[PATCH 1/3] perf: Document enhanced event encoding for OFFCORE_MSR

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Nov 29 2010 - 08:13:36 EST


From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 7 +++++++
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 399751b..22678d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ raw encoding of 0x1A8 can be used:
perf stat -e r1a8 -a sleep 1
perf record -e r1a8 ...

+Some special events on x86 encode additional data in the normally unused
+[32;63] bits of the raw value. This is particularly used for
+the OFFCORE_RESPONSE events on Intel Core i7. The 16bit
+mask in the OFFCORE_RESPONSE register is put into bits [32;48].
+For example the OFFCORE_RESPONSE_0.ANY_DATA.ANY_CACHE_DRAM event
+is encoded as r00007f11004301b7.
+
You should refer to the processor specific documentation for getting these
details. Some of them are referenced in the SEE ALSO section below.

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