Merge tag 'trace-tools-v6.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace

Pull trace tool updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "Tracing:

   - Update makefiles for latency-collector and RTLA, using tools/build/
     makefiles like perf does, inheriting its benefits. For example,
     having a proper way to handle library dependencies.

   - The timerlat tracer has an interface for any tool to use. rtla
     timerlat tool uses this interface dispatching its own threads as
     workload. But, rtla timerlat could also be used for any other
     process. So, add 'rtla timerlat -U' option, allowing the timerlat
     tool to measure the latency of any task using the timerlat tracer
     interface.

  Verification:

   - Update makefiles for verification/rv, using tools/build/ makefiles
     like perf does, inheriting its benefits. For example, having a
     proper way to handle dependencies"

* tag 'trace-tools-v6.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tools/rtla: Add -U/--user-load option to timerlat
  tools/verification: Use tools/build makefiles on rv
  tools/rtla: Use tools/build makefiles to build rtla
  tools/tracing: Use tools/build makefiles on latency-collector

21 files changed, 650 insertions, 306 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
index 88506b397c2dd6..d3255ed70195fa 100644
--- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
@@ -33,3 +33,9 @@
         to wait on the timerlat_fd. Once the workload is awakes, it goes to sleep again
         adding so the measurement for the kernel-to-user and user-to-kernel to the tracer
         output.
+
+**-U**, **--user-load**
+
+        Set timerlat to run without workload, waiting for the user to dispatch a per-cpu
+        task that waits for a new period on the tracing/osnoise/per_cpu/cpu$ID/timerlat_fd.
+        See linux/tools/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py for an example of user-load code.
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore b/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore
index 0863960761e7c0..2bb8e60f7fdd47 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 latency-collector
+fixdep
+feature
+FEATURE-DUMP
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/Build b/tools/tracing/latency/Build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0ce65ea72bf9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+latency-collector-y += latency-collector.o
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
index 40c4ddaf8be164..6518b03e05c71b 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,93 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Makefile for vm tools
-#
-VAR_CFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags libtracefs 2>/dev/null)
-VAR_LDLIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs libtracefs 2>/dev/null)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-TARGETS = latency-collector
-CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -g -O2 $(VAR_CFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS = -lpthread $(VAR_LDLIBS)
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+endif
 
-all: $(TARGETS)
+include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
 
-%: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LDFLAGS)
+# O is an alias for OUTPUT
+OUTPUT		:= $(O)
 
-clean:
-	$(RM) latency-collector
+ifeq ($(OUTPUT),)
+  OUTPUT	:= $(CURDIR)
+else
+  # subdir is used by the ../Makefile in $(call descend,)
+  ifneq ($(subdir),)
+    OUTPUT	:= $(OUTPUT)/$(subdir)
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(patsubst %/,,$(lastword $(OUTPUT))),)
+  OUTPUT	:= $(OUTPUT)/
+endif
+
+LATENCY-COLLECTOR	:= $(OUTPUT)latency-collector
+LATENCY-COLLECTOR_IN	:= $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR)-in.o
+
+export CC	:= gcc
+export LD	:= ld
+export AR	:= ar
+export PKG_CONFIG := pkg-config
+
+FEATURE_TESTS	:= libtraceevent
+FEATURE_TESTS	+= libtracefs
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	:= libtraceevent
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libtracefs
+
+ifeq ($(V),1)
+  Q 		=
+else
+  Q 		= @
+endif
+
+all: $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR)
+
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
+
+# check for dependencies only on required targets
+NON_CONFIG_TARGETS := clean install
 
-prefix ?= /usr/local
-sbindir ?= ${prefix}/sbin
+config		:= 1
+ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
+ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CONFIG_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+ config		:= 0
+endif
+endif
 
-install: all
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
-	install -m 755 -p $(TARGETS) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
+ifeq ($(config),1)
+  include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+  include Makefile.config
+endif
+
+CFLAGS		+= $(INCLUDES) $(LIB_INCLUDES)
+
+export CFLAGS OUTPUT srctree
+
+$(LATENCY-COLLECTOR): $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR_IN)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR) $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR_IN) $(EXTLIBS)
+
+latency-collector.%: fixdep FORCE
+	make -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. $@
+
+$(LATENCY-COLLECTOR_IN): fixdep FORCE
+	make $(build)=latency-collector
+
+INSTALL		:= install
+MKDIR		:= mkdir
+STRIP		:= strip
+BINDIR		:= /usr/bin
+
+install:
+	@$(MKDIR) -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	$(call QUIET_INSTALL,latency-collector)$(INSTALL) $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR) -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	@$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/latency-collector
+
+clean:
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, latency-collector)
+	$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
+	$(Q)@rm -f latency-collector fixdep FEATURE-DUMP
+	$(Q)rm -rf feature
+.PHONY: FORCE clean install
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile.config b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b25e531a1f9575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile.config
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+STOP_ERROR :=
+
+define lib_setup
+  $(eval EXTLIBS += -l$(1))
+  $(eval LIB_INCLUDES += $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags lib$(1)"))
+endef
+
+$(call feature_check,libtraceevent)
+ifeq ($(feature-libtraceevent), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBTRACEEVENT)
+  $(call lib_setup,traceevent)
+else
+  STOP_ERROR := 1
+  $(info libtraceevent is missing. Please install libtraceevent-dev/libtraceevent-devel)
+endif
+
+$(call feature_check,libtracefs)
+ifeq ($(feature-libtracefs), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBTRACEFS)
+  $(call lib_setup,tracefs)
+else
+  STOP_ERROR := 1
+  $(info libtracefs is missing. Please install libtracefs-dev/libtracefs-devel)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(STOP_ERROR),1)
+  $(error Please, check the errors above.)
+endif
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore b/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore
index e9df32419b2b56..293f0dbb0ca2ee 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-/rtla
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+rtla
+rtla-static
+fixdep
+feature
+FEATURE-DUMP
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Build b/tools/tracing/rtla/Build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6c9d5b36a315c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rtla-y += src/
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
index afd18c678ff5a5..b5878be361257a 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
@@ -1,157 +1,86 @@
-NAME	:=	rtla
-# Follow the kernel version
-VERSION :=	$(shell cat VERSION 2> /dev/null || make -sC ../../.. kernelversion | grep -v make)
-
-# From libtracefs:
-# Makefiles suck: This macro sets a default value of $(2) for the
-# variable named by $(1), unless the variable has been set by
-# environment or command line. This is necessary for CC and AR
-# because make sets default values, so the simpler ?= approach
-# won't work as expected.
-define allow-override
-  $(if $(or $(findstring environment,$(origin $(1))),\
-            $(findstring command line,$(origin $(1)))),,\
-    $(eval $(1) = $(2)))
-endef
-
-# Allow setting CC and AR, or setting CROSS_COMPILE as a prefix.
-$(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
-$(call allow-override,AR,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar)
-$(call allow-override,STRIP,$(CROSS_COMPILE)strip)
-$(call allow-override,PKG_CONFIG,pkg-config)
-$(call allow-override,LD_SO_CONF_PATH,/etc/ld.so.conf.d/)
-$(call allow-override,LDCONFIG,ldconfig)
-
-INSTALL	=	install
-MKDIR	=	mkdir
-FOPTS	:=	-flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong \
-		-fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
-WOPTS	:= 	-Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
-
-ifeq ($(CC),clang)
-  FOPTS := $(filter-out -ffat-lto-objects, $(FOPTS))
-  WOPTS := $(filter-out -Wno-maybe-uninitialized, $(WOPTS))
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
 endif
 
-TRACEFS_HEADERS	:= $$($(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libtracefs)
-
-CFLAGS	:=	-O -g -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(FOPTS) $(MOPTS) $(WOPTS) $(TRACEFS_HEADERS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS	:=	-flto=auto -ggdb $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-LIBS	:=	$$($(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libtracefs)
-
-SRC	:=	$(wildcard src/*.c)
-HDR	:=	$(wildcard src/*.h)
-OBJ	:=	$(SRC:.c=.o)
-DIRS	:=	src
-FILES	:=	Makefile README.txt
-CEXT	:=	bz2
-TARBALL	:=	$(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.$(CEXT)
-TAROPTS	:=	-cvjf $(TARBALL)
-BINDIR	:=	/usr/bin
-DATADIR	:=	/usr/share
-DOCDIR	:=	$(DATADIR)/doc
-MANDIR	:=	$(DATADIR)/man
-LICDIR	:=	$(DATADIR)/licenses
-SRCTREE	:=	$(or $(BUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR))
-
-# If running from the tarball, man pages are stored in the Documentation
-# dir. If running from the kernel source, man pages are stored in
-# Documentation/tools/rtla/.
-ifneq ($(wildcard Documentation/.*),)
-DOCSRC	=	Documentation/
+include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+
+# O is an alias for OUTPUT
+OUTPUT          := $(O)
+
+ifeq ($(OUTPUT),)
+  OUTPUT        := $(CURDIR)
 else
-DOCSRC	=	$(SRCTREE)/../../../Documentation/tools/rtla/
+  # subdir is used by the ../Makefile in $(call descend,)
+  ifneq ($(subdir),)
+    OUTPUT        := $(OUTPUT)/$(subdir)
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(patsubst %/,,$(lastword $(OUTPUT))),)
+  OUTPUT        := $(OUTPUT)/
 endif
 
-LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION = 1.5
-LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION = 1.3
+RTLA		:= $(OUTPUT)rtla
+RTLA_IN		:= $(RTLA)-in.o
 
-.PHONY:	all warnings show_warnings
-all:	warnings rtla
+VERSION		:= $(shell sh -c "make -sC ../../.. kernelversion | grep -v make")
+DOCSRC		:= ../../../Documentation/tools/rtla/
 
-TEST_LIBTRACEEVENT = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION) libtraceevent > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo n")
-ifeq ("$(TEST_LIBTRACEEVENT)", "n")
-WARNINGS = show_warnings
-MISSING_LIBS += echo "**   libtraceevent version $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION) or higher";
-MISSING_PACKAGES += "libtraceevent-devel"
-MISSING_SOURCE += echo "**  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/ ";
+FEATURE_TESTS	:= libtraceevent
+FEATURE_TESTS	+= libtracefs
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	:= libtraceevent
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libtracefs
+
+ifeq ($(V),1)
+  Q		=
+else
+  Q		= @
 endif
 
-TEST_LIBTRACEFS = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION) libtracefs > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo n")
-ifeq ("$(TEST_LIBTRACEFS)", "n")
-WARNINGS = show_warnings
-MISSING_LIBS += echo "**   libtracefs version $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION) or higher";
-MISSING_PACKAGES += "libtracefs-devel"
-MISSING_SOURCE += echo "**  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/ ";
+all: $(RTLA)
+
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
+include Makefile.rtla
+
+# check for dependencies only on required targets
+NON_CONFIG_TARGETS := clean install tarball doc doc_clean doc_install
+
+config		:= 1
+ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
+ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CONFIG_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+ config		:= 0
+endif
 endif
 
-define show_dependencies
-	@echo "********************************************";				\
-	echo "** NOTICE: Failed build dependencies";					\
-	echo "**";									\
-	echo "** Required Libraries:";							\
-	$(MISSING_LIBS)									\
-	echo "**";									\
-	echo "** Consider installing the latest libtracefs from your";			\
-	echo "** distribution, e.g., 'dnf install $(MISSING_PACKAGES)' on Fedora,";	\
-	echo "** or from source:";							\
-	echo "**";									\
-	$(MISSING_SOURCE)								\
-	echo "**";									\
-	echo "********************************************"
-endef
-
-show_warnings:
-	$(call show_dependencies);
-
-ifneq ("$(WARNINGS)", "")
-ERROR_OUT = $(error Please add the necessary dependencies)
-
-warnings: $(WARNINGS)
-	$(ERROR_OUT)
+ifeq ($(config),1)
+  include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+  include Makefile.config
 endif
 
-rtla: $(OBJ)
-	$(CC) -o rtla $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJ) $(LIBS)
-
-static: $(OBJ)
-	$(CC) -o rtla-static $(LDFLAGS) --static $(OBJ) $(LIBS) -lpthread -ldl
-
-.PHONY: install
-install: doc_install
-	$(MKDIR) -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-	$(INSTALL) rtla -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-	$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/rtla
-	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise || rm $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise
-	ln -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise
-	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise || rm $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise
-	ln -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise
-	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat || rm $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat
-	ln -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat
-
-.PHONY: clean tarball
-clean: doc_clean
-	@test ! -f rtla || rm rtla
-	@test ! -f rtla-static || rm rtla-static
-	@test ! -f src/rtla.o || rm src/rtla.o
-	@test ! -f $(TARBALL) || rm -f $(TARBALL)
-	@rm -rf *~ $(OBJ) *.tar.$(CEXT)
-
-tarball: clean
-	rm -rf $(NAME)-$(VERSION) && mkdir $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
-	echo $(VERSION) > $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/VERSION
-	cp -r $(DIRS) $(FILES) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
-	mkdir $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Documentation/
-	cp -rp $(SRCTREE)/../../../Documentation/tools/rtla/* $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Documentation/
-	tar $(TAROPTS) --exclude='*~' $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
-	rm -rf $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
-
-.PHONY: doc doc_clean doc_install
-doc:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC)
-
-doc_clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC) clean
-
-doc_install:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC) install
+CFLAGS		+= $(INCLUDES) $(LIB_INCLUDES)
+
+export CFLAGS OUTPUT srctree
+
+$(RTLA): $(RTLA_IN)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(RTLA) $(RTLA_IN) $(EXTLIBS)
+
+static: $(RTLA_IN)
+	$(eval LDFLAGS += -static)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) -static $(LDFLAGS) -o $(RTLA)-static $(RTLA_IN)  $(EXTLIBS)
+
+rtla.%: fixdep FORCE
+	make -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. $@
+
+$(RTLA_IN): fixdep FORCE
+	make $(build)=rtla
+
+clean: doc_clean fixdep-clean
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, rtla)
+	$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
+	$(Q)rm -f rtla rtla-static fixdep FEATURE-DUMP rtla-*
+	$(Q)rm -rf feature
+.PHONY: FORCE clean
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.config b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6d4ba77847b68e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.config
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+STOP_ERROR :=
+
+LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION = 1.5
+LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION = 1.3
+
+define lib_setup
+  $(eval LIB_INCLUDES += $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags lib$(1)"))
+  $(eval EXTLIBS += -l$(1))
+endef
+
+$(call feature_check,libtraceevent)
+ifeq ($(feature-libtraceevent), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBTRACEEVENT)
+
+  TEST = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION) libtraceevent > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y || echo n")
+  ifeq ($(TEST),n)
+    $(info libtraceevent version is too low, it must be at least $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION))
+    STOP_ERROR := 1
+  endif
+
+  $(call lib_setup,traceevent)
+else
+  STOP_ERROR := 1
+  $(info libtraceevent is missing. Please install libtraceevent-dev/libtraceevent-devel)
+endif
+
+$(call feature_check,libtracefs)
+ifeq ($(feature-libtracefs), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBTRACEFS)
+
+  TEST = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION) libtracefs > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y || echo n")
+  ifeq ($(TEST),n)
+    $(info libtracefs version is too low, it must be at least $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION))
+    STOP_ERROR := 1
+  endif
+
+  $(call lib_setup,tracefs)
+else
+  STOP_ERROR := 1
+  $(info libtracefs is missing. Please install libtracefs-dev/libtracefs-devel)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(STOP_ERROR),1)
+  $(error Please, check the errors above.)
+endif
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.rtla b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.rtla
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3ff0b8970896f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.rtla
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+define allow-override
+  $(if $(or $(findstring environment,$(origin $(1))),\
+            $(findstring command line,$(origin $(1)))),,\
+    $(eval $(1) = $(2)))
+endef
+
+# Allow setting CC and AR, or setting CROSS_COMPILE as a prefix.
+$(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
+$(call allow-override,AR,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar)
+$(call allow-override,STRIP,$(CROSS_COMPILE)strip)
+$(call allow-override,PKG_CONFIG,pkg-config)
+$(call allow-override,LD_SO_CONF_PATH,/etc/ld.so.conf.d/)
+$(call allow-override,LDCONFIG,ldconfig)
+export CC AR STRIP PKG_CONFIG LD_SO_CONF_PATH LDCONFIG
+
+FOPTS		:= -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong	\
+		-fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
+WOPTS		:= -O -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2		\
+		-Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
+
+ifeq ($(CC),clang)
+  FOPTS		:= $(filter-out -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects, $(FOPTS))
+  WOPTS		:= $(filter-out -Wno-maybe-uninitialized, $(WOPTS))
+endif
+
+CFLAGS		:= -g -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(FOPTS) $(WOPTS) $(CFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS		:= -ggdb $(LDFLAGS)
+
+RM		:= rm -rf
+LN		:= ln -s
+INSTALL		:= install
+MKDIR		:= mkdir
+STRIP		:= strip
+BINDIR		:= /usr/bin
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: doc_install
+	@$(MKDIR) -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	$(call QUIET_INSTALL,rtla)$(INSTALL) rtla -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	@$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/rtla
+	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise || $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise
+	@$(LN) rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise
+	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise || $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise
+	@$(LN) -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/hwnoise
+	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat || $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat
+	@$(LN) -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat
+
+.PHONY: doc doc_clean doc_install
+doc:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC)
+
+doc_clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC) clean
+
+doc_install:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC) install
+
+# This section is neesary for the tarball, when the tarball
+# support is removed, we can delete these entries.
+NAME		:= rtla
+DIRS		:= src
+FILES		:= Makefile README.txt
+CEXT		:= bz2
+TARBALL		:= $(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.$(CEXT)
+TAROPTS		:= -cvjf $(TARBALL)
+SRCTREE		:=	$(or $(BUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR))
+
+tarball: clean
+	$(RM) $(NAME)-$(VERSION) && $(MKDIR) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+	echo $(VERSION) > $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/VERSION
+	cp -r $(DIRS) $(FILES) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+	$(MKDIR) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Documentation/
+	cp -rp $(SRCTREE)/../../../Documentation/tools/$(NAME)/* $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Documentation/
+	cp Makefile.standalone $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Makefile
+	cp Makefile.$(NAME) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/
+	tar $(TAROPTS) --exclude='*~' $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+	$(RM) $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+.PHONY: tarball
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.standalone b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.standalone
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..86d07cb52fa57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.standalone
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+VERSION		:= $(shell cat VERSION)
+CFLAGS		+= $$($(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libtracefs)
+EXTLIBS		+= $$($(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libtracefs)
+
+rtla:
+
+include Makefile.rtla
+
+SRC		:= $(wildcard src/*.c)
+HDR		:= $(wildcard src/*.h)
+OBJ		:= $(SRC:.c=.o)
+DOCSRC		:= Documentation/
+
+rtla: $(OBJ)
+	$(CC) -o rtla $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJ) $(LIBS) $(EXTLIBS)
+	$(info This is a deprecated method to compile RTLA, please compile from Linux kernel source)
+
+.PHONY: clean tarball
+clean: doc_clean
+	@test ! -f rtla || rm rtla
+	@test ! -f rtla-static || rm rtla-static
+	@test ! -f src/rtla.o || rm src/rtla.o
+	@test ! -f $(TARBALL) || rm -f $(TARBALL)
+	@rm -rf *~ $(OBJ) *.tar.$(CEXT)
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py b/tools/tracing/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8cc5eb2d2e69e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Red Hat, Inc. Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+#
+# This is a sample code about how to use timerlat's timer by any workload
+# so rtla can measure and provide auto-analysis for the overall latency (IOW
+# the response time) for a task.
+#
+# Before running it, you need to dispatch timerlat with -U option in a terminal.
+# Then # run this script pinned to a CPU on another terminal. For example:
+#
+# timerlat_load.py 1 -p 95
+#
+# The "Timerlat IRQ" is the IRQ latency, The thread latency is the latency
+# for the python process to get the CPU. The Ret from user Timer Latency is
+# the overall latency. In other words, it is the response time for that
+# activation.
+#
+# This is just an example, the load is reading 20MB of data from /dev/full
+# It is in python because it is easy to read :-)
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+import os
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='user-space timerlat thread in Python')
+parser.add_argument("cpu", help='CPU to run timerlat thread')
+parser.add_argument("-p", "--prio", help='FIFO priority')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+try:
+    affinity_mask = { int(args.cpu) }
+except:
+    print("Invalid cpu: " + args.cpu)
+    exit(1)
+
+try:
+    os.sched_setaffinity(0, affinity_mask);
+except:
+    print("Error setting affinity")
+    exit(1)
+
+if (args.prio):
+    try:
+        param = os.sched_param(int(args.prio))
+        os.sched_setscheduler(0, os.SCHED_FIFO, param)
+    except:
+        print("Error setting priority")
+        exit(1)
+
+try:
+    timerlat_path = "/sys/kernel/tracing/osnoise/per_cpu/cpu" + args.cpu + "/timerlat_fd"
+    timerlat_fd = open(timerlat_path, 'r')
+except:
+    print("Error opening timerlat fd, did you run timerlat -U?")
+    exit(1)
+
+try:
+    data_fd = open("/dev/full", 'r');
+except:
+    print("Error opening data fd")
+
+while True:
+    try:
+        timerlat_fd.read(1)
+        data_fd.read(20*1024*1024)
+    except:
+        print("Leaving")
+        break
+
+timerlat_fd.close()
+data_fd.close()
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/Build b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/Build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dbed9e31829b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+rtla-y += trace.o
+rtla-y += utils.o
+rtla-y += osnoise.o
+rtla-y += osnoise_top.o
+rtla-y += osnoise_hist.o
+rtla-y += timerlat.o
+rtla-y += timerlat_top.o
+rtla-y += timerlat_hist.o
+rtla-y += timerlat_u.o
+rtla-y += timerlat_aa.o
+rtla-y += rtla.o
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
index dbf154082f958c..8bd51aab6513a8 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct timerlat_hist_params {
 	int			hk_cpus;
 	int			no_aa;
 	int			dump_tasks;
+	int			user_workload;
 	int			user_hist;
 	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
 	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
@@ -534,6 +535,7 @@ static void timerlat_hist_usage(char *usage)
 		"		d:runtime[us|ms|s]:period[us|ms|s] - use SCHED_DEADLINE with runtime and period",
 		"						       in nanoseconds",
 		"	  -u/--user-threads: use rtla user-space threads instead of in-kernel timerlat threads",
+		"	  -U/--user-load: enable timerlat for user-defined user-space workload",
 		NULL,
 	};
 
@@ -595,6 +597,7 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 			{"thread",		required_argument,	0, 'T'},
 			{"trace",		optional_argument,	0, 't'},
 			{"user-threads",	no_argument,		0, 'u'},
+			{"user-load",		no_argument,		0, 'U'},
 			{"event",		required_argument,	0, 'e'},
 			{"no-irq",		no_argument,		0, '0'},
 			{"no-thread",		no_argument,		0, '1'},
@@ -613,7 +616,7 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::b:d:e:E:DhH:i:np:P:s:t::T:u0123456:7:8:9\1",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::b:d:e:E:DhH:i:np:P:s:t::T:uU0123456:7:8:9\1",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* detect the end of the options. */
@@ -724,6 +727,9 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 				params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
 			break;
 		case 'u':
+			params->user_workload = 1;
+			/* fallback: -u implies in -U */
+		case 'U':
 			params->user_hist = 1;
 			break;
 		case '0': /* no irq */
@@ -985,7 +991,7 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (params->cgroup && !params->user_hist) {
+	if (params->cgroup && !params->user_workload) {
 		retval = set_comm_cgroup("timerlat/", params->cgroup_name);
 		if (!retval) {
 			err_msg("Failed to move threads to cgroup\n");
@@ -1049,7 +1055,7 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	tool->start_time = time(NULL);
 	timerlat_hist_set_signals(params);
 
-	if (params->user_hist) {
+	if (params->user_workload) {
 		/* rtla asked to stop */
 		params_u.should_run = 1;
 		/* all threads left */
@@ -1086,14 +1092,14 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			break;
 
 		/* is there still any user-threads ? */
-		if (params->user_hist) {
+		if (params->user_workload) {
 			if (params_u.stopped_running) {
 				debug_msg("timerlat user-space threads stopped!\n");
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if (params->user_hist && !params_u.stopped_running) {
+	if (params->user_workload && !params_u.stopped_running) {
 		params_u.should_run = 0;
 		sleep(1);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
index 3e9af2c3868880..8a3fa64319c6d8 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct timerlat_top_params {
 	int			cgroup;
 	int			hk_cpus;
 	int			user_top;
+	int			user_workload;
 	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
 	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
 	struct trace_events	*events;
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
 		"		d:runtime[us|ms|s]:period[us|ms|s] - use SCHED_DEADLINE with runtime and period",
 		"						       in nanoseconds",
 		"	  -u/--user-threads: use rtla user-space threads instead of in-kernel timerlat threads",
+		"	  -U/--user-load: enable timerlat for user-defined user-space workload",
 		NULL,
 	};
 
@@ -423,6 +425,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 			{"thread",		required_argument,	0, 'T'},
 			{"trace",		optional_argument,	0, 't'},
 			{"user-threads",	no_argument,		0, 'u'},
+			{"user-load",		no_argument,		0, 'U'},
 			{"trigger",		required_argument,	0, '0'},
 			{"filter",		required_argument,	0, '1'},
 			{"dma-latency",		required_argument,	0, '2'},
@@ -435,7 +438,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::d:De:hH:i:np:P:qs:t::T:u0:1:2:345:",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::d:De:hH:i:np:P:qs:t::T:uU0:1:2:345:",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* detect the end of the options. */
@@ -552,6 +555,9 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 
 			break;
 		case 'u':
+			params->user_workload = true;
+			/* fallback: -u implies -U */
+		case 'U':
 			params->user_top = true;
 			break;
 		case '0': /* trigger */
@@ -869,7 +875,7 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	top->start_time = time(NULL);
 	timerlat_top_set_signals(params);
 
-	if (params->user_top) {
+	if (params->user_workload) {
 		/* rtla asked to stop */
 		params_u.should_run = 1;
 		/* all threads left */
@@ -912,7 +918,7 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			break;
 
 		/* is there still any user-threads ? */
-		if (params->user_top) {
+		if (params->user_workload) {
 			if (params_u.stopped_running) {
 				debug_msg("timerlat user space threads stopped!\n");
 				break;
@@ -920,7 +926,7 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (params->user_top && !params_u.stopped_running) {
+	if (params->user_workload && !params_u.stopped_running) {
 		params_u.should_run = 0;
 		sleep(1);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/verification/rv/.gitignore b/tools/verification/rv/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..34a486585a34d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/verification/rv/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+rv
+rv-static
+fixdep
+feature
+FEATURE-DUMP
diff --git a/tools/verification/rv/Build b/tools/verification/rv/Build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a44c22349d4b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/verification/rv/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rv-y += src/
diff --git a/tools/verification/rv/Makefile b/tools/verification/rv/Makefile
index 485f8aeddbe033..411d62b3d8eb93 100644
--- a/tools/verification/rv/Makefile
+++ b/tools/verification/rv/Makefile
@@ -1,146 +1,87 @@
-NAME	:=	rv
-# Follow the kernel version
-VERSION :=	$(shell cat VERSION 2> /dev/null || make -sC ../../.. kernelversion | grep -v make)
-
-# From libtracefs:
-# Makefiles suck: This macro sets a default value of $(2) for the
-# variable named by $(1), unless the variable has been set by
-# environment or command line. This is necessary for CC and AR
-# because make sets default values, so the simpler ?= approach
-# won't work as expected.
-define allow-override
-  $(if $(or $(findstring environment,$(origin $(1))),\
-            $(findstring command line,$(origin $(1)))),,\
-    $(eval $(1) = $(2)))
-endef
-
-# Allow setting CC and AR, or setting CROSS_COMPILE as a prefix.
-$(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
-$(call allow-override,AR,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar)
-$(call allow-override,STRIP,$(CROSS_COMPILE)strip)
-$(call allow-override,PKG_CONFIG,pkg-config)
-$(call allow-override,LD_SO_CONF_PATH,/etc/ld.so.conf.d/)
-$(call allow-override,LDCONFIG,ldconfig)
-
-INSTALL	=	install
-MKDIR	=	mkdir
-FOPTS	:=	-flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong \
-		-fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
-WOPTS	:= 	-Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
-
-ifeq ($(CC),clang)
-  FOPTS := $(filter-out -ffat-lto-objects, $(FOPTS))
-  WOPTS := $(filter-out -Wno-maybe-uninitialized, $(WOPTS))
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+  srctree	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
 endif
 
-TRACEFS_HEADERS	:= $$($(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libtracefs)
-
-CFLAGS	:=	-O -g -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(FOPTS) $(MOPTS) $(WOPTS) $(TRACEFS_HEADERS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -I include
-LDFLAGS	:=	-flto=auto -ggdb $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-LIBS	:=	$$($(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libtracefs)
-
-SRC	:=	$(wildcard src/*.c)
-HDR	:=	$(wildcard src/*.h)
-OBJ	:=	$(SRC:.c=.o)
-DIRS	:=	src
-FILES	:=	Makefile README.txt
-CEXT	:=	bz2
-TARBALL	:=	$(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.$(CEXT)
-TAROPTS	:=	-cvjf $(TARBALL)
-BINDIR	:=	/usr/bin
-DATADIR	:=	/usr/share
-DOCDIR	:=	$(DATADIR)/doc
-MANDIR	:=	$(DATADIR)/man
-LICDIR	:=	$(DATADIR)/licenses
-SRCTREE	:=	$(or $(BUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR))
-
-# If running from the tarball, man pages are stored in the Documentation
-# dir. If running from the kernel source, man pages are stored in
-# Documentation/tools/rv/.
-ifneq ($(wildcard Documentation/.*),)
-DOCSRC	=	Documentation/
+include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+
+# O is an alias for OUTPUT
+OUTPUT          := $(O)
+
+ifeq ($(OUTPUT),)
+  OUTPUT       := $(CURDIR)/
 else
-DOCSRC	=	$(SRCTREE)/../../../Documentation/tools/rv/
+  # subdir is used by the ../Makefile in $(call descend,)
+  ifneq ($(subdir),)
+    OUTPUT        := $(OUTPUT)/$(subdir)
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(patsubst %/,,$(lastword $(OUTPUT))),)
+  OUTPUT := $(OUTPUT)/
 endif
 
-LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION = 1.5
-LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION = 1.3
+RV		:= $(OUTPUT)rv
+RV_IN		:= $(RV)-in.o
 
-.PHONY:	all warnings show_warnings
-all:	warnings rv
+VERSION		:= $(shell sh -c "make -sC ../../.. kernelversion | grep -v make")
+DOCSRC		:= ../../../Documentation/tools/rv/
 
-TEST_LIBTRACEEVENT = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION) libtraceevent > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo n")
-ifeq ("$(TEST_LIBTRACEEVENT)", "n")
-WARNINGS = show_warnings
-MISSING_LIBS += echo "**   libtraceevent version $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION) or higher";
-MISSING_PACKAGES += "libtraceevent-devel"
-MISSING_SOURCE += echo "**  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/ ";
+FEATURE_TESTS	:= libtraceevent
+FEATURE_TESTS	+= libtracefs
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	:= libtraceevent
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libtracefs
+
+ifeq ($(V),1)
+  Q		=
+else
+  Q		= @
 endif
 
-TEST_LIBTRACEFS = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION) libtracefs > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo n")
-ifeq ("$(TEST_LIBTRACEFS)", "n")
-WARNINGS = show_warnings
-MISSING_LIBS += echo "**   libtracefs version $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION) or higher";
-MISSING_PACKAGES += "libtracefs-devel"
-MISSING_SOURCE += echo "**  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/ ";
+all: $(RV)
+
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
+include Makefile.rv
+
+# check for dependencies only on required targets
+NON_CONFIG_TARGETS := clean install doc doc_clean doc_install
+
+config		:= 1
+ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
+  ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CONFIG_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+  config	:= 0
+endif
 endif
 
-define show_dependencies
-	@echo "********************************************";				\
-	echo "** NOTICE: Failed build dependencies";					\
-	echo "**";									\
-	echo "** Required Libraries:";							\
-	$(MISSING_LIBS)									\
-	echo "**";									\
-	echo "** Consider installing the latest libtracefs from your";			\
-	echo "** distribution, e.g., 'dnf install $(MISSING_PACKAGES)' on Fedora,";	\
-	echo "** or from source:";							\
-	echo "**";									\
-	$(MISSING_SOURCE)								\
-	echo "**";									\
-	echo "********************************************"
-endef
-
-show_warnings:
-	$(call show_dependencies);
-
-ifneq ("$(WARNINGS)", "")
-ERROR_OUT = $(error Please add the necessary dependencies)
-
-warnings: $(WARNINGS)
-	$(ERROR_OUT)
+ifeq ($(config),1)
+  include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+  include Makefile.config
 endif
 
-rv: $(OBJ)
-	$(CC) -o rv $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJ) $(LIBS)
-
-.PHONY: install
-install: doc_install
-	$(MKDIR) -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-	$(INSTALL) rv -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-	$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/rv
-
-.PHONY: clean tarball
-clean: doc_clean
-	@test ! -f rv || rm rv
-	@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/rv/* $(NAME)-$(VERSION)/Documentation/
-	tar $(TAROPTS) --exclude='*~' $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
-	rm -rf $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
-
-.PHONY: doc doc_clean doc_install
-doc:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC)
-
-doc_clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC) clean
-
-doc_install:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC) install
+CFLAGS		+= $(INCLUDES) $(LIB_INCLUDES)
+
+export CFLAGS OUTPUT srctree
+
+$(RV): $(RV_IN)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(RV) $(RV_IN) $(EXTLIBS)
+
+static: $(RV_IN)
+	$(eval LDFLAGS += -static)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(RV)-static $(RV_IN) $(EXTLIBS)
+
+rv.%: fixdep FORCE
+	make -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. $@
+
+$(RV_IN): fixdep FORCE
+	make $(build)=rv
+
+clean: doc_clean fixdep-clean
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, rv)
+	$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
+	$(Q)rm -f rv rv-static fixdep FEATURE-DUMP rv-*
+	$(Q)rm -rf feature
+
+.PHONY: FORCE clean
diff --git a/tools/verification/rv/Makefile.config b/tools/verification/rv/Makefile.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6d4ba77847b68e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/verification/rv/Makefile.config
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+STOP_ERROR :=
+
+LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION = 1.5
+LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION = 1.3
+
+define lib_setup
+  $(eval LIB_INCLUDES += $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags lib$(1)"))
+  $(eval EXTLIBS += -l$(1))
+endef
+
+$(call feature_check,libtraceevent)
+ifeq ($(feature-libtraceevent), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBTRACEEVENT)
+
+  TEST = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION) libtraceevent > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y || echo n")
+  ifeq ($(TEST),n)
+    $(info libtraceevent version is too low, it must be at least $(LIBTRACEEVENT_MIN_VERSION))
+    STOP_ERROR := 1
+  endif
+
+  $(call lib_setup,traceevent)
+else
+  STOP_ERROR := 1
+  $(info libtraceevent is missing. Please install libtraceevent-dev/libtraceevent-devel)
+endif
+
+$(call feature_check,libtracefs)
+ifeq ($(feature-libtracefs), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBTRACEFS)
+
+  TEST = $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION) libtracefs > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y || echo n")
+  ifeq ($(TEST),n)
+    $(info libtracefs version is too low, it must be at least $(LIBTRACEFS_MIN_VERSION))
+    STOP_ERROR := 1
+  endif
+
+  $(call lib_setup,tracefs)
+else
+  STOP_ERROR := 1
+  $(info libtracefs is missing. Please install libtracefs-dev/libtracefs-devel)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(STOP_ERROR),1)
+  $(error Please, check the errors above.)
+endif
diff --git a/tools/verification/rv/Makefile.rv b/tools/verification/rv/Makefile.rv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..161baa29eb86c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/verification/rv/Makefile.rv
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+define allow-override
+  $(if $(or $(findstring environment,$(origin $(1))),\
+            $(findstring command line,$(origin $(1)))),,\
+    $(eval $(1) = $(2)))
+endef
+
+# Allow setting CC and AR, or setting CROSS_COMPILE as a prefix.
+$(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
+$(call allow-override,AR,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar)
+$(call allow-override,STRIP,$(CROSS_COMPILE)strip)
+$(call allow-override,PKG_CONFIG,pkg-config)
+$(call allow-override,LD_SO_CONF_PATH,/etc/ld.so.conf.d/)
+$(call allow-override,LDCONFIG,ldconfig)
+export CC AR STRIP PKG_CONFIG LD_SO_CONF_PATH LDCONFIG
+
+FOPTS		:=-flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong	\
+		-fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
+WOPTS		:=	-O -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2	\
+		-Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
+
+ifeq ($(CC),clang)
+  FOPTS		:= $(filter-out -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects, $(FOPTS))
+  WOPTS		:= $(filter-out -Wno-maybe-uninitialized, $(WOPTS))
+endif
+
+INCLUDE		:= -Iinclude/
+CFLAGS		:= -g -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(FOPTS) $(WOPTS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(INCLUDE)
+LDFLAGS		:= -ggdb $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
+
+INSTALL		:= install
+MKDIR		:= mkdir
+STRIP		:= strip
+BINDIR		:= /usr/bin
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: doc_install
+	$(Q)$(MKDIR) -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	$(call QUIET_INSTALL,rv)$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)rv -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	$(Q)@$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/rv
+
+.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/verification/rv/src/Build b/tools/verification/rv/src/Build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d781983c1a79e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/verification/rv/src/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+rv-y += trace.o
+rv-y += utils.o
+rv-y += in_kernel.o
+rv-y += rv.o