Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] x86,perf: add cache events in p4 PMU

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Mar 18 2010 - 11:56:25 EST



* Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add cache events in p4 PMU.
>
> Move the HT bit setting code from p4_pmu_event_map to p4_hw_config.
> So the cache events can get HT bit set correctly.
>
> Tested on my P4 desktop, below 6 cache events work.
> L1-dcache-load-misses
> LLC-load-misses
> dTLB-load-misses
> dTLB-store-misses
> iTLB-loads
> iTLB-load-misses
>
> Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 2 +
> arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event_p4.h | 10 ++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c | 153 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 3 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

i tried it on a Pentium-D box, and it works pretty well:

rhea:/home/mingo/tip> perf stat -a sleep 1

Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1':

2003.237268 task-clock-msecs # 2.000 CPUs
11 context-switches # 0.000 M/sec
2 CPU-migrations # 0.000 M/sec
174 page-faults # 0.000 M/sec
47361 cycles # 0.024 M/sec (scaled from 52.83%)
430 instructions # 0.009 IPC (scaled from 74.58%)
23873 branches # 0.012 M/sec (scaled from 96.70%)
193 branch-misses # 0.808 % (scaled from 49.64%)
867 cache-references # 0.000 M/sec (scaled from 49.69%)
504 cache-misses # 0.000 M/sec (scaled from 49.58%)

1.001411586 seconds time elapsed

So i've applied your patches. Cyrill, what do you think?

Ingo
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