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perf, x86: Add new stalled cycles events for Intel and AMD CPUs
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Extend the Intel and AMD event definitions with generic front-end and
back-end stall events.

( These are only approximations - suggestions are welcome for better events. )

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-7y40wib8n001io7hjpn1dsrm@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Ingo Molnar committed Apr 29, 2011
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14 changes: 8 additions & 6 deletions arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
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Expand Up @@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ static __initconst const u64 amd_hw_cache_event_ids
*/
static const u64 amd_perfmon_event_map[] =
{
[PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES] = 0x0076,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS] = 0x00c0,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES] = 0x0080,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES] = 0x0081,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS] = 0x00c2,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES] = 0x00c3,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES] = 0x0076,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS] = 0x00c0,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES] = 0x0080,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES] = 0x0081,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS] = 0x00c2,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES] = 0x00c3,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND] = 0x00d0, /* "Decoder empty" event */
[PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND] = 0x00d1, /* "Dispatch stalls" event */
};

static u64 amd_pmu_event_map(int hw_event)
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
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Expand Up @@ -1413,7 +1413,9 @@ static __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
x86_pmu.enable_all = intel_pmu_nhm_enable_all;
x86_pmu.extra_regs = intel_nehalem_extra_regs;

/* Install the stalled-cycles event: UOPS_EXECUTED.CORE_ACTIVE_CYCLES,c=1,i=1 */
/* UOPS_ISSUED.STALLED_CYCLES */
intel_perfmon_event_map[PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND] = 0x180010e;
/* UOPS_EXECUTED.CORE_ACTIVE_CYCLES,c=1,i=1 */
intel_perfmon_event_map[PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND] = 0x1803fb1;

if (ebx & 0x40) {
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