Adding upstream version 6.9.7.upstream/6.9.7

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

15 files changed, 571 insertions, 249 deletions

diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore b/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore
index 0863960761..2bb8e60f7f 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 latency-collector
+fixdep
+feature
+FEATURE-DUMP
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/Build b/tools/tracing/latency/Build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ce65ea72b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+latency-collector-y += latency-collector.o
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
index 40c4ddaf8b..6518b03e05 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,93 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Makefile for vm tools
-#
-VAR_CFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags libtracefs 2>/dev/null)
-VAR_LDLIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs libtracefs 2>/dev/null)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-TARGETS = latency-collector
-CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -g -O2 $(VAR_CFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS = -lpthread $(VAR_LDLIBS)
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+endif
 
-all: $(TARGETS)
+include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
 
-%: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LDFLAGS)
+# O is an alias for OUTPUT
+OUTPUT		:= $(O)
 
-clean:
-	$(RM) latency-collector
+ifeq ($(OUTPUT),)
+  OUTPUT	:= $(CURDIR)
+else
+  # subdir is used by the ../Makefile in $(call descend,)
+  ifneq ($(subdir),)
+    OUTPUT	:= $(OUTPUT)/$(subdir)
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(patsubst %/,,$(lastword $(OUTPUT))),)
+  OUTPUT	:= $(OUTPUT)/
+endif
+
+LATENCY-COLLECTOR	:= $(OUTPUT)latency-collector
+LATENCY-COLLECTOR_IN	:= $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR)-in.o
+
+export CC	:= gcc
+export LD	:= ld
+export AR	:= ar
+export PKG_CONFIG := pkg-config
+
+FEATURE_TESTS	:= libtraceevent
+FEATURE_TESTS	+= libtracefs
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	:= libtraceevent
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libtracefs
+
+ifeq ($(V),1)
+  Q 		=
+else
+  Q 		= @
+endif
+
+all: $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR)
+
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
+
+# check for dependencies only on required targets
+NON_CONFIG_TARGETS := clean install
 
-prefix ?= /usr/local
-sbindir ?= ${prefix}/sbin
+config		:= 1
+ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
+ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CONFIG_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+ config		:= 0
+endif
+endif
 
-install: all
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
-	install -m 755 -p $(TARGETS) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
+ifeq ($(config),1)
+  include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+  include Makefile.config
+endif
+
+CFLAGS		+= $(INCLUDES) $(LIB_INCLUDES)
+
+export CFLAGS OUTPUT srctree
+
+$(LATENCY-COLLECTOR): $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR_IN)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR) $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR_IN) $(EXTLIBS)
+
+latency-collector.%: fixdep FORCE
+	make -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. $@
+
+$(LATENCY-COLLECTOR_IN): fixdep FORCE
+	make $(build)=latency-collector
+
+INSTALL		:= install
+MKDIR		:= mkdir
+STRIP		:= strip
+BINDIR		:= /usr/bin
+
+install:
+	@$(MKDIR) -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	$(call QUIET_INSTALL,latency-collector)$(INSTALL) $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR) -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	@$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/latency-collector
+
+clean:
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, latency-collector)
+	$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
+	$(Q)@rm -f latency-collector fixdep FEATURE-DUMP
+	$(Q)rm -rf feature
+.PHONY: FORCE clean install
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile.config b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b25e531a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile.config
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+STOP_ERROR :=
+
+define lib_setup
+  $(eval EXTLIBS += -l$(1))
+  $(eval LIB_INCLUDES += $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags lib$(1)"))
+endef
+
+$(call feature_check,libtraceevent)
+ifeq ($(feature-libtraceevent), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBTRACEEVENT)
+  $(call lib_setup,traceevent)
+else
+  STOP_ERROR := 1
+  $(info libtraceevent is missing. Please install libtraceevent-dev/libtraceevent-devel)
+endif
+
+$(call feature_check,libtracefs)
+ifeq ($(feature-libtracefs), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBTRACEFS)
+  $(call lib_setup,tracefs)
+else
+  STOP_ERROR := 1
+  $(info libtracefs is missing. Please install libtracefs-dev/libtracefs-devel)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(STOP_ERROR),1)
+  $(error Please, check the errors above.)
+endif
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore b/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore
index e9df32419b..293f0dbb0c 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-/rtla
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+rtla
+rtla-static
+fixdep
+feature
+FEATURE-DUMP
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Build b/tools/tracing/rtla/Build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c9d5b36a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rtla-y += src/
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
index afd18c678f..b5878be361 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
@@ -1,157 +1,86 @@
-NAME	:=	rtla
-# Follow the kernel version
-VERSION :=	$(shell cat VERSION 2> /dev/null || make -sC ../../.. kernelversion | grep -v make)
-
-# From libtracefs:
-# Makefiles suck: This macro sets a default value of $(2) for the
-# variable named by $(1), unless the variable has been set by
-# environment or command line. This is necessary for CC and AR
-# because make sets default values, so the simpler ?= approach
-# won't work as expected.
-define allow-override
-  $(if $(or $(findstring environment,$(origin $(1))),\
-            $(findstring command line,$(origin $(1)))),,\
-    $(eval $(1) = $(2)))
-endef
-
-# Allow setting CC and AR, or setting CROSS_COMPILE as a prefix.
-$(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
-$(call allow-override,AR,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar)
-$(call allow-override,STRIP,$(CROSS_COMPILE)strip)
-$(call allow-override,PKG_CONFIG,pkg-config)
-$(call allow-override,LD_SO_CONF_PATH,/etc/ld.so.conf.d/)
-$(call allow-override,LDCONFIG,ldconfig)
-
-INSTALL	=	install
-MKDIR	=	mkdir
-FOPTS	:=	-flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong \
-		-fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
-WOPTS	:= 	-Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
-
-ifeq ($(CC),clang)
-  FOPTS := $(filter-out -ffat-lto-objects, $(FOPTS))
-  WOPTS := $(filter-out -Wno-maybe-uninitialized, $(WOPTS))
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
 endif
 
-TRACEFS_HEADERS	:= $$($(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libtracefs)
-
-CFLAGS	:=	-O -g -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(FOPTS) $(MOPTS) $(WOPTS) $(TRACEFS_HEADERS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS	:=	-flto=auto -ggdb $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-LIBS	:=	$$($(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libtracefs)
-
-SRC	:=	$(wildcard src/*.c)
-HDR	:=	$(wildcard src/*.h)
-OBJ	:=	$(SRC:.c=.o)
-DIRS	:=	src
-FILES	:=	Makefile README.txt
-CEXT	:=	bz2
-TARBALL	:=	$(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.$(CEXT)
-TAROPTS	:=	-cvjf $(TARBALL)
-BINDIR	:=	/usr/bin
-DATADIR	:=	/usr/share
-DOCDIR	:=	$(DATADIR)/doc
-MANDIR	:=	$(DATADIR)/man
-LICDIR	:=	$(DATADIR)/licenses
-SRCTREE	:=	$(or $(BUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR))
-
-# If running from the tarball, man pages are stored in the Documentation
-# dir. If running from the kernel source, man pages are stored in
-# Documentation/tools/rtla/.
-ifneq ($(wildcard Documentation/.*),)
-DOCSRC	=	Documentation/
+include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+
+# O is an alias for OUTPUT
+OUTPUT          := $(O)
+
+ifeq ($(OUTPUT),)
+  OUTPUT        := $(CURDIR)
 else
-DOCSRC	=	$(SRCTREE)/../../../Documentation/tools/rtla/
+  # subdir is used by the ../Makefile in $(call descend,)
+  ifneq ($(subdir),)
+    OUTPUT        := $(OUTPUT)/$(subdir)
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(patsubst %/,,$(lastword $(OUTPUT))),)
+  OUTPUT        := $(OUTPUT)/
 endif
 
-LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION = 1.5
-LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION = 1.3
+RTLA		:= $(OUTPUT)rtla
+RTLA_IN		:= $(RTLA)-in.o
 
-.PHONY:	all warnings show_warnings
-all:	warnings rtla
+VERSION		:= $(shell sh -c "make -sC ../../.. kernelversion | grep -v make")
+DOCSRC		:= ../../../Documentation/tools/rtla/
 
-TEST_LIBTRACEEVENT = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION) libtraceevent > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo n")
-ifeq ("$(TEST_LIBTRACEEVENT)", "n")
-WARNINGS = show_warnings
-MISSING_LIBS += echo "**   libtraceevent version $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION) or higher";
-MISSING_PACKAGES += "libtraceevent-devel"
-MISSING_SOURCE += echo "**  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/ ";
+FEATURE_TESTS	:= libtraceevent
+FEATURE_TESTS	+= libtracefs
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	:= libtraceevent
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libtracefs
+
+ifeq ($(V),1)
+  Q		=
+else
+  Q		= @
 endif
 
-TEST_LIBTRACEFS = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION) libtracefs > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo n")
-ifeq ("$(TEST_LIBTRACEFS)", "n")
-WARNINGS = show_warnings
-MISSING_LIBS += echo "**   libtracefs version $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION) or higher";
-MISSING_PACKAGES += "libtracefs-devel"
-MISSING_SOURCE += echo "**  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/ ";
+all: $(RTLA)
+
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
+include Makefile.rtla
+
+# check for dependencies only on required targets
+NON_CONFIG_TARGETS := clean install tarball doc doc_clean doc_install
+
+config		:= 1
+ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
+ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CONFIG_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+ config		:= 0
+endif
 endif
 
-define show_dependencies
-	@echo "********************************************";				\
-	echo "** NOTICE: Failed build dependencies";					\
-	echo "**";									\
-	echo "** Required Libraries:";							\
-	$(MISSING_LIBS)									\
-	echo "**";									\
-	echo "** Consider installing the latest libtracefs from your";			\
-	echo "** distribution, e.g., 'dnf install $(MISSING_PACKAGES)' on Fedora,";	\
-	echo "** or from source:";							\
-	echo "**";									\
-	$(MISSING_SOURCE)								\
-	echo "**";									\
-	echo "********************************************"
-endef
-
-show_warnings:
-	$(call show_dependencies);
-
-ifneq ("$(WARNINGS)", "")
-ERROR_OUT = $(error Please add the necessary dependencies)
-
-warnings: $(WARNINGS)
-	$(ERROR_OUT)
+ifeq ($(config),1)
+  include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+  include Makefile.config
 endif
 
-rtla: $(OBJ)
-	$(CC) -o rtla $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJ) $(LIBS)
-
-static: $(OBJ)
-	$(CC) -o rtla-static $(LDFLAGS) --static $(OBJ) $(LIBS) -lpthread -ldl
-
-.PHONY: install
-install: doc_install
-	$(MKDIR) -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-	$(INSTALL) rtla -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-	$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/rtla
-	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise || rm $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise
-	ln -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise
-	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise || rm $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise
-	ln -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise
-	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat || rm $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat
-	ln -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat
-
-.PHONY: clean tarball
-clean: doc_clean
-	@test ! -f rtla || rm rtla
-	@test ! -f rtla-static || rm rtla-static
-	@test ! -f src/rtla.o || rm src/rtla.o
-	@test ! -f $(TARBALL) || rm -f $(TARBALL)
-	@rm -rf *~ $(OBJ) *.tar.$(CEXT)
-
-tarball: clean
-	rm -rf $(NAME)-$(VERSION) && mkdir $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
-	echo $(VERSION) > $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/VERSION
-	cp -r $(DIRS) $(FILES) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
-	mkdir $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Documentation/
-	cp -rp $(SRCTREE)/../../../Documentation/tools/rtla/* $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Documentation/
-	tar $(TAROPTS) --exclude='*~' $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
-	rm -rf $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
-
-.PHONY: doc doc_clean doc_install
-doc:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC)
-
-doc_clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC) clean
-
-doc_install:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC) install
+CFLAGS		+= $(INCLUDES) $(LIB_INCLUDES)
+
+export CFLAGS OUTPUT srctree
+
+$(RTLA): $(RTLA_IN)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(RTLA) $(RTLA_IN) $(EXTLIBS)
+
+static: $(RTLA_IN)
+	$(eval LDFLAGS += -static)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) -static $(LDFLAGS) -o $(RTLA)-static $(RTLA_IN)  $(EXTLIBS)
+
+rtla.%: fixdep FORCE
+	make -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. $@
+
+$(RTLA_IN): fixdep FORCE
+	make $(build)=rtla
+
+clean: doc_clean fixdep-clean
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, rtla)
+	$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
+	$(Q)rm -f rtla rtla-static fixdep FEATURE-DUMP rtla-*
+	$(Q)rm -rf feature
+.PHONY: FORCE clean
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.config b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d4ba77847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.config
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+STOP_ERROR :=
+
+LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION = 1.5
+LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION = 1.3
+
+define lib_setup
+  $(eval LIB_INCLUDES += $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags lib$(1)"))
+  $(eval EXTLIBS += -l$(1))
+endef
+
+$(call feature_check,libtraceevent)
+ifeq ($(feature-libtraceevent), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBTRACEEVENT)
+
+  TEST = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION) libtraceevent > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y || echo n")
+  ifeq ($(TEST),n)
+    $(info libtraceevent version is too low, it must be at least $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION))
+    STOP_ERROR := 1
+  endif
+
+  $(call lib_setup,traceevent)
+else
+  STOP_ERROR := 1
+  $(info libtraceevent is missing. Please install libtraceevent-dev/libtraceevent-devel)
+endif
+
+$(call feature_check,libtracefs)
+ifeq ($(feature-libtracefs), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBTRACEFS)
+
+  TEST = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION) libtracefs > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y || echo n")
+  ifeq ($(TEST),n)
+    $(info libtracefs version is too low, it must be at least $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION))
+    STOP_ERROR := 1
+  endif
+
+  $(call lib_setup,tracefs)
+else
+  STOP_ERROR := 1
+  $(info libtracefs is missing. Please install libtracefs-dev/libtracefs-devel)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(STOP_ERROR),1)
+  $(error Please, check the errors above.)
+endif
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.rtla b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.rtla
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ff0b89708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.rtla
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+define allow-override
+  $(if $(or $(findstring environment,$(origin $(1))),\
+            $(findstring command line,$(origin $(1)))),,\
+    $(eval $(1) = $(2)))
+endef
+
+# Allow setting CC and AR, or setting CROSS_COMPILE as a prefix.
+$(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
+$(call allow-override,AR,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar)
+$(call allow-override,STRIP,$(CROSS_COMPILE)strip)
+$(call allow-override,PKG_CONFIG,pkg-config)
+$(call allow-override,LD_SO_CONF_PATH,/etc/ld.so.conf.d/)
+$(call allow-override,LDCONFIG,ldconfig)
+export CC AR STRIP PKG_CONFIG LD_SO_CONF_PATH LDCONFIG
+
+FOPTS		:= -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong	\
+		-fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
+WOPTS		:= -O -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2		\
+		-Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
+
+ifeq ($(CC),clang)
+  FOPTS		:= $(filter-out -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects, $(FOPTS))
+  WOPTS		:= $(filter-out -Wno-maybe-uninitialized, $(WOPTS))
+endif
+
+CFLAGS		:= -g -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(FOPTS) $(WOPTS) $(CFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS		:= -ggdb $(LDFLAGS)
+
+RM		:= rm -rf
+LN		:= ln -s
+INSTALL		:= install
+MKDIR		:= mkdir
+STRIP		:= strip
+BINDIR		:= /usr/bin
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: doc_install
+	@$(MKDIR) -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	$(call QUIET_INSTALL,rtla)$(INSTALL) rtla -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	@$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/rtla
+	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise || $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise
+	@$(LN) rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise
+	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise || $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise
+	@$(LN) -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise
+	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat || $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat
+	@$(LN) -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat
+
+.PHONY: doc doc_clean doc_install
+doc:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC)
+
+doc_clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC) clean
+
+doc_install:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC) install
+
+# This section is neesary for the tarball, when the tarball
+# support is removed, we can delete these entries.
+NAME		:= rtla
+DIRS		:= src
+FILES		:= Makefile README.txt
+CEXT		:= bz2
+TARBALL		:= $(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.$(CEXT)
+TAROPTS		:= -cvjf $(TARBALL)
+SRCTREE		:=	$(or $(BUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR))
+
+tarball: clean
+	$(RM) $(NAME)-$(VERSION) && $(MKDIR) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+	echo $(VERSION) > $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/VERSION
+	cp -r $(DIRS) $(FILES) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+	$(MKDIR) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Documentation/
+	cp -rp $(SRCTREE)/../../../Documentation/tools/$(NAME)/* $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Documentation/
+	cp Makefile.standalone $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Makefile
+	cp Makefile.$(NAME) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/
+	tar $(TAROPTS) --exclude='*~' $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+	$(RM) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+.PHONY: tarball
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.standalone b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.standalone
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86d07cb52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.standalone
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+VERSION		:= $(shell cat VERSION)
+CFLAGS		+= $$($(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libtracefs)
+EXTLIBS		+= $$($(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libtracefs)
+
+rtla:
+
+include Makefile.rtla
+
+SRC		:= $(wildcard src/*.c)
+HDR		:= $(wildcard src/*.h)
+OBJ		:= $(SRC:.c=.o)
+DOCSRC		:= Documentation/
+
+rtla: $(OBJ)
+	$(CC) -o rtla $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJ) $(LIBS) $(EXTLIBS)
+	$(info This is a deprecated method to compile RTLA, please compile from Linux kernel source)
+
+.PHONY: clean tarball
+clean: doc_clean
+	@test ! -f rtla || rm rtla
+	@test ! -f rtla-static || rm rtla-static
+	@test ! -f src/rtla.o || rm src/rtla.o
+	@test ! -f $(TARBALL) || rm -f $(TARBALL)
+	@rm -rf *~ $(OBJ) *.tar.$(CEXT)
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py b/tools/tracing/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cc5eb2d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Red Hat, Inc. Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+#
+# This is a sample code about how to use timerlat's timer by any workload
+# so rtla can measure and provide auto-analysis for the overall latency (IOW
+# the response time) for a task.
+#
+# Before running it, you need to dispatch timerlat with -U option in a terminal.
+# Then # run this script pinned to a CPU on another terminal. For example:
+#
+# timerlat_load.py 1 -p 95
+#
+# The "Timerlat IRQ" is the IRQ latency, The thread latency is the latency
+# for the python process to get the CPU. The Ret from user Timer Latency is
+# the overall latency. In other words, it is the response time for that
+# activation.
+#
+# This is just an example, the load is reading 20MB of data from /dev/full
+# It is in python because it is easy to read :-)
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+import os
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='user-space timerlat thread in Python')
+parser.add_argument("cpu", help='CPU to run timerlat thread')
+parser.add_argument("-p", "--prio", help='FIFO priority')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+try:
+    affinity_mask = { int(args.cpu) }
+except:
+    print("Invalid cpu: " + args.cpu)
+    exit(1)
+
+try:
+    os.sched_setaffinity(0, affinity_mask);
+except:
+    print("Error setting affinity")
+    exit(1)
+
+if (args.prio):
+    try:
+        param = os.sched_param(int(args.prio))
+        os.sched_setscheduler(0, os.SCHED_FIFO, param)
+    except:
+        print("Error setting priority")
+        exit(1)
+
+try:
+    timerlat_path = "/sys/kernel/tracing/osnoise/per_cpu/cpu" + args.cpu + "/timerlat_fd"
+    timerlat_fd = open(timerlat_path, 'r')
+except:
+    print("Error opening timerlat fd, did you run timerlat -U?")
+    exit(1)
+
+try:
+    data_fd = open("/dev/full", 'r');
+except:
+    print("Error opening data fd")
+
+while True:
+    try:
+        timerlat_fd.read(1)
+        data_fd.read(20*1024*1024)
+    except:
+        print("Leaving")
+        break
+
+timerlat_fd.close()
+data_fd.close()
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/Build b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/Build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbed9e3182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+rtla-y += trace.o
+rtla-y += utils.o
+rtla-y += osnoise.o
+rtla-y += osnoise_top.o
+rtla-y += osnoise_hist.o
+rtla-y += timerlat.o
+rtla-y += timerlat_top.o
+rtla-y += timerlat_hist.o
+rtla-y += timerlat_u.o
+rtla-y += timerlat_aa.o
+rtla-y += rtla.o
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.c
index 7093fd5333..7bd80ee2a5 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.c
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ enum timelat_state {
 	TIMERLAT_WAITING_THREAD,
 };
 
+/* Used to fill spaces in the output */
+static const char *spaces  = "                                                         ";
+
 #define MAX_COMM		24
 
 /*
@@ -274,14 +277,17 @@ static int timerlat_aa_nmi_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *recor
 		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));
+		trace_seq_printf(taa_data->prev_irqs_seq, "  %24s %.*s %9.2f us\n",
+				 "nmi",
+				 24, spaces,
+				 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));
+	trace_seq_printf(taa_data->nmi_seq, "  %24s %.*s %9.2f us\n",
+			 "nmi",
+			 24, spaces, ns_to_usf(duration));
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -323,8 +329,10 @@ static int timerlat_aa_irq_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *recor
 		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));
+		trace_seq_printf(taa_data->prev_irqs_seq, "  %24s:%-3llu %.*s %9.2f us\n",
+				 desc, vector,
+				 15, spaces,
+				 ns_to_usf(duration));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -372,8 +380,10 @@ static int timerlat_aa_irq_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *recor
 	 * 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));
+	trace_seq_printf(taa_data->irqs_seq, "  %24s:%-3llu %.*s %9.2f us\n",
+			 desc, vector,
+			 24, spaces,
+			 ns_to_usf(duration));
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -408,8 +418,10 @@ static int timerlat_aa_softirq_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *r
 
 	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));
+	trace_seq_printf(taa_data->softirqs_seq, "  %24s:%-3llu %.*s %9.2f us\n",
+			 softirq_name[vector], vector,
+			 24, spaces,
+			 ns_to_usf(duration));
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -452,8 +464,10 @@ static int timerlat_aa_thread_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *re
 	} 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));
+		trace_seq_printf(taa_data->threads_seq, "  %24s:%-12llu %.*s %9.2f us\n",
+				 comm, pid,
+				 15, spaces,
+				 ns_to_usf(duration));
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -482,7 +496,8 @@ static int timerlat_aa_stack_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *rec
 			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);
+			trace_seq_printf(taa_data->stack_seq, " %.*s -> %s\n",
+					 14, spaces, function);
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -568,23 +583,24 @@ static void timerlat_thread_analysis(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data, int cpu,
 	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));
+			printf("  Previous IRQ interference: %.*s up to  %9.2f us\n",
+			       16, spaces,
+			       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));
+	printf("  IRQ handler delay: %.*s %16s  %9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n", 16, spaces,
+	       (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));
+	printf("  IRQ latency: %.*s %9.2f us\n", 40, spaces,
+	       ns_to_usf(taa_data->tlat_irq_latency));
 
 	if (irq) {
 		/*
@@ -595,15 +611,16 @@ static void timerlat_thread_analysis(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data, int cpu,
 		 * 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);
+		printf(" %.*s %24s:%-9llu\n", 6, spaces, 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));
+		printf("  Timerlat IRQ duration: %.*s %9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n",
+		       30, spaces,
+		       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.
@@ -611,13 +628,13 @@ static void timerlat_thread_analysis(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data, int cpu,
 		 * 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("  Blocking thread: %.*s %9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n", 36, spaces,
+		       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));
+		printf(" %.*s %24s:%-9llu %.*s %9.2f us\n", 6, spaces,
+		       taa_data->run_thread_comm, taa_data->run_thread_pid,
+		       12, spaces, ns_to_usf(taa_data->thread_blocking_duration));
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -629,9 +646,9 @@ static void timerlat_thread_analysis(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data, int cpu,
 	 * 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));
+		printf("  NMI interference %.*s %9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n", 36, spaces,
+		       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.
@@ -643,9 +660,9 @@ static void timerlat_thread_analysis(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data, int cpu,
 	 * 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));
+		printf("  IRQ interference %.*s %9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n", 36, spaces,
+		       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);
 	}
@@ -654,9 +671,9 @@ static void timerlat_thread_analysis(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data, int cpu,
 	 * 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));
+		printf("  Softirq interference %.*s %9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n", 32, spaces,
+		       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);
 	}
@@ -670,9 +687,9 @@ static void timerlat_thread_analysis(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data, int cpu,
 	 * 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));
+		printf("  Thread interference %.*s %9.2f us (%.2f %%)\n", 33, spaces,
+		       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);
 	}
@@ -682,8 +699,8 @@ static void timerlat_thread_analysis(struct timerlat_aa_data *taa_data, int cpu,
 	 */
 print_total:
 	printf("------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
-	printf("  %s latency:	\t\t\t	%9.2f us (100%%)\n", irq ? "IRQ" : "Thread",
-		ns_to_usf(total));
+	printf("  %s latency: %.*s %9.2f us (100%%)\n", irq ? "   IRQ" : "Thread",
+	       37, spaces, ns_to_usf(total));
 }
 
 static int timerlat_auto_analysis_collect_trace(struct timerlat_aa_context *taa_ctx)
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
index dbf154082f..5b869caed1 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct timerlat_hist_params {
 	int			hk_cpus;
 	int			no_aa;
 	int			dump_tasks;
+	int			user_workload;
 	int			user_hist;
 	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
 	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
@@ -323,17 +324,29 @@ timerlat_print_summary(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 		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_irq) {
+			if (data->hist[cpu].irq_count)
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+						data->hist[cpu].min_irq);
+			else
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "        - ");
+		}
 
-		if (!params->no_thread)
-			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
-					data->hist[cpu].min_thread);
+		if (!params->no_thread) {
+			if (data->hist[cpu].thread_count)
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+						data->hist[cpu].min_thread);
+			else
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "        - ");
+		}
 
-		if (params->user_hist)
-			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
-					data->hist[cpu].min_user);
+		if (params->user_hist) {
+			if (data->hist[cpu].user_count)
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+						data->hist[cpu].min_user);
+			else
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "        - ");
+		}
 	}
 	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
 
@@ -383,17 +396,29 @@ timerlat_print_summary(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 		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_irq) {
+			if (data->hist[cpu].irq_count)
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+						 data->hist[cpu].max_irq);
+			else
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "        - ");
+		}
 
-		if (!params->no_thread)
-			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
-					data->hist[cpu].max_thread);
+		if (!params->no_thread) {
+			if (data->hist[cpu].thread_count)
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+						data->hist[cpu].max_thread);
+			else
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "        - ");
+		}
 
-		if (params->user_hist)
-			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
-					data->hist[cpu].max_user);
+		if (params->user_hist) {
+			if (data->hist[cpu].user_count)
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+						data->hist[cpu].max_user);
+			else
+				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "        - ");
+		}
 	}
 	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
 	trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
@@ -534,6 +559,7 @@ static void timerlat_hist_usage(char *usage)
 		"		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",
+		"	  -U/--user-load: enable timerlat for user-defined user-space workload",
 		NULL,
 	};
 
@@ -595,6 +621,7 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 			{"thread",		required_argument,	0, 'T'},
 			{"trace",		optional_argument,	0, 't'},
 			{"user-threads",	no_argument,		0, 'u'},
+			{"user-load",		no_argument,		0, 'U'},
 			{"event",		required_argument,	0, 'e'},
 			{"no-irq",		no_argument,		0, '0'},
 			{"no-thread",		no_argument,		0, '1'},
@@ -613,7 +640,7 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 		/* 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",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::b:d:e:E:DhH:i:np:P:s:t::T:uU0123456:7:8:9\1",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* detect the end of the options. */
@@ -724,6 +751,9 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 				params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
 			break;
 		case 'u':
+			params->user_workload = 1;
+			/* fallback: -u implies in -U */
+		case 'U':
 			params->user_hist = 1;
 			break;
 		case '0': /* no irq */
@@ -985,7 +1015,7 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (params->cgroup && !params->user_hist) {
+	if (params->cgroup && !params->user_workload) {
 		retval = set_comm_cgroup("timerlat/", params->cgroup_name);
 		if (!retval) {
 			err_msg("Failed to move threads to cgroup\n");
@@ -1049,7 +1079,7 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	tool->start_time = time(NULL);
 	timerlat_hist_set_signals(params);
 
-	if (params->user_hist) {
+	if (params->user_workload) {
 		/* rtla asked to stop */
 		params_u.should_run = 1;
 		/* all threads left */
@@ -1086,14 +1116,14 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			break;
 
 		/* is there still any user-threads ? */
-		if (params->user_hist) {
+		if (params->user_workload) {
 			if (params_u.stopped_running) {
 				debug_msg("timerlat user-space threads stopped!\n");
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if (params->user_hist && !params_u.stopped_running) {
+	if (params->user_workload && !params_u.stopped_running) {
 		params_u.should_run = 0;
 		sleep(1);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
index 3e9af2c386..2665e0bb5f 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct timerlat_top_params {
 	int			cgroup;
 	int			hk_cpus;
 	int			user_top;
+	int			user_workload;
 	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
 	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
 	struct trace_events	*events;
@@ -211,6 +212,8 @@ static void timerlat_top_header(struct osnoise_tool *top)
 	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
 }
 
+static const char *no_value = "        -";
+
 /*
  * timerlat_top_print - prints the output of a given CPU
  */
@@ -238,10 +241,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_print(struct osnoise_tool *top, int cpu)
 	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, "        - |");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%s %s %s %s |", no_value, no_value, no_value, no_value);
 	} 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);
@@ -250,10 +250,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_print(struct osnoise_tool *top, int cpu)
 	}
 
 	if (!cpu_data->thread_count) {
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "        - ");
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "        -\n");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%s %s %s %s", no_value, no_value, no_value, no_value);
 	} else {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_thread / divisor);
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_thread / divisor);
@@ -270,10 +267,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_print(struct osnoise_tool *top, int cpu)
 	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");
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%s %s %s %s\n", no_value, no_value, no_value, no_value);
 	} else {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_user / divisor);
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_user / divisor);
@@ -364,6 +358,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
 		"		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",
+		"	  -U/--user-load: enable timerlat for user-defined user-space workload",
 		NULL,
 	};
 
@@ -423,6 +418,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 			{"thread",		required_argument,	0, 'T'},
 			{"trace",		optional_argument,	0, 't'},
 			{"user-threads",	no_argument,		0, 'u'},
+			{"user-load",		no_argument,		0, 'U'},
 			{"trigger",		required_argument,	0, '0'},
 			{"filter",		required_argument,	0, '1'},
 			{"dma-latency",		required_argument,	0, '2'},
@@ -435,7 +431,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 		/* 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:",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::d:De:hH:i:np:P:qs:t::T:uU0:1:2:345:",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* detect the end of the options. */
@@ -552,6 +548,9 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 
 			break;
 		case 'u':
+			params->user_workload = true;
+			/* fallback: -u implies -U */
+		case 'U':
 			params->user_top = true;
 			break;
 		case '0': /* trigger */
@@ -869,7 +868,7 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	top->start_time = time(NULL);
 	timerlat_top_set_signals(params);
 
-	if (params->user_top) {
+	if (params->user_workload) {
 		/* rtla asked to stop */
 		params_u.should_run = 1;
 		/* all threads left */
@@ -912,7 +911,7 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			break;
 
 		/* is there still any user-threads ? */
-		if (params->user_top) {
+		if (params->user_workload) {
 			if (params_u.stopped_running) {
 				debug_msg("timerlat user space threads stopped!\n");
 				break;
@@ -920,7 +919,7 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (params->user_top && !params_u.stopped_running) {
+	if (params->user_workload && !params_u.stopped_running) {
 		params_u.should_run = 0;
 		sleep(1);
 	}