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  1. perf-list(1)
  2. ============
  3. NAME
  4. ----
  5. perf-list - List all symbolic event types
  6. SYNOPSIS
  7. --------
  8. [verse]
  9. 'perf list'
  10. DESCRIPTION
  11. -----------
  12. This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the
  13. various perf commands with the -e option.
  14. RAW HARDWARE EVENT DESCRIPTOR
  15. -----------------------------
  16. Even when an event is not available in a symbolic form within perf right now,
  17. it can be encoded as <UMASK VALUE><EVENT NUM>, for instance, if the Intel docs
  18. describe an event as:
  19. Event Umask Event Mask
  20. Num. Value Mnemonic Description Comment
  21. A8H 01H LSD.UOPS Counts the number of micro-ops Use cmask=1 and
  22. delivered by loop stream detector invert to count
  23. cycles
  24. raw encoding of 0x1A8 can be used:
  25. perf stat -e r1a8 -a sleep 1
  26. perf record -e r1a8 ...
  27. OPTIONS
  28. -------
  29. None
  30. SEE ALSO
  31. --------
  32. linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1],
  33. linkperf:perf-record[1]