Some rtla features

index 5648f9252e58..0dfce437edf4 100644
@@ -655,6 +655,85 @@ void osnoise_put_print_stack(struct osnoise_context *context)
 	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
  */

@@ -716,6 +795,9 @@ struct osnoise_context *osnoise_context_alloc(void)
 	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;

@@ -741,6 +823,7 @@ void osnoise_put_context(struct osnoise_context *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);
 }

index 9e4b2e2a4559..04a4384cc544 100644
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ struct osnoise_context {
 	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;

@@ -67,6 +71,10 @@ 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);

index 1f0b7fce55cf..a6ce312ef621 100644
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct osnoise_hist_params {
 	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;

@@ -434,6 +435,7 @@ static void osnoise_hist_usage(char *usage)
 		"	  -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",

@@ -497,6 +499,7 @@ static struct osnoise_hist_params
 			{"stop",		required_argument,	0, 's'},
 			{"stop-total",		required_argument,	0, 'S'},
 			{"trace",		optional_argument,	0, 't'},
+			{"threshold",		required_argument,	0, 'T'},
 			{"no-header",		no_argument,		0, '0'},
 			{"no-summary",		no_argument,		0, '1'},
 			{"no-index",		no_argument,		0, '2'},

@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ static struct osnoise_hist_params
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:b:d:e:Dhp:P:r:s:S:t::0123",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:b:d:e:Dhp:P:r:s:S:t::T:0123",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* detect the end of the options. */

@@ -565,6 +568,9 @@ static struct osnoise_hist_params
 		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 = */

@@ -645,6 +651,14 @@ osnoise_hist_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct osnoise_hist_params
 		}
 	}
 
+	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:

index c67dc28ef716..613c9486a01e 100644
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct osnoise_top_params {
 	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;

@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ void osnoise_top_usage(char *usage)
 		"	  -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",

@@ -302,6 +304,7 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 			{"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'},
 			{0, 0, 0, 0}
 		};

@@ -309,7 +312,7 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:d:Dhp:P:qr:s:S:t::",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:d:Dhp:P:qr:s:S:t::T:",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* Detect the end of the options. */

@@ -367,6 +370,9 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 			else
 				params->trace_output = "osnoise_trace.txt";
 			break;
+		case 'T':
+			params->threshold = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
 		default:
 			osnoise_top_usage("Invalid option");
 		}

@@ -425,6 +431,14 @@ osnoise_top_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct osnoise_top_params *p
 		}
 	}
 
+	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:

index a6ce312ef621..ad190c109138 100644
@@ -426,11 +426,12 @@ static void osnoise_hist_usage(char *usage)
 
 	static const char * const msg[] = {
 		"",
-		"  usage: rtla osnoise hist [-h] [-D] [-d s] [-p us] [-r us] [-s us] [-S us] [-t[=file]] \\",
-		"	  [-c cpu-list] [-P priority] [-b N] [-e N] [--no-header] [--no-summary] \\",
-		"	  [--no-index] [--with-zeros]",
+		"  usage: rtla osnoise hist [-h] [-D] [-d s] [-a us] [-p us] [-r us] [-s us] [-S us] \\",
+		"	  [-t[=file]] [-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",

@@ -487,6 +488,7 @@ static struct osnoise_hist_params
 
 	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'},

@@ -510,7 +512,7 @@ static struct osnoise_hist_params
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:b:d:e:Dhp:P:r:s:S:t::T:0123",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:b:d:e:Dhp:P:r:s:S:t::T:0123",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* detect the end of the options. */

@@ -518,6 +520,17 @@ static struct osnoise_hist_params
 			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))

index 613c9486a01e..714976080dd8 100644
@@ -245,10 +245,11 @@ void osnoise_top_usage(char *usage)
 	int i;
 
 	static const char * const msg[] = {
-		"  usage: rtla osnoise [top] [-h] [-q] [-D] [-d s] [-p us] [-r us] [-s us] [-S us] [-t[=file]] \\",
+		"  usage: rtla osnoise [top] [-h] [-q] [-D] [-d s] [-a us] [-p us] [-r us] [-s us] [-S us] [-t[=file]] \\",
 		"	  [-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",

@@ -294,6 +295,7 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	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'},

@@ -312,7 +314,7 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:d:Dhp:P:qr:s:S:t::T:",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:d:Dhp:P:qr:s:S:t::T:",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* Detect the end of the options. */

@@ -320,6 +322,17 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 			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)

index 436a799f9adf..41d681ba6f4a 100644
@@ -428,11 +428,12 @@ static void timerlat_hist_usage(char *usage)
 
 	char *msg[] = {
 		"",
-		"  usage: [rtla] timerlat hist [-h] [-q] [-d s] [-D] [-n] [-p us] [-i us] [-T us] [-s us] [-t[=file]] \\",
-		"         [-c cpu-list] [-P priority] [-e N] [-b N]  [--no-irq] [--no-thread] [--no-header] [--no-summary] \\",
-		"         [--no-index] [--with-zeros]",
+		"  usage: [rtla] timerlat hist [-h] [-q] [-d s] [-D] [-n] [-a us] [-p us] [-i us] [-T us] [-s us] \\",
+		"         [-t[=file]] [-c cpu-list] [-P priority] [-e N] [-b N]  [--no-irq] [--no-thread] [--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 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",

@@ -477,6 +478,7 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 *timerlat_hist_parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct timerlat_hist_params *params;
+	int auto_thresh;
 	int retval;
 	int c;
 

@@ -491,6 +493,7 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 
 	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'},

@@ -516,7 +519,7 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:b:d:e:Dhi:np:P:s:t::T:012345",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:b:d:e:Dhi:np:P:s:t::T:012345",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* detect the end of the options. */

@@ -524,6 +527,19 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 			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)

index d4187f6534ed..aef044832964 100644
@@ -266,10 +266,11 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
 
 	static const char *const msg[] = {
 		"",
-		"  usage: rtla timerlat [top] [-h] [-q] [-d s] [-D] [-n] [-p us] [-i us] [-T us] [-s us] [-t[=file]] \\",
-		"	  [-c cpu-list] [-P priority]",
+		"  usage: rtla timerlat [top] [-h] [-q] [-a us] [-d s] [-D] [-n] [-p us] [-i us] [-T us] [-s us] \\",
+		"	  [[-t[=file]] -c cpu-list] [-P priority]",
 		"",
 		"	  -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",

@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 *timerlat_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct timerlat_top_params *params;
+	long long auto_thresh;
 	int retval;
 	int c;
 

@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 
 	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'},

@@ -337,7 +340,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:d:Dhi:np:P:qs:t::T:",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:d:Dhi:np:P:qs:t::T:",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* detect the end of the options. */

@@ -345,6 +348,19 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 			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)

index 83de259abcc1..1a3e346c6b17 100644
@@ -190,3 +190,108 @@ int trace_instance_start(struct trace_instance *trace)
 {
 	return tracefs_trace_on(trace->inst);
 }
+
+/*
+ * free_trace_events - free a list of trace events
+ */
+static void free_trace_events(struct trace_events *events)
+{
+	struct trace_events *tevent = events;
+	struct trace_events *free_event;
+
+	while (tevent) {
+		free_event = tevent;
+
+		tevent = tevent->next;
+
+		free(free_event->system);
+		free(free_event);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * alloc_trace_event - alloc and parse a single trace event
+ */
+struct trace_events *alloc_trace_event(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;
+}
+
+/*
+ * disable_trace_events - disable all trace events
+ */
+void disable_trace_events(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			  struct trace_events *events)
+{
+	struct trace_events *tevent = events;
+
+	if (!events)
+		return;
+
+	while (tevent) {
+		if (tevent->enabled)
+			tracefs_event_disable(instance->inst, tevent->system, tevent->event);
+
+		tevent->enabled = 0;
+		tevent = tevent->next;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * enable_trace_events - enable all events
+ */
+int enable_trace_events(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			struct trace_events *events)
+{
+	struct trace_events *tevent = events;
+	int retval;
+
+	while (tevent) {
+		retval = tracefs_event_enable(instance->inst, tevent->system, tevent->event);
+		if (retval < 0) {
+			if (tevent->event)
+				err_msg("Error enabling event %s:%s\n",
+					tevent->system, tevent->event);
+			else
+				err_msg("Error enabling events %s:*\n",
+					tevent->system);
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		tevent->enabled = 1;
+		tevent = tevent->next;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * destroy_trace_events - disable and free all trace events
+ */
+void destroy_trace_events(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			  struct trace_events *events)
+{
+	if (!events)
+		return;
+
+	disable_trace_events(instance, events);
+	free_trace_events(events);
+}

index 0ea1df0ad9a7..762a04667c51 100644
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 #include <tracefs.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+struct trace_events {
+	struct trace_events *next;
+	char *system;
+	char *event;
+	int enabled;
+};
+
 struct trace_instance {
 	struct tracefs_instance		*inst;
 	struct tep_handle		*tep;

@@ -25,3 +32,11 @@ 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 *alloc_trace_event(const char *event_string);
+void disable_trace_events(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			  struct trace_events *events);
+void destroy_trace_events(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			  struct trace_events *events);
+int enable_trace_events(struct trace_instance *instance,
+			  struct trace_events *events);

index 714976080dd8..c5ecaebe6a0d 100644
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct osnoise_top_params {
 	int			quiet;
 	int			set_sched;
 	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
+	struct trace_events	*events;
 };
 
 struct osnoise_top_cpu {

@@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ void osnoise_top_usage(char *usage)
 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;
 

@@ -299,6 +301,7 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 			{"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'},

@@ -314,7 +317,7 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:d:Dhp:P:qr:s:S:t::T:",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:d:De:hp:P:qr:s:S:t::T:",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* Detect the end of the options. */

@@ -347,6 +350,21 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 			if (!params->duration)
 				osnoise_top_usage("Invalid -D duration\n");
 			break;
+		case 'e':
+			tevent = alloc_trace_event(optarg);
+			if (!tevent) {
+				err_msg("error alloc trace event");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+
+			if (params->events)
+				tevent->next = params->events;
+			params->events = tevent;
+
+			/* if -e && !-t -> -t */
+			if (!params->trace_output)
+				params->trace_output = "osnoise_trace.txt";
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 		case '?':
 			osnoise_top_usage(NULL);

@@ -556,6 +574,13 @@ int osnoise_top_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			err_msg("Failed to enable the trace instance\n");
 			goto out_top;
 		}
+
+		if (params->events) {
+			retval = enable_trace_events(&record->trace, params->events);
+			if (retval)
+				goto out_top;
+		}
+
 		trace_instance_start(&record->trace);
 	}
 

@@ -597,6 +622,8 @@ int osnoise_top_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 out_top:
+	destroy_trace_events(&record->trace, params->events);
+	params->events = NULL;
 	osnoise_free_top(tool->data);
 	osnoise_destroy_tool(record);
 	osnoise_destroy_tool(tool);

index aef044832964..795dc0c673ad 100644
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct timerlat_top_params {
 	int			quiet;
 	int			set_sched;
 	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
+	struct trace_events	*events;
 };
 
 struct timerlat_top_cpu {

@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
 	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]] -c cpu-list] [-P priority]",
+		"	  [[-t[=file]] [-e sys[:event]] [-c cpu-list] [-P priority]",
 		"",
 		"	  -h/--help: print this menu",
 		"	  -a/--auto: set automatic trace mode, stopping the session if argument in us latency is hit",

@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
 		"	  -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",
 		"	  -n/--nano: display data in nanoseconds",
 		"	  -q/--quiet print only a summary at the end",
 		"	  -P/--priority o:prio|r:prio|f:prio|d:runtime:period : set scheduling parameters",

@@ -308,6 +310,7 @@ 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;

@@ -325,6 +328,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 			{"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'},

@@ -340,7 +344,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:d:Dhi:np:P:qs:t::T:",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:d:De:hi:np:P:qs:t::T:",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* detect the end of the options. */

@@ -375,6 +379,21 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 			if (!params->duration)
 				timerlat_top_usage("Invalid -D duration\n");
 			break;
+		case 'e':
+			tevent = alloc_trace_event(optarg);
+			if (!tevent) {
+				err_msg("error alloc trace event");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+
+			if (params->events)
+				tevent->next = params->events;
+			params->events = tevent;
+
+			/* if -e && !-t -> -t */
+			if (!params->trace_output)
+				params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 		case '?':
 			timerlat_top_usage(NULL);

@@ -583,6 +602,13 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			err_msg("Failed to enable the trace instance\n");
 			goto out_top;
 		}
+
+		if (params->events) {
+			retval = enable_trace_events(&record->trace, params->events);
+			if (retval)
+				goto out_top;
+		}
+
 		trace_instance_start(&record->trace);
 	}
 

@@ -624,6 +650,8 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 out_top:
+	destroy_trace_events(&record->trace, params->events);
+	params->events = NULL;
 	timerlat_free_top(top->data);
 	osnoise_destroy_tool(record);
 	osnoise_destroy_tool(top);