libpfm_intel_tmt(3) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | MODIFIERS | OFFCORE_RESPONSE events | AUTHORS | COLOPHON

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NAME top

       libpfm_intel_tmt - support for Intel Tremont core PMU

SYNOPSIS top

       #include <perfmon/pfmlib.h>

       PMU name: tmt
       PMU desc: Intel Tremont

DESCRIPTION top

       The library supports the Intel Tremont core PMU.

MODIFIERS top

       The following modifiers are supported on Intel Tremont processors:

       u      Measure at user level which includes privilege levels 1, 2, 3.
              This corresponds to PFM_PLM3.  This is a boolean modifier.

       k      Measure at kernel level which includes privilege level 0. This
              corresponds to PFM_PLM0.  This is a boolean modifier.

       i      Invert the meaning of the event. The counter will now count
              cycles in which the event is not occurring. This is a boolean
              modifier

       e      Enable edge detection, i.e., count only when there is a state
              transition from no occurrence of the event to at least one
              occurrence. This modifier must be combined with a counter mask
              modifier (m) with a value greater or equal to one.  This is a
              boolean modifier.

       c      Set the counter mask value. The mask acts as a threshold. The
              counter will count the number of cycles in which the number of
              occurrences of the event is greater or equal to the threshold.
              This is an integer modifier with values in the range [0:255].

OFFCORE_RESPONSE events top

       Intel Tremont provides two offcore_response events:
       OFFCORE_RESPONSE_0 and OFFCORE_RESPONSE_1. The  OCR event is aliased
       to OFFCORE_RESPONSE_0.

       Those events need special treatment in the performance monitoring
       infrastructure because each event uses an extra register to store
       some settings. Thus, in case multiple offcore_response events are
       monitored simultaneously, the kernel needs to manage the sharing of
       that extra register.

       The offcore_response event is exposed as a normal event by the
       library. The extra settings are exposed as regular umasks. The
       library takes care of encoding the events according for the
       underlying kernel interface.

       On Intel Tremont, it is not possible to combine the request,
       supplier, snoop, fields anymore to avoid invalid combinations. As
       such, the umasks provided by the library are the only ones supported
       and validated.

AUTHORS top

       Stephane Eranian <eranian@gmail.com>

COLOPHON top

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                                 March, 2020                       LIBPFM(3)