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+.. _drm-client-usage-stats:
+
+======================
+DRM client usage stats
+======================
+
+DRM drivers can choose to export partly standardised text output via the
+`fops->show_fdinfo()` as part of the driver specific file operations registered
+in the `struct drm_driver` object registered with the DRM core.
+
+One purpose of this output is to enable writing as generic as practicaly
+feasible `top(1)` like userspace monitoring tools.
+
+Given the differences between various DRM drivers the specification of the
+output is split between common and driver specific parts. Having said that,
+wherever possible effort should still be made to standardise as much as
+possible.
+
+File format specification
+=========================
+
+- File shall contain one key value pair per one line of text.
+- Colon character (`:`) must be used to delimit keys and values.
+- All keys shall be prefixed with `drm-`.
+- Whitespace between the delimiter and first non-whitespace character shall be
+  ignored when parsing.
+- Neither keys or values are allowed to contain whitespace characters.
+- Numerical key value pairs can end with optional unit string.
+- Data type of the value is fixed as defined in the specification.
+
+Key types
+---------
+
+1. Mandatory, fully standardised.
+2. Optional, fully standardised.
+3. Driver specific.
+
+Data types
+----------
+
+- <uint> - Unsigned integer without defining the maximum value.
+- <str> - String excluding any above defined reserved characters or whitespace.
+
+Mandatory fully standardised keys
+---------------------------------
+
+- drm-driver: <str>
+
+String shall contain the name this driver registered as via the respective
+`struct drm_driver` data structure.
+
+Optional fully standardised keys
+--------------------------------
+
+- drm-pdev: <aaaa:bb.cc.d>
+
+For PCI devices this should contain the PCI slot address of the device in
+question.
+
+- drm-client-id: <uint>
+
+Unique value relating to the open DRM file descriptor used to distinguish
+duplicated and shared file descriptors. Conceptually the value should map 1:1
+to the in kernel representation of `struct drm_file` instances.
+
+Uniqueness of the value shall be either globally unique, or unique within the
+scope of each device, in which case `drm-pdev` shall be present as well.
+
+Userspace should make sure to not double account any usage statistics by using
+the above described criteria in order to associate data to individual clients.
+
+- drm-engine-<str>: <uint> ns
+
+GPUs usually contain multiple execution engines. Each shall be given a stable
+and unique name (str), with possible values documented in the driver specific
+documentation.
+
+Value shall be in specified time units which the respective GPU engine spent
+busy executing workloads belonging to this client.
+
+Values are not required to be constantly monotonic if it makes the driver
+implementation easier, but are required to catch up with the previously reported
+larger value within a reasonable period. Upon observing a value lower than what
+was previously read, userspace is expected to stay with that larger previous
+value until a monotonic update is seen.
+
+- drm-memory-<str>: <uint> [KiB|MiB]
+
+Each possible memory type which can be used to store buffer objects by the
+GPU in question shall be given a stable and unique name to be returned as the
+string here.
+
+Value shall reflect the amount of storage currently consumed by the buffer
+object belong to this client, in the respective memory region.
+
+Default unit shall be bytes with optional unit specifiers of 'KiB' or 'MiB'
+indicating kibi- or mebi-bytes.
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/index.rst b/Documentation/gpu/index.rst
index b9c1214d8f23..b99dede9a5b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/index.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Linux GPU Driver Developer's Guide
    drm-kms
    drm-kms-helpers
    drm-uapi
+   drm-usage-stats
    driver-uapi
    drm-client
    drivers
