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Existing documentation doesn't discuss event modifiers, so add a description of what's currently possible to the documentation of perf-list. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> LKML-Reference: <1287107460-12112-1-git-send-email-sonnyrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 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'
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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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---------------
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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 when events are
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counted with 'u' for user-space, 'k' for kernel, 'h' for hypervisor.
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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 is currently only implemented for
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Intel PEBS and 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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The PEBS implementation now supports up to 2.
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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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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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None
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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.pdf[AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming]
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