diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index a025ab95c92e..ed3d9a350bac 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1090,6 +1090,10 @@ F:	Documentation/trace/coresight.txt
 F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt
 F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-coresight-devices-*
 F:	tools/perf/arch/arm/util/pmu.c
+F:	tools/perf/arch/arm/util/auxtrace.c
+F:	tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
+F:	tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.h
+F:	tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
 
 ARM/CORGI MACHINE SUPPORT
 M:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build
index 4093fd146f46..e64c5f216448 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND)    += unwind-libunwind.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
 
-libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += pmu.o
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += pmu.o auxtrace.o cs-etm.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/auxtrace.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8edf2cb71564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright(C) 2015 Linaro Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <linux/coresight-pmu.h>
+
+#include "../../util/auxtrace.h"
+#include "../../util/evlist.h"
+#include "../../util/pmu.h"
+#include "cs-etm.h"
+
+struct auxtrace_record
+*auxtrace_record__init(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int *err)
+{
+	struct perf_pmu	*cs_etm_pmu;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+	bool found_etm = false;
+
+	cs_etm_pmu = perf_pmu__find(CORESIGHT_ETM_PMU_NAME);
+
+	if (evlist) {
+		evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+			if (cs_etm_pmu &&
+			    evsel->attr.type == cs_etm_pmu->type)
+				found_etm = true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (found_etm)
+		return cs_etm_record_init(err);
+
+	/*
+	 * Clear 'err' even if we haven't found a cs_etm event - that way perf
+	 * record can still be used even if tracers aren't present.  The NULL
+	 * return value will take care of telling the infrastructure HW tracing
+	 * isn't available.
+	 */
+	*err = 0;
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..829c479614f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,559 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright(C) 2015 Linaro Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/coresight-pmu.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/log2.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include "cs-etm.h"
+#include "../../perf.h"
+#include "../../util/auxtrace.h"
+#include "../../util/cpumap.h"
+#include "../../util/evlist.h"
+#include "../../util/pmu.h"
+#include "../../util/thread_map.h"
+#include "../../util/cs-etm.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+struct cs_etm_recording {
+	struct auxtrace_record	itr;
+	struct perf_pmu		*cs_etm_pmu;
+	struct perf_evlist	*evlist;
+	bool			snapshot_mode;
+	size_t			snapshot_size;
+};
+
+static bool cs_etm_is_etmv4(struct auxtrace_record *itr, int cpu);
+
+static int cs_etm_parse_snapshot_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
+					 struct record_opts *opts,
+					 const char *str)
+{
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+				container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	unsigned long long snapshot_size = 0;
+	char *endptr;
+
+	if (str) {
+		snapshot_size = strtoull(str, &endptr, 0);
+		if (*endptr || snapshot_size > SIZE_MAX)
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode = true;
+	opts->auxtrace_snapshot_size = snapshot_size;
+	ptr->snapshot_size = snapshot_size;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cs_etm_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
+				    struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+				    struct record_opts *opts)
+{
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+				container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel, *cs_etm_evsel = NULL;
+	const struct cpu_map *cpus = evlist->cpus;
+	bool privileged = (geteuid() == 0 || perf_event_paranoid() < 0);
+
+	ptr->evlist = evlist;
+	ptr->snapshot_mode = opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel->attr.type == cs_etm_pmu->type) {
+			if (cs_etm_evsel) {
+				pr_err("There may be only one %s event\n",
+				       CORESIGHT_ETM_PMU_NAME);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+			evsel->attr.freq = 0;
+			evsel->attr.sample_period = 1;
+			cs_etm_evsel = evsel;
+			opts->full_auxtrace = true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* no need to continue if at least one event of interest was found */
+	if (!cs_etm_evsel)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (opts->use_clockid) {
+		pr_err("Cannot use clockid (-k option) with %s\n",
+		       CORESIGHT_ETM_PMU_NAME);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* we are in snapshot mode */
+	if (opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode) {
+		/*
+		 * No size were given to '-S' or '-m,', so go with
+		 * the default
+		 */
+		if (!opts->auxtrace_snapshot_size &&
+		    !opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages) {
+			if (privileged) {
+				opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages = MiB(4) / page_size;
+			} else {
+				opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages =
+							KiB(128) / page_size;
+				if (opts->mmap_pages == UINT_MAX)
+					opts->mmap_pages = KiB(256) / page_size;
+			}
+		} else if (!opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages && !privileged &&
+						opts->mmap_pages == UINT_MAX) {
+			opts->mmap_pages = KiB(256) / page_size;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * '-m,xyz' was specified but no snapshot size, so make the
+		 * snapshot size as big as the auxtrace mmap area.
+		 */
+		if (!opts->auxtrace_snapshot_size) {
+			opts->auxtrace_snapshot_size =
+				opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages * (size_t)page_size;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * -Sxyz was specified but no auxtrace mmap area, so make the
+		 * auxtrace mmap area big enough to fit the requested snapshot
+		 * size.
+		 */
+		if (!opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages) {
+			size_t sz = opts->auxtrace_snapshot_size;
+
+			sz = round_up(sz, page_size) / page_size;
+			opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages = roundup_pow_of_two(sz);
+		}
+
+		/* Snapshost size can't be bigger than the auxtrace area */
+		if (opts->auxtrace_snapshot_size >
+				opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages * (size_t)page_size) {
+			pr_err("Snapshot size %zu must not be greater than AUX area tracing mmap size %zu\n",
+			       opts->auxtrace_snapshot_size,
+			       opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages * (size_t)page_size);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		/* Something went wrong somewhere - this shouldn't happen */
+		if (!opts->auxtrace_snapshot_size ||
+		    !opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages) {
+			pr_err("Failed to calculate default snapshot size and/or AUX area tracing mmap pages\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* We are in full trace mode but '-m,xyz' wasn't specified */
+	if (opts->full_auxtrace && !opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages) {
+		if (privileged) {
+			opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages = MiB(4) / page_size;
+		} else {
+			opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages = KiB(128) / page_size;
+			if (opts->mmap_pages == UINT_MAX)
+				opts->mmap_pages = KiB(256) / page_size;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/* Validate auxtrace_mmap_pages provided by user */
+	if (opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages) {
+		unsigned int max_page = (KiB(128) / page_size);
+		size_t sz = opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages * (size_t)page_size;
+
+		if (!privileged &&
+		    opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages > max_page) {
+			opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages = max_page;
+			pr_err("auxtrace too big, truncating to %d\n",
+			       max_page);
+		}
+
+		if (!is_power_of_2(sz)) {
+			pr_err("Invalid mmap size for %s: must be a power of 2\n",
+			       CORESIGHT_ETM_PMU_NAME);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode)
+		pr_debug2("%s snapshot size: %zu\n", CORESIGHT_ETM_PMU_NAME,
+			  opts->auxtrace_snapshot_size);
+
+	if (cs_etm_evsel) {
+		/*
+		 * To obtain the auxtrace buffer file descriptor, the auxtrace
+		 * event must come first.
+		 */
+		perf_evlist__to_front(evlist, cs_etm_evsel);
+		/*
+		 * In the case of per-cpu mmaps, we need the CPU on the
+		 * AUX event.
+		 */
+		if (!cpu_map__empty(cpus))
+			perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(cs_etm_evsel, CPU);
+	}
+
+	/* Add dummy event to keep tracking */
+	if (opts->full_auxtrace) {
+		struct perf_evsel *tracking_evsel;
+		int err;
+
+		err = parse_events(evlist, "dummy:u", NULL);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		tracking_evsel = perf_evlist__last(evlist);
+		perf_evlist__set_tracking_event(evlist, tracking_evsel);
+
+		tracking_evsel->attr.freq = 0;
+		tracking_evsel->attr.sample_period = 1;
+
+		/* In per-cpu case, always need the time of mmap events etc */
+		if (!cpu_map__empty(cpus))
+			perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(tracking_evsel, TIME);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static u64 cs_etm_get_config(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
+{
+	u64 config = 0;
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+			container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu;
+	struct perf_evlist *evlist = ptr->evlist;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel->attr.type == cs_etm_pmu->type) {
+			/*
+			 * Variable perf_event_attr::config is assigned to
+			 * ETMv3/PTM.  The bit fields have been made to match
+			 * the ETMv3.5 ETRMCR register specification.  See the
+			 * PMU_FORMAT_ATTR() declarations in
+			 * drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-perf.c for
+			 * details.
+			 */
+			config = evsel->attr.config;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return config;
+}
+
+static size_t
+cs_etm_info_priv_size(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused,
+		      struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
+{
+	int i;
+	int etmv3 = 0, etmv4 = 0;
+	const struct cpu_map *cpus = evlist->cpus;
+
+	/* cpu map is not empty, we have specific CPUs to work with */
+	if (!cpu_map__empty(cpus)) {
+		for (i = 0; i < cpu_map__nr(cpus); i++) {
+			if (cs_etm_is_etmv4(itr, cpus->map[i]))
+				etmv4++;
+			else
+				etmv3++;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* get configuration for all CPUs in the system */
+		for (i = 0; i < cpu__max_cpu(); i++) {
+			if (cs_etm_is_etmv4(itr, i))
+				etmv4++;
+			else
+				etmv3++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return (CS_ETM_HEADER_SIZE +
+	       (etmv4 * CS_ETMV4_PRIV_SIZE) +
+	       (etmv3 * CS_ETMV3_PRIV_SIZE));
+}
+
+static const char *metadata_etmv3_ro[CS_ETM_PRIV_MAX] = {
+	[CS_ETM_ETMCCER]	= "mgmt/etmccer",
+	[CS_ETM_ETMIDR]		= "mgmt/etmidr",
+};
+
+static const char *metadata_etmv4_ro[CS_ETMV4_PRIV_MAX] = {
+	[CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR0]		= "trcidr/trcidr0",
+	[CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR1]		= "trcidr/trcidr1",
+	[CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR2]		= "trcidr/trcidr2",
+	[CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR8]		= "trcidr/trcidr8",
+	[CS_ETMV4_TRCAUTHSTATUS]	= "mgmt/trcauthstatus",
+};
+
+static bool cs_etm_is_etmv4(struct auxtrace_record *itr, int cpu)
+{
+	bool ret = false;
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	int scan;
+	unsigned int val;
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+			container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu;
+
+	/* Take any of the RO files for ETMv4 and see if it present */
+	snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "cpu%d/%s",
+		 cpu, metadata_etmv4_ro[CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR0]);
+	scan = perf_pmu__scan_file(cs_etm_pmu, path, "%x", &val);
+
+	/* The file was read successfully, we have a winner */
+	if (scan == 1)
+		ret = true;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int cs_etm_get_ro(struct perf_pmu *pmu, int cpu, const char *path)
+{
+	char pmu_path[PATH_MAX];
+	int scan;
+	unsigned int val = 0;
+
+	/* Get RO metadata from sysfs */
+	snprintf(pmu_path, PATH_MAX, "cpu%d/%s", cpu, path);
+
+	scan = perf_pmu__scan_file(pmu, pmu_path, "%x", &val);
+	if (scan != 1)
+		pr_err("%s: error reading: %s\n", __func__, pmu_path);
+
+	return val;
+}
+
+static void cs_etm_get_metadata(int cpu, u32 *offset,
+				struct auxtrace_record *itr,
+				struct auxtrace_info_event *info)
+{
+	u32 increment;
+	u64 magic;
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+			container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu;
+
+	/* first see what kind of tracer this cpu is affined to */
+	if (cs_etm_is_etmv4(itr, cpu)) {
+		magic = __perf_cs_etmv4_magic;
+		/* Get trace configuration register */
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETMV4_TRCCONFIGR] =
+						cs_etm_get_config(itr);
+		/* Get traceID from the framework */
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETMV4_TRCTRACEIDR] =
+						coresight_get_trace_id(cpu);
+		/* Get read-only information from sysFS */
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR0] =
+			cs_etm_get_ro(cs_etm_pmu, cpu,
+				      metadata_etmv4_ro[CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR0]);
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR1] =
+			cs_etm_get_ro(cs_etm_pmu, cpu,
+				      metadata_etmv4_ro[CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR1]);
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR2] =
+			cs_etm_get_ro(cs_etm_pmu, cpu,
+				      metadata_etmv4_ro[CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR2]);
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR8] =
+			cs_etm_get_ro(cs_etm_pmu, cpu,
+				      metadata_etmv4_ro[CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR8]);
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETMV4_TRCAUTHSTATUS] =
+			cs_etm_get_ro(cs_etm_pmu, cpu,
+				      metadata_etmv4_ro
+				      [CS_ETMV4_TRCAUTHSTATUS]);
+
+		/* How much space was used */
+		increment = CS_ETMV4_PRIV_MAX;
+	} else {
+		magic = __perf_cs_etmv3_magic;
+		/* Get configuration register */
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETM_ETMCR] = cs_etm_get_config(itr);
+		/* Get traceID from the framework */
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETM_ETMTRACEIDR] =
+						coresight_get_trace_id(cpu);
+		/* Get read-only information from sysFS */
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETM_ETMCCER] =
+			cs_etm_get_ro(cs_etm_pmu, cpu,
+				      metadata_etmv3_ro[CS_ETM_ETMCCER]);
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETM_ETMIDR] =
+			cs_etm_get_ro(cs_etm_pmu, cpu,
+				      metadata_etmv3_ro[CS_ETM_ETMIDR]);
+
+		/* How much space was used */
+		increment = CS_ETM_PRIV_MAX;
+	}
+
+	/* Build generic header portion */
+	info->priv[*offset + CS_ETM_MAGIC] = magic;
+	info->priv[*offset + CS_ETM_CPU] = cpu;
+	/* Where the next CPU entry should start from */
+	*offset += increment;
+}
+
+static int cs_etm_info_fill(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
+			    struct perf_session *session,
+			    struct auxtrace_info_event *info,
+			    size_t priv_size)
+{
+	int i;
+	u32 offset;
+	u64 nr_cpu, type;
+	const struct cpu_map *cpus = session->evlist->cpus;
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+			container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu;
+
+	if (priv_size != cs_etm_info_priv_size(itr, session->evlist))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!session->evlist->nr_mmaps)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* If the cpu_map is empty all CPUs are involved */
+	nr_cpu = cpu_map__empty(cpus) ? cpu__max_cpu() : cpu_map__nr(cpus);
+	/* Get PMU type as dynamically assigned by the core */
+	type = cs_etm_pmu->type;
+
+	/* First fill out the session header */
+	info->type = PERF_AUXTRACE_CS_ETM;
+	info->priv[CS_HEADER_VERSION_0] = 0;
+	info->priv[CS_PMU_TYPE_CPUS] = type << 32;
+	info->priv[CS_PMU_TYPE_CPUS] |= nr_cpu;
+	info->priv[CS_ETM_SNAPSHOT] = ptr->snapshot_mode;
+
+	offset = CS_ETM_SNAPSHOT + 1;
+
+	/* cpu map is not empty, we have specific CPUs to work with */
+	if (!cpu_map__empty(cpus)) {
+		for (i = 0; i < cpu_map__nr(cpus) && offset < priv_size; i++)
+			cs_etm_get_metadata(cpus->map[i], &offset, itr, info);
+	} else {
+		/* get configuration for all CPUs in the system */
+		for (i = 0; i < cpu__max_cpu(); i++)
+			cs_etm_get_metadata(i, &offset, itr, info);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cs_etm_find_snapshot(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused,
+				int idx, struct auxtrace_mmap *mm,
+				unsigned char *data __maybe_unused,
+				u64 *head, u64 *old)
+{
+	pr_debug3("%s: mmap index %d old head %zu new head %zu size %zu\n",
+		  __func__, idx, (size_t)*old, (size_t)*head, mm->len);
+
+	*old = *head;
+	*head += mm->len;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cs_etm_snapshot_start(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
+{
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+			container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(ptr->evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel->attr.type == ptr->cs_etm_pmu->type)
+			return perf_evsel__disable(evsel);
+	}
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int cs_etm_snapshot_finish(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
+{
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+			container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(ptr->evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel->attr.type == ptr->cs_etm_pmu->type)
+			return perf_evsel__enable(evsel);
+	}
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static u64 cs_etm_reference(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return (((u64) rand() <<  0) & 0x00000000FFFFFFFFull) |
+		(((u64) rand() << 32) & 0xFFFFFFFF00000000ull);
+}
+
+static void cs_etm_recording_free(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
+{
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+			container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	free(ptr);
+}
+
+static int cs_etm_read_finish(struct auxtrace_record *itr, int idx)
+{
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+			container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(ptr->evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel->attr.type == ptr->cs_etm_pmu->type)
+			return perf_evlist__enable_event_idx(ptr->evlist,
+							     evsel, idx);
+	}
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+struct auxtrace_record *cs_etm_record_init(int *err)
+{
+	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu;
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr;
+
+	cs_etm_pmu = perf_pmu__find(CORESIGHT_ETM_PMU_NAME);
+
+	if (!cs_etm_pmu) {
+		*err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ptr = zalloc(sizeof(struct cs_etm_recording));
+	if (!ptr) {
+		*err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ptr->cs_etm_pmu			= cs_etm_pmu;
+	ptr->itr.parse_snapshot_options	= cs_etm_parse_snapshot_options;
+	ptr->itr.recording_options	= cs_etm_recording_options;
+	ptr->itr.info_priv_size		= cs_etm_info_priv_size;
+	ptr->itr.info_fill		= cs_etm_info_fill;
+	ptr->itr.find_snapshot		= cs_etm_find_snapshot;
+	ptr->itr.snapshot_start		= cs_etm_snapshot_start;
+	ptr->itr.snapshot_finish	= cs_etm_snapshot_finish;
+	ptr->itr.reference		= cs_etm_reference;
+	ptr->itr.free			= cs_etm_recording_free;
+	ptr->itr.read_finish		= cs_etm_read_finish;
+
+	*err = 0;
+	return &ptr->itr;
+out:
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.h b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..909f486d02d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright(C) 2015 Linaro Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDE__PERF_CS_ETM_H__
+#define INCLUDE__PERF_CS_ETM_H__
+
+struct auxtrace_record *cs_etm_record_init(int *err);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
index 02f41dba4f4f..cef6fb38d17e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF)     += dwarf-regs.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND) += unwind-libunwind.o
+
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += ../../arm/util/pmu.o \
+			      ../../arm/util/auxtrace.o \
+			      ../../arm/util/cs-etm.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index c9169011e55e..c0aba8e839aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ int perf_event__process_auxtrace_info(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 		return intel_pt_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_INTEL_BTS:
 		return intel_bts_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
+	case PERF_AUXTRACE_CS_ETM:
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_UNKNOWN:
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index ac5f0d7167e6..09286f193532 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ enum auxtrace_type {
 	PERF_AUXTRACE_UNKNOWN,
 	PERF_AUXTRACE_INTEL_PT,
 	PERF_AUXTRACE_INTEL_BTS,
+	PERF_AUXTRACE_CS_ETM,
 };
 
 enum itrace_period_type {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3cc6bc3263fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright(C) 2015 Linaro Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDE__UTIL_PERF_CS_ETM_H__
+#define INCLUDE__UTIL_PERF_CS_ETM_H__
+
+/* Versionning header in case things need tro change in the future.  That way
+ * decoding of old snapshot is still possible.
+ */
+enum {
+	/* Starting with 0x0 */
+	CS_HEADER_VERSION_0,
+	/* PMU->type (32 bit), total # of CPUs (32 bit) */
+	CS_PMU_TYPE_CPUS,
+	CS_ETM_SNAPSHOT,
+	CS_HEADER_VERSION_0_MAX,
+};
+
+/* Beginning of header common to both ETMv3 and V4 */
+enum {
+	CS_ETM_MAGIC,
+	CS_ETM_CPU,
+};
+
+/* ETMv3/PTM metadata */
+enum {
+	/* Dynamic, configurable parameters */
+	CS_ETM_ETMCR = CS_ETM_CPU + 1,
+	CS_ETM_ETMTRACEIDR,
+	/* RO, taken from sysFS */
+	CS_ETM_ETMCCER,
+	CS_ETM_ETMIDR,
+	CS_ETM_PRIV_MAX,
+};
+
+/* ETMv4 metadata */
+enum {
+	/* Dynamic, configurable parameters */
+	CS_ETMV4_TRCCONFIGR = CS_ETM_CPU + 1,
+	CS_ETMV4_TRCTRACEIDR,
+	/* RO, taken from sysFS */
+	CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR0,
+	CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR1,
+	CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR2,
+	CS_ETMV4_TRCIDR8,
+	CS_ETMV4_TRCAUTHSTATUS,
+	CS_ETMV4_PRIV_MAX,
+};
+
+#define KiB(x) ((x) * 1024)
+#define MiB(x) ((x) * 1024 * 1024)
+
+#define CS_ETM_HEADER_SIZE (CS_HEADER_VERSION_0_MAX * sizeof(u64))
+
+static const u64 __perf_cs_etmv3_magic   = 0x3030303030303030ULL;
+static const u64 __perf_cs_etmv4_magic   = 0x4040404040404040ULL;
+#define CS_ETMV3_PRIV_SIZE (CS_ETM_PRIV_MAX * sizeof(u64))
+#define CS_ETMV4_PRIV_SIZE (CS_ETMV4_PRIV_MAX * sizeof(u64))
+
+#endif
