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List the kernel supplied pmu event aliases in perf list It's better when the users can actually see them. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1366480949-32292-2-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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perf-list(1)
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============
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NAME
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----
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perf-list - List all symbolic event types
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'perf list' [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the
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various perf commands with the -e option.
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[[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
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EVENT MODIFIERS
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---------------
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Events can optionally have a modifer by appending a colon and one or
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more modifiers. Modifiers allow the user to restrict the events to be
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counted. The following modifiers exist:
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u - user-space counting
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k - kernel counting
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h - hypervisor counting
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G - guest counting (in KVM guests)
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H - host counting (not in KVM guests)
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p - precise level
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The 'p' modifier can be used for specifying how precise the instruction
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address should be. The 'p' modifier can be specified multiple times:
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0 - SAMPLE_IP can have arbitrary skid
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1 - SAMPLE_IP must have constant skid
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2 - SAMPLE_IP requested to have 0 skid
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3 - SAMPLE_IP must have 0 skid
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For Intel systems precise event sampling is implemented with PEBS
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which supports up to precise-level 2.
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On AMD systems it is implemented using IBS (up to precise-level 2).
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The precise modifier works with event types 0x76 (cpu-cycles, CPU
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clocks not halted) and 0xC1 (micro-ops retired). Both events map to
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IBS execution sampling (IBS op) with the IBS Op Counter Control bit
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(IbsOpCntCtl) set respectively (see AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s
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Manual Volume 2: System Programming, 13.3 Instruction-Based
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Sampling). Examples to use IBS:
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perf record -a -e cpu-cycles:p ... # use ibs op counting cycles
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perf record -a -e r076:p ... # same as -e cpu-cycles:p
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perf record -a -e r0C1:p ... # use ibs op counting micro-ops
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RAW HARDWARE EVENT DESCRIPTOR
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-----------------------------
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Even when an event is not available in a symbolic form within perf right now,
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it can be encoded in a per processor specific way.
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For instance For x86 CPUs NNN represents the raw register encoding with the
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layout of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs (see [Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual Volume 3B: System Programming Guide] Figure 30-1 Layout
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of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs) or AMD's PerfEvtSeln (see [AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming], Page 344,
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Figure 13-7 Performance Event-Select Register (PerfEvtSeln)).
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Note: Only the following bit fields can be set in x86 counter
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registers: event, umask, edge, inv, cmask. Esp. guest/host only and
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OS/user mode flags must be setup using <<EVENT_MODIFIERS, EVENT
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MODIFIERS>>.
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Example:
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If the Intel docs for a QM720 Core i7 describe an event as:
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Event Umask Event Mask
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Num. Value Mnemonic Description Comment
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A8H 01H LSD.UOPS Counts the number of micro-ops Use cmask=1 and
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delivered by loop stream detector invert to count
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cycles
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raw encoding of 0x1A8 can be used:
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perf stat -e r1a8 -a sleep 1
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perf record -e r1a8 ...
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You should refer to the processor specific documentation for getting these
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details. Some of them are referenced in the SEE ALSO section below.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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Without options all known events will be listed.
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To limit the list use:
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. 'hw' or 'hardware' to list hardware events such as cache-misses, etc.
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. 'sw' or 'software' to list software events such as context switches, etc.
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. 'cache' or 'hwcache' to list hardware cache events such as L1-dcache-loads, etc.
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. 'tracepoint' to list all tracepoint events, alternatively use
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'subsys_glob:event_glob' to filter by tracepoint subsystems such as sched,
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block, etc.
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. 'pmu' to print the kernel supplied PMU events.
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. If none of the above is matched, it will apply the supplied glob to all
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events, printing the ones that match.
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One or more types can be used at the same time, listing the events for the
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types specified.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1],
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linkperf:perf-record[1],
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http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/manual/253669.pdf[Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual Volume 3B: System Programming Guide],
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http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/24593_APM_v2.pdf[AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming]
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