Adding upstream version 6.1.76.upstream/6.1.76upstream

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

19 files changed, 7915 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/tracing/Makefile b/tools/tracing/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95e485f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+include ../scripts/Makefile.include
+
+all: latency rtla
+
+clean: latency_clean rtla_clean
+
+install: latency_install rtla_install
+
+latency:
+	$(call descend,latency)
+
+latency_install:
+	$(call descend,latency,install)
+
+latency_clean:
+	$(call descend,latency,clean)
+
+rtla:
+	$(call descend,rtla)
+
+rtla_install:
+	$(call descend,rtla,install)
+
+rtla_clean:
+	$(call descend,rtla,clean)
+
+.PHONY: all install clean latency latency_install latency_clean \
+	rtla rtla_install rtla_clean
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore b/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..086396076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+latency-collector
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40c4ddaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# 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)
+
+TARGETS = latency-collector
+CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -g -O2 $(VAR_CFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS = -lpthread $(VAR_LDLIBS)
+
+all: $(TARGETS)
+
+%: %.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LDFLAGS)
+
+clean:
+	$(RM) latency-collector
+
+prefix ?= /usr/local
+sbindir ?= ${prefix}/sbin
+
+install: all
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
+	install -m 755 -p $(TARGETS) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c b/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59a7f2346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2108 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 BMW Car IT GmbH
+ * Author: Viktor Rosendahl (viktor.rosendahl@bmw.de)
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <err.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/inotify.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <tracefs.h>
+
+static const char *prg_name;
+static const char *prg_unknown = "unknown program name";
+
+static int fd_stdout;
+
+static int sched_policy;
+static bool sched_policy_set;
+
+static int sched_pri;
+static bool sched_pri_set;
+
+static bool trace_enable = true;
+static bool setup_ftrace = true;
+static bool use_random_sleep;
+
+#define TRACE_OPTS				\
+	C(FUNC_TR, "function-trace"),		\
+	C(DISP_GR, "display-graph"),		\
+	C(NR,       NULL)
+
+#undef C
+#define C(a, b) OPTIDX_##a
+
+enum traceopt {
+	TRACE_OPTS
+};
+
+#undef C
+#define C(a, b)  b
+
+static const char *const optstr[] = {
+	TRACE_OPTS
+};
+
+enum errhandling {
+	ERR_EXIT = 0,
+	ERR_WARN,
+	ERR_CLEANUP,
+};
+
+static bool use_options[OPTIDX_NR];
+
+static char inotify_buffer[655360];
+
+#define likely(x)      __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
+#define unlikely(x)    __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
+#define bool2str(x)    (x ? "true":"false")
+
+#define DEFAULT_NR_PRINTER_THREADS (3)
+static unsigned int nr_threads = DEFAULT_NR_PRINTER_THREADS;
+
+#define DEFAULT_TABLE_SIZE (2)
+static unsigned int table_startsize = DEFAULT_TABLE_SIZE;
+
+static int verbosity;
+
+#define verbose_sizechange() (verbosity >= 1)
+#define verbose_lostevent()  (verbosity >= 2)
+#define verbose_ftrace()     (verbosity >= 1)
+
+#define was_changed(ORIG, CUR) (strcmp(ORIG, CUR) != 0)
+#define needs_change(CUR, WANTED) (strcmp(CUR, WANTED) != 0)
+
+static const char *debug_tracefile;
+static const char *debug_tracefile_dflt;
+static const char *debug_maxlat;
+static const char *debug_maxlat_dflt;
+static const char * const DEBUG_NOFILE = "[file not found]";
+
+static const char * const TR_MAXLAT  = "tracing_max_latency";
+static const char * const TR_THRESH  = "tracing_thresh";
+static const char * const TR_CURRENT = "current_tracer";
+static const char * const TR_OPTIONS = "trace_options";
+
+static const char * const NOP_TRACER = "nop";
+
+static const char * const OPT_NO_PREFIX = "no";
+
+#define DFLT_THRESHOLD_US "0"
+static const char *threshold = DFLT_THRESHOLD_US;
+
+#define DEV_URANDOM     "/dev/urandom"
+#define RT_DEFAULT_PRI (99)
+#define DEFAULT_PRI    (0)
+
+#define USEC_PER_MSEC (1000L)
+#define NSEC_PER_USEC (1000L)
+#define NSEC_PER_MSEC (USEC_PER_MSEC * NSEC_PER_USEC)
+
+#define MSEC_PER_SEC (1000L)
+#define USEC_PER_SEC (USEC_PER_MSEC * MSEC_PER_SEC)
+#define NSEC_PER_SEC (NSEC_PER_MSEC * MSEC_PER_SEC)
+
+#define SLEEP_TIME_MS_DEFAULT (1000L)
+#define TRY_PRINTMUTEX_MS (1000)
+
+static long sleep_time = (USEC_PER_MSEC * SLEEP_TIME_MS_DEFAULT);
+
+static const char * const queue_full_warning =
+"Could not queue trace for printing. It is likely that events happen faster\n"
+"than what they can be printed. Probably partly because of random sleeping\n";
+
+static const char * const no_tracer_msg =
+"Could not find any tracers! Running this program as root may help!\n";
+
+static const char * const no_latency_tr_msg =
+"No latency tracers are supported by your kernel!\n";
+
+struct policy {
+	const char *name;
+	int policy;
+	int default_pri;
+};
+
+static const struct policy policies[] = {
+	{ "other", SCHED_OTHER, DEFAULT_PRI    },
+	{ "batch", SCHED_BATCH, DEFAULT_PRI    },
+	{ "idle",  SCHED_IDLE,  DEFAULT_PRI    },
+	{ "rr",    SCHED_RR,    RT_DEFAULT_PRI },
+	{ "fifo",  SCHED_FIFO,  RT_DEFAULT_PRI },
+	{ NULL,    0,           DEFAULT_PRI    }
+};
+
+/*
+ * The default tracer will be the first on this list that is supported by the
+ * currently running Linux kernel.
+ */
+static const char * const relevant_tracers[] = {
+	"preemptirqsoff",
+	"preemptoff",
+	"irqsoff",
+	"wakeup",
+	"wakeup_rt",
+	"wakeup_dl",
+	NULL
+};
+
+/* This is the list of tracers for which random sleep makes sense */
+static const char * const random_tracers[] = {
+	"preemptirqsoff",
+	"preemptoff",
+	"irqsoff",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static const char *current_tracer;
+static bool force_tracer;
+
+struct ftrace_state {
+	char *tracer;
+	char *thresh;
+	bool opt[OPTIDX_NR];
+	bool opt_valid[OPTIDX_NR];
+	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
+};
+
+struct entry {
+	int ticket;
+	int ticket_completed_ref;
+};
+
+struct print_state {
+	int ticket_counter;
+	int ticket_completed;
+	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
+	pthread_cond_t cond;
+	int cnt;
+	pthread_mutex_t cnt_mutex;
+};
+
+struct short_msg {
+	char buf[160];
+	int len;
+};
+
+static struct print_state printstate;
+static struct ftrace_state save_state;
+volatile sig_atomic_t signal_flag;
+
+#define PROB_TABLE_MAX_SIZE (1000)
+
+int probabilities[PROB_TABLE_MAX_SIZE];
+
+struct sleep_table {
+	int *table;
+	int size;
+	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
+};
+
+static struct sleep_table sleeptable;
+
+#define QUEUE_SIZE (10)
+
+struct queue {
+	struct entry entries[QUEUE_SIZE];
+	int next_prod_idx;
+	int next_cons_idx;
+	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
+	pthread_cond_t cond;
+};
+
+#define MAX_THREADS (40)
+
+struct queue printqueue;
+pthread_t printthread[MAX_THREADS];
+pthread_mutex_t print_mtx;
+#define PRINT_BUFFER_SIZE (16 * 1024 * 1024)
+
+static void cleanup_exit(int status);
+static int set_trace_opt(const char *opt, bool value);
+
+static __always_inline void *malloc_or_die(size_t size)
+{
+	void *ptr = malloc(size);
+
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) {
+		warn("malloc() failed");
+		cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+static __always_inline void *malloc_or_die_nocleanup(size_t size)
+{
+	void *ptr = malloc(size);
+
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL))
+		err(0, "malloc() failed");
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+static __always_inline void write_or_die(int fd, const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	ssize_t r;
+
+	do {
+		r = write(fd, buf, count);
+		if (unlikely(r < 0)) {
+			if (errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
+			warn("write() failed");
+			cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+		count -= r;
+		buf += r;
+	} while (count > 0);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void clock_gettime_or_die(clockid_t clk_id,
+						 struct timespec *tp)
+{
+	int r = clock_gettime(clk_id, tp);
+
+	if (unlikely(r != 0))
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "clock_gettime() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void sigemptyset_or_die(sigset_t *s)
+{
+	if (unlikely(sigemptyset(s) != 0)) {
+		warn("sigemptyset() failed");
+		cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+}
+
+static __always_inline void sigaddset_or_die(sigset_t *s, int signum)
+{
+	if (unlikely(sigaddset(s, signum) != 0)) {
+		warn("sigemptyset() failed");
+		cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+}
+
+static __always_inline void sigaction_or_die(int signum,
+					     const struct sigaction *act,
+					     struct sigaction *oldact)
+{
+	if (unlikely(sigaction(signum, act, oldact) != 0)) {
+		warn("sigaction() failed");
+		cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+}
+
+static void open_stdout(void)
+{
+	if (setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0) != 0)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "setvbuf() failed");
+	fd_stdout = fileno(stdout);
+	if (fd_stdout < 0)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "fileno() failed");
+}
+
+/*
+ * It's not worth it to call cleanup_exit() from mutex functions because
+ * cleanup_exit() uses mutexes.
+ */
+static __always_inline void mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t *mtx)
+{
+	errno = pthread_mutex_lock(mtx);
+	if (unlikely(errno))
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_mutex_lock() failed");
+}
+
+
+static __always_inline void mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t *mtx)
+{
+	errno = pthread_mutex_unlock(mtx);
+	if (unlikely(errno))
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_mutex_unlock() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void cond_signal(pthread_cond_t *cond)
+{
+	errno = pthread_cond_signal(cond);
+	if (unlikely(errno))
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_cond_signal() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void cond_wait(pthread_cond_t *restrict cond,
+				      pthread_mutex_t *restrict mutex)
+{
+	errno = pthread_cond_wait(cond, mutex);
+	if (unlikely(errno))
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_cond_wait() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void cond_broadcast(pthread_cond_t *cond)
+{
+	errno = pthread_cond_broadcast(cond);
+	if (unlikely(errno))
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_cond_broadcast() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void
+mutex_init(pthread_mutex_t *mutex,
+	   const pthread_mutexattr_t *attr)
+{
+	errno = pthread_mutex_init(mutex, attr);
+	if (errno)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_mutex_init() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void mutexattr_init(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr)
+{
+	errno = pthread_mutexattr_init(attr);
+	if (errno)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_mutexattr_init() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void mutexattr_destroy(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr)
+{
+	errno = pthread_mutexattr_destroy(attr);
+	if (errno)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_mutexattr_destroy() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void mutexattr_settype(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr,
+					      int type)
+{
+	errno = pthread_mutexattr_settype(attr, type);
+	if (errno)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_mutexattr_settype() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void condattr_init(pthread_condattr_t *attr)
+{
+	errno = pthread_condattr_init(attr);
+	if (errno)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_condattr_init() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void condattr_destroy(pthread_condattr_t *attr)
+{
+	errno = pthread_condattr_destroy(attr);
+	if (errno)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_condattr_destroy() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void condattr_setclock(pthread_condattr_t *attr,
+					      clockid_t clock_id)
+{
+	errno = pthread_condattr_setclock(attr, clock_id);
+	if (unlikely(errno))
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_condattr_setclock() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void cond_init(pthread_cond_t *cond,
+				      const pthread_condattr_t *attr)
+{
+	errno = pthread_cond_init(cond, attr);
+	if (errno)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_cond_init() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline int
+cond_timedwait(pthread_cond_t *restrict cond,
+	       pthread_mutex_t *restrict mutex,
+	       const struct timespec *restrict abstime)
+{
+	errno = pthread_cond_timedwait(cond, mutex, abstime);
+	if (errno && errno != ETIMEDOUT)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_cond_timedwait() failed");
+	return errno;
+}
+
+static void init_printstate(void)
+{
+	pthread_condattr_t cattr;
+
+	printstate.ticket_counter = 0;
+	printstate.ticket_completed = 0;
+	printstate.cnt = 0;
+
+	mutex_init(&printstate.mutex, NULL);
+
+	condattr_init(&cattr);
+	condattr_setclock(&cattr, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+	cond_init(&printstate.cond, &cattr);
+	condattr_destroy(&cattr);
+}
+
+static void init_print_mtx(void)
+{
+	pthread_mutexattr_t mattr;
+
+	mutexattr_init(&mattr);
+	mutexattr_settype(&mattr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
+	mutex_init(&print_mtx, &mattr);
+	mutexattr_destroy(&mattr);
+
+}
+
+static void signal_blocking(int how)
+{
+	sigset_t s;
+
+	sigemptyset_or_die(&s);
+	sigaddset_or_die(&s, SIGHUP);
+	sigaddset_or_die(&s, SIGTERM);
+	sigaddset_or_die(&s, SIGINT);
+
+	errno = pthread_sigmask(how, &s, NULL);
+	if (unlikely(errno)) {
+		warn("pthread_sigmask() failed");
+		cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+}
+
+static void signal_handler(int num)
+{
+	signal_flag = num;
+}
+
+static void setup_sig_handler(void)
+{
+	struct sigaction sa;
+
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+	sa.sa_handler = signal_handler;
+
+	sigaction_or_die(SIGHUP, &sa, NULL);
+	sigaction_or_die(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL);
+	sigaction_or_die(SIGINT, &sa, NULL);
+}
+
+static void process_signal(int signal)
+{
+	char *name;
+
+	name = strsignal(signal);
+	if (name == NULL)
+		printf("Received signal %d\n", signal);
+	else
+		printf("Received signal %d (%s)\n", signal, name);
+	cleanup_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void check_signals(void)
+{
+	int signal = signal_flag;
+
+	if (unlikely(signal))
+		process_signal(signal);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void get_time_in_future(struct timespec *future,
+					       long time_us)
+{
+	long nsec;
+
+	clock_gettime_or_die(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, future);
+	future->tv_sec += time_us / USEC_PER_SEC;
+	nsec = future->tv_nsec + (time_us * NSEC_PER_USEC) % NSEC_PER_SEC;
+	if (nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC) {
+		future->tv_nsec = nsec % NSEC_PER_SEC;
+		future->tv_sec += 1;
+	}
+}
+
+static __always_inline bool time_has_passed(const struct timespec *time)
+{
+	struct timespec now;
+
+	clock_gettime_or_die(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now);
+	if (now.tv_sec > time->tv_sec)
+		return true;
+	if (now.tv_sec < time->tv_sec)
+		return false;
+	return (now.tv_nsec >= time->tv_nsec);
+}
+
+static bool mutex_trylock_limit(pthread_mutex_t *mutex, int time_ms)
+{
+	long time_us = time_ms * USEC_PER_MSEC;
+	struct timespec limit;
+
+	get_time_in_future(&limit, time_us);
+	do {
+		errno =  pthread_mutex_trylock(mutex);
+		if (errno && errno != EBUSY)
+			err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_mutex_trylock() failed");
+	} while (errno && !time_has_passed(&limit));
+	return errno == 0;
+}
+
+static void restore_trace_opts(const struct ftrace_state *state,
+				const bool *cur)
+{
+	int i;
+	int r;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < OPTIDX_NR; i++)
+		if (state->opt_valid[i] && state->opt[i] != cur[i]) {
+			r = set_trace_opt(optstr[i], state->opt[i]);
+			if (r < 0)
+				warnx("Failed to restore the %s option to %s",
+				      optstr[i], bool2str(state->opt[i]));
+			else if (verbose_ftrace())
+				printf("Restored the %s option in %s to %s\n",
+				       optstr[i], TR_OPTIONS,
+				       bool2str(state->opt[i]));
+		}
+}
+
+static char *read_file(const char *file, enum errhandling h)
+{
+	int psize;
+	char *r;
+	static const char *emsg = "Failed to read the %s file";
+
+	r = tracefs_instance_file_read(NULL, file, &psize);
+	if (!r) {
+		if (h) {
+			warn(emsg, file);
+			if (h == ERR_CLEANUP)
+				cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		} else
+			errx(EXIT_FAILURE, emsg, file);
+	}
+
+	if (r && r[psize - 1] == '\n')
+		r[psize - 1] = '\0';
+	return r;
+}
+
+static void restore_file(const char *file, char **saved, const char *cur)
+{
+	if (*saved && was_changed(*saved, cur)) {
+		if (tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, file, *saved) < 0)
+			warnx("Failed to restore %s to %s!", file, *saved);
+		else if (verbose_ftrace())
+			printf("Restored %s to %s\n", file, *saved);
+		free(*saved);
+		*saved = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static void restore_ftrace(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&save_state.mutex);
+
+	restore_file(TR_CURRENT, &save_state.tracer, current_tracer);
+	restore_file(TR_THRESH, &save_state.thresh, threshold);
+	restore_trace_opts(&save_state, use_options);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&save_state.mutex);
+}
+
+static void cleanup_exit(int status)
+{
+	char *maxlat;
+
+	if (!setup_ftrace)
+		exit(status);
+
+	/*
+	 * We try the print_mtx for 1 sec in order to avoid garbled
+	 * output if possible, but if it cannot be obtained we proceed anyway.
+	 */
+	mutex_trylock_limit(&print_mtx, TRY_PRINTMUTEX_MS);
+
+	maxlat = read_file(TR_MAXLAT, ERR_WARN);
+	if (maxlat) {
+		printf("The maximum detected latency was: %sus\n", maxlat);
+		free(maxlat);
+	}
+
+	restore_ftrace();
+	/*
+	 * We do not need to unlock the print_mtx here because we will exit at
+	 * the end of this function. Unlocking print_mtx causes problems if a
+	 * print thread happens to be waiting for the mutex because we have
+	 * just changed the ftrace settings to the original and thus the
+	 * print thread would output incorrect data from ftrace.
+	 */
+	exit(status);
+}
+
+static void init_save_state(void)
+{
+	pthread_mutexattr_t mattr;
+
+	mutexattr_init(&mattr);
+	mutexattr_settype(&mattr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
+	mutex_init(&save_state.mutex, &mattr);
+	mutexattr_destroy(&mattr);
+
+	save_state.tracer = NULL;
+	save_state.thresh = NULL;
+	save_state.opt_valid[OPTIDX_FUNC_TR] = false;
+	save_state.opt_valid[OPTIDX_DISP_GR] = false;
+}
+
+static int printstate_next_ticket(struct entry *req)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	r = ++(printstate.ticket_counter);
+	req->ticket = r;
+	req->ticket_completed_ref = printstate.ticket_completed;
+	cond_broadcast(&printstate.cond);
+	return r;
+}
+
+static __always_inline
+void printstate_mark_req_completed(const struct entry *req)
+{
+	if (req->ticket > printstate.ticket_completed)
+		printstate.ticket_completed = req->ticket;
+}
+
+static __always_inline
+bool printstate_has_new_req_arrived(const struct entry *req)
+{
+	return (printstate.ticket_counter != req->ticket);
+}
+
+static __always_inline int printstate_cnt_inc(void)
+{
+	int value;
+
+	mutex_lock(&printstate.cnt_mutex);
+	value = ++printstate.cnt;
+	mutex_unlock(&printstate.cnt_mutex);
+	return value;
+}
+
+static __always_inline int printstate_cnt_dec(void)
+{
+	int value;
+
+	mutex_lock(&printstate.cnt_mutex);
+	value = --printstate.cnt;
+	mutex_unlock(&printstate.cnt_mutex);
+	return value;
+}
+
+static __always_inline int printstate_cnt_read(void)
+{
+	int value;
+
+	mutex_lock(&printstate.cnt_mutex);
+	value = printstate.cnt;
+	mutex_unlock(&printstate.cnt_mutex);
+	return value;
+}
+
+static __always_inline
+bool prev_req_won_race(const struct entry *req)
+{
+	return (printstate.ticket_completed != req->ticket_completed_ref);
+}
+
+static void sleeptable_resize(int size, bool printout, struct short_msg *msg)
+{
+	int bytes;
+
+	if (printout) {
+		msg->len = 0;
+		if (unlikely(size > PROB_TABLE_MAX_SIZE))
+			bytes = snprintf(msg->buf, sizeof(msg->buf),
+"Cannot increase probability table to %d (maximum size reached)\n", size);
+		else
+			bytes = snprintf(msg->buf, sizeof(msg->buf),
+"Increasing probability table to %d\n", size);
+		if (bytes < 0)
+			warn("snprintf() failed");
+		else
+			msg->len = bytes;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(size < 0)) {
+		/* Should never happen */
+		warnx("Bad program state at %s:%d", __FILE__, __LINE__);
+		cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		return;
+	}
+	sleeptable.size = size;
+	sleeptable.table = &probabilities[PROB_TABLE_MAX_SIZE - size];
+}
+
+static void init_probabilities(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	int j = 1000;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PROB_TABLE_MAX_SIZE; i++) {
+		probabilities[i] = 1000 / j;
+		j--;
+	}
+	mutex_init(&sleeptable.mutex, NULL);
+}
+
+static int table_get_probability(const struct entry *req,
+				 struct short_msg *msg)
+{
+	int diff = req->ticket - req->ticket_completed_ref;
+	int rval = 0;
+
+	msg->len = 0;
+	diff--;
+	/* Should never happen...*/
+	if (unlikely(diff < 0)) {
+		warnx("Programmer assumption error at %s:%d\n", __FILE__,
+		      __LINE__);
+		cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	mutex_lock(&sleeptable.mutex);
+	if (diff >= (sleeptable.size - 1)) {
+		rval = sleeptable.table[sleeptable.size - 1];
+		sleeptable_resize(sleeptable.size + 1, verbose_sizechange(),
+				  msg);
+	} else {
+		rval = sleeptable.table[diff];
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&sleeptable.mutex);
+	return rval;
+}
+
+static void init_queue(struct queue *q)
+{
+	q->next_prod_idx = 0;
+	q->next_cons_idx = 0;
+	mutex_init(&q->mutex, NULL);
+	errno = pthread_cond_init(&q->cond, NULL);
+	if (errno)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_cond_init() failed");
+}
+
+static __always_inline int queue_len(const struct queue *q)
+{
+	if (q->next_prod_idx >= q->next_cons_idx)
+		return q->next_prod_idx - q->next_cons_idx;
+	else
+		return QUEUE_SIZE - q->next_cons_idx + q->next_prod_idx;
+}
+
+static __always_inline int queue_nr_free(const struct queue *q)
+{
+	int nr_free = QUEUE_SIZE - queue_len(q);
+
+	/*
+	 * If there is only one slot left we will anyway lie and claim that the
+	 * queue is full because adding an element will make it appear empty
+	 */
+	if (nr_free == 1)
+		nr_free = 0;
+	return nr_free;
+}
+
+static __always_inline void queue_idx_inc(int *idx)
+{
+	*idx = (*idx + 1) % QUEUE_SIZE;
+}
+
+static __always_inline void queue_push_to_back(struct queue *q,
+					      const struct entry *e)
+{
+	q->entries[q->next_prod_idx] = *e;
+	queue_idx_inc(&q->next_prod_idx);
+}
+
+static __always_inline struct entry queue_pop_from_front(struct queue *q)
+{
+	struct entry e = q->entries[q->next_cons_idx];
+
+	queue_idx_inc(&q->next_cons_idx);
+	return e;
+}
+
+static __always_inline void queue_cond_signal(struct queue *q)
+{
+	cond_signal(&q->cond);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void queue_cond_wait(struct queue *q)
+{
+	cond_wait(&q->cond, &q->mutex);
+}
+
+static __always_inline int queue_try_to_add_entry(struct queue *q,
+						  const struct entry *e)
+{
+	int r = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&q->mutex);
+	if (queue_nr_free(q) > 0) {
+		queue_push_to_back(q, e);
+		cond_signal(&q->cond);
+	} else
+		r = -1;
+	mutex_unlock(&q->mutex);
+	return r;
+}
+
+static struct entry queue_wait_for_entry(struct queue *q)
+{
+	struct entry e;
+
+	mutex_lock(&q->mutex);
+	while (true) {
+		if (queue_len(&printqueue) > 0) {
+			e = queue_pop_from_front(q);
+			break;
+		}
+		queue_cond_wait(q);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&q->mutex);
+
+	return e;
+}
+
+static const struct policy *policy_from_name(const char *name)
+{
+	const struct policy *p = &policies[0];
+
+	while (p->name != NULL) {
+		if (!strcmp(name, p->name))
+			return p;
+		p++;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static const char *policy_name(int policy)
+{
+	const struct policy *p = &policies[0];
+	static const char *rval = "unknown";
+
+	while (p->name != NULL) {
+		if (p->policy == policy)
+			return p->name;
+		p++;
+	}
+	return rval;
+}
+
+static bool is_relevant_tracer(const char *name)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; relevant_tracers[i]; i++)
+		if (!strcmp(name, relevant_tracers[i]))
+			return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool random_makes_sense(const char *name)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; random_tracers[i]; i++)
+		if (!strcmp(name, random_tracers[i]))
+			return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+static void show_available(void)
+{
+	char **tracers;
+	int found = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	tracers = tracefs_tracers(NULL);
+	for (i = 0; tracers && tracers[i]; i++) {
+		if (is_relevant_tracer(tracers[i]))
+			found++;
+	}
+
+	if (!tracers) {
+		warnx(no_tracer_msg);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!found) {
+		warnx(no_latency_tr_msg);
+		tracefs_list_free(tracers);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	printf("The following latency tracers are available on your system:\n");
+	for (i = 0; tracers[i]; i++) {
+		if (is_relevant_tracer(tracers[i]))
+			printf("%s\n", tracers[i]);
+	}
+	tracefs_list_free(tracers);
+}
+
+static bool tracer_valid(const char *name, bool *notracer)
+{
+	char **tracers;
+	int i;
+	bool rval = false;
+
+	*notracer = false;
+	tracers = tracefs_tracers(NULL);
+	if (!tracers) {
+		*notracer = true;
+		return false;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; tracers[i]; i++)
+		if (!strcmp(tracers[i], name)) {
+			rval = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	tracefs_list_free(tracers);
+	return rval;
+}
+
+static const char *find_default_tracer(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	bool notracer;
+	bool valid;
+
+	for (i = 0; relevant_tracers[i]; i++) {
+		valid = tracer_valid(relevant_tracers[i], &notracer);
+		if (notracer)
+			errx(EXIT_FAILURE, no_tracer_msg);
+		if (valid)
+			return relevant_tracers[i];
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static bool toss_coin(struct drand48_data *buffer, unsigned int prob)
+{
+	long r;
+
+	if (unlikely(lrand48_r(buffer, &r))) {
+		warnx("lrand48_r() failed");
+		cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	r = r % 1000L;
+	if (r < prob)
+		return true;
+	else
+		return false;
+}
+
+
+static long go_to_sleep(const struct entry *req)
+{
+	struct timespec future;
+	long delay = sleep_time;
+
+	get_time_in_future(&future, delay);
+
+	mutex_lock(&printstate.mutex);
+	while (!printstate_has_new_req_arrived(req)) {
+		cond_timedwait(&printstate.cond, &printstate.mutex, &future);
+		if (time_has_passed(&future))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (printstate_has_new_req_arrived(req))
+		delay = -1;
+	mutex_unlock(&printstate.mutex);
+
+	return delay;
+}
+
+
+static void set_priority(void)
+{
+	int r;
+	pid_t pid;
+	struct sched_param param;
+
+	memset(&param, 0, sizeof(param));
+	param.sched_priority = sched_pri;
+
+	pid = getpid();
+	r = sched_setscheduler(pid, sched_policy, &param);
+
+	if (r != 0)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "sched_setscheduler() failed");
+}
+
+pid_t latency_collector_gettid(void)
+{
+	return (pid_t) syscall(__NR_gettid);
+}
+
+static void print_priority(void)
+{
+	pid_t tid;
+	int policy;
+	int r;
+	struct sched_param param;
+
+	tid = latency_collector_gettid();
+	r = pthread_getschedparam(pthread_self(), &policy, &param);
+	if (r != 0) {
+		warn("pthread_getschedparam() failed");
+		cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	mutex_lock(&print_mtx);
+	printf("Thread %d runs with scheduling policy %s and priority %d\n",
+	       tid, policy_name(policy), param.sched_priority);
+	mutex_unlock(&print_mtx);
+}
+
+static __always_inline
+void __print_skipmessage(const struct short_msg *resize_msg,
+			 const struct timespec *timestamp, char *buffer,
+			 size_t bufspace, const struct entry *req, bool excuse,
+			 const char *str)
+{
+	ssize_t bytes = 0;
+	char *p = &buffer[0];
+	long us, sec;
+	int r;
+
+	sec = timestamp->tv_sec;
+	us = timestamp->tv_nsec / 1000;
+
+	if (resize_msg != NULL && resize_msg->len > 0) {
+		strncpy(p, resize_msg->buf, resize_msg->len);
+		bytes += resize_msg->len;
+		p += resize_msg->len;
+		bufspace -= resize_msg->len;
+	}
+
+	if (excuse)
+		r = snprintf(p, bufspace,
+"%ld.%06ld Latency %d printout skipped due to %s\n",
+			     sec, us, req->ticket, str);
+	else
+		r = snprintf(p, bufspace, "%ld.%06ld Latency %d detected\n",
+			    sec, us, req->ticket);
+
+	if (r < 0)
+		warn("snprintf() failed");
+	else
+		bytes += r;
+
+	/* These prints could happen concurrently */
+	mutex_lock(&print_mtx);
+	write_or_die(fd_stdout, buffer, bytes);
+	mutex_unlock(&print_mtx);
+}
+
+static void print_skipmessage(const struct short_msg *resize_msg,
+			      const struct timespec *timestamp, char *buffer,
+			      size_t bufspace, const struct entry *req,
+			      bool excuse)
+{
+	__print_skipmessage(resize_msg, timestamp, buffer, bufspace, req,
+			    excuse, "random delay");
+}
+
+static void print_lostmessage(const struct timespec *timestamp, char *buffer,
+			      size_t bufspace, const struct entry *req,
+			      const char *reason)
+{
+	__print_skipmessage(NULL, timestamp, buffer, bufspace, req, true,
+			    reason);
+}
+
+static void print_tracefile(const struct short_msg *resize_msg,
+			    const struct timespec *timestamp, char *buffer,
+			    size_t bufspace, long slept,
+			    const struct entry *req)
+{
+	static const int reserve = 256;
+	char *p = &buffer[0];
+	ssize_t bytes = 0;
+	ssize_t bytes_tot = 0;
+	long us, sec;
+	long slept_ms;
+	int trace_fd;
+
+	/* Save some space for the final string and final null char */
+	bufspace = bufspace - reserve - 1;
+
+	if (resize_msg != NULL && resize_msg->len > 0) {
+		bytes = resize_msg->len;
+		strncpy(p, resize_msg->buf, bytes);
+		bytes_tot += bytes;
+		p += bytes;
+		bufspace -= bytes;
+	}
+
+	trace_fd = open(debug_tracefile, O_RDONLY);
+
+	if (trace_fd < 0) {
+		warn("open() failed on %s", debug_tracefile);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	sec = timestamp->tv_sec;
+	us = timestamp->tv_nsec / 1000;
+
+	if (slept != 0) {
+		slept_ms = slept / 1000;
+		bytes = snprintf(p, bufspace,
+"%ld.%06ld Latency %d randomly sleep for %ld ms before print\n",
+				 sec, us, req->ticket, slept_ms);
+	} else {
+		bytes = snprintf(p, bufspace,
+				 "%ld.%06ld Latency %d immediate print\n", sec,
+				 us, req->ticket);
+	}
+
+	if (bytes < 0) {
+		warn("snprintf() failed");
+		return;
+	}
+	p += bytes;
+	bufspace -= bytes;
+	bytes_tot += bytes;
+
+	bytes = snprintf(p, bufspace,
+">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BEGIN <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<\n"
+		);
+
+	if (bytes < 0) {
+		warn("snprintf() failed");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	p += bytes;
+	bufspace -= bytes;
+	bytes_tot += bytes;
+
+	do {
+		bytes = read(trace_fd, p, bufspace);
+		if (bytes < 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
+			warn("read() failed on %s", debug_tracefile);
+			if (unlikely(close(trace_fd) != 0))
+				warn("close() failed on %s", debug_tracefile);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (bytes == 0)
+			break;
+		p += bytes;
+		bufspace -= bytes;
+		bytes_tot += bytes;
+	} while (true);
+
+	if (unlikely(close(trace_fd) != 0))
+		warn("close() failed on %s", debug_tracefile);
+
+	printstate_cnt_dec();
+	/* Add the reserve space back to the budget for the final string */
+	bufspace += reserve;
+
+	bytes = snprintf(p, bufspace,
+			 ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> END <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<\n\n");
+
+	if (bytes < 0) {
+		warn("snprintf() failed");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	bytes_tot += bytes;
+
+	/* These prints could happen concurrently */
+	mutex_lock(&print_mtx);
+	write_or_die(fd_stdout, buffer, bytes_tot);
+	mutex_unlock(&print_mtx);
+}
+
+static char *get_no_opt(const char *opt)
+{
+	char *no_opt;
+	int s;
+
+	s = strlen(opt) + strlen(OPT_NO_PREFIX) + 1;
+	/* We may be called from cleanup_exit() via set_trace_opt() */
+	no_opt = malloc_or_die_nocleanup(s);
+	strcpy(no_opt, OPT_NO_PREFIX);
+	strcat(no_opt, opt);
+	return no_opt;
+}
+
+static char *find_next_optstr(const char *allopt, const char **next)
+{
+	const char *begin;
+	const char *end;
+	char *r;
+	int s = 0;
+
+	if (allopt == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	for (begin = allopt; *begin != '\0'; begin++) {
+		if (isgraph(*begin))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (*begin == '\0')
+		return NULL;
+
+	for (end = begin; *end != '\0' && isgraph(*end); end++)
+		s++;
+
+	r = malloc_or_die_nocleanup(s + 1);
+	strncpy(r, begin, s);
+	r[s] = '\0';
+	*next = begin + s;
+	return r;
+}
+
+static bool get_trace_opt(const char *allopt, const char *opt, bool *found)
+{
+	*found = false;
+	char *no_opt;
+	char *str;
+	const char *next = allopt;
+	bool rval = false;
+
+	no_opt = get_no_opt(opt);
+
+	do {
+		str = find_next_optstr(next, &next);
+		if (str == NULL)
+			break;
+		if (!strcmp(str, opt)) {
+			*found = true;
+			rval = true;
+			free(str);
+			break;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(str, no_opt)) {
+			*found = true;
+			rval = false;
+			free(str);
+			break;
+		}
+		free(str);
+	} while (true);
+	free(no_opt);
+
+	return rval;
+}
+
+static int set_trace_opt(const char *opt, bool value)
+{
+	char *str;
+	int r;
+
+	if (value)
+		str = strdup(opt);
+	else
+		str = get_no_opt(opt);
+
+	r = tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, TR_OPTIONS, str);
+	free(str);
+	return r;
+}
+
+void save_trace_opts(struct ftrace_state *state)
+{
+	char *allopt;
+	int psize;
+	int i;
+
+	allopt = tracefs_instance_file_read(NULL, TR_OPTIONS, &psize);
+	if (!allopt)
+		errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to read the %s file\n", TR_OPTIONS);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < OPTIDX_NR; i++)
+		state->opt[i] = get_trace_opt(allopt, optstr[i],
+					      &state->opt_valid[i]);
+
+	free(allopt);
+}
+
+static void write_file(const char *file, const char *cur, const char *new,
+		       enum errhandling h)
+{
+	int r;
+	static const char *emsg = "Failed to write to the %s file!";
+
+	/* Do nothing if we now that the current and new value are equal */
+	if (cur && !needs_change(cur, new))
+		return;
+
+	r = tracefs_instance_file_write(NULL, file, new);
+	if (r < 0) {
+		if (h) {
+			warnx(emsg, file);
+			if (h == ERR_CLEANUP)
+				cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		} else
+			errx(EXIT_FAILURE, emsg, file);
+	}
+	if (verbose_ftrace()) {
+		mutex_lock(&print_mtx);
+		printf("%s was set to %s\n", file, new);
+		mutex_unlock(&print_mtx);
+	}
+}
+
+static void reset_max_latency(void)
+{
+	write_file(TR_MAXLAT, NULL, "0", ERR_CLEANUP);
+}
+
+static void save_and_disable_tracer(void)
+{
+	char *orig_th;
+	char *tracer;
+	bool need_nop = false;
+
+	mutex_lock(&save_state.mutex);
+
+	save_trace_opts(&save_state);
+	tracer = read_file(TR_CURRENT, ERR_EXIT);
+	orig_th = read_file(TR_THRESH, ERR_EXIT);
+
+	if (needs_change(tracer, NOP_TRACER)) {
+		mutex_lock(&print_mtx);
+		if (force_tracer) {
+			printf(
+				"The %s tracer is already in use but proceeding anyway!\n",
+				tracer);
+		} else {
+			printf(
+				"The %s tracer is already in use, cowardly bailing out!\n"
+				"This could indicate that another program or instance is tracing.\n"
+				"Use the -F [--force] option to disregard the current tracer.\n", tracer);
+			exit(0);
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&print_mtx);
+		need_nop = true;
+	}
+
+	save_state.tracer =  tracer;
+	save_state.thresh = orig_th;
+
+	if (need_nop)
+		write_file(TR_CURRENT, NULL, NOP_TRACER, ERR_EXIT);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&save_state.mutex);
+}
+
+void set_trace_opts(struct ftrace_state *state, bool *new)
+{
+	int i;
+	int r;
+
+	/*
+	 * We only set options if we earlier detected that the option exists in
+	 * the trace_options file and that the wanted setting is different from
+	 * the one we saw in save_and_disable_tracer()
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < OPTIDX_NR; i++)
+		if (state->opt_valid[i] &&
+		    state->opt[i] != new[i]) {
+			r = set_trace_opt(optstr[i], new[i]);
+			if (r < 0) {
+				warnx("Failed to set the %s option to %s",
+				      optstr[i], bool2str(new[i]));
+				cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+			if (verbose_ftrace()) {
+				mutex_lock(&print_mtx);
+				printf("%s in %s was set to %s\n", optstr[i],
+				       TR_OPTIONS, bool2str(new[i]));
+				mutex_unlock(&print_mtx);
+			}
+		}
+}
+
+static void enable_tracer(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&save_state.mutex);
+	set_trace_opts(&save_state, use_options);
+
+	write_file(TR_THRESH, save_state.thresh, threshold, ERR_CLEANUP);
+	write_file(TR_CURRENT, NOP_TRACER, current_tracer, ERR_CLEANUP);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&save_state.mutex);
+}
+
+static void tracing_loop(void)
+{
+	int ifd = inotify_init();
+	int wd;
+	const ssize_t bufsize = sizeof(inotify_buffer);
+	const ssize_t istructsize = sizeof(struct inotify_event);
+	char *buf = &inotify_buffer[0];
+	ssize_t nr_read;
+	char *p;
+	int modified;
+	struct inotify_event *event;
+	struct entry req;
+	char *buffer;
+	const size_t bufspace = PRINT_BUFFER_SIZE;
+	struct timespec timestamp;
+
+	print_priority();
+
+	buffer = malloc_or_die(bufspace);
+
+	if (ifd < 0)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "inotify_init() failed!");
+
+
+	if (setup_ftrace) {
+		/*
+		 * We must disable the tracer before resetting the max_latency
+		 */
+		save_and_disable_tracer();
+		/*
+		 * We must reset the max_latency before the inotify_add_watch()
+		 * call.
+		 */
+		reset_max_latency();
+	}
+
+	wd = inotify_add_watch(ifd, debug_maxlat, IN_MODIFY);
+	if (wd < 0)
+		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "inotify_add_watch() failed!");
+
+	if (setup_ftrace)
+		enable_tracer();
+
+	signal_blocking(SIG_UNBLOCK);
+
+	while (true) {
+		modified = 0;
+		check_signals();
+		nr_read = read(ifd, buf, bufsize);
+		check_signals();
+		if (nr_read < 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
+			warn("read() failed on inotify fd!");
+			cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+		if (nr_read == bufsize)
+			warnx("inotify() buffer filled, skipping events");
+		if (nr_read < istructsize) {
+			warnx("read() returned too few bytes on inotify fd");
+			cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+
+		for (p = buf; p < buf + nr_read;) {
+			event = (struct inotify_event *) p;
+			if ((event->mask & IN_MODIFY) != 0)
+				modified++;
+			p += istructsize + event->len;
+		}
+		while (modified > 0) {
+			check_signals();
+			mutex_lock(&printstate.mutex);
+			check_signals();
+			printstate_next_ticket(&req);
+			if (printstate_cnt_read() > 0) {
+				printstate_mark_req_completed(&req);
+				mutex_unlock(&printstate.mutex);
+				if (verbose_lostevent()) {
+					clock_gettime_or_die(CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
+							     &timestamp);
+					print_lostmessage(&timestamp, buffer,
+							  bufspace, &req,
+							  "inotify loop");
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+			mutex_unlock(&printstate.mutex);
+			if (queue_try_to_add_entry(&printqueue, &req) != 0) {
+				/* These prints could happen concurrently */
+				check_signals();
+				mutex_lock(&print_mtx);
+				check_signals();
+				write_or_die(fd_stdout, queue_full_warning,
+					     strlen(queue_full_warning));
+				mutex_unlock(&print_mtx);
+			}
+			modified--;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void *do_printloop(void *arg)
+{
+	const size_t bufspace = PRINT_BUFFER_SIZE;
+	char *buffer;
+	long *rseed = (long *) arg;
+	struct drand48_data drandbuf;
+	long slept = 0;
+	struct entry req;
+	int prob = 0;
+	struct timespec timestamp;
+	struct short_msg resize_msg;
+
+	print_priority();
+
+	if (srand48_r(*rseed, &drandbuf) != 0) {
+		warn("srand48_r() failed!\n");
+		cleanup_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	buffer = malloc_or_die(bufspace);
+
+	while (true) {
+		req = queue_wait_for_entry(&printqueue);
+		clock_gettime_or_die(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &timestamp);
+		mutex_lock(&printstate.mutex);
+		if (prev_req_won_race(&req)) {
+			printstate_mark_req_completed(&req);
+			mutex_unlock(&printstate.mutex);
+			if (verbose_lostevent())
+				print_lostmessage(&timestamp, buffer, bufspace,
+						  &req, "print loop");
+			continue;
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&printstate.mutex);
+
+		/*
+		 * Toss a coin to decide if we want to sleep before printing
+		 * out the backtrace. The reason for this is that opening
+		 * /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace will cause a blackout of
+		 * hundreds of ms, where no latencies will be noted by the
+		 * latency tracer. Thus by randomly sleeping we try to avoid
+		 * missing traces systematically due to this. With this option
+		 * we will sometimes get the first latency, some other times
+		 * some of the later ones, in case of closely spaced traces.
+		 */
+		if (trace_enable && use_random_sleep) {
+			slept = 0;
+			prob = table_get_probability(&req, &resize_msg);
+			if (!toss_coin(&drandbuf, prob))
+				slept = go_to_sleep(&req);
+			if (slept >= 0) {
+				/* A print is ongoing */
+				printstate_cnt_inc();
+				/*
+				 * We will do the printout below so we have to
+				 * mark it as completed while we still have the
+				 * mutex.
+				 */
+				mutex_lock(&printstate.mutex);
+				printstate_mark_req_completed(&req);
+				mutex_unlock(&printstate.mutex);
+			}
+		}
+		if (trace_enable) {
+			/*
+			 * slept < 0  means that we detected another
+			 * notification in go_to_sleep() above
+			 */
+			if (slept >= 0)
+				/*
+				 * N.B. printstate_cnt_dec(); will be called
+				 * inside print_tracefile()
+				 */
+				print_tracefile(&resize_msg, &timestamp, buffer,
+						bufspace, slept, &req);
+			else
+				print_skipmessage(&resize_msg, &timestamp,
+						  buffer, bufspace, &req, true);
+		} else {
+			print_skipmessage(&resize_msg, &timestamp, buffer,
+					  bufspace, &req, false);
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void start_printthread(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	long *seed;
+	int ufd;
+
+	ufd = open(DEV_URANDOM, O_RDONLY);
+	if (nr_threads > MAX_THREADS) {
+		warnx(
+"Number of requested print threads was %d, max number is %d\n",
+		      nr_threads, MAX_THREADS);
+		nr_threads = MAX_THREADS;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_threads; i++) {
+		seed = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*seed));
+		if (ufd <  0 ||
+		    read(ufd, seed, sizeof(*seed)) != sizeof(*seed)) {
+			printf(
+"Warning! Using trivial random number seed, since %s not available\n",
+			DEV_URANDOM);
+			fflush(stdout);
+			*seed = i;
+		}
+		errno = pthread_create(&printthread[i], NULL, do_printloop,
+				       seed);
+		if (errno)
+			err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pthread_create()");
+	}
+	if (ufd > 0 && close(ufd) != 0)
+		warn("close() failed");
+}
+
+static void show_usage(void)
+{
+	printf(
+"Usage: %s [OPTION]...\n\n"
+"Collect closely occurring latencies from %s\n"
+"with any of the following tracers: preemptirqsoff, preemptoff, irqsoff, "
+"wakeup,\nwakeup_dl, or wakeup_rt.\n\n"
+
+"The occurrence of a latency is detected by monitoring the file\n"
+"%s with inotify.\n\n"
+
+"The following options are supported:\n\n"
+
+"-l, --list\t\tList the latency tracers that are supported by the\n"
+"\t\t\tcurrently running Linux kernel. If you don't see the\n"
+"\t\t\ttracer that you want, you will probably need to\n"
+"\t\t\tchange your kernel config and build a new kernel.\n\n"
+
+"-t, --tracer TR\t\tUse the tracer TR. The default is to use the first\n"
+"\t\t\ttracer that is supported by the kernel in the following\n"
+"\t\t\torder of precedence:\n\n"
+"\t\t\tpreemptirqsoff\n"
+"\t\t\tpreemptoff\n"
+"\t\t\tirqsoff\n"
+"\t\t\twakeup\n"
+"\t\t\twakeup_rt\n"
+"\t\t\twakeup_dl\n"
+"\n"
+"\t\t\tIf TR is not on the list above, then a warning will be\n"
+"\t\t\tprinted.\n\n"
+
+"-F, --force\t\tProceed even if another ftrace tracer is active. Without\n"
+"\t\t\tthis option, the program will refuse to start tracing if\n"
+"\t\t\tany other tracer than the nop tracer is active.\n\n"
+
+"-s, --threshold TH\tConfigure ftrace to use a threshold of TH microseconds\n"
+"\t\t\tfor the tracer. The default is 0, which means that\n"
+"\t\t\ttracing_max_latency will be used. tracing_max_latency is\n"
+"\t\t\tset to 0 when the program is started and contains the\n"
+"\t\t\tmaximum of the latencies that have been encountered.\n\n"
+
+"-f, --function\t\tEnable the function-trace option in trace_options. With\n"
+"\t\t\tthis option, ftrace will trace the functions that are\n"
+"\t\t\texecuted during a latency, without it we only get the\n"
+"\t\t\tbeginning, end, and backtrace.\n\n"
+
+"-g, --graph\t\tEnable the display-graph option in trace_option. This\n"
+"\t\t\toption causes ftrace to show the graph of how functions\n"
+"\t\t\tare calling other functions.\n\n"
+
+"-c, --policy POL\tRun the program with scheduling policy POL. POL can be\n"
+"\t\t\tother, batch, idle, rr or fifo. The default is rr. When\n"
+"\t\t\tusing rr or fifo, remember that these policies may cause\n"
+"\t\t\tother tasks to experience latencies.\n\n"
+
+"-p, --priority PRI\tRun the program with priority PRI. The acceptable range\n"
+"\t\t\tof PRI depends on the scheduling policy.\n\n"
+
+"-n, --notrace\t\tIf latency is detected, do not print out the content of\n"
+"\t\t\tthe trace file to standard output\n\n"
+
+"-t, --threads NRTHR\tRun NRTHR threads for printing. Default is %d.\n\n"
+
+"-r, --random\t\tArbitrarily sleep a certain amount of time, default\n"
+"\t\t\t%ld ms, before reading the trace file. The\n"
+"\t\t\tprobabilities for sleep are chosen so that the\n"
+"\t\t\tprobability of obtaining any of a cluster of closely\n"
+"\t\t\toccurring latencies are equal, i.e. we will randomly\n"
+"\t\t\tchoose which one we collect from the trace file.\n\n"
+"\t\t\tThis option is probably only useful with the irqsoff,\n"
+"\t\t\tpreemptoff, and preemptirqsoff tracers.\n\n"
+
+"-a, --nrlat NRLAT\tFor the purpose of arbitrary delay, assume that there\n"
+"\t\t\tare no more than NRLAT clustered latencies. If NRLAT\n"
+"\t\t\tlatencies are detected during a run, this value will\n"
+"\t\t\tautomatically be increased to NRLAT + 1 and then to\n"
+"\t\t\tNRLAT + 2 and so on. The default is %d. This option\n"
+"\t\t\timplies -r. We need to know this number in order to\n"
+"\t\t\tbe able to calculate the probabilities of sleeping.\n"
+"\t\t\tSpecifically, the probabilities of not sleeping, i.e. to\n"
+"\t\t\tdo an immediate printout will be:\n\n"
+"\t\t\t1/NRLAT  1/(NRLAT - 1) ... 1/3  1/2  1\n\n"
+"\t\t\tThe probability of sleeping will be:\n\n"
+"\t\t\t1 - P, where P is from the series above\n\n"
+"\t\t\tThis descending probability will cause us to choose\n"
+"\t\t\tan occurrence at random. Observe that the final\n"
+"\t\t\tprobability is 0, it is when we reach this probability\n"
+"\t\t\tthat we increase NRLAT automatically. As an example,\n"
+"\t\t\twith the default value of 2, the probabilities will be:\n\n"
+"\t\t\t1/2  0\n\n"
+"\t\t\tThis means, when a latency is detected we will sleep\n"
+"\t\t\twith 50%% probability. If we ever detect another latency\n"
+"\t\t\tduring the sleep period, then the probability of sleep\n"
+"\t\t\twill be 0%% and the table will be expanded to:\n\n"
+"\t\t\t1/3  1/2  0\n\n"
+
+"-v, --verbose\t\tIncrease the verbosity. If this option is given once,\n"
+"\t\t\tthen print a message every time that the NRLAT value\n"
+"\t\t\tis automatically increased. It also causes a message to\n"
+"\t\t\tbe printed when the ftrace settings are changed. If this\n"
+"\t\t\toption is given at least twice, then also print a\n"
+"\t\t\twarning for lost events.\n\n"
+
+"-u, --time TIME\t\tArbitrarily sleep for a specified time TIME ms before\n"
+"\t\t\tprinting out the trace from the trace file. The default\n"
+"\t\t\tis %ld ms. This option implies -r.\n\n"
+
+"-x, --no-ftrace\t\tDo not configure ftrace. This assume that the user\n"
+"\t\t\tconfigures the ftrace files in sysfs such as\n"
+"\t\t\t/sys/kernel/tracing/current_tracer or equivalent.\n\n"
+
+"-i, --tracefile FILE\tUse FILE as trace file. The default is\n"
+"\t\t\t%s.\n"
+"\t\t\tThis options implies -x\n\n"
+
+"-m, --max-lat FILE\tUse FILE as tracing_max_latency file. The default is\n"
+"\t\t\t%s.\n"
+"\t\t\tThis options implies -x\n\n"
+,
+prg_name, debug_tracefile_dflt, debug_maxlat_dflt, DEFAULT_NR_PRINTER_THREADS,
+SLEEP_TIME_MS_DEFAULT, DEFAULT_TABLE_SIZE, SLEEP_TIME_MS_DEFAULT,
+debug_tracefile_dflt, debug_maxlat_dflt);
+}
+
+static void find_tracefiles(void)
+{
+	debug_tracefile_dflt = tracefs_get_tracing_file("trace");
+	if (debug_tracefile_dflt == NULL) {
+		/* This is needed in show_usage() */
+		debug_tracefile_dflt = DEBUG_NOFILE;
+	}
+
+	debug_maxlat_dflt = tracefs_get_tracing_file("tracing_max_latency");
+	if (debug_maxlat_dflt == NULL) {
+		/* This is needed in show_usage() */
+		debug_maxlat_dflt = DEBUG_NOFILE;
+	}
+
+	debug_tracefile = debug_tracefile_dflt;
+	debug_maxlat = debug_maxlat_dflt;
+}
+
+bool alldigits(const char *s)
+{
+	for (; *s != '\0'; s++)
+		if (!isdigit(*s))
+			return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+void check_alldigits(const char *optarg, const char *argname)
+{
+	if (!alldigits(optarg))
+		errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
+		     "The %s parameter expects a decimal argument\n", argname);
+}
+
+static void scan_arguments(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int c;
+	int i;
+	int option_idx = 0;
+
+	static struct option long_options[] = {
+		{ "list",       no_argument,            0, 'l' },
+		{ "tracer",	required_argument,	0, 't' },
+		{ "force",      no_argument,            0, 'F' },
+		{ "threshold",  required_argument,      0, 's' },
+		{ "function",   no_argument,            0, 'f' },
+		{ "graph",      no_argument,            0, 'g' },
+		{ "policy",	required_argument,	0, 'c' },
+		{ "priority",	required_argument,	0, 'p' },
+		{ "help",	no_argument,		0, 'h' },
+		{ "notrace",	no_argument,		0, 'n' },
+		{ "random",	no_argument,		0, 'r' },
+		{ "nrlat",	required_argument,	0, 'a' },
+		{ "threads",	required_argument,	0, 'e' },
+		{ "time",	required_argument,	0, 'u' },
+		{ "verbose",	no_argument,		0, 'v' },
+		{ "no-ftrace",  no_argument,            0, 'x' },
+		{ "tracefile",	required_argument,	0, 'i' },
+		{ "max-lat",	required_argument,	0, 'm' },
+		{ 0,		0,			0,  0  }
+	};
+	const struct policy *p;
+	int max, min;
+	int value;
+	bool notracer, valid;
+
+	/*
+	 * We must do this before parsing the arguments because show_usage()
+	 * needs to display these.
+	 */
+	find_tracefiles();
+
+	while (true) {
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "lt:Fs:fgc:p:hnra:e:u:vxi:m:",
+				long_options, &option_idx);
+		if (c == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'l':
+			show_available();
+			exit(0);
+			break;
+		case 't':
+			current_tracer = strdup(optarg);
+			if (!is_relevant_tracer(current_tracer)) {
+				warnx("%s is not a known latency tracer!\n",
+				      current_tracer);
+			}
+			valid = tracer_valid(current_tracer, &notracer);
+			if (notracer)
+				errx(EXIT_FAILURE, no_tracer_msg);
+			if (!valid)
+				errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
+"The tracer %s is not supported by your kernel!\n", current_tracer);
+			break;
+		case 'F':
+			force_tracer = true;
+			break;
+		case 's':
+			check_alldigits(optarg, "-s [--threshold]");
+			threshold = strdup(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'f':
+			use_options[OPTIDX_FUNC_TR] = true;
+			break;
+		case 'g':
+			use_options[OPTIDX_DISP_GR] = true;
+			break;
+		case 'c':
+			p = policy_from_name(optarg);
+			if (p != NULL) {
+				sched_policy = p->policy;
+				sched_policy_set = true;
+				if (!sched_pri_set) {
+					sched_pri = p->default_pri;
+					sched_pri_set = true;
+				}
+			} else {
+				warnx("Unknown scheduling %s\n", optarg);
+				show_usage();
+				exit(0);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'p':
+			check_alldigits(optarg, "-p [--priority]");
+			sched_pri = atoi(optarg);
+			sched_pri_set = true;
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+			show_usage();
+			exit(0);
+			break;
+		case 'n':
+			trace_enable = false;
+			use_random_sleep = false;
+			break;
+		case 'e':
+			check_alldigits(optarg, "-e [--threads]");
+			value = atoi(optarg);
+			if (value > 0)
+				nr_threads = value;
+			else {
+				warnx("NRTHR must be > 0\n");
+				show_usage();
+				exit(0);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'u':
+			check_alldigits(optarg, "-u [--time]");
+			value = atoi(optarg);
+			if (value < 0) {
+				warnx("TIME must be >= 0\n");
+				show_usage();
+				exit(0);
+			}
+			trace_enable = true;
+			use_random_sleep = true;
+			sleep_time = value * USEC_PER_MSEC;
+			break;
+		case 'v':
+			verbosity++;
+			break;
+		case 'r':
+			trace_enable = true;
+			use_random_sleep = true;
+			break;
+		case 'a':
+			check_alldigits(optarg, "-a [--nrlat]");
+			value = atoi(optarg);
+			if (value <= 0) {
+				warnx("NRLAT must be > 0\n");
+				show_usage();
+				exit(0);
+			}
+			trace_enable = true;
+			use_random_sleep = true;
+			table_startsize = value;
+			break;
+		case 'x':
+			setup_ftrace = false;
+			break;
+		case 'i':
+			setup_ftrace = false;
+			debug_tracefile = strdup(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'm':
+			setup_ftrace = false;
+			debug_maxlat = strdup(optarg);
+			break;
+		default:
+			show_usage();
+			exit(0);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (setup_ftrace) {
+		if (!current_tracer) {
+			current_tracer = find_default_tracer();
+			if (!current_tracer)
+				errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
+"No default tracer found and tracer not specified\n");
+		}
+
+		if (use_random_sleep && !random_makes_sense(current_tracer)) {
+			warnx("WARNING: The tracer is %s and random sleep has",
+			      current_tracer);
+			fprintf(stderr,
+"been enabled. Random sleep is intended for the following tracers:\n");
+			for (i = 0; random_tracers[i]; i++)
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", random_tracers[i]);
+			fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (debug_tracefile == DEBUG_NOFILE ||
+	    debug_maxlat == DEBUG_NOFILE)
+		errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
+"Could not find tracing directory e.g. /sys/kernel/tracing\n");
+
+	if (!sched_policy_set) {
+		sched_policy = SCHED_RR;
+		sched_policy_set = true;
+		if (!sched_pri_set) {
+			sched_pri = RT_DEFAULT_PRI;
+			sched_pri_set = true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	max = sched_get_priority_max(sched_policy);
+	min = sched_get_priority_min(sched_policy);
+
+	if (sched_pri < min) {
+		printf(
+"ATTENTION: Increasing priority to minimum, which is %d\n", min);
+		sched_pri = min;
+	}
+	if (sched_pri > max) {
+		printf(
+"ATTENTION: Reducing priority to maximum, which is %d\n", max);
+		sched_pri = max;
+	}
+}
+
+static void show_params(void)
+{
+	printf(
+"\n"
+"Running with scheduling policy %s and priority %d. Using %d print threads.\n",
+		policy_name(sched_policy), sched_pri, nr_threads);
+	if (trace_enable) {
+		if (use_random_sleep) {
+			printf(
+"%s will be printed with random delay\n"
+"Start size of the probability table:\t\t\t%d\n"
+"Print a message when the prob. table changes size:\t%s\n"
+"Print a warning when an event has been lost:\t\t%s\n"
+"Sleep time is:\t\t\t\t\t\t%ld ms\n",
+debug_tracefile,
+table_startsize,
+bool2str(verbose_sizechange()),
+bool2str(verbose_lostevent()),
+sleep_time / USEC_PER_MSEC);
+		} else {
+			printf("%s will be printed immediately\n",
+			       debug_tracefile);
+		}
+	} else {
+		printf("%s will not be printed\n",
+		       debug_tracefile);
+	}
+	if (setup_ftrace) {
+		printf("Tracer:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t%s\n"
+		       "%s option:\t\t\t\t\t%s\n"
+		       "%s option:\t\t\t\t\t%s\n",
+		       current_tracer,
+		       optstr[OPTIDX_FUNC_TR],
+		       bool2str(use_options[OPTIDX_FUNC_TR]),
+		       optstr[OPTIDX_DISP_GR],
+		       bool2str(use_options[OPTIDX_DISP_GR]));
+		if (!strcmp(threshold, "0"))
+			printf("Threshold:\t\t\t\t\t\ttracing_max_latency\n");
+		else
+			printf("Threshold:\t\t\t\t\t\t%s\n", threshold);
+	}
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	init_save_state();
+	signal_blocking(SIG_BLOCK);
+	setup_sig_handler();
+	open_stdout();
+
+	if (argc >= 1)
+		prg_name = argv[0];
+	else
+		prg_name = prg_unknown;
+
+	scan_arguments(argc, argv);
+	show_params();
+
+	init_printstate();
+	init_print_mtx();
+	if (use_random_sleep) {
+		init_probabilities();
+		if (verbose_sizechange())
+			printf("Initializing probability table to %d\n",
+			       table_startsize);
+		sleeptable_resize(table_startsize, false, NULL);
+	}
+	set_priority();
+	init_queue(&printqueue);
+	start_printthread();
+	tracing_loop();
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22e28b76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+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
+
+TRACEFS_HEADERS	:= $$($(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libtracefs)
+
+CFLAGS	:=	-O -g -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(FOPTS) $(MOPTS) $(WOPTS) $(TRACEFS_HEADERS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS	:=	-ggdb $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
+LIBS	:=	$$($(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/
+else
+DOCSRC	=	$(SRCTREE)/../../../Documentation/tools/rtla/
+endif
+
+LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION = 1.5
+LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION = 1.3
+
+.PHONY:	all warnings show_warnings
+all:	warnings 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/ ";
+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/ ";
+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)
+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)/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
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/README.txt b/tools/tracing/rtla/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4af3fd40f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+RTLA: Real-Time Linux Analysis tools
+
+The rtla meta-tool includes a set of commands that aims to analyze
+the real-time properties of Linux. Instead of testing Linux as a black box,
+rtla leverages kernel tracing capabilities to provide precise information
+about the properties and root causes of unexpected results.
+
+Installing RTLA
+
+RTLA depends on the following libraries and tools:
+
+ - libtracefs
+ - libtraceevent
+
+It also depends on python3-docutils to compile man pages.
+
+For development, we suggest the following steps for compiling rtla:
+
+  $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git
+  $ cd libtraceevent/
+  $ make
+  $ sudo make install
+  $ cd ..
+  $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git
+  $ cd libtracefs/
+  $ make
+  $ sudo make install
+  $ cd ..
+  $ cd $rtla_src
+  $ make
+  $ sudo make install
+
+For further information, please refer to the rtla man page.
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8ec6c15b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
@@ -0,0 +1,961 @@
+// 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;
+}
+
+/*
+ * 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;
+
+	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);
+
+	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(void)
+{
+	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(1);
+}
+
+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();
+		exit(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();
+	exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04a4384cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// 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;
+};
+
+/*
+ * *_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);
+
+/*
+ * 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);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe34452fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
@@ -0,0 +1,883 @@
+// 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 <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "osnoise.h"
+
+struct osnoise_hist_params {
+	char			*cpus;
+	char			*monitored_cpus;
+	char			*trace_output;
+	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;
+	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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			continue;
+
+		if (!data->hist[cpu].count)
+			continue;
+
+		if (data->hist[cpu].count)
+			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
+					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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+				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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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] [-P priority] [-b N] [-E N] [--no-header] [--no-summary] [--no-index] \\",
+		"	  [--with-zeros]",
+		"",
+		"	  -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",
+		"	  -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'},
+			{"debug",		no_argument,		0, 'D'},
+			{"duration",		required_argument,	0, 'd'},
+			{"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:b:d:e:E:Dhp: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_list(optarg, &params->monitored_cpus);
+			if (retval)
+				osnoise_hist_usage("\nInvalid -c cpu list\n");
+			params->cpus = 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 '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;
+		}
+	}
+
+	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;
+		}
+	}
+
+	trace_instance_start(trace);
+
+	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;
+		}
+
+		trace_instance_start(&record->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 000000000..76479bfb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
@@ -0,0 +1,659 @@
+// 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 <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include "osnoise.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+/*
+ * osnoise top parameters
+ */
+struct osnoise_top_params {
+	char			*cpus;
+	char			*monitored_cpus;
+	char			*trace_output;
+	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;
+	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
+	struct trace_events	*events;
+};
+
+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 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, "                                          Operating System Noise");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "                                     ");
+	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          IRQ      Softirq       Thread");
+	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 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);
+	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 && !params->monitored_cpus[i])
+			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
+ */
+void osnoise_top_usage(char *usage)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	static const char * const msg[] = {
+		"  usage: rtla osnoise [top] [-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] [-P priority]",
+		"",
+		"	  -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",
+		"	  -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);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "rtla osnoise top: a per-cpu summary of the OS noise (version %s)\n",
+			VERSION);
+
+	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);
+
+	while (1) {
+		static struct option long_options[] = {
+			{"auto",		required_argument,	0, 'a'},
+			{"cpus",		required_argument,	0, 'c'},
+			{"debug",		no_argument,		0, 'D'},
+			{"duration",		required_argument,	0, 'd'},
+			{"event",		required_argument,	0, 'e'},
+			{"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:d:De:hp: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_list(optarg, &params->monitored_cpus);
+			if (retval)
+				osnoise_top_usage("\nInvalid -c cpu list\n");
+			params->cpus = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 'D':
+			config_debug = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'd':
+			params->duration = parse_seconds_duration(optarg);
+			if (!params->duration)
+				osnoise_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 '?':
+			osnoise_top_usage(NULL);
+			break;
+		case 'p':
+			params->period = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			if (params->period > 10000000)
+				osnoise_top_usage("Period longer than 10 s\n");
+			break;
+		case 'P':
+			retval = parse_prio(optarg, &params->sched_param);
+			if (retval == -1)
+				osnoise_top_usage("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("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("--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("--filter requires a previous -e\n");
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			osnoise_top_usage("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;
+		}
+	}
+
+	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;
+		}
+	}
+
+	trace_instance_start(trace);
+
+	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;
+		}
+
+		trace_instance_start(&record->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 000000000..09bd21b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// 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(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	static const char *msg[] = {
+		"",
+		"rtla version " VERSION,
+		"",
+		"  usage: rtla COMMAND ...",
+		"",
+		"  commands:",
+		"     osnoise  - gives information about the operating system noise (osnoise)",
+		"     timerlat - measures the timer irq and thread latency",
+		"",
+		NULL,
+	};
+
+	for (i = 0; msg[i]; i++)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg[i]);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * 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], "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();
+		exit(0);
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
+		rtla_usage();
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	retval = run_command(argc, argv, 1);
+	if (retval)
+		exit(0);
+
+usage:
+	rtla_usage();
+	exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97abbf494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// 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(void)
+{
+	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(1);
+}
+
+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();
+		exit(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();
+	exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88561bfd1
--- /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_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b48af8a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
@@ -0,0 +1,914 @@
+// 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 <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "osnoise.h"
+#include "timerlat.h"
+
+struct timerlat_hist_params {
+	char			*cpus;
+	char			*monitored_cpus;
+	char			*trace_output;
+	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;
+	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			irq_count;
+	int			thread_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;
+};
+
+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);
+	}
+
+	/* 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;
+	}
+
+	/* set the min to max */
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		data->hist[cpu].min_irq = ~0;
+		data->hist[cpu].min_thread = ~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 thread,
+		     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 (!thread) {
+		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 {
+		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);
+	}
+
+	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 thread, 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, &thread, 1);
+	tep_get_field_val(s, event, "timer_latency", record, &latency, 1);
+
+	timerlat_hist_update(tool, cpu, thread, 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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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);
+	}
+	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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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);
+	}
+	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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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);
+	}
+	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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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, "        - ");
+		}
+	}
+	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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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);
+	}
+	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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+				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 (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 && !params->monitored_cpus[cpu])
+			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]);
+	}
+	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] \\",
+		"	  [-P priority] [-E N] [-b N] [--no-irq] [--no-thread] [--no-header] [--no-summary] \\",
+		"	  [--no-index] [--with-zeros] [--dma-latency us]",
+		"",
+		"	  -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",
+		"	  -d/--duration time[m|h|d]: duration of the session in seconds",
+		"	  -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",
+		"	  -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",
+		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'},
+			{"bucket-size",		required_argument,	0, 'b'},
+			{"debug",		no_argument,		0, 'D'},
+			{"entries",		required_argument,	0, 'E'},
+			{"duration",		required_argument,	0, 'd'},
+			{"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'},
+			{"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'},
+			{0, 0, 0, 0}
+		};
+
+		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
+		int option_index = 0;
+
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:b:d:e:E:Dhi:np:P:s:t::T:0123456:7:8:",
+				 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;
+
+			/* get stack trace */
+			params->print_stack = auto_thresh;
+
+			/* set trace */
+			params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
+
+			break;
+		case 'c':
+			retval = parse_cpu_list(optarg, &params->monitored_cpus);
+			if (retval)
+				timerlat_hist_usage("\nInvalid -c cpu list\n");
+			params->cpus = 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 '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 '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;
+		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");
+
+	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;
+
+	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->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;
+		}
+	}
+
+	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 osnoise_tool *tool = NULL;
+	struct trace_instance *trace;
+	int dma_latency_fd = -1;
+	int return_value = 1;
+	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->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;
+		}
+	}
+
+	trace_instance_start(trace);
+
+	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;
+		}
+
+		trace_instance_start(&record->trace);
+	}
+
+	tool->start_time = time(NULL);
+	timerlat_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;
+	}
+
+	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->trace_output) {
+			printf("  Saving trace to %s\n", params->trace_output);
+			save_trace_to_file(record->trace.inst, params->trace_output);
+		}
+	}
+
+out_hist:
+	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(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 000000000..334271935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
@@ -0,0 +1,709 @@
+// 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 <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "osnoise.h"
+#include "timerlat.h"
+
+struct timerlat_top_params {
+	char			*cpus;
+	char			*monitored_cpus;
+	char			*trace_output;
+	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;
+	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
+	struct trace_events	*events;
+};
+
+struct timerlat_top_cpu {
+	int			irq_count;
+	int			thread_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;
+};
+
+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;
+	}
+
+	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 {
+		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);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * 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;
+	unsigned long long latency, thread;
+	struct osnoise_tool *top;
+	int cpu = record->cpu;
+
+	top = container_of(trace, struct osnoise_tool, trace);
+
+	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                                              ");
+	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)\n", duration,
+			params->output_divisor == 1 ? "ns" : "us",
+			params->output_divisor == 1 ? "ns" : "us");
+
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[2;30;47m");
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "CPU COUNT      |      cur       min       avg       max |      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\n", cpu_data->max_thread / 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 (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 && !params->monitored_cpus[i])
+			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] \\",
+		"	  [-P priority] [--dma-latency us]",
+		"",
+		"	  -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",
+		"	  -d/--duration time[m|h|d]: duration of the session in seconds",
+		"	  -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 <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",
+		"	  -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",
+		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'},
+			{"debug",		no_argument,		0, 'D'},
+			{"duration",		required_argument,	0, 'd'},
+			{"event",		required_argument,	0, 'e'},
+			{"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'},
+			{"quiet",		no_argument,		0, 'q'},
+			{"stack",		required_argument,	0, 's'},
+			{"thread",		required_argument,	0, 'T'},
+			{"trace",		optional_argument,	0, 't'},
+			{"trigger",		required_argument,	0, '0'},
+			{"filter",		required_argument,	0, '1'},
+			{"dma-latency",		required_argument,	0, '2'},
+			{0, 0, 0, 0}
+		};
+
+		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
+		int option_index = 0;
+
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:d:De:hi:np:P:qs:t::T:0:1:2:",
+				 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;
+
+			/* get stack trace */
+			params->print_stack = auto_thresh;
+
+			/* set trace */
+			params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
+
+			break;
+		case 'c':
+			retval = parse_cpu_list(optarg, &params->monitored_cpus);
+			if (retval)
+				timerlat_top_usage("\nInvalid -c cpu list\n");
+			params->cpus = 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 '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 '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;
+		default:
+			timerlat_top_usage("Invalid option");
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (geteuid()) {
+		err_msg("rtla needs root permission\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	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;
+
+	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;
+		}
+	}
+
+	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;
+		}
+	}
+
+	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 osnoise_tool *top = NULL;
+	struct trace_instance *trace;
+	int dma_latency_fd = -1;
+	int return_value = 1;
+	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->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;
+		}
+	}
+
+	trace_instance_start(trace);
+
+	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;
+		}
+
+		trace_instance_start(&record->trace);
+	}
+
+	top->start_time = time(NULL);
+	timerlat_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)
+			timerlat_print_stats(params, top);
+
+		if (trace_is_off(&top->trace, &record->trace))
+			break;
+
+	}
+
+	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->trace_output) {
+			printf("  Saving trace to %s\n", params->trace_output);
+			save_trace_to_file(record->trace.inst, params->trace_output);
+		}
+	}
+
+out_top:
+	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);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(record);
+	osnoise_destroy_tool(top);
+	free(params);
+out_exit:
+	exit(return_value);
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1ba6d9f4
--- /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 000000000..2e9a89a25
--- /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 000000000..663a047f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,531 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#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_list - parse a cpu_list filling a char vector with cpus set
+ *
+ * Receives a cpu list, like 1-3,5 (cpus 1, 2, 3, 5), and then set the char
+ * in the monitored_cpus.
+ *
+ * XXX: convert to a bitmask.
+ */
+int parse_cpu_list(char *cpu_list, char **monitored_cpus)
+{
+	char *mon_cpus;
+	const char *p;
+	int end_cpu;
+	int nr_cpus;
+	int cpu;
+	int i;
+
+	nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+
+	mon_cpus = calloc(nr_cpus, sizeof(char));
+	if (!mon_cpus)
+		goto err;
+
+	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_list: adding cpu %d\n", cpu);
+			mon_cpus[cpu] = 1;
+		} else {
+			for (i = cpu; i <= end_cpu; i++) {
+				debug_msg("cpu_list: adding cpu %d\n", i);
+				mon_cpus[i] = 1;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (*p == ',')
+			p++;
+	}
+
+	*monitored_cpus = mon_cpus;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	debug_msg("Error parsing the cpu list %s", 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;
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5571afd3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <time.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 set_comm_sched_attr(const char *comm_prefix, struct sched_attr *attr);
+int set_cpu_dma_latency(int32_t latency);