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perf, x86: Add new stalled cycles events for Intel and AMD CPUs

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>
Ingo Molnar 14 years ago
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2 changed files with 11 additions and 7 deletions
  1. 8 6
      arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
  2. 3 1
      arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c

+ 8 - 6
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c

@@ -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)

+ 3 - 1
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c

@@ -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) {