21 files changed, 1306 insertions, 623 deletions
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore b/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore
index 293f0dbb0ca2..1a394ad26cc1 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ rtla-static
 fixdep
 feature
 FEATURE-DUMP
+*.skel.h
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
index 0b61208db604..746ccf2f5808 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@ DOCSRC		:= ../../../Documentation/tools/rtla/
 FEATURE_TESTS	:= libtraceevent
 FEATURE_TESTS	+= libtracefs
 FEATURE_TESTS	+= libcpupower
+FEATURE_TESTS	+= libbpf
+FEATURE_TESTS	+= clang-bpf-co-re
+FEATURE_TESTS	+= bpftool-skeletons
 FEATURE_DISPLAY	:= libtraceevent
 FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libtracefs
 FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libcpupower
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libbpf
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= clang-bpf-co-re
+FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= bpftool-skeletons
 
 all: $(RTLA)
 
@@ -61,6 +67,17 @@ CFLAGS		+= $(INCLUDES) $(LIB_INCLUDES)
 
 export CFLAGS OUTPUT srctree
 
+ifeq ($(BUILD_BPF_SKEL),1)
+src/timerlat.bpf.o: src/timerlat.bpf.c
+	$(QUIET_CLANG)$(CLANG) -g -O2 -target bpf -c $(filter %.c,$^) -o $@
+
+src/timerlat.skel.h: src/timerlat.bpf.o
+	$(QUIET_GENSKEL)$(SYSTEM_BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $< > $@
+else
+src/timerlat.skel.h:
+	$(Q)echo '/* BPF skeleton is disabled */' > src/timerlat.skel.h
+endif
+
 $(RTLA): $(RTLA_IN)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(RTLA) $(RTLA_IN) $(EXTLIBS)
 
@@ -71,7 +88,7 @@ static: $(RTLA_IN)
 rtla.%: fixdep FORCE
 	make -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. $@
 
-$(RTLA_IN): fixdep FORCE
+$(RTLA_IN): fixdep FORCE src/timerlat.skel.h
 	make $(build)=rtla
 
 clean: doc_clean fixdep-clean
@@ -79,6 +96,7 @@ clean: doc_clean fixdep-clean
 	$(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
+	$(Q)rm -f src/timerlat.bpf.o src/timerlat.skel.h
 check: $(RTLA)
 	RTLA=$(RTLA) prove -o -f tests/
 .PHONY: FORCE clean check
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.config b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.config
index 92a6e12e42d3..5f2231d8d626 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.config
@@ -53,6 +53,48 @@ else
   $(info Please install libcpupower-dev/kernel-tools-libs-devel)
 endif
 
+ifndef BUILD_BPF_SKEL
+  # BPF skeletons are used to implement improved sample collection, enable
+  # them by default.
+  BUILD_BPF_SKEL := 1
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_BPF_SKEL),0)
+  $(info BPF skeleton support disabled, building without BPF skeleton support.)
+endif
+
+$(call feature_check,libbpf)
+ifeq ($(feature-libbpf), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBBPF)
+else
+  $(info libbpf is missing, building without BPF skeleton support.)
+  $(info Please install libbpf-dev/libbpf-devel)
+  BUILD_BPF_SKEL := 0
+endif
+
+$(call feature_check,clang-bpf-co-re)
+ifeq ($(feature-clang-bpf-co-re), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_CLANG_BPF_CO_RE)
+else
+  $(info clang is missing or does not support BPF CO-RE, building without BPF skeleton support.)
+  $(info Please install clang)
+  BUILD_BPF_SKEL := 0
+endif
+
+$(call feature_check,bpftool-skeletons)
+ifeq ($(feature-bpftool-skeletons), 1)
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_BPFTOOL_SKELETONS)
+else
+  $(info bpftool is missing or not supporting skeletons, building without BPF skeleton support.)
+  $(info Please install bpftool)
+  BUILD_BPF_SKEL := 0
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_BPF_SKEL),1)
+  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_BPF_SKEL
+  EXTLIBS += -lbpf
+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
index cc1d6b615475..08c1b40883d3 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.rtla
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile.rtla
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ INSTALL		:= install
 MKDIR		:= mkdir
 STRIP		:= strip
 BINDIR		:= /usr/bin
+CTAGS		:= ctags
+ETAGS		:= ctags -e
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: doc_install
@@ -47,6 +49,18 @@ install: doc_install
 	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat || $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat
 	@$(LN) -s rtla $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/timerlat
 
+.PHONY: tags
+tags:
+	$(CTAGS) -R --extras=+f --c-kinds=+p src
+
+.PHONY: TAGS
+TAGS:
+	$(ETAGS) -R --extras=+f --c-kinds=+p src
+
+.PHONY: tags_clean
+tags_clean:
+	$(RM) tags TAGS
+
 .PHONY: doc doc_clean doc_install
 doc:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(DOCSRC)
@@ -57,8 +71,7 @@ doc_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.
+# This section is necessary to make the rtla tarball
 NAME		:= rtla
 DIRS		:= src
 FILES		:= Makefile README.txt
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/Build b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/Build
index dbed9e31829b..7bb7e39e391a 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/Build
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/Build
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ rtla-y += timerlat_top.o
 rtla-y += timerlat_hist.o
 rtla-y += timerlat_u.o
 rtla-y += timerlat_aa.o
+rtla-y += timerlat_bpf.o
 rtla-y += rtla.o
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
index 85f398b89597..2dc3e4539e99 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
  */
 
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
@@ -12,9 +13,12 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sched.h>
 
 #include "osnoise.h"
-#include "utils.h"
+
+#define DEFAULT_SAMPLE_PERIOD	1000000			/* 1s */
+#define DEFAULT_SAMPLE_RUNTIME	1000000			/* 1s */
 
 /*
  * osnoise_get_cpus - return the original "osnoise/cpus" content
@@ -1115,6 +1119,86 @@ osnoise_report_missed_events(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * osnoise_apply_config - apply common configs to the initialized tool
+ */
+int
+osnoise_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct osnoise_params *params)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!params->sleep_time)
+		params->sleep_time = 1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_set_cpus(tool->context, params->cpus ? params->cpus : "all");
+	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);
+	} else {
+		retval = osnoise_set_runtime_period(tool->context,
+						    DEFAULT_SAMPLE_PERIOD,
+						    DEFAULT_SAMPLE_RUNTIME);
+	}
+
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to set runtime and/or period\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	retval = osnoise_set_stop_us(tool->context, params->stop_us);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to set stop us\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	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;
+	}
+
+	retval = osnoise_set_tracing_thresh(tool->context, params->threshold);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to set tracing_thresh\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	if (params->hk_cpus) {
+		retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(params->hk_cpu_set),
+					   &params->hk_cpu_set);
+		if (retval == -1) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set rtla to the house keeping CPUs\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	} else if (params->cpus) {
+		/*
+		 * Even if the user do not set a house-keeping CPU, try to
+		 * move rtla to a CPU set different to the one where the user
+		 * set the workload to run.
+		 *
+		 * No need to check results as this is an automatic attempt.
+		 */
+		auto_house_keeping(&params->monitored_cpus);
+	}
+
+	retval = osnoise_set_workload(tool->context, true);
+	if (retval < -1) {
+		err_msg("Failed to set OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	return -1;
+}
+
 static void osnoise_usage(int err)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h
index 91835a7d8c2b..ac1c99910744 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.h
@@ -1,6 +1,55 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#pragma once
+
+#include "utils.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
+enum osnoise_mode {
+	MODE_OSNOISE = 0,
+	MODE_HWNOISE
+};
+
+struct osnoise_params {
+	/* Common params */
+	char			*cpus;
+	cpu_set_t		monitored_cpus;
+	char			*trace_output;
+	char			*cgroup_name;
+	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			cgroup;
+	int			hk_cpus;
+	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
+	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
+	struct trace_events	*events;
+	int			warmup;
+	int			buffer_size;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			/* top only */
+			int			quiet;
+			int			pretty_output;
+			enum osnoise_mode	mode;
+		};
+		struct {
+			/* hist only */
+			int			output_divisor;
+			char			no_header;
+			char			no_summary;
+			char			no_index;
+			char			with_zeros;
+			int			bucket_size;
+			int			entries;
+		};
+	};
+};
+
 /*
  * osnoise_context - read, store, write, restore osnoise configs.
  */
@@ -106,6 +155,7 @@ struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_tool(char *tool_name);
 struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_trace_tool(char *tracer);
 void osnoise_report_missed_events(struct osnoise_tool *tool);
 bool osnoise_trace_is_off(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct osnoise_tool *record);
+int osnoise_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct osnoise_params *params);
 
 int osnoise_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[]);
 int osnoise_top_main(int argc, char **argv);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
index b4930b835b0a..d9d15c8f27c7 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
@@ -12,40 +12,9 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
-#include <sched.h>
 
-#include "utils.h"
 #include "osnoise.h"
 
-struct osnoise_hist_params {
-	char			*cpus;
-	cpu_set_t		monitored_cpus;
-	char			*trace_output;
-	char			*cgroup_name;
-	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;
-	int			cgroup;
-	int			hk_cpus;
-	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
-	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;
-	int			warmup;
-	int			buffer_size;
-};
-
 struct osnoise_hist_cpu {
 	int			*samples;
 	int			count;
@@ -126,7 +95,7 @@ cleanup:
 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_params *params = tool->params;
 	struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
 	unsigned long long total_duration;
 	int entries = data->entries;
@@ -168,7 +137,7 @@ static void osnoise_destroy_trace_hist(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
  */
 static int osnoise_init_trace_hist(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
 {
-	struct osnoise_hist_params *params = tool->params;
+	struct osnoise_params *params = tool->params;
 	struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
 	int bucket_size;
 	char buff[128];
@@ -253,7 +222,7 @@ static void osnoise_read_trace_hist(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
  */
 static void osnoise_hist_header(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
 {
-	struct osnoise_hist_params *params = tool->params;
+	struct osnoise_params *params = tool->params;
 	struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
 	struct trace_seq *s = tool->trace.seq;
 	char duration[26];
@@ -292,7 +261,7 @@ static void osnoise_hist_header(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
  * osnoise_print_summary - print the summary of the hist data to the output
  */
 static void
-osnoise_print_summary(struct osnoise_hist_params *params,
+osnoise_print_summary(struct osnoise_params *params,
 		       struct trace_instance *trace,
 		       struct osnoise_hist_data *data)
 {
@@ -370,7 +339,7 @@ osnoise_print_summary(struct osnoise_hist_params *params,
  * osnoise_print_stats - print data for all CPUs
  */
 static void
-osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_hist_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *tool)
 {
 	struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
 	struct trace_instance *trace = &tool->trace;
@@ -508,10 +477,10 @@ static void osnoise_hist_usage(char *usage)
 /*
  * osnoise_hist_parse_args - allocs, parse and fill the cmd line parameters
  */
-static struct osnoise_hist_params
+static struct osnoise_params
 *osnoise_hist_parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	struct osnoise_hist_params *params;
+	struct osnoise_params *params;
 	struct trace_events *tevent;
 	int retval;
 	int c;
@@ -731,72 +700,13 @@ static struct osnoise_hist_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)
+osnoise_hist_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct osnoise_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;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (params->hk_cpus) {
-		retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(params->hk_cpu_set),
-					   &params->hk_cpu_set);
-		if (retval == -1) {
-			err_msg("Failed to set rtla to the house keeping CPUs\n");
-			goto out_err;
-		}
-	} else if (params->cpus) {
-		/*
-		 * Even if the user do not set a house-keeping CPU, try to
-		 * move rtla to a CPU set different to the one where the user
-		 * set the workload to run.
-		 *
-		 * No need to check results as this is an automatic attempt.
-		 */
-		auto_house_keeping(&params->monitored_cpus);
-	}
+	retval = osnoise_apply_config(tool, params);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_err;
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -808,7 +718,7 @@ out_err:
  * osnoise_init_hist - initialize a osnoise hist tool with parameters
  */
 static struct osnoise_tool
-*osnoise_init_hist(struct osnoise_hist_params *params)
+*osnoise_init_hist(struct osnoise_params *params)
 {
 	struct osnoise_tool *tool;
 	int nr_cpus;
@@ -842,7 +752,7 @@ static void stop_hist(int sig)
  * osnoise_hist_set_signals - handles the signal to stop the tool
  */
 static void
-osnoise_hist_set_signals(struct osnoise_hist_params *params)
+osnoise_hist_set_signals(struct osnoise_params *params)
 {
 	signal(SIGINT, stop_hist);
 	if (params->duration) {
@@ -853,7 +763,7 @@ osnoise_hist_set_signals(struct osnoise_hist_params *params)
 
 int osnoise_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	struct osnoise_hist_params *params;
+	struct osnoise_params *params;
 	struct osnoise_tool *record = NULL;
 	struct osnoise_tool *tool = NULL;
 	struct trace_instance *trace;
@@ -983,10 +893,8 @@ int osnoise_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (osnoise_trace_is_off(tool, record)) {
 		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);
-		}
+		save_trace_to_file(record ? record->trace.inst : NULL,
+				   params->trace_output);
 	}
 
 out_hist:
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
index 4772677ac762..3455ee73e2e6 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
@@ -11,43 +11,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
-#include <sched.h>
 
 #include "osnoise.h"
-#include "utils.h"
-
-enum osnoise_mode {
-	MODE_OSNOISE = 0,
-	MODE_HWNOISE
-};
-
-/*
- * osnoise top parameters
- */
-struct osnoise_top_params {
-	char			*cpus;
-	cpu_set_t		monitored_cpus;
-	char			*trace_output;
-	char			*cgroup_name;
-	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;
-	int			cgroup;
-	int			hk_cpus;
-	int			warmup;
-	int			buffer_size;
-	int			pretty_output;
-	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
-	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
-	struct trace_events	*events;
-	enum osnoise_mode	mode;
-};
 
 struct osnoise_top_cpu {
 	unsigned long long	sum_runtime;
@@ -158,7 +123,7 @@ osnoise_top_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
  */
 static void osnoise_top_header(struct osnoise_tool *top)
 {
-	struct osnoise_top_params *params = top->params;
+	struct osnoise_params *params = top->params;
 	struct trace_seq *s = top->trace.seq;
 	char duration[26];
 
@@ -218,7 +183,7 @@ static void clear_terminal(struct trace_seq *seq)
  */
 static void osnoise_top_print(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int cpu)
 {
-	struct osnoise_top_params *params = tool->params;
+	struct osnoise_params *params = tool->params;
 	struct trace_seq *s = tool->trace.seq;
 	struct osnoise_top_cpu *cpu_data;
 	struct osnoise_top_data *data;
@@ -258,7 +223,7 @@ static void osnoise_top_print(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int cpu)
  * osnoise_print_stats - print data for all cpus
  */
 static void
-osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_top_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *top)
+osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *top)
 {
 	struct trace_instance *trace = &top->trace;
 	static int nr_cpus = -1;
@@ -286,7 +251,7 @@ osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_top_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *top)
 /*
  * osnoise_top_usage - prints osnoise top usage message
  */
-static void osnoise_top_usage(struct osnoise_top_params *params, char *usage)
+static void osnoise_top_usage(struct osnoise_params *params, char *usage)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -354,9 +319,9 @@ static void osnoise_top_usage(struct osnoise_top_params *params, char *usage)
 /*
  * 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_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	struct osnoise_top_params *params;
+	struct osnoise_params *params;
 	struct trace_events *tevent;
 	int retval;
 	int c;
@@ -553,54 +518,13 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
  * 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)
+osnoise_top_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct osnoise_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;
-		}
-	}
+	retval = osnoise_apply_config(tool, params);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_err;
 
 	if (params->mode == MODE_HWNOISE) {
 		retval = osnoise_set_irq_disable(tool->context, 1);
@@ -610,24 +534,6 @@ osnoise_top_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct osnoise_top_params *p
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (params->hk_cpus) {
-		retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(params->hk_cpu_set),
-					   &params->hk_cpu_set);
-		if (retval == -1) {
-			err_msg("Failed to set rtla to the house keeping CPUs\n");
-			goto out_err;
-		}
-	} else if (params->cpus) {
-		/*
-		 * Even if the user do not set a house-keeping CPU, try to
-		 * move rtla to a CPU set different to the one where the user
-		 * set the workload to run.
-		 *
-		 * No need to check results as this is an automatic attempt.
-		 */
-		auto_house_keeping(&params->monitored_cpus);
-	}
-
 	if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO) && !params->quiet)
 		params->pretty_output = 1;
 
@@ -640,7 +546,7 @@ out_err:
 /*
  * osnoise_init_top - initialize a osnoise top tool with parameters
  */
-struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_top(struct osnoise_top_params *params)
+struct osnoise_tool *osnoise_init_top(struct osnoise_params *params)
 {
 	struct osnoise_tool *tool;
 	int nr_cpus;
@@ -674,7 +580,7 @@ static void stop_top(int sig)
 /*
  * osnoise_top_set_signals - handles the signal to stop the tool
  */
-static void osnoise_top_set_signals(struct osnoise_top_params *params)
+static void osnoise_top_set_signals(struct osnoise_params *params)
 {
 	signal(SIGINT, stop_top);
 	if (params->duration) {
@@ -685,7 +591,7 @@ static void osnoise_top_set_signals(struct osnoise_top_params *params)
 
 int osnoise_top_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	struct osnoise_top_params *params;
+	struct osnoise_params *params;
 	struct osnoise_tool *record = NULL;
 	struct osnoise_tool *tool = NULL;
 	struct trace_instance *trace;
@@ -813,10 +719,8 @@ int osnoise_top_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (osnoise_trace_is_off(tool, record)) {
 		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);
-		}
+		save_trace_to_file(record ? record->trace.inst : NULL,
+				   params->trace_output);
 	}
 
 out_top:
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.bpf.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.bpf.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96196d46e170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.bpf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include "timerlat_bpf.h"
+
+#define nosubprog __always_inline
+#define MAX_ENTRIES_DEFAULT 4096
+
+char LICENSE[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
+
+struct trace_event_raw_timerlat_sample {
+	unsigned long long timer_latency;
+	int context;
+} __attribute__((preserve_access_index));
+
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY);
+	__uint(max_entries, MAX_ENTRIES_DEFAULT);
+	__type(key, unsigned int);
+	__type(value, unsigned long long);
+} hist_irq SEC(".maps"), hist_thread SEC(".maps"), hist_user SEC(".maps");
+
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY);
+	__uint(max_entries, SUMMARY_FIELD_N);
+	__type(key, unsigned int);
+	__type(value, unsigned long long);
+} summary_irq SEC(".maps"), summary_thread SEC(".maps"), summary_user SEC(".maps");
+
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_RINGBUF);
+	__uint(max_entries, 1);
+} signal_stop_tracing SEC(".maps");
+
+/* Params to be set by rtla */
+const volatile int bucket_size = 1;
+const volatile int output_divisor = 1000;
+const volatile int entries = 256;
+const volatile int irq_threshold;
+const volatile int thread_threshold;
+const volatile bool aa_only;
+
+int stop_tracing;
+
+nosubprog unsigned long long map_get(void *map,
+				     unsigned int key)
+{
+	unsigned long long *value_ptr;
+
+	value_ptr = bpf_map_lookup_elem(map, &key);
+
+	return !value_ptr ? 0 : *value_ptr;
+}
+
+nosubprog void map_set(void *map,
+		       unsigned int key,
+		       unsigned long long value)
+{
+	bpf_map_update_elem(map, &key, &value, BPF_ANY);
+}
+
+nosubprog void map_increment(void *map,
+			     unsigned int key)
+{
+	map_set(map, key, map_get(map, key) + 1);
+}
+
+nosubprog void update_main_hist(void *map,
+				int bucket)
+{
+	if (entries == 0)
+		/* No histogram */
+		return;
+
+	if (bucket >= entries)
+		/* Overflow */
+		return;
+
+	map_increment(map, bucket);
+}
+
+nosubprog void update_summary(void *map,
+			      unsigned long long latency,
+			      int bucket)
+{
+	if (aa_only)
+		/* Auto-analysis only, nothing to be done here */
+		return;
+
+	map_set(map, SUMMARY_CURRENT, latency);
+
+	if (bucket >= entries)
+		/* Overflow */
+		map_increment(map, SUMMARY_OVERFLOW);
+
+	if (latency > map_get(map, SUMMARY_MAX))
+		map_set(map, SUMMARY_MAX, latency);
+
+	if (latency < map_get(map, SUMMARY_MIN) || map_get(map, SUMMARY_COUNT) == 0)
+		map_set(map, SUMMARY_MIN, latency);
+
+	map_increment(map, SUMMARY_COUNT);
+	map_set(map, SUMMARY_SUM, map_get(map, SUMMARY_SUM) + latency);
+}
+
+nosubprog void set_stop_tracing(void)
+{
+	int value = 0;
+
+	/* Suppress further sample processing */
+	stop_tracing = 1;
+
+	/* Signal to userspace */
+	bpf_ringbuf_output(&signal_stop_tracing, &value, sizeof(value), 0);
+}
+
+SEC("tp/osnoise/timerlat_sample")
+int handle_timerlat_sample(struct trace_event_raw_timerlat_sample *tp_args)
+{
+	unsigned long long latency, latency_us;
+	int bucket;
+
+	if (stop_tracing)
+		return 0;
+
+	latency = tp_args->timer_latency / output_divisor;
+	latency_us = tp_args->timer_latency / 1000;
+	bucket = latency / bucket_size;
+
+	if (tp_args->context == 0) {
+		update_main_hist(&hist_irq, bucket);
+		update_summary(&summary_irq, latency, bucket);
+
+		if (irq_threshold != 0 && latency_us >= irq_threshold)
+			set_stop_tracing();
+	} else if (tp_args->context == 1) {
+		update_main_hist(&hist_thread, bucket);
+		update_summary(&summary_thread, latency, bucket);
+
+		if (thread_threshold != 0 && latency_us >= thread_threshold)
+			set_stop_tracing();
+	} else {
+		update_main_hist(&hist_user, bucket);
+		update_summary(&summary_user, latency, bucket);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.c
index 21cdcc5c4a29..c29e2ba2d7d8 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
  */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
@@ -11,9 +12,114 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sched.h>
 
 #include "timerlat.h"
 
+#define DEFAULT_TIMERLAT_PERIOD	1000			/* 1ms */
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_apply_config - apply common configs to the initialized tool
+ */
+int
+timerlat_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct timerlat_params *params)
+{
+	int retval, i;
+
+	if (!params->sleep_time)
+		params->sleep_time = 1;
+
+	retval = osnoise_set_cpus(tool->context, params->cpus ? params->cpus : "all");
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to apply CPUs config\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	if (!params->cpus) {
+		for (i = 0; i < sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); i++)
+			CPU_SET(i, &params->monitored_cpus);
+	}
+
+	retval = osnoise_set_stop_us(tool->context, params->stop_us);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to set stop us\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	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;
+	}
+
+
+	retval = osnoise_set_timerlat_period_us(tool->context,
+						params->timerlat_period_us ?
+						params->timerlat_period_us :
+						DEFAULT_TIMERLAT_PERIOD);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to set timerlat period\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+
+	retval = osnoise_set_print_stack(tool->context, params->print_stack);
+	if (retval) {
+		err_msg("Failed to set print stack\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	if (params->hk_cpus) {
+		retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(params->hk_cpu_set),
+					   &params->hk_cpu_set);
+		if (retval == -1) {
+			err_msg("Failed to set rtla to the house keeping CPUs\n");
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	} else if (params->cpus) {
+		/*
+		 * Even if the user do not set a house-keeping CPU, try to
+		 * move rtla to a CPU set different to the one where the user
+		 * set the workload to run.
+		 *
+		 * No need to check results as this is an automatic attempt.
+		 */
+		auto_house_keeping(&params->monitored_cpus);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If the user did not specify a type of thread, try user-threads first.
+	 * Fall back to kernel threads otherwise.
+	 */
+	if (!params->kernel_workload && !params->user_data) {
+		retval = tracefs_file_exists(NULL, "osnoise/per_cpu/cpu0/timerlat_fd");
+		if (retval) {
+			debug_msg("User-space interface detected, setting user-threads\n");
+			params->user_workload = 1;
+			params->user_data = 1;
+		} else {
+			debug_msg("User-space interface not detected, setting kernel-threads\n");
+			params->kernel_workload = 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Set workload according to type of thread if the kernel supports it.
+	 * On kernels without support, user threads will have already failed
+	 * on missing timerlat_fd, and kernel threads do not need it.
+	 */
+	retval = osnoise_set_workload(tool->context, params->kernel_workload);
+	if (retval < -1) {
+		err_msg("Failed to set OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option\n");
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_err:
+	return -1;
+}
+
 static void timerlat_usage(int err)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.h
index 88561bfd14f3..73045aef23fa 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.h
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat.h
@@ -1,4 +1,58 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include "osnoise.h"
+
+struct timerlat_params {
+	/* Common params */
+	char			*cpus;
+	cpu_set_t		monitored_cpus;
+	char			*trace_output;
+	char			*cgroup_name;
+	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;
+	int			no_aa;
+	int			dump_tasks;
+	int			cgroup;
+	int			hk_cpus;
+	int			user_workload;
+	int			kernel_workload;
+	int			user_data;
+	int			warmup;
+	int			buffer_size;
+	int			deepest_idle_state;
+	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
+	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
+	struct trace_events	*events;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			/* top only */
+			int			quiet;
+			int			aa_only;
+			int			pretty_output;
+		};
+		struct {
+			/* hist only */
+			char			no_irq;
+			char			no_thread;
+			char			no_header;
+			char			no_summary;
+			char			no_index;
+			char			with_zeros;
+			int			bucket_size;
+			int			entries;
+		};
+	};
+};
+
+int timerlat_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct timerlat_params *params);
+
 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_aa.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.c
index 7bd80ee2a5b4..31e66ea2b144 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_aa.c
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include "utils.h"
-#include "osnoise.h"
 #include "timerlat.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_bpf.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_bpf.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5abee884037a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_bpf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#ifdef HAVE_BPF_SKEL
+#include "timerlat.h"
+#include "timerlat_bpf.h"
+#include "timerlat.skel.h"
+
+static struct timerlat_bpf *bpf;
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_bpf_init - load and initialize BPF program to collect timerlat data
+ */
+int timerlat_bpf_init(struct timerlat_params *params)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	debug_msg("Loading BPF program\n");
+
+	bpf = timerlat_bpf__open();
+	if (!bpf)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Pass common options */
+	bpf->rodata->output_divisor = params->output_divisor;
+	bpf->rodata->entries = params->entries;
+	bpf->rodata->irq_threshold = params->stop_us;
+	bpf->rodata->thread_threshold = params->stop_total_us;
+	bpf->rodata->aa_only = params->aa_only;
+
+	if (params->entries != 0) {
+		/* Pass histogram options */
+		bpf->rodata->bucket_size = params->bucket_size;
+
+		/* Set histogram array sizes */
+		bpf_map__set_max_entries(bpf->maps.hist_irq, params->entries);
+		bpf_map__set_max_entries(bpf->maps.hist_thread, params->entries);
+		bpf_map__set_max_entries(bpf->maps.hist_user, params->entries);
+	} else {
+		/* No entries, disable histogram */
+		bpf_map__set_autocreate(bpf->maps.hist_irq, false);
+		bpf_map__set_autocreate(bpf->maps.hist_thread, false);
+		bpf_map__set_autocreate(bpf->maps.hist_user, false);
+	}
+
+	if (params->aa_only) {
+		/* Auto-analysis only, disable summary */
+		bpf_map__set_autocreate(bpf->maps.summary_irq, false);
+		bpf_map__set_autocreate(bpf->maps.summary_thread, false);
+		bpf_map__set_autocreate(bpf->maps.summary_user, false);
+	}
+
+	/* Load and verify BPF program */
+	err = timerlat_bpf__load(bpf);
+	if (err) {
+		timerlat_bpf__destroy(bpf);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_bpf_attach - attach BPF program to collect timerlat data
+ */
+int timerlat_bpf_attach(void)
+{
+	debug_msg("Attaching BPF program\n");
+
+	return timerlat_bpf__attach(bpf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_bpf_detach - detach BPF program to collect timerlat data
+ */
+void timerlat_bpf_detach(void)
+{
+	timerlat_bpf__detach(bpf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_bpf_detach - destroy BPF program to collect timerlat data
+ */
+void timerlat_bpf_destroy(void)
+{
+	timerlat_bpf__destroy(bpf);
+}
+
+static int handle_rb_event(void *ctx, void *data, size_t data_sz)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_bpf_wait - wait until tracing is stopped or signal
+ */
+int timerlat_bpf_wait(int timeout)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	int retval;
+
+	rb = ring_buffer__new(bpf_map__fd(bpf->maps.signal_stop_tracing),
+			      handle_rb_event, NULL, NULL);
+	retval = ring_buffer__poll(rb, timeout * 1000);
+	ring_buffer__free(rb);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int get_value(struct bpf_map *map_irq,
+		     struct bpf_map *map_thread,
+		     struct bpf_map *map_user,
+		     int key,
+		     long long *value_irq,
+		     long long *value_thread,
+		     long long *value_user,
+		     int cpus)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = bpf_map__lookup_elem(map_irq, &key,
+				   sizeof(unsigned int), value_irq,
+				   sizeof(long long) * cpus, 0);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	err = bpf_map__lookup_elem(map_thread, &key,
+				   sizeof(unsigned int), value_thread,
+				   sizeof(long long) * cpus, 0);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	err = bpf_map__lookup_elem(map_user, &key,
+				   sizeof(unsigned int), value_user,
+				   sizeof(long long) * cpus, 0);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_bpf_get_hist_value - get value from BPF hist map
+ */
+int timerlat_bpf_get_hist_value(int key,
+				long long *value_irq,
+				long long *value_thread,
+				long long *value_user,
+				int cpus)
+{
+	return get_value(bpf->maps.hist_irq,
+			 bpf->maps.hist_thread,
+			 bpf->maps.hist_user,
+			 key, value_irq, value_thread, value_user, cpus);
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value - get value from BPF summary map
+ */
+int timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(enum summary_field key,
+				   long long *value_irq,
+				   long long *value_thread,
+				   long long *value_user,
+				   int cpus)
+{
+	return get_value(bpf->maps.summary_irq,
+			 bpf->maps.summary_thread,
+			 bpf->maps.summary_user,
+			 key, value_irq, value_thread, value_user, cpus);
+}
+#endif /* HAVE_BPF_SKEL */
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_bpf.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_bpf.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1b54dbddb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_bpf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#pragma once
+
+enum summary_field {
+	SUMMARY_CURRENT,
+	SUMMARY_MIN,
+	SUMMARY_MAX,
+	SUMMARY_COUNT,
+	SUMMARY_SUM,
+	SUMMARY_OVERFLOW,
+	SUMMARY_FIELD_N
+};
+
+#ifndef __bpf__
+#ifdef HAVE_BPF_SKEL
+int timerlat_bpf_init(struct timerlat_params *params);
+int timerlat_bpf_attach(void);
+void timerlat_bpf_detach(void);
+void timerlat_bpf_destroy(void);
+int timerlat_bpf_wait(int timeout);
+int timerlat_bpf_get_hist_value(int key,
+				long long *value_irq,
+				long long *value_thread,
+				long long *value_user,
+				int cpus);
+int timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(enum summary_field key,
+				   long long *value_irq,
+				   long long *value_thread,
+				   long long *value_user,
+				   int cpus);
+static inline int have_libbpf_support(void) { return 1; }
+#else
+static inline int timerlat_bpf_init(struct timerlat_params *params)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+static inline int timerlat_bpf_attach(void) { return -1; }
+static inline void timerlat_bpf_detach(void) { };
+static inline void timerlat_bpf_destroy(void) { };
+static inline int timerlat_bpf_wait(int timeout) { return -1; }
+static inline int timerlat_bpf_get_hist_value(int key,
+					      long long *value_irq,
+					      long long *value_thread,
+					      long long *value_user,
+					      int cpus)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+static inline int timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(enum summary_field key,
+						 long long *value_irq,
+						 long long *value_thread,
+						 long long *value_user,
+						 int cpus)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+static inline int have_libbpf_support(void) { return 0; }
+#endif /* HAVE_BPF_SKEL */
+#endif /* __bpf__ */
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
index 6d7d0a2d45b4..9d9efeedc4c2 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
@@ -14,49 +14,10 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 
-#include "utils.h"
-#include "osnoise.h"
 #include "timerlat.h"
 #include "timerlat_aa.h"
 #include "timerlat_u.h"
-
-struct timerlat_hist_params {
-	char			*cpus;
-	cpu_set_t		monitored_cpus;
-	char			*trace_output;
-	char			*cgroup_name;
-	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;
-	int			cgroup;
-	int			hk_cpus;
-	int			no_aa;
-	int			dump_tasks;
-	int			user_workload;
-	int			kernel_workload;
-	int			user_hist;
-	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
-	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;
-	int			warmup;
-	int			buffer_size;
-	int			deepest_idle_state;
-};
+#include "timerlat_bpf.h"
 
 struct timerlat_hist_cpu {
 	int			*irq;
@@ -174,7 +135,7 @@ timerlat_hist_update(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int cpu,
 		     unsigned long long context,
 		     unsigned long long latency)
 {
-	struct timerlat_hist_params *params = tool->params;
+	struct timerlat_params *params = tool->params;
 	struct timerlat_hist_data *data = tool->data;
 	int entries = data->entries;
 	int bucket;
@@ -234,11 +195,94 @@ timerlat_hist_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
 }
 
 /*
+ * timerlat_hist_bpf_pull_data - copy data from BPF maps into userspace
+ */
+static int timerlat_hist_bpf_pull_data(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+{
+	struct timerlat_hist_data *data = tool->data;
+	int i, j, err;
+	long long value_irq[data->nr_cpus],
+		  value_thread[data->nr_cpus],
+		  value_user[data->nr_cpus];
+
+	/* Pull histogram */
+	for (i = 0; i < data->entries; i++) {
+		err = timerlat_bpf_get_hist_value(i, value_irq, value_thread,
+						  value_user, data->nr_cpus);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		for (j = 0; j < data->nr_cpus; j++) {
+			data->hist[j].irq[i] = value_irq[j];
+			data->hist[j].thread[i] = value_thread[j];
+			data->hist[j].user[i] = value_user[j];
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Pull summary */
+	err = timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(SUMMARY_COUNT,
+					     value_irq, value_thread, value_user,
+					     data->nr_cpus);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < data->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		data->hist[i].irq_count = value_irq[i];
+		data->hist[i].thread_count = value_thread[i];
+		data->hist[i].user_count = value_user[i];
+	}
+
+	err = timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(SUMMARY_MIN,
+					     value_irq, value_thread, value_user,
+					     data->nr_cpus);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < data->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		data->hist[i].min_irq = value_irq[i];
+		data->hist[i].min_thread = value_thread[i];
+		data->hist[i].min_user = value_user[i];
+	}
+
+	err = timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(SUMMARY_MAX,
+					     value_irq, value_thread, value_user,
+					     data->nr_cpus);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < data->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		data->hist[i].max_irq = value_irq[i];
+		data->hist[i].max_thread = value_thread[i];
+		data->hist[i].max_user = value_user[i];
+	}
+
+	err = timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(SUMMARY_SUM,
+					     value_irq, value_thread, value_user,
+					     data->nr_cpus);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < data->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		data->hist[i].sum_irq = value_irq[i];
+		data->hist[i].sum_thread = value_thread[i];
+		data->hist[i].sum_user = value_user[i];
+	}
+
+	err = timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(SUMMARY_OVERFLOW,
+					     value_irq, value_thread, value_user,
+					     data->nr_cpus);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < data->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		data->hist[i].irq[data->entries] = value_irq[i];
+		data->hist[i].thread[data->entries] = value_thread[i];
+		data->hist[i].user[data->entries] = value_user[i];
+	}
+
+	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_params *params = tool->params;
 	struct timerlat_hist_data *data = tool->data;
 	struct trace_seq *s = tool->trace.seq;
 	char duration[26];
@@ -271,7 +315,7 @@ static void timerlat_hist_header(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
 		if (!params->no_thread)
 			trace_seq_printf(s, "   Thr-%03d", cpu);
 
-		if (params->user_hist)
+		if (params->user_data)
 			trace_seq_printf(s, "   Usr-%03d", cpu);
 	}
 	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
@@ -300,7 +344,7 @@ static void format_summary_value(struct trace_seq *seq,
  * timerlat_print_summary - print the summary of the hist data to the output
  */
 static void
-timerlat_print_summary(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
+timerlat_print_summary(struct timerlat_params *params,
 		       struct trace_instance *trace,
 		       struct timerlat_hist_data *data)
 {
@@ -327,7 +371,7 @@ timerlat_print_summary(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
 					data->hist[cpu].thread_count);
 
-		if (params->user_hist)
+		if (params->user_data)
 			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
 					 data->hist[cpu].user_count);
 	}
@@ -355,7 +399,7 @@ timerlat_print_summary(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 					     data->hist[cpu].min_thread,
 					     false);
 
-		if (params->user_hist)
+		if (params->user_data)
 			format_summary_value(trace->seq,
 					     data->hist[cpu].user_count,
 					     data->hist[cpu].min_user,
@@ -385,7 +429,7 @@ timerlat_print_summary(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 					     data->hist[cpu].sum_thread,
 					     true);
 
-		if (params->user_hist)
+		if (params->user_data)
 			format_summary_value(trace->seq,
 					     data->hist[cpu].user_count,
 					     data->hist[cpu].sum_user,
@@ -415,7 +459,7 @@ timerlat_print_summary(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 					     data->hist[cpu].max_thread,
 					     false);
 
-		if (params->user_hist)
+		if (params->user_data)
 			format_summary_value(trace->seq,
 					     data->hist[cpu].user_count,
 					     data->hist[cpu].max_user,
@@ -427,7 +471,7 @@ timerlat_print_summary(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 }
 
 static void
-timerlat_print_stats_all(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
+timerlat_print_stats_all(struct timerlat_params *params,
 			 struct trace_instance *trace,
 			 struct timerlat_hist_data *data)
 {
@@ -477,7 +521,7 @@ timerlat_print_stats_all(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 	if (!params->no_thread)
 		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "       Thr");
 
-	if (params->user_hist)
+	if (params->user_data)
 		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "       Usr");
 
 	trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
@@ -493,7 +537,7 @@ timerlat_print_stats_all(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
 				 sum.thread_count);
 
-	if (params->user_hist)
+	if (params->user_data)
 		trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9llu ",
 				 sum.user_count);
 
@@ -514,7 +558,7 @@ timerlat_print_stats_all(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 				     sum.min_thread,
 				     false);
 
-	if (params->user_hist)
+	if (params->user_data)
 		format_summary_value(trace->seq,
 				     sum.user_count,
 				     sum.min_user,
@@ -537,7 +581,7 @@ timerlat_print_stats_all(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 				     sum.sum_thread,
 				     true);
 
-	if (params->user_hist)
+	if (params->user_data)
 		format_summary_value(trace->seq,
 				     sum.user_count,
 				     sum.sum_user,
@@ -560,7 +604,7 @@ timerlat_print_stats_all(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
 				     sum.max_thread,
 				     false);
 
-	if (params->user_hist)
+	if (params->user_data)
 		format_summary_value(trace->seq,
 				     sum.user_count,
 				     sum.max_user,
@@ -575,7 +619,7 @@ timerlat_print_stats_all(struct timerlat_hist_params *params,
  * timerlat_print_stats - print data for each CPUs
  */
 static void
-timerlat_print_stats(struct timerlat_hist_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+timerlat_print_stats(struct timerlat_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *tool)
 {
 	struct timerlat_hist_data *data = tool->data;
 	struct trace_instance *trace = &tool->trace;
@@ -610,7 +654,7 @@ timerlat_print_stats(struct timerlat_hist_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *t
 						data->hist[cpu].thread[bucket]);
 			}
 
-			if (params->user_hist) {
+			if (params->user_data) {
 				total += data->hist[cpu].user[bucket];
 				trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
 						data->hist[cpu].user[bucket]);
@@ -646,7 +690,7 @@ timerlat_print_stats(struct timerlat_hist_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *t
 			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
 					 data->hist[cpu].thread[data->entries]);
 
-		if (params->user_hist)
+		if (params->user_data)
 			trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "%9d ",
 					 data->hist[cpu].user[data->entries]);
 	}
@@ -734,10 +778,10 @@ static void timerlat_hist_usage(char *usage)
 /*
  * timerlat_hist_parse_args - allocs, parse and fill the cmd line parameters
  */
-static struct timerlat_hist_params
+static struct timerlat_params
 *timerlat_hist_parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	struct timerlat_hist_params *params;
+	struct timerlat_params *params;
 	struct trace_events *tevent;
 	int auto_thresh;
 	int retval;
@@ -921,7 +965,7 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 			params->user_workload = 1;
 			/* fallback: -u implies in -U */
 		case 'U':
-			params->user_hist = 1;
+			params->user_data = 1;
 			break;
 		case '0': /* no irq */
 			params->no_irq = 1;
@@ -1017,100 +1061,13 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_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)
+timerlat_hist_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *tool, struct timerlat_params *params)
 {
-	int retval, i;
-
-	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;
-		}
-	} else {
-		for (i = 0; i < sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); i++)
-			CPU_SET(i, &params->monitored_cpus);
-	}
-
-	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;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (params->hk_cpus) {
-		retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(params->hk_cpu_set),
-					   &params->hk_cpu_set);
-		if (retval == -1) {
-			err_msg("Failed to set rtla to the house keeping CPUs\n");
-			goto out_err;
-		}
-	} else if (params->cpus) {
-		/*
-		 * Even if the user do not set a house-keeping CPU, try to
-		 * move rtla to a CPU set different to the one where the user
-		 * set the workload to run.
-		 *
-		 * No need to check results as this is an automatic attempt.
-		 */
-		auto_house_keeping(&params->monitored_cpus);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * If the user did not specify a type of thread, try user-threads first.
-	 * Fall back to kernel threads otherwise.
-	 */
-	if (!params->kernel_workload && !params->user_hist) {
-		retval = tracefs_file_exists(NULL, "osnoise/per_cpu/cpu0/timerlat_fd");
-		if (retval) {
-			debug_msg("User-space interface detected, setting user-threads\n");
-			params->user_workload = 1;
-			params->user_hist = 1;
-		} else {
-			debug_msg("User-space interface not detected, setting kernel-threads\n");
-			params->kernel_workload = 1;
-		}
-	}
+	int retval;
 
-	/*
-	* Set workload according to type of thread if the kernel supports it.
-	* On kernels without support, user threads will have already failed
-	* on missing timerlat_fd, and kernel threads do not need it.
-	*/
-	retval = osnoise_set_workload(tool->context, params->kernel_workload);
-	if (retval < -1) {
-		err_msg("Failed to set OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option\n");
+	retval = timerlat_apply_config(tool, params);
+	if (retval)
 		goto out_err;
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1122,7 +1079,7 @@ out_err:
  * timerlat_init_hist - initialize a timerlat hist tool with parameters
  */
 static struct osnoise_tool
-*timerlat_init_hist(struct timerlat_hist_params *params)
+*timerlat_init_hist(struct timerlat_params *params)
 {
 	struct osnoise_tool *tool;
 	int nr_cpus;
@@ -1170,7 +1127,7 @@ static void stop_hist(int sig)
  * timerlat_hist_set_signals - handles the signal to stop the tool
  */
 static void
-timerlat_hist_set_signals(struct timerlat_hist_params *params)
+timerlat_hist_set_signals(struct timerlat_params *params)
 {
 	signal(SIGINT, stop_hist);
 	if (params->duration) {
@@ -1181,7 +1138,7 @@ timerlat_hist_set_signals(struct timerlat_hist_params *params)
 
 int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	struct timerlat_hist_params *params;
+	struct timerlat_params *params;
 	struct osnoise_tool *record = NULL;
 	struct timerlat_u_params params_u;
 	struct osnoise_tool *tool = NULL;
@@ -1192,6 +1149,7 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	pthread_t timerlat_u;
 	int retval;
 	int nr_cpus, i;
+	bool no_bpf = false;
 
 	params = timerlat_hist_parse_args(argc, argv);
 	if (!params)
@@ -1217,6 +1175,24 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	hist_inst = trace;
 
+	if (getenv("RTLA_NO_BPF") && strncmp(getenv("RTLA_NO_BPF"), "1", 2) == 0) {
+		debug_msg("RTLA_NO_BPF set, disabling BPF\n");
+		no_bpf = true;
+	}
+
+	if (!no_bpf && !tep_find_event_by_name(trace->tep, "osnoise", "timerlat_sample")) {
+		debug_msg("osnoise:timerlat_sample missing, disabling BPF\n");
+		no_bpf = true;
+	}
+
+	if (!no_bpf) {
+		retval = timerlat_bpf_init(params);
+		if (retval) {
+			debug_msg("Could not enable BPF\n");
+			no_bpf = true;
+		}
+	}
+
 	retval = enable_timerlat(trace);
 	if (retval) {
 		err_msg("Failed to enable timerlat tracer\n");
@@ -1344,35 +1320,55 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		trace_instance_start(&record->trace);
 	if (!params->no_aa)
 		trace_instance_start(&aa->trace);
-	trace_instance_start(trace);
+	if (no_bpf) {
+		trace_instance_start(trace);
+	} else {
+		retval = timerlat_bpf_attach();
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Error attaching BPF program\n");
+			goto out_hist;
+		}
+	}
 
 	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 (osnoise_trace_is_off(tool, record))
-			break;
+	if (no_bpf) {
+		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;
+			}
 
-		/* is there still any user-threads ? */
-		if (params->user_workload) {
-			if (params_u.stopped_running) {
-				debug_msg("timerlat user-space threads stopped!\n");
+			if (osnoise_trace_is_off(tool, record))
 				break;
+
+			/* is there still any user-threads ? */
+			if (params->user_workload) {
+				if (params_u.stopped_running) {
+					debug_msg("timerlat user-space threads stopped!\n");
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 		}
+	} else
+		timerlat_bpf_wait(-1);
+
+	if (!no_bpf) {
+		timerlat_bpf_detach();
+		retval = timerlat_hist_bpf_pull_data(tool);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Error pulling BPF data\n");
+			goto out_hist;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (params->user_workload && !params_u.stopped_running) {
@@ -1390,10 +1386,8 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (!params->no_aa)
 			timerlat_auto_analysis(params->stop_us, params->stop_total_us);
 
-		if (params->trace_output) {
-			printf("  Saving trace to %s\n", params->trace_output);
-			save_trace_to_file(record->trace.inst, params->trace_output);
-		}
+		save_trace_to_file(record ? record->trace.inst : NULL,
+				   params->trace_output);
 	}
 
 out_hist:
@@ -1416,6 +1410,8 @@ out_free:
 	osnoise_destroy_tool(tool);
 	free(params);
 	free_cpu_idle_disable_states();
+	if (!no_bpf)
+		timerlat_bpf_destroy();
 out_exit:
 	exit(return_value);
 }
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
index 05a9403b01d2..79cb6f28967f 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
@@ -15,44 +15,10 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 
-#include "utils.h"
-#include "osnoise.h"
 #include "timerlat.h"
 #include "timerlat_aa.h"
 #include "timerlat_u.h"
-
-struct timerlat_top_params {
-	char			*cpus;
-	cpu_set_t		monitored_cpus;
-	char			*trace_output;
-	char			*cgroup_name;
-	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;
-	int			no_aa;
-	int			aa_only;
-	int			dump_tasks;
-	int			cgroup;
-	int			hk_cpus;
-	int			user_top;
-	int			user_workload;
-	int			kernel_workload;
-	int			pretty_output;
-	int			warmup;
-	int			buffer_size;
-	int			deepest_idle_state;
-	cpu_set_t		hk_cpu_set;
-	struct sched_attr	sched_param;
-	struct trace_events	*events;
-};
+#include "timerlat_bpf.h"
 
 struct timerlat_top_cpu {
 	unsigned long long	irq_count;
@@ -162,9 +128,13 @@ timerlat_top_update(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int cpu,
 		    unsigned long long thread,
 		    unsigned long long latency)
 {
+	struct timerlat_params *params = tool->params;
 	struct timerlat_top_data *data = tool->data;
 	struct timerlat_top_cpu *cpu_data = &data->cpu_data[cpu];
 
+	if (params->output_divisor)
+		latency = latency / params->output_divisor;
+
 	if (!thread) {
 		cpu_data->irq_count++;
 		cpu_data->cur_irq = latency;
@@ -194,7 +164,7 @@ timerlat_top_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
 		     struct tep_event *event, void *context)
 {
 	struct trace_instance *trace = context;
-	struct timerlat_top_params *params;
+	struct timerlat_params *params;
 	unsigned long long latency, thread;
 	struct osnoise_tool *top;
 	int cpu = record->cpu;
@@ -213,9 +183,79 @@ timerlat_top_handler(struct trace_seq *s, struct tep_record *record,
 }
 
 /*
+ * timerlat_top_bpf_pull_data - copy data from BPF maps into userspace
+ */
+static int timerlat_top_bpf_pull_data(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
+{
+	struct timerlat_top_data *data = tool->data;
+	int i, err;
+	long long value_irq[data->nr_cpus],
+		  value_thread[data->nr_cpus],
+		  value_user[data->nr_cpus];
+
+	/* Pull summary */
+	err = timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(SUMMARY_CURRENT,
+					     value_irq, value_thread, value_user,
+					     data->nr_cpus);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < data->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		data->cpu_data[i].cur_irq = value_irq[i];
+		data->cpu_data[i].cur_thread = value_thread[i];
+		data->cpu_data[i].cur_user = value_user[i];
+	}
+
+	err = timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(SUMMARY_COUNT,
+					     value_irq, value_thread, value_user,
+					     data->nr_cpus);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < data->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		data->cpu_data[i].irq_count = value_irq[i];
+		data->cpu_data[i].thread_count = value_thread[i];
+		data->cpu_data[i].user_count = value_user[i];
+	}
+
+	err = timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(SUMMARY_MIN,
+					     value_irq, value_thread, value_user,
+					     data->nr_cpus);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < data->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		data->cpu_data[i].min_irq = value_irq[i];
+		data->cpu_data[i].min_thread = value_thread[i];
+		data->cpu_data[i].min_user = value_user[i];
+	}
+
+	err = timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(SUMMARY_MAX,
+					     value_irq, value_thread, value_user,
+					     data->nr_cpus);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < data->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		data->cpu_data[i].max_irq = value_irq[i];
+		data->cpu_data[i].max_thread = value_thread[i];
+		data->cpu_data[i].max_user = value_user[i];
+	}
+
+	err = timerlat_bpf_get_summary_value(SUMMARY_SUM,
+					     value_irq, value_thread, value_user,
+					     data->nr_cpus);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < data->nr_cpus; i++) {
+		data->cpu_data[i].sum_irq = value_irq[i];
+		data->cpu_data[i].sum_thread = value_thread[i];
+		data->cpu_data[i].sum_user = value_user[i];
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * timerlat_top_header - print the header of the tool output
  */
-static void timerlat_top_header(struct timerlat_top_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *top)
+static void timerlat_top_header(struct timerlat_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *top)
 {
 	struct trace_seq *s = top->trace.seq;
 	char duration[26];
@@ -226,7 +266,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_header(struct timerlat_top_params *params, struct osnoi
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[2;37;40m");
 
 	trace_seq_printf(s, "                                     Timer Latency                                              ");
-	if (params->user_top)
+	if (params->user_data)
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "                                         ");
 
 	if (params->pretty_output)
@@ -237,7 +277,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_header(struct timerlat_top_params *params, struct osnoi
 			params->output_divisor == 1 ? "ns" : "us",
 			params->output_divisor == 1 ? "ns" : "us");
 
-	if (params->user_top) {
+	if (params->user_data) {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "      |    Ret user Timer Latency (%s)",
 				params->output_divisor == 1 ? "ns" : "us");
 	}
@@ -247,7 +287,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_header(struct timerlat_top_params *params, struct osnoi
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "\033[2;30;47m");
 
 	trace_seq_printf(s, "CPU COUNT      |      cur       min       avg       max |      cur       min       avg       max");
-	if (params->user_top)
+	if (params->user_data)
 		trace_seq_printf(s, " |      cur       min       avg       max");
 
 	if (params->pretty_output)
@@ -263,15 +303,11 @@ static const char *no_value = "        -";
 static void timerlat_top_print(struct osnoise_tool *top, int cpu)
 {
 
-	struct timerlat_top_params *params = top->params;
+	struct timerlat_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?
 	 */
@@ -286,23 +322,23 @@ static void timerlat_top_print(struct osnoise_tool *top, int cpu)
 	if (!cpu_data->irq_count) {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%s %s %s %s |", no_value, no_value, no_value, no_value);
 	} else {
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_irq / params->output_divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_irq / params->output_divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", (cpu_data->sum_irq / cpu_data->irq_count) / divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu |", cpu_data->max_irq / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_irq);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_irq);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->sum_irq / cpu_data->irq_count);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu |", cpu_data->max_irq);
 	}
 
 	if (!cpu_data->thread_count) {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%s %s %s %s", no_value, no_value, no_value, no_value);
 	} else {
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_thread / divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_thread / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_thread);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_thread);
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ",
-				(cpu_data->sum_thread / cpu_data->thread_count) / divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu", cpu_data->max_thread / divisor);
+				cpu_data->sum_thread / cpu_data->thread_count);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu", cpu_data->max_thread);
 	}
 
-	if (!params->user_top) {
+	if (!params->user_data) {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -312,11 +348,11 @@ static void timerlat_top_print(struct osnoise_tool *top, int cpu)
 	if (!cpu_data->user_count) {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%s %s %s %s\n", no_value, no_value, no_value, no_value);
 	} else {
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_user / divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_user / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->cur_user);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", cpu_data->min_user);
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ",
-				(cpu_data->sum_user / cpu_data->user_count) / divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu\n", cpu_data->max_user / divisor);
+				cpu_data->sum_user / cpu_data->user_count);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu\n", cpu_data->max_user);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -327,15 +363,11 @@ static void
 timerlat_top_print_sum(struct osnoise_tool *top, struct timerlat_top_cpu *summary)
 {
 	const char *split = "----------------------------------------";
-	struct timerlat_top_params *params = top->params;
+	struct timerlat_params *params = top->params;
 	unsigned long long count = summary->irq_count;
-	int divisor = params->output_divisor;
 	struct trace_seq *s = top->trace.seq;
 	int e = 0;
 
-	if (divisor == 0)
-		return;
-
 	/*
 	 * Skip if no data is available: is this cpu offline?
 	 */
@@ -348,7 +380,7 @@ timerlat_top_print_sum(struct osnoise_tool *top, struct timerlat_top_cpu *summar
 	}
 
 	trace_seq_printf(s, "%.*s|%.*s|%.*s", 15, split, 40, split, 39, split);
-	if (params->user_top)
+	if (params->user_data)
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "-|%.*s", 39, split);
 	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
 
@@ -358,22 +390,22 @@ timerlat_top_print_sum(struct osnoise_tool *top, struct timerlat_top_cpu *summar
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "          %s %s %s |", no_value, no_value, no_value);
 	} else {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "          ");
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", summary->min_irq / params->output_divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", (summary->sum_irq / summary->irq_count) / divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu |", summary->max_irq / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", summary->min_irq);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", summary->sum_irq / summary->irq_count);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu |", summary->max_irq);
 	}
 
 	if (!summary->thread_count) {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%s %s %s %s", no_value, no_value, no_value, no_value);
 	} else {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "          ");
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", summary->min_thread / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", summary->min_thread);
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ",
-				(summary->sum_thread / summary->thread_count) / divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu", summary->max_thread / divisor);
+				summary->sum_thread / summary->thread_count);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu", summary->max_thread);
 	}
 
-	if (!params->user_top) {
+	if (!params->user_data) {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -384,10 +416,10 @@ timerlat_top_print_sum(struct osnoise_tool *top, struct timerlat_top_cpu *summar
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "          %s %s %s |", no_value, no_value, no_value);
 	} else {
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "          ");
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", summary->min_user / divisor);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ", summary->min_user);
 		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu ",
-				(summary->sum_user / summary->user_count) / divisor);
-		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu\n", summary->max_user / divisor);
+				summary->sum_user / summary->user_count);
+		trace_seq_printf(s, "%9llu\n", summary->max_user);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -404,7 +436,7 @@ static void clear_terminal(struct trace_seq *seq)
  * timerlat_print_stats - print data for all cpus
  */
 static void
-timerlat_print_stats(struct timerlat_top_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *top)
+timerlat_print_stats(struct timerlat_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *top)
 {
 	struct trace_instance *trace = &top->trace;
 	struct timerlat_top_cpu summary;
@@ -505,10 +537,10 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
 /*
  * timerlat_top_parse_args - allocs, parse and fill the cmd line parameters
  */
-static struct timerlat_top_params
+static struct timerlat_params
 *timerlat_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	struct timerlat_top_params *params;
+	struct timerlat_params *params;
 	struct trace_events *tevent;
 	long long auto_thresh;
 	int retval;
@@ -690,7 +722,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 			params->user_workload = true;
 			/* fallback: -u implies -U */
 		case 'U':
-			params->user_top = true;
+			params->user_data = true;
 			break;
 		case '0': /* trigger */
 			if (params->events) {
@@ -765,103 +797,13 @@ static struct timerlat_top_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)
+timerlat_top_apply_config(struct osnoise_tool *top, struct timerlat_params *params)
 {
 	int retval;
-	int i;
-
-	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;
-		}
-	} else {
-		for (i = 0; i < sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); i++)
-			CPU_SET(i, &params->monitored_cpus);
-	}
-
-	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;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (params->hk_cpus) {
-		retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(params->hk_cpu_set),
-					   &params->hk_cpu_set);
-		if (retval == -1) {
-			err_msg("Failed to set rtla to the house keeping CPUs\n");
-			goto out_err;
-		}
-	} else if (params->cpus) {
-		/*
-		 * Even if the user do not set a house-keeping CPU, try to
-		 * move rtla to a CPU set different to the one where the user
-		 * set the workload to run.
-		 *
-		 * No need to check results as this is an automatic attempt.
-		 */
-		auto_house_keeping(&params->monitored_cpus);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * If the user did not specify a type of thread, try user-threads first.
-	 * Fall back to kernel threads otherwise.
-	 */
-	if (!params->kernel_workload && !params->user_top) {
-		retval = tracefs_file_exists(NULL, "osnoise/per_cpu/cpu0/timerlat_fd");
-		if (retval) {
-			debug_msg("User-space interface detected, setting user-threads\n");
-			params->user_workload = 1;
-			params->user_top = 1;
-		} else {
-			debug_msg("User-space interface not detected, setting kernel-threads\n");
-			params->kernel_workload = 1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/*
-	* Set workload according to type of thread if the kernel supports it.
-	* On kernels without support, user threads will have already failed
-	* on missing timerlat_fd, and kernel threads do not need it.
-	*/
-	retval = osnoise_set_workload(top->context, params->kernel_workload);
-	if (retval < -1) {
-		err_msg("Failed to set OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option\n");
+	retval = timerlat_apply_config(top, params);
+	if (retval)
 		goto out_err;
-	}
 
 	if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO) && !params->quiet)
 		params->pretty_output = 1;
@@ -876,7 +818,7 @@ out_err:
  * timerlat_init_top - initialize a timerlat top tool with parameters
  */
 static struct osnoise_tool
-*timerlat_init_top(struct timerlat_top_params *params)
+*timerlat_init_top(struct timerlat_params *params)
 {
 	struct osnoise_tool *top;
 	int nr_cpus;
@@ -924,7 +866,7 @@ static void stop_top(int sig)
  * timerlat_top_set_signals - handles the signal to stop the tool
  */
 static void
-timerlat_top_set_signals(struct timerlat_top_params *params)
+timerlat_top_set_signals(struct timerlat_params *params)
 {
 	signal(SIGINT, stop_top);
 	if (params->duration) {
@@ -933,9 +875,114 @@ timerlat_top_set_signals(struct timerlat_top_params *params)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * timerlat_top_main_loop - main loop to process events
+ */
+static int
+timerlat_top_main_loop(struct osnoise_tool *top,
+		       struct osnoise_tool *record,
+		       struct timerlat_params *params,
+		       struct timerlat_u_params *params_u)
+{
+	struct trace_instance *trace = &top->trace;
+	int retval;
+
+	while (!stop_tracing) {
+		sleep(params->sleep_time);
+
+		if (params->aa_only && !osnoise_trace_is_off(top, record))
+			continue;
+
+		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");
+			return retval;
+		}
+
+		if (!params->quiet)
+			timerlat_print_stats(params, top);
+
+		if (osnoise_trace_is_off(top, record))
+			break;
+
+		/* is there still any user-threads ? */
+		if (params->user_workload) {
+			if (params_u->stopped_running) {
+				debug_msg("timerlat user space threads stopped!\n");
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timerlat_top_bpf_main_loop - main loop to process events (BPF variant)
+ */
+static int
+timerlat_top_bpf_main_loop(struct osnoise_tool *top,
+			   struct osnoise_tool *record,
+			   struct timerlat_params *params,
+			   struct timerlat_u_params *params_u)
+{
+	int retval, wait_retval;
+
+	if (params->aa_only) {
+		/* Auto-analysis only, just wait for stop tracing */
+		timerlat_bpf_wait(-1);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (params->quiet) {
+		/* Quiet mode: wait for stop and then, print results */
+		timerlat_bpf_wait(-1);
+
+		retval = timerlat_top_bpf_pull_data(top);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Error pulling BPF data\n");
+			return retval;
+		}
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Pull and display data in a loop */
+	while (!stop_tracing) {
+		wait_retval = timerlat_bpf_wait(params->sleep_time);
+
+		retval = timerlat_top_bpf_pull_data(top);
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Error pulling BPF data\n");
+			return retval;
+		}
+
+		timerlat_print_stats(params, top);
+
+		if (wait_retval == 1)
+			/* Stopping requested by tracer */
+			break;
+
+		/* is there still any user-threads ? */
+		if (params->user_workload) {
+			if (params_u->stopped_running) {
+				debug_msg("timerlat user space threads stopped!\n");
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	struct timerlat_top_params *params;
+	struct timerlat_params *params;
 	struct osnoise_tool *record = NULL;
 	struct timerlat_u_params params_u;
 	struct osnoise_tool *top = NULL;
@@ -947,6 +994,7 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *max_lat;
 	int retval;
 	int nr_cpus, i;
+	bool no_bpf = false;
 
 	params = timerlat_top_parse_args(argc, argv);
 	if (!params)
@@ -972,6 +1020,23 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	*/
 	top_inst = trace;
 
+	if (getenv("RTLA_NO_BPF") && strncmp(getenv("RTLA_NO_BPF"), "1", 2) == 0) {
+		debug_msg("RTLA_NO_BPF set, disabling BPF\n");
+		no_bpf = true;
+	}
+
+	if (!no_bpf && !tep_find_event_by_name(trace->tep, "osnoise", "timerlat_sample")) {
+		debug_msg("osnoise:timerlat_sample missing, disabling BPF\n");
+		no_bpf = true;
+	}
+
+	if (!no_bpf) {
+		retval = timerlat_bpf_init(params);
+		if (retval) {
+			debug_msg("Could not enable BPF\n");
+			no_bpf = true;
+		}
+	}
 
 	retval = enable_timerlat(trace);
 	if (retval) {
@@ -987,7 +1052,7 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (params->cgroup && !params->user_top) {
+	if (params->cgroup && !params->user_data) {
 		retval = set_comm_cgroup("timerlat/", params->cgroup_name);
 		if (!retval) {
 			err_msg("Failed to move threads to cgroup\n");
@@ -1046,15 +1111,9 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	if (!params->no_aa) {
-		if (params->aa_only) {
-			/* as top is not used for display, use it for aa */
-			aa = top;
-		} else  {
-			/* otherwise, a new instance is needed */
-			aa = osnoise_init_tool("timerlat_aa");
-			if (!aa)
-				goto out_top;
-		}
+		aa = osnoise_init_tool("timerlat_aa");
+		if (!aa)
+			goto out_top;
 
 		retval = timerlat_aa_init(aa, params->dump_tasks);
 		if (retval) {
@@ -1105,44 +1164,31 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 	if (params->trace_output)
 		trace_instance_start(&record->trace);
-	if (!params->no_aa && aa != top)
+	if (!params->no_aa)
 		trace_instance_start(&aa->trace);
-	trace_instance_start(trace);
+	if (no_bpf) {
+		trace_instance_start(trace);
+	} else {
+		retval = timerlat_bpf_attach();
+		if (retval) {
+			err_msg("Error attaching BPF program\n");
+			goto out_top;
+		}
+	}
 
 	top->start_time = time(NULL);
 	timerlat_top_set_signals(params);
 
-	while (!stop_tracing) {
-		sleep(params->sleep_time);
-
-		if (params->aa_only && !osnoise_trace_is_off(top, record))
-			continue;
-
-		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 (no_bpf)
+		retval = timerlat_top_main_loop(top, record, params, &params_u);
+	else
+		retval = timerlat_top_bpf_main_loop(top, record, params, &params_u);
 
-		if (osnoise_trace_is_off(top, record))
-			break;
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_top;
 
-		/* is there still any user-threads ? */
-		if (params->user_workload) {
-			if (params_u.stopped_running) {
-				debug_msg("timerlat user space threads stopped!\n");
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	if (!no_bpf)
+		timerlat_bpf_detach();
 
 	if (params->user_workload && !params_u.stopped_running) {
 		params_u.should_run = 0;
@@ -1159,10 +1205,8 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (!params->no_aa)
 			timerlat_auto_analysis(params->stop_us, params->stop_total_us);
 
-		if (params->trace_output) {
-			printf("  Saving trace to %s\n", params->trace_output);
-			save_trace_to_file(record->trace.inst, params->trace_output);
-		}
+		save_trace_to_file(record ? record->trace.inst : NULL,
+				   params->trace_output);
 	} else if (params->aa_only) {
 		/*
 		 * If the trace did not stop with --aa-only, at least print the
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
index 728f5029d533..69cbc48d53d3 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
@@ -75,12 +75,16 @@ int save_trace_to_file(struct tracefs_instance *inst, const char *filename)
 	int out_fd, in_fd;
 	int retval = -1;
 
+	if (!inst || !filename)
+		return 0;
+
 	in_fd = tracefs_instance_file_open(inst, file, O_RDONLY);
 	if (in_fd < 0) {
 		err_msg("Failed to open trace file\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	printf("  Saving trace to %s\n", filename);
 	out_fd = creat(filename, mode);
 	if (out_fd < 0) {
 		err_msg("Failed to create output file %s\n", filename);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/engine.sh b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/engine.sh
index 64d0446dc28e..b1697b3e3f52 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/engine.sh
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/engine.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,44 @@ test_begin() {
 	[ -n "$TEST_COUNT" ] && echo "1..$TEST_COUNT"
 }
 
+reset_osnoise() {
+	# Reset osnoise options to default and remove any dangling instances created
+	# by improperly exited rtla runs.
+	pushd /sys/kernel/tracing || return 1
+
+	# Remove dangling instances created by previous rtla run
+	echo 0 > tracing_thresh
+	cd instances
+	for i in osnoise_top osnoise_hist timerlat_top timerlat_hist
+	do
+		[ ! -d "$i" ] && continue
+		rmdir "$i"
+	done
+
+	# Reset options to default
+	# Note: those are copied from the default values of osnoise_data
+	# in kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
+	cd ../osnoise
+	echo all > cpus
+	echo DEFAULTS > options
+	echo 1000000 > period_us
+	echo 0 > print_stack
+	echo 1000000 > runtime_us
+	echo 0 > stop_tracing_total_us
+	echo 0 > stop_tracing_us
+	echo 1000 > timerlat_period_us
+
+	popd
+}
+
 check() {
 	# Simple check: run rtla with given arguments and test exit code.
 	# If TEST_COUNT is set, run the test. Otherwise, just count.
 	ctr=$(($ctr + 1))
 	if [ -n "$TEST_COUNT" ]
 	then
+		# Reset osnoise options before running test.
+		[ "$NO_RESET_OSNOISE" == 1 ] || reset_osnoise
 		# Run rtla; in case of failure, include its output as comment
 		# in the test results.
 		result=$(stdbuf -oL $TIMEOUT "$RTLA" $2 2>&1); exitcode=$?
@@ -29,6 +61,32 @@ check() {
 	fi
 }
 
+check_with_osnoise_options() {
+	# Do the same as "check", but with pre-set osnoise options.
+	# Note: rtla should reset the osnoise options, this is used to test
+	# if it indeed does so.
+	# Save original arguments
+	arg1=$1
+	arg2=$2
+
+	# Apply osnoise options (if not dry run)
+	if [ -n "$TEST_COUNT" ]
+	then
+		[ "$NO_RESET_OSNOISE" == 1 ] || reset_osnoise
+		shift
+		while shift
+		do
+			[ "$1" == "" ] && continue
+			option=$(echo $1 | cut -d '=' -f 1)
+			value=$(echo $1 | cut -d '=' -f 2)
+			echo "option: $option, value: $value"
+			echo "$value" > "/sys/kernel/tracing/osnoise/$option" || return 1
+		done
+	fi
+
+	NO_RESET_OSNOISE=1 check "$arg1" "$arg2"
+}
+
 set_timeout() {
 	TIMEOUT="timeout -v -k 15s $1"
 }
@@ -37,6 +95,14 @@ unset_timeout() {
 	unset TIMEOUT
 }
 
+set_no_reset_osnoise() {
+	NO_RESET_OSNOISE=1
+}
+
+unset_no_reset_osnoise() {
+	unset NO_RESET_OSNOISE
+}
+
 test_end() {
 	# If running without TEST_COUNT, tests are not actually run, just
 	# counted. In that case, re-run the test with the correct count.
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t
index 86596e547893..e5995c03c790 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t
@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ check "verify the  --trace param" \
 check "verify the --entries/-E param" \
 	"osnoise hist -P F:1 -c 0 -r 900000 -d 1M -b 10 -E 25"
 
+# Test setting default period by putting an absurdly high period
+# and stopping on threshold.
+# If default period is not set, this will time out.
+check_with_osnoise_options "apply default period" \
+	"osnoise hist -s 1" period_us=600000000
+
 test_end
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t
index e86f40e5749e..e939ff71d6be 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t
@@ -4,7 +4,20 @@ source tests/engine.sh
 test_begin
 
 set_timeout 2m
+timerlat_sample_event='/sys/kernel/tracing/events/osnoise/timerlat_sample'
 
+if ldd $RTLA | grep libbpf >/dev/null && [ -d "$timerlat_sample_event" ]
+then
+	# rtla build with BPF and system supports BPF mode
+	no_bpf_options='0 1'
+else
+	no_bpf_options='1'
+fi
+
+# Do every test with and without BPF
+for option in $no_bpf_options
+do
+export RTLA_NO_BPF=$option
 check "verify help page" \
 	"timerlat --help"
 check "verify -s/--stack" \
@@ -23,5 +36,6 @@ check "verify -c/--cpus" \
 	"timerlat hist -c 0 -d 30s"
 check "hist test in nanoseconds" \
 	"timerlat hist -i 2 -c 0 -n -d 30s"
+done
 
 test_end