (!aa)
+				goto out_top;
+		}
+
+		retval = timerlat_aa_init(aa, params->dump_tasks);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Failed to enable the auto analysis instance\n");
+			goto out_top;
+		}
+
+		/* if it is re-using the main instance, there is no need to start it */
+		if (aa != top) {
+			retval = enable_timerlat(&aa->trace);
+			if (retval) {
+				err_msg("Failed to enable timerlat tracer\n");
+				goto out_top;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Start the tracers here, after having set all instances.
+	 *
+	 * Let the trace instance start first for the case of hitting a stop
+	 * tracing while enabling other instances. The trace instance is the
+	 * one with most valuable information.
+	 */
+	if (params->trace_output)
+		trace_instance_start(&record->trace);
+	if (!params->no_aa && aa != top)
+		trace_instance_start(&aa->trace);
+	trace_instance_start(trace);
+
+	top->start_time = time(NULL);
+	timerlat_top_set_signals(params);
+
+	if (params->user_top) {
+		/* rtla asked to stop */
+		params_u.should_run = 1;
+		/* all threads left */
+		params_u.stopped_running = 0;
+
+		params_u.set = &params->monitored_cpus;
+		if (params->set_sched)
+			params_u.sched_param = &params->sched_param;
+		else
+			params_u.sched_param = NULL;
+
+		params_u.cgroup_name = params->cgroup_name;
+
+		retval = pthread_create(&timerlat_u, NULL, timerlat_u_dispatcher, &params_u);
+		if (retval)
+			err_msg("Error creating timerlat user-space threads\n");
+	}
+
+	while (!stop_tracing) {
+		sleep(params->sleep_time);
+
+		if (params->aa_only && !trace_is_off(&top->trace, &record->trace))
+			continue;
+
+		retval = tracefs_iterate_raw_events(trace->tep,
+						    trace->inst,
+						    NULL,
+						    0,
+						    collect_registered_events,
+						    trace);
+		if (retval < 0) {
+			err_msg("Error iterating on events\n");
+			goto out_top;
+		}
+
+		if (!params->quiet)
+			timerlat_print_stats(params, top);
+
+		if (trace_is_off(&top->trace, &record->trace))
+			break;
+
+		/* is there still any user-threads ? */
+		if (params->user_top) {
+			if (params_u.stopped_running) {
+				debug_msg("timerlat user space threads stopped!\n");
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->user_top && !params_u.stopped_running) {
+		params_u.should_run = 0;
+		sleep(1);
+	}
+
+	timerlat_print_stats(params, top);
+
+	return_value = 0;
+
+	if (trace_is_off(&top->trace, &record->trace)) {
+		printf("rtla timerlat hit stop tracing\n");
+
+		if (!params->no_aa)
+			timerlat_auto_analysis(params->stop_us, params->stop_total_us);
+
+		if (params->trace_output) {
+			printf("  Saving trace to %s\n", params->trace_output);
+			save_trace_to_file(record->trace.inst, params->trace_output);
+		}
+	} else if (params->aa_only) {
+		/*
+		 * If the trace did not stop with --aa-only, at least print the
+		 * max known latency.
+		 */
+		max_lat = tracefs_instance_file_read(trace->inst, "tracing_max_latency", NULL);
+		if (max_lat) {
+			printf("  Max latency was %s\n", max_lat);
+			free(max_lat);
+		}
+	}
+
+out_top:
+	timerlat_aa_destroy();
+	if (dma_latency_fd >= 0)
+		close(dma_latency_fd);
+	trace_events_destroy(&record->trace, params->events);
+	params->events = NULL;
+out_free:
+	timerlat_free_top(top->data);
+	if (aa && aa != top)
+		osnoise_destroy_tool(aa);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(record);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(top);
+	free(params);
+out_exit:
+	exit(return_value);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01dbf9a6b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.c
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <tracefs.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "timerlat_u.h"
+
+/*
+ * This is the user-space main for the tool timerlatu/ threads.
+ *
+ * It is as simple as this:
+ *  - set affinity
+ *  - set priority
+ *  - open tracer fd
+ *  - spin
+ *  - close
+ */
+static int timerlat_u_main(int cpu, struct timerlat_u_params *params)
+{
+	struct sched_param sp = { .sched_priority = 95 };
+	char buffer[1024];
+	int timerlat_fd;
+	cpu_set_t set;
+	int retval;
+
+	/*
+	 * This all is only setting up the tool.
+	 */
+	CPU_ZERO(&set);
+	CPU_SET(cpu, &set);
+
+	retval = sched_setaffinity(gettid(), sizeof(set), &set);
+	if (retval == -1) {
+		debug_msg("Error setting user thread affinity %d, is the CPU online?\n", cpu);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (!params->sched_param) {
+		retval = sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+		if (retval < 0) {
+			err_msg("Error setting timerlat u default priority: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	} else {
+		retval = __set_sched_attr(getpid(), params->sched_param);
+		if (retval) {
+			/* __set_sched_attr prints an error message, so */
+			exit(0);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (params->cgroup_name) {
+		retval = set_pid_cgroup(gettid(), params->cgroup_name);
+		if (!retval) {
+			err_msg("Error setting timerlat u cgroup pid\n");
+			pthread_exit(&retval);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * This is the tool's loop. If you want to use as base for your own tool...
+	 * go ahead.
+	 */
+	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "osnoise/per_cpu/cpu%d/timerlat_fd", cpu);
+
+	timerlat_fd = tracefs_instance_file_open(NULL, buffer, O_RDONLY);
+	if (timerlat_fd < 0) {
+		err_msg("Error opening %s:%s\n", buffer, strerror(errno));
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	debug_msg("User-space timerlat pid %d on cpu %d\n", gettid(), cpu);
+
+	/* add should continue with a signal handler */
+	while (true) {
+		retval = read(timerlat_fd, buffer, 1024);
+		if (retval < 0)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	close(timerlat_fd);
+
+	debug_msg("Leaving timerlat pid %d on cpu %d\n", gettid(), cpu);
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_u_send_kill - send a kill signal for all processes
+ *
+ * Return the number of processes that received the kill.
+ */
+static int timerlat_u_send_kill(pid_t *procs, int nr_cpus)
+{
+	int killed = 0;
+	int i, retval;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+		if (!procs[i])
+			continue;
+		retval = kill(procs[i], SIGKILL);
+		if (!retval)
+			killed++;
+		else
+			err_msg("Error killing child process %d\n", procs[i]);
+	}
+
+	return killed;
+}
+
+/**
+ * timerlat_u_dispatcher - dispatch one timerlatu/ process per monitored CPU
+ *
+ * This is a thread main that will fork one new process for each monitored
+ * CPU. It will wait for:
+ *
+ *  - rtla to tell to kill the child processes
+ *  - some child process to die, and the cleanup all the processes
+ *
+ * whichever comes first.
+ *
+ */
+void *timerlat_u_dispatcher(void *data)
+{
+	int nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+	struct timerlat_u_params *params = data;
+	char proc_name[128];
+	int procs_count = 0;
+	int retval = 1;
+	pid_t *procs;
+	int wstatus;
+	pid_t pid;
+	int i;
+
+	debug_msg("Dispatching timerlat u procs\n");
+
+	procs = calloc(nr_cpus, sizeof(pid_t));
+	if (!procs)
+		pthread_exit(&retval);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+		if (params->set && !CPU_ISSET(i, params->set))
+			continue;
+
+		pid = fork();
+
+		/* child */
+		if (!pid) {
+
+			/*
+			 * rename the process
+			 */
+			snprintf(proc_name, sizeof(proc_name), "timerlatu/%d", i);
+			pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), proc_name);
+			prctl(PR_SET_NAME, (unsigned long)proc_name, 0, 0, 0);
+
+			timerlat_u_main(i, params);
+			/* timerlat_u_main should exit()! Anyways... */
+			pthread_exit(&retval);
+		}
+
+		/* parent */
+		if (pid == -1) {
+			timerlat_u_send_kill(procs, nr_cpus);
+			debug_msg("Failed to create child processes");
+			pthread_exit(&retval);
+		}
+
+		procs_count++;
+		procs[i] = pid;
+	}
+
+	while (params->should_run) {
+		/* check if processes died */
+		pid = waitpid(-1, &wstatus, WNOHANG);
+		if (pid != 0) {
+			for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+				if (procs[i] == pid) {
+					procs[i] = 0;
+					procs_count--;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!procs_count)
+				break;
+		}
+
+		sleep(1);
+	}
+
+	timerlat_u_send_kill(procs, nr_cpus);
+
+	while (procs_count) {
+		pid = waitpid(-1, &wstatus, 0);
+		if (pid == -1) {
+			err_msg("Failed to monitor child processes");
+			pthread_exit(&retval);
+		}
+		for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+			if (procs[i] == pid) {
+				procs[i] = 0;
+				procs_count--;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	params->stopped_running = 1;
+
+	free(procs);
+	retval = 0;
+	pthread_exit(&retval);
+
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6615119089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+struct timerlat_u_params {
+	/* timerlat -> timerlat_u: user-space threads can keep running */
+	int should_run;
+	/* timerlat_u -> timerlat: all timerlat_u threads left, no reason to continue */
+	int stopped_running;
+
+	/* threads config */
+	cpu_set_t *set;
+	char *cgroup_name;
+	struct sched_attr *sched_param;
+};
+
+void *timerlat_u_dispatcher(void *data);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1ba6d9f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
@@ -0,0 +1,542 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sys/sendfile.h>
+#include <tracefs.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "trace.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+/*
+ * enable_tracer_by_name - enable a tracer on the given instance
+ */
+int enable_tracer_by_name(struct tracefs_instance *inst, const char *tracer_name)
+{
+	enum tracefs_tracers tracer;
+	int retval;
+
+	tracer = TRACEFS_TRACER_CUSTOM;
+
+	debug_msg("Enabling %s tracer\n", tracer_name);
+
+	retval = tracefs_tracer_set(inst, tracer, tracer_name);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		if (errno == ENODEV)
+			err_msg("Tracer %s not found!\n", tracer_name);
+
+		err_msg("Failed to enable the %s tracer\n", tracer_name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * disable_tracer - set nop tracer to the insta
+ */
+void disable_tracer(struct tracefs_instance *inst)
+{
+	enum tracefs_tracers t = TRACEFS_TRACER_NOP;
+	int retval;
+
+	retval = tracefs_tracer_set(inst, t);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Oops, error disabling tracer\n");
+}
+
+/*
+ * create_instance - create a trace instance with *instance_name
+ */
+struct tracefs_instance *create_instance(char *instance_name)
+{
+	return tracefs_instance_create(instance_name);
+}
+
+/*
+ * destroy_instance - remove a trace instance and free the data
+ */
+void destroy_instance(struct tracefs_instance *inst)
+{
+	tracefs_instance_destroy(inst);
+	tracefs_instance_free(inst);
+}
+
+/*
+ * save_trace_to_file - save the trace output of the instance to the file
+ */
+int save_trace_to_file(struct tracefs_instance *inst, const char *filename)
+{
+	const char *file = "trace";
+	mode_t mode = 0644;
+	char buffer[4096];
+	int out_fd, in_fd;
+	int retval = -1;
+
+	in_fd = tracefs_instance_file_open(inst, file, O_RDONLY);
+	if (in_fd < 0) {
+		err_msg("Failed to open trace file\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	out_fd = creat(filename, mode);
+	if (out_fd < 0) {
+		err_msg("Failed to create output file %s\n", filename);
+		goto out_close_in;
+	}
+
+	do {
+		retval = read(in_fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+		if (retval <= 0)
+			goto out_close;
+
+		retval = write(out_fd, buffer, retval);
+		if (retval < 0)
+			goto out_close;
+	} while (retval > 0);
+
+	retval = 0;
+out_close:
+	close(out_fd);
+out_close_in:
+	close(in_fd);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+ * collect_registered_events - call the existing callback function for the event
+ *
+ * If an event has a registered callback function, call it.
+ * Otherwise, ignore the event.
+ */
+int
+collect_registered_events(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_record *record,
+			  int cpu, void *context)
+{
+	struct trace_instance *trace = context;
+	struct trace_seq *s = trace->seq;
+
+	if (!event->handler)
+		return 0;
+
+	event->handler(s, record, event, context);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_instance_destroy - destroy and free a rtla trace instance
+ */
+void trace_instance_destroy(struct trace_instance *trace)
+{
+	if (trace->inst) {
+		disable_tracer(trace->inst);
+		destroy_instance(trace->inst);
+		trace->inst = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (trace->seq) {
+		free(trace->seq);
+		trace->seq = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (trace->tep) {
+		tep_free(trace->tep);
+		trace->tep = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_instance_init - create an rtla trace instance
+ *
+ * It is more than the tracefs instance, as it contains other
+ * things required for the tracing, such as the local events and
+ * a seq file.
+ *
+ * Note that the trace instance is returned disabled. This allows
+ * the tool to apply some other configs, like setting priority
+ * to the kernel threads, before starting generating trace entries.
+ */
+int trace_instance_init(struct trace_instance *trace, char *tool_name)
+{
+	trace->seq = calloc(1, sizeof(*trace->seq));
+	if (!trace->seq)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	trace_seq_init(trace->seq);
+
+	trace->inst = create_instance(tool_name);
+	if (!trace->inst)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	trace->tep = tracefs_local_events(NULL);
+	if (!trace->tep)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	/*
+	 * Let the main enable the record after setting some other
+	 * things such as the priority of the tracer's threads.
+	 */
+	tracefs_trace_off(trace->inst);
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	trace_instance_destroy(trace);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_instance_start - start tracing a given rtla instance
+ */
+int trace_instance_start(struct trace_instance *trace)
+{
+	return tracefs_trace_on(trace->inst);
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_events_free - free a list of trace events
+ */
+static void trace_events_free(struct trace_events *events)
+{
+	struct trace_events *tevent = events;
+	struct trace_events *free_event;
+
+	while (tevent) {
+		free_event = tevent;
+
+		tevent = tevent->next;
+
+		if (free_event->filter)
+			free(free_event->filter);
+		if (free_event->trigger)
+			free(free_event->trigger);
+		free(free_event->system);
+		free(free_event);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_event_alloc - alloc and parse a single trace event
+ */
+struct trace_events *trace_event_alloc(const char *event_string)
+{
+	struct trace_events *tevent;
+
+	tevent = calloc(1, sizeof(*tevent));
+	if (!tevent)
+		return NULL;
+
+	tevent->system = strdup(event_string);
+	if (!tevent->system) {
+		free(tevent);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	tevent->event = strstr(tevent->system, ":");
+	if (tevent->event) {
+		*tevent->event = '\0';
+		tevent->event = &tevent->event[1];
+	}
+
+	return tevent;
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_event_add_filter - record an event filter
+ */
+int trace_event_add_filter(struct trace_events *event, char *filter)
+{
+	if (event->filter)
+		free(event->filter);
+
+	event->filter = strdup(filter);
+	if (!event->filter)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_event_add_trigger - record an event trigger action
+ */
+int trace_event_add_trigger(struct trace_events *event, char *trigger)
+{
+	if (event->trigger)
+		free(event->trigger);
+
+	event->trigger = strdup(trigger);
+	if (!event->trigger)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_event_disable_filter - disable an event filter
+ */
+static void trace_event_disable_filter(struct trace_instance *instance,
+				       struct trace_events *tevent)
+{
+	char filter[1024];
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!tevent->filter)
+		return;
+
+	if (!tevent->filter_enabled)
+		return;
+
+	debug_msg("Disabling %s:%s filter %s\n", tevent->system,
+		  tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->filter);
+
+	snprintf(filter, 1024, "!%s\n", tevent->filter);
+
+	retval = tracefs_event_file_write(instance->inst, tevent->system,
+					  tevent->event, "filter", filter);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Error disabling %s:%s filter %s\n", tevent->system,
+			tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->filter);
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_event_save_hist - save the content of an event hist
+ *
+ * If the trigger is a hist: one, save the content of the hist file.
+ */
+static void trace_event_save_hist(struct trace_instance *instance,
+				  struct trace_events *tevent)
+{
+	int retval, index, out_fd;
+	mode_t mode = 0644;
+	char path[1024];
+	char *hist;
+
+	if (!tevent)
+		return;
+
+	/* trigger enables hist */
+	if (!tevent->trigger)
+		return;
+
+	/* is this a hist: trigger? */
+	retval = strncmp(tevent->trigger, "hist:", strlen("hist:"));
+	if (retval)
+		return;
+
+	snprintf(path, 1024, "%s_%s_hist.txt", tevent->system, tevent->event);
+
+	printf("  Saving event %s:%s hist to %s\n", tevent->system, tevent->event, path);
+
+	out_fd = creat(path, mode);
+	if (out_fd < 0) {
+		err_msg("  Failed to create %s output file\n", path);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	hist = tracefs_event_file_read(instance->inst, tevent->system, tevent->event, "hist", 0);
+	if (!hist) {
+		err_msg("  Failed to read %s:%s hist file\n", tevent->system, tevent->event);
+		goto out_close;
+	}
+
+	index = 0;
+	do {
+		index += write(out_fd, &hist[index], strlen(hist) - index);
+	} while (index < strlen(hist));
+
+	free(hist);
+out_close:
+	close(out_fd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_event_disable_trigger - disable an event trigger
+ */
+static void trace_event_disable_trigger(struct trace_instance *instance,
+					struct trace_events *tevent)
+{
+	char trigger[1024];
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!tevent->trigger)
+		return;
+
+	if (!tevent->trigger_enabled)
+		return;
+
+	debug_msg("Disabling %s:%s trigger %s\n", tevent->system,
+		  tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->trigger);
+
+	trace_event_save_hist(instance, tevent);
+
+	snprintf(trigger, 1024, "!%s\n", tevent->trigger);
+
+	retval = tracefs_event_file_write(instance->inst, tevent->system,
+					  tevent->event, "trigger", trigger);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Error disabling %s:%s trigger %s\n", tevent->system,
+			tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->trigger);
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_events_disable - disable all trace events
+ */
+void trace_events_disable(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			  struct trace_events *events)
+{
+	struct trace_events *tevent = events;
+
+	if (!events)
+		return;
+
+	while (tevent) {
+		debug_msg("Disabling event %s:%s\n", tevent->system, tevent->event ? : "*");
+		if (tevent->enabled) {
+			trace_event_disable_filter(instance, tevent);
+			trace_event_disable_trigger(instance, tevent);
+			tracefs_event_disable(instance->inst, tevent->system, tevent->event);
+		}
+
+		tevent->enabled = 0;
+		tevent = tevent->next;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_event_enable_filter - enable an event filter associated with an event
+ */
+static int trace_event_enable_filter(struct trace_instance *instance,
+				     struct trace_events *tevent)
+{
+	char filter[1024];
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!tevent->filter)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!tevent->event) {
+		err_msg("Filter %s applies only for single events, not for all %s:* events\n",
+			tevent->filter, tevent->system);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	snprintf(filter, 1024, "%s\n", tevent->filter);
+
+	debug_msg("Enabling %s:%s filter %s\n", tevent->system,
+		  tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->filter);
+
+	retval = tracefs_event_file_write(instance->inst, tevent->system,
+					  tevent->event, "filter", filter);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		err_msg("Error enabling %s:%s filter %s\n", tevent->system,
+			tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->filter);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	tevent->filter_enabled = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_event_enable_trigger - enable an event trigger associated with an event
+ */
+static int trace_event_enable_trigger(struct trace_instance *instance,
+				      struct trace_events *tevent)
+{
+	char trigger[1024];
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!tevent->trigger)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!tevent->event) {
+		err_msg("Trigger %s applies only for single events, not for all %s:* events\n",
+			tevent->trigger, tevent->system);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	snprintf(trigger, 1024, "%s\n", tevent->trigger);
+
+	debug_msg("Enabling %s:%s trigger %s\n", tevent->system,
+		  tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->trigger);
+
+	retval = tracefs_event_file_write(instance->inst, tevent->system,
+					  tevent->event, "trigger", trigger);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		err_msg("Error enabling %s:%s trigger %s\n", tevent->system,
+			tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->trigger);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	tevent->trigger_enabled = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_events_enable - enable all events
+ */
+int trace_events_enable(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			struct trace_events *events)
+{
+	struct trace_events *tevent = events;
+	int retval;
+
+	while (tevent) {
+		debug_msg("Enabling event %s:%s\n", tevent->system, tevent->event ? : "*");
+		retval = tracefs_event_enable(instance->inst, tevent->system, tevent->event);
+		if (retval < 0) {
+			err_msg("Error enabling event %s:%s\n", tevent->system,
+				tevent->event ? : "*");
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		retval = trace_event_enable_filter(instance, tevent);
+		if (retval)
+			return 1;
+
+		retval = trace_event_enable_trigger(instance, tevent);
+		if (retval)
+			return 1;
+
+		tevent->enabled = 1;
+		tevent = tevent->next;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * trace_events_destroy - disable and free all trace events
+ */
+void trace_events_destroy(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			  struct trace_events *events)
+{
+	if (!events)
+		return;
+
+	trace_events_disable(instance, events);
+	trace_events_free(events);
+}
+
+int trace_is_off(struct trace_instance *tool, struct trace_instance *trace)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The tool instance is always present, it is the one used to collect
+	 * data.
+	 */
+	if (!tracefs_trace_is_on(tool->inst))
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * The trace instance is only enabled when -t is set. IOW, when the system
+	 * is tracing.
+	 */
+	if (trace && !tracefs_trace_is_on(trace->inst))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e9a89a256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <tracefs.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+struct trace_events {
+	struct trace_events *next;
+	char *system;
+	char *event;
+	char *filter;
+	char *trigger;
+	char enabled;
+	char filter_enabled;
+	char trigger_enabled;
+};
+
+struct trace_instance {
+	struct tracefs_instance		*inst;
+	struct tep_handle		*tep;
+	struct trace_seq		*seq;
+};
+
+int trace_instance_init(struct trace_instance *trace, char *tool_name);
+int trace_instance_start(struct trace_instance *trace);
+void trace_instance_destroy(struct trace_instance *trace);
+
+struct trace_seq *get_trace_seq(void);
+int enable_tracer_by_name(struct tracefs_instance *inst, const char *tracer_name);
+void disable_tracer(struct tracefs_instance *inst);
+
+int enable_osnoise(struct trace_instance *trace);
+int enable_timerlat(struct trace_instance *trace);
+
+struct tracefs_instance *create_instance(char *instance_name);
+void destroy_instance(struct tracefs_instance *inst);
+
+int save_trace_to_file(struct tracefs_instance *inst, const char *filename);
+int collect_registered_events(struct tep_event *tep, struct tep_record *record,
+			      int cpu, void *context);
+
+struct trace_events *trace_event_alloc(const char *event_string);
+void trace_events_disable(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			  struct trace_events *events);
+void trace_events_destroy(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			  struct trace_events *events);
+int trace_events_enable(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			  struct trace_events *events);
+
+int trace_event_add_filter(struct trace_events *event, char *filter);
+int trace_event_add_trigger(struct trace_events *event, char *trigger);
+int trace_is_off(struct trace_instance *tool, struct trace_instance *trace);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c769d7b384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,819 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+
+#define MAX_MSG_LENGTH	1024
+int config_debug;
+
+/*
+ * err_msg - print an error message to the stderr
+ */
+void err_msg(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	char message[MAX_MSG_LENGTH];
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(message, sizeof(message), fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s", message);
+}
+
+/*
+ * debug_msg - print a debug message to stderr if debug is set
+ */
+void debug_msg(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	char message[MAX_MSG_LENGTH];
+	va_list ap;
+
+	if (!config_debug)
+		return;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(message, sizeof(message), fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s", message);
+}
+
+/*
+ * get_llong_from_str - get a long long int from a string
+ */
+long long get_llong_from_str(char *start)
+{
+	long long value;
+	char *end;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	value = strtoll(start, &end, 10);
+	if (errno || start == end)
+		return -1;
+
+	return value;
+}
+
+/*
+ * get_duration - fill output with a human readable duration since start_time
+ */
+void get_duration(time_t start_time, char *output, int output_size)
+{
+	time_t now = time(NULL);
+	struct tm *tm_info;
+	time_t duration;
+
+	duration = difftime(now, start_time);
+	tm_info = gmtime(&duration);
+
+	snprintf(output, output_size, "%3d %02d:%02d:%02d",
+			tm_info->tm_yday,
+			tm_info->tm_hour,
+			tm_info->tm_min,
+			tm_info->tm_sec);
+}
+
+/*
+ * parse_cpu_set - parse a cpu_list filling cpu_set_t argument
+ *
+ * Receives a cpu list, like 1-3,5 (cpus 1, 2, 3, 5), and then set
+ * filling cpu_set_t argument.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int parse_cpu_set(char *cpu_list, cpu_set_t *set)
+{
+	const char *p;
+	int end_cpu;
+	int nr_cpus;
+	int cpu;
+	int i;
+
+	CPU_ZERO(set);
+
+	nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+
+	for (p = cpu_list; *p; ) {
+		cpu = atoi(p);
+		if (cpu < 0 || (!cpu && *p != '0') || cpu >= nr_cpus)
+			goto err;
+
+		while (isdigit(*p))
+			p++;
+		if (*p == '-') {
+			p++;
+			end_cpu = atoi(p);
+			if (end_cpu < cpu || (!end_cpu && *p != '0') || end_cpu >= nr_cpus)
+				goto err;
+			while (isdigit(*p))
+				p++;
+		} else
+			end_cpu = cpu;
+
+		if (cpu == end_cpu) {
+			debug_msg("cpu_set: adding cpu %d\n", cpu);
+			CPU_SET(cpu, set);
+		} else {
+			for (i = cpu; i <= end_cpu; i++) {
+				debug_msg("cpu_set: adding cpu %d\n", i);
+				CPU_SET(i, set);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (*p == ',')
+			p++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	debug_msg("Error parsing the cpu set %s\n", cpu_list);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * parse_duration - parse duration with s/m/h/d suffix converting it to seconds
+ */
+long parse_seconds_duration(char *val)
+{
+	char *end;
+	long t;
+
+	t = strtol(val, &end, 10);
+
+	if (end) {
+		switch (*end) {
+		case 's':
+		case 'S':
+			break;
+		case 'm':
+		case 'M':
+			t *= 60;
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+		case 'H':
+			t *= 60 * 60;
+			break;
+
+		case 'd':
+		case 'D':
+			t *= 24 * 60 * 60;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return t;
+}
+
+/*
+ * parse_ns_duration - parse duration with ns/us/ms/s converting it to nanoseconds
+ */
+long parse_ns_duration(char *val)
+{
+	char *end;
+	long t;
+
+	t = strtol(val, &end, 10);
+
+	if (end) {
+		if (!strncmp(end, "ns", 2)) {
+			return t;
+		} else if (!strncmp(end, "us", 2)) {
+			t *= 1000;
+			return t;
+		} else if (!strncmp(end, "ms", 2)) {
+			t *= 1000 * 1000;
+			return t;
+		} else if (!strncmp(end, "s", 1)) {
+			t *= 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
+			return t;
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return t;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is a set of helper functions to use SCHED_DEADLINE.
+ */
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+# define __NR_sched_setattr	314
+# define __NR_sched_getattr	315
+#elif __i386__
+# define __NR_sched_setattr	351
+# define __NR_sched_getattr	352
+#elif __arm__
+# define __NR_sched_setattr	380
+# define __NR_sched_getattr	381
+#elif __aarch64__ || __riscv
+# define __NR_sched_setattr	274
+# define __NR_sched_getattr	275
+#elif __powerpc__
+# define __NR_sched_setattr	355
+# define __NR_sched_getattr	356
+#elif __s390x__
+# define __NR_sched_setattr	345
+# define __NR_sched_getattr	346
+#endif
+
+#define SCHED_DEADLINE		6
+
+static inline int sched_setattr(pid_t pid, const struct sched_attr *attr,
+				unsigned int flags) {
+	return syscall(__NR_sched_setattr, pid, attr, flags);
+}
+
+static inline int sched_getattr(pid_t pid, struct sched_attr *attr,
+				unsigned int size, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_sched_getattr, pid, attr, size, flags);
+}
+
+int __set_sched_attr(int pid, struct sched_attr *attr)
+{
+	int flags = 0;
+	int retval;
+
+	retval = sched_setattr(pid, attr, flags);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		err_msg("Failed to set sched attributes to the pid %d: %s\n",
+			pid, strerror(errno));
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * procfs_is_workload_pid - check if a procfs entry contains a comm_prefix* comm
+ *
+ * Check if the procfs entry is a directory of a process, and then check if the
+ * process has a comm with the prefix set in char *comm_prefix. As the
+ * current users of this function only check for kernel threads, there is no
+ * need to check for the threads for the process.
+ *
+ * Return: True if the proc_entry contains a comm file with comm_prefix*.
+ * Otherwise returns false.
+ */
+static int procfs_is_workload_pid(const char *comm_prefix, struct dirent *proc_entry)
+{
+	char buffer[MAX_PATH];
+	int comm_fd, retval;
+	char *t_name;
+
+	if (proc_entry->d_type != DT_DIR)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (*proc_entry->d_name == '.')
+		return 0;
+
+	/* check if the string is a pid */
+	for (t_name = proc_entry->d_name; t_name; t_name++) {
+		if (!isdigit(*t_name))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (*t_name != '\0')
+		return 0;
+
+	snprintf(buffer, MAX_PATH, "/proc/%s/comm", proc_entry->d_name);
+	comm_fd = open(buffer, O_RDONLY);
+	if (comm_fd < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	memset(buffer, 0, MAX_PATH);
+	retval = read(comm_fd, buffer, MAX_PATH);
+
+	close(comm_fd);
+
+	if (retval <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	retval = strncmp(comm_prefix, buffer, strlen(comm_prefix));
+	if (retval)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* comm already have \n */
+	debug_msg("Found workload pid:%s comm:%s", proc_entry->d_name, buffer);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * set_comm_sched_attr - set sched params to threads starting with char *comm_prefix
+ *
+ * This function uses procfs to list the currently running threads and then set the
+ * sched_attr *attr to the threads that start with char *comm_prefix. It is
+ * mainly used to set the priority to the kernel threads created by the
+ * tracers.
+ */
+int set_comm_sched_attr(const char *comm_prefix, struct sched_attr *attr)
+{
+	struct dirent *proc_entry;
+	DIR *procfs;
+	int retval;
+
+	if (strlen(comm_prefix) >= MAX_PATH) {
+		err_msg("Command prefix is too long: %d < strlen(%s)\n",
+			MAX_PATH, comm_prefix);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	procfs = opendir("/proc");
+	if (!procfs) {
+		err_msg("Could not open procfs\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	while ((proc_entry = readdir(procfs))) {
+
+		retval = procfs_is_workload_pid(comm_prefix, proc_entry);
+		if (!retval)
+			continue;
+
+		/* procfs_is_workload_pid confirmed it is a pid */
+		retval = __set_sched_attr(atoi(proc_entry->d_name), attr);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Error setting sched attributes for pid:%s\n", proc_entry->d_name);
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+
+		debug_msg("Set sched attributes for pid:%s\n", proc_entry->d_name);
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	closedir(procfs);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+#define INVALID_VAL	(~0L)
+static long get_long_ns_after_colon(char *start)
+{
+	long val = INVALID_VAL;
+
+	/* find the ":" */
+	start = strstr(start, ":");
+	if (!start)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* skip ":" */
+	start++;
+	val = parse_ns_duration(start);
+
+	return val;
+}
+
+static long get_long_after_colon(char *start)
+{
+	long val = INVALID_VAL;
+
+	/* find the ":" */
+	start = strstr(start, ":");
+	if (!start)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* skip ":" */
+	start++;
+	val = get_llong_from_str(start);
+
+	return val;
+}
+
+/*
+ * parse priority in the format:
+ * SCHED_OTHER:
+ *		o:<prio>
+ *		O:<prio>
+ * SCHED_RR:
+ *		r:<prio>
+ *		R:<prio>
+ * SCHED_FIFO:
+ *		f:<prio>
+ *		F:<prio>
+ * SCHED_DEADLINE:
+ *		d:runtime:period
+ *		D:runtime:period
+ */
+int parse_prio(char *arg, struct sched_attr *sched_param)
+{
+	long prio;
+	long runtime;
+	long period;
+
+	memset(sched_param, 0, sizeof(*sched_param));
+	sched_param->size = sizeof(*sched_param);
+
+	switch (arg[0]) {
+	case 'd':
+	case 'D':
+		/* d:runtime:period */
+		if (strlen(arg) < 4)
+			return -1;
+
+		runtime = get_long_ns_after_colon(arg);
+		if (runtime == INVALID_VAL)
+			return -1;
+
+		period = get_long_ns_after_colon(&arg[2]);
+		if (period == INVALID_VAL)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (runtime > period)
+			return -1;
+
+		sched_param->sched_policy   = SCHED_DEADLINE;
+		sched_param->sched_runtime  = runtime;
+		sched_param->sched_deadline = period;
+		sched_param->sched_period   = period;
+		break;
+	case 'f':
+	case 'F':
+		/* f:prio */
+		prio = get_long_after_colon(arg);
+		if (prio == INVALID_VAL)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (prio < sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_FIFO))
+			return -1;
+		if (prio > sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_FIFO))
+			return -1;
+
+		sched_param->sched_policy   = SCHED_FIFO;
+		sched_param->sched_priority = prio;
+		break;
+	case 'r':
+	case 'R':
+		/* r:prio */
+		prio = get_long_after_colon(arg);
+		if (prio == INVALID_VAL)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (prio < sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_RR))
+			return -1;
+		if (prio > sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_RR))
+			return -1;
+
+		sched_param->sched_policy   = SCHED_RR;
+		sched_param->sched_priority = prio;
+		break;
+	case 'o':
+	case 'O':
+		/* o:prio */
+		prio = get_long_after_colon(arg);
+		if (prio == INVALID_VAL)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (prio < sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_OTHER))
+			return -1;
+		if (prio > sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_OTHER))
+			return -1;
+
+		sched_param->sched_policy   = SCHED_OTHER;
+		sched_param->sched_priority = prio;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * set_cpu_dma_latency - set the /dev/cpu_dma_latecy
+ *
+ * This is used to reduce the exit from idle latency. The value
+ * will be reset once the file descriptor of /dev/cpu_dma_latecy
+ * is closed.
+ *
+ * Return: the /dev/cpu_dma_latecy file descriptor
+ */
+int set_cpu_dma_latency(int32_t latency)
+{
+	int retval;
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = open("/dev/cpu_dma_latency", O_RDWR);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		err_msg("Error opening /dev/cpu_dma_latency\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	retval = write(fd, &latency, 4);
+	if (retval < 1) {
+		err_msg("Error setting /dev/cpu_dma_latency\n");
+		close(fd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	debug_msg("Set /dev/cpu_dma_latency to %d\n", latency);
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
+#define _STR(x) #x
+#define STR(x) _STR(x)
+
+/*
+ * find_mount - find a the mount point of a given fs
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if mount is not found, otherwise return 1 and fill mp
+ * with the mount point.
+ */
+static const int find_mount(const char *fs, char *mp, int sizeof_mp)
+{
+	char mount_point[MAX_PATH];
+	char type[100];
+	int found = 0;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	fp = fopen("/proc/mounts", "r");
+	if (!fp)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %" STR(MAX_PATH) "s %99s %*s %*d %*d\n",	mount_point, type) == 2) {
+		if (strcmp(type, fs) == 0) {
+			found = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	if (!found)
+		return 0;
+
+	memset(mp, 0, sizeof_mp);
+	strncpy(mp, mount_point, sizeof_mp - 1);
+
+	debug_msg("Fs %s found at %s\n", fs, mp);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * get_self_cgroup - get the current thread cgroup path
+ *
+ * Parse /proc/$$/cgroup file to get the thread's cgroup. As an example of line to parse:
+ *
+ * 0::/user.slice/user-0.slice/session-3.scope'\n'
+ *
+ * This function is interested in the content after the second : and before the '\n'.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if a string was found, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int get_self_cgroup(char *self_cg, int sizeof_self_cg)
+{
+	char path[MAX_PATH], *start;
+	int fd, retval;
+
+	snprintf(path, MAX_PATH, "/proc/%d/cgroup", getpid());
+
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	retval = read(fd, path, MAX_PATH);
+
+	close(fd);
+
+	if (retval <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	start = path;
+
+	start = strstr(start, ":");
+	if (!start)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* skip ":" */
+	start++;
+
+	start = strstr(start, ":");
+	if (!start)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* skip ":" */
+	start++;
+
+	if (strlen(start) >= sizeof_self_cg)
+		return 0;
+
+	snprintf(self_cg, sizeof_self_cg, "%s", start);
+
+	/* Swap '\n' with '\0' */
+	start = strstr(self_cg, "\n");
+
+	/* there must be '\n' */
+	if (!start)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* ok, it found a string after the second : and before the \n */
+	*start = '\0';
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * set_comm_cgroup - Set cgroup to pid_t pid
+ *
+ * If cgroup argument is not NULL, the threads will move to the given cgroup.
+ * Otherwise, the cgroup of the calling, i.e., rtla, thread will be used.
+ *
+ * Supports cgroup v2.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int set_pid_cgroup(pid_t pid, const char *cgroup)
+{
+	char cgroup_path[MAX_PATH - strlen("/cgroup.procs")];
+	char cgroup_procs[MAX_PATH];
+	char pid_str[24];
+	int retval;
+	int cg_fd;
+
+	retval = find_mount("cgroup2", cgroup_path, sizeof(cgroup_path));
+	if (!retval) {
+		err_msg("Did not find cgroupv2 mount point\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!cgroup) {
+		retval = get_self_cgroup(&cgroup_path[strlen(cgroup_path)],
+				sizeof(cgroup_path) - strlen(cgroup_path));
+		if (!retval) {
+			err_msg("Did not find self cgroup\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} else {
+		snprintf(&cgroup_path[strlen(cgroup_path)],
+				sizeof(cgroup_path) - strlen(cgroup_path), "%s/", cgroup);
+	}
+
+	snprintf(cgroup_procs, MAX_PATH, "%s/cgroup.procs", cgroup_path);
+
+	debug_msg("Using cgroup path at: %s\n", cgroup_procs);
+
+	cg_fd = open(cgroup_procs, O_RDWR);
+	if (cg_fd < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	snprintf(pid_str, sizeof(pid_str), "%d\n", pid);
+
+	retval = write(cg_fd, pid_str, strlen(pid_str));
+	if (retval < 0)
+		err_msg("Error setting cgroup attributes for pid:%s - %s\n",
+				pid_str, strerror(errno));
+	else
+		debug_msg("Set cgroup attributes for pid:%s\n", pid_str);
+
+	close(cg_fd);
+
+	return (retval >= 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * set_comm_cgroup - Set cgroup to threads starting with char *comm_prefix
+ *
+ * If cgroup argument is not NULL, the threads will move to the given cgroup.
+ * Otherwise, the cgroup of the calling, i.e., rtla, thread will be used.
+ *
+ * Supports cgroup v2.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int set_comm_cgroup(const char *comm_prefix, const char *cgroup)
+{
+	char cgroup_path[MAX_PATH - strlen("/cgroup.procs")];
+	char cgroup_procs[MAX_PATH];
+	struct dirent *proc_entry;
+	DIR *procfs;
+	int retval;
+	int cg_fd;
+
+	if (strlen(comm_prefix) >= MAX_PATH) {
+		err_msg("Command prefix is too long: %d < strlen(%s)\n",
+			MAX_PATH, comm_prefix);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	retval = find_mount("cgroup2", cgroup_path, sizeof(cgroup_path));
+	if (!retval) {
+		err_msg("Did not find cgroupv2 mount point\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!cgroup) {
+		retval = get_self_cgroup(&cgroup_path[strlen(cgroup_path)],
+				sizeof(cgroup_path) - strlen(cgroup_path));
+		if (!retval) {
+			err_msg("Did not find self cgroup\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} else {
+		snprintf(&cgroup_path[strlen(cgroup_path)],
+				sizeof(cgroup_path) - strlen(cgroup_path), "%s/", cgroup);
+	}
+
+	snprintf(cgroup_procs, MAX_PATH, "%s/cgroup.procs", cgroup_path);
+
+	debug_msg("Using cgroup path at: %s\n", cgroup_procs);
+
+	cg_fd = open(cgroup_procs, O_RDWR);
+	if (cg_fd < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	procfs = opendir("/proc");
+	if (!procfs) {
+		err_msg("Could not open procfs\n");
+		goto out_cg;
+	}
+
+	while ((proc_entry = readdir(procfs))) {
+
+		retval = procfs_is_workload_pid(comm_prefix, proc_entry);
+		if (!retval)
+			continue;
+
+		retval = write(cg_fd, proc_entry->d_name, strlen(proc_entry->d_name));
+		if (retval < 0) {
+			err_msg("Error setting cgroup attributes for pid:%s - %s\n",
+				proc_entry->d_name, strerror(errno));
+			goto out_procfs;
+		}
+
+		debug_msg("Set cgroup attributes for pid:%s\n", proc_entry->d_name);
+	}
+
+	closedir(procfs);
+	close(cg_fd);
+	return 1;
+
+out_procfs:
+	closedir(procfs);
+out_cg:
+	close(cg_fd);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * auto_house_keeping - Automatically move rtla out of measurement threads
+ *
+ * Try to move rtla away from the tracer, if possible.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int auto_house_keeping(cpu_set_t *monitored_cpus)
+{
+	cpu_set_t rtla_cpus, house_keeping_cpus;
+	int retval;
+
+	/* first get the CPUs in which rtla can actually run. */
+	retval = sched_getaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(rtla_cpus), &rtla_cpus);
+	if (retval == -1) {
+		debug_msg("Could not get rtla affinity, rtla might run with the threads!\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* then check if the existing setup is already good. */
+	CPU_AND(&house_keeping_cpus, &rtla_cpus, monitored_cpus);
+	if (!CPU_COUNT(&house_keeping_cpus)) {
+		debug_msg("rtla and the monitored CPUs do not share CPUs.");
+		debug_msg("Skipping auto house-keeping\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* remove the intersection */
+	CPU_XOR(&house_keeping_cpus, &rtla_cpus, monitored_cpus);
+
+	/* get only those that rtla can run */
+	CPU_AND(&house_keeping_cpus, &house_keeping_cpus, &rtla_cpus);
+
+	/* is there any cpu left? */
+	if (!CPU_COUNT(&house_keeping_cpus)) {
+		debug_msg("Could not find any CPU for auto house-keeping\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(house_keeping_cpus), &house_keeping_cpus);
+	if (retval == -1) {
+		debug_msg("Could not set affinity for auto house-keeping\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	debug_msg("rtla automatically moved to an auto house-keeping cpu set\n");
+
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04ed1e6504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+
+/*
+ * '18446744073709551615\0'
+ */
+#define BUFF_U64_STR_SIZE	24
+#define MAX_PATH		1024
+
+#define container_of(ptr, type, member)({			\
+	const typeof(((type *)0)->member) *__mptr = (ptr);	\
+	(type *)((char *)__mptr - offsetof(type, member)) ; })
+
+extern int config_debug;
+void debug_msg(const char *fmt, ...);
+void err_msg(const char *fmt, ...);
+
+long parse_seconds_duration(char *val);
+void get_duration(time_t start_time, char *output, int output_size);
+
+int parse_cpu_list(char *cpu_list, char **monitored_cpus);
+long long get_llong_from_str(char *start);
+
+static inline void
+update_min(unsigned long long *a, unsigned long long *b)
+{
+	if (*a > *b)
+		*a = *b;
+}
+
+static inline void
+update_max(unsigned long long *a, unsigned long long *b)
+{
+	if (*a < *b)
+		*a = *b;
+}
+
+static inline void
+update_sum(unsigned long long *a, unsigned long long *b)
+{
+	*a += *b;
+}
+
+struct sched_attr {
+	uint32_t size;
+	uint32_t sched_policy;
+	uint64_t sched_flags;
+	int32_t sched_nice;
+	uint32_t sched_priority;
+	uint64_t sched_runtime;
+	uint64_t sched_deadline;
+	uint64_t sched_period;
+};
+
+int parse_prio(char *arg, struct sched_attr *sched_param);
+int parse_cpu_set(char *cpu_list, cpu_set_t *set);
+int __set_sched_attr(int pid, struct sched_attr *attr);
+int set_comm_sched_attr(const char *comm_prefix, struct sched_attr *attr);
+int set_comm_cgroup(const char *comm_prefix, const char *cgroup);
+int set_pid_cgroup(pid_t pid, const char *cgroup);
+int set_cpu_dma_latency(int32_t latency);
+int auto_house_keeping(cpu_set_t *monitored_cpus);
+
+#define ns_to_usf(x) (((double)x/1000))
+#define ns_to_per(total, part) ((part * 100) / (double)total)