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diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 index adf175f61496..e4d0690cccf9 100644 --- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 +++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 @@ -4,15 +4,11 @@ turbostat \- Report processor frequency and idle statistics .SH SYNOPSIS .ft B .B turbostat -.RB [ "\-s" ] -.RB [ "\-v" ] -.RB [ "\-M MSR#" ] +.RB [ Options ] .RB command .br .B turbostat -.RB [ "\-s" ] -.RB [ "\-v" ] -.RB [ "\-M MSR#" ] +.RB [ Options ] .RB [ "\-i interval_sec" ] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBturbostat \fP reports processor topology, frequency @@ -27,12 +23,23 @@ supports an "invariant" TSC, plus the APERF and MPERF MSRs. on processors that additionally support C-state residency counters. .SS Options -The \fB-s\fP option prints only a 1-line summary for each sample interval. +The \fB-p\fP option limits output to the 1st thread in 1st core of each package. +.PP +The \fB-P\fP option limits output to the 1st thread in each Package. +.PP +The \fB-S\fP option limits output to a 1-line System Summary for each interval. .PP The \fB-v\fP option increases verbosity. .PP -The \fB-M MSR#\fP option dumps the specified MSR, -in addition to the usual frequency and idle statistics. +The \fB-s\fP option prints the SMI counter, equivalent to "-c 0x34" +.PP +The \fB-c MSR#\fP option includes the delta of the specified 32-bit MSR counter. +.PP +The \fB-C MSR#\fP option includes the delta of the specified 64-bit MSR counter. +.PP +The \fB-m MSR#\fP option includes the the specified 32-bit MSR value. +.PP +The \fB-M MSR#\fP option includes the the specified 64-bit MSR value. .PP The \fB-i interval_sec\fP option prints statistics every \fiinterval_sec\fP seconds. The default is 5 seconds. @@ -65,19 +72,19 @@ Subsequent rows show per-CPU statistics. .nf [root@x980]# ./turbostat cor CPU %c0 GHz TSC %c1 %c3 %c6 %pc3 %pc6 - 0.60 1.63 3.38 2.91 0.00 96.49 0.00 76.64 - 0 0 0.59 1.62 3.38 4.51 0.00 94.90 0.00 76.64 - 0 6 1.13 1.64 3.38 3.97 0.00 94.90 0.00 76.64 - 1 2 0.08 1.62 3.38 0.07 0.00 99.85 0.00 76.64 - 1 8 0.03 1.62 3.38 0.12 0.00 99.85 0.00 76.64 - 2 4 0.01 1.62 3.38 0.06 0.00 99.93 0.00 76.64 - 2 10 0.04 1.62 3.38 0.02 0.00 99.93 0.00 76.64 - 8 1 2.85 1.62 3.38 11.71 0.00 85.44 0.00 76.64 - 8 7 1.98 1.62 3.38 12.58 0.00 85.44 0.00 76.64 - 9 3 0.36 1.62 3.38 0.71 0.00 98.93 0.00 76.64 - 9 9 0.09 1.62 3.38 0.98 0.00 98.93 0.00 76.64 - 10 5 0.03 1.62 3.38 0.09 0.00 99.87 0.00 76.64 - 10 11 0.07 1.62 3.38 0.06 0.00 99.87 0.00 76.64 + 0.09 1.62 3.38 1.83 0.32 97.76 1.26 83.61 + 0 0 0.15 1.62 3.38 10.23 0.05 89.56 1.26 83.61 + 0 6 0.05 1.62 3.38 10.34 + 1 2 0.03 1.62 3.38 0.07 0.05 99.86 + 1 8 0.03 1.62 3.38 0.06 + 2 4 0.21 1.62 3.38 0.10 1.49 98.21 + 2 10 0.02 1.62 3.38 0.29 + 8 1 0.04 1.62 3.38 0.04 0.08 99.84 + 8 7 0.01 1.62 3.38 0.06 + 9 3 0.53 1.62 3.38 0.10 0.20 99.17 + 9 9 0.02 1.62 3.38 0.60 + 10 5 0.01 1.62 3.38 0.02 0.04 99.92 + 10 11 0.02 1.62 3.38 0.02 .fi .SH SUMMARY EXAMPLE The "-s" option prints the column headers just once, @@ -86,9 +93,10 @@ and then the one line system summary for each sample interval. .nf [root@x980]# ./turbostat -s %c0 GHz TSC %c1 %c3 %c6 %pc3 %pc6 - 0.61 1.89 3.38 5.95 0.00 93.44 0.00 66.33 - 0.52 1.62 3.38 6.83 0.00 92.65 0.00 61.11 - 0.62 1.92 3.38 5.47 0.00 93.91 0.00 67.31 + 0.23 1.67 3.38 2.00 0.30 97.47 1.07 82.12 + 0.10 1.62 3.38 1.87 2.25 95.77 12.02 72.60 + 0.20 1.64 3.38 1.98 0.11 97.72 0.30 83.36 + 0.11 1.70 3.38 1.86 1.81 96.22 9.71 74.90 .fi .SH VERBOSE EXAMPLE The "-v" option adds verbosity to the output: @@ -120,33 +128,54 @@ until ^C while the other CPUs are mostly idle: [root@x980 lenb]# ./turbostat cat /dev/zero > /dev/null ^C cor CPU %c0 GHz TSC %c1 %c3 %c6 %pc3 %pc6 - 8.63 3.64 3.38 14.46 0.49 76.42 0.00 0.00 - 0 0 0.34 3.36 3.38 99.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0 6 99.96 3.64 3.38 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 1 2 0.14 3.50 3.38 1.75 2.04 96.07 0.00 0.00 - 1 8 0.38 3.57 3.38 1.51 2.04 96.07 0.00 0.00 - 2 4 0.01 2.65 3.38 0.06 0.00 99.93 0.00 0.00 - 2 10 0.03 2.12 3.38 0.04 0.00 99.93 0.00 0.00 - 8 1 0.91 3.59 3.38 35.27 0.92 62.90 0.00 0.00 - 8 7 1.61 3.63 3.38 34.57 0.92 62.90 0.00 0.00 - 9 3 0.04 3.38 3.38 0.20 0.00 99.76 0.00 0.00 - 9 9 0.04 3.29 3.38 0.20 0.00 99.76 0.00 0.00 - 10 5 0.03 3.08 3.38 0.12 0.00 99.85 0.00 0.00 - 10 11 0.05 3.07 3.38 0.10 0.00 99.85 0.00 0.00 -4.907015 sec - + 8.86 3.61 3.38 15.06 31.19 44.89 0.00 0.00 + 0 0 1.46 3.22 3.38 16.84 29.48 52.22 0.00 0.00 + 0 6 0.21 3.06 3.38 18.09 + 1 2 0.53 3.33 3.38 2.80 46.40 50.27 + 1 8 0.89 3.47 3.38 2.44 + 2 4 1.36 3.43 3.38 9.04 23.71 65.89 + 2 10 0.18 2.86 3.38 10.22 + 8 1 0.04 2.87 3.38 99.96 0.01 0.00 + 8 7 99.72 3.63 3.38 0.27 + 9 3 0.31 3.21 3.38 7.64 56.55 35.50 + 9 9 0.08 2.95 3.38 7.88 + 10 5 1.42 3.43 3.38 2.14 30.99 65.44 + 10 11 0.16 2.88 3.38 3.40 .fi -Above the cycle soaker drives cpu6 up 3.6 Ghz turbo limit +Above the cycle soaker drives cpu7 up its 3.6 Ghz turbo limit while the other processors are generally in various states of idle. -Note that cpu0 is an HT sibling sharing core0 -with cpu6, and thus it is unable to get to an idle state -deeper than c1 while cpu6 is busy. +Note that cpu1 and cpu7 are HT siblings within core8. +As cpu7 is very busy, it prevents its sibling, cpu1, +from entering a c-state deeper than c1. -Note that turbostat reports average GHz of 3.64, while +Note that turbostat reports average GHz of 3.63, while the arithmetic average of the GHz column above is lower. This is a weighted average, where the weight is %c0. ie. it is the total number of un-halted cycles elapsed per time divided by the number of CPUs. +.SH SMI COUNTING EXAMPLE +On Intel Nehalem and newer processors, MSR 0x34 is a System Management Mode Interrupt (SMI) counter. +Using the -m option, you can display how many SMIs have fired since reset, or if there +are SMIs during the measurement interval, you can display the delta using the -d option. +.nf +[root@x980 ~]# turbostat -m 0x34 +cor CPU %c0 GHz TSC MSR 0x034 %c1 %c3 %c6 %pc3 %pc6 + 1.41 1.82 3.38 0x00000000 8.92 37.82 51.85 17.37 0.55 + 0 0 3.73 2.03 3.38 0x00000055 1.72 48.25 46.31 17.38 0.55 + 0 6 0.14 1.63 3.38 0x00000056 5.30 + 1 2 2.51 1.80 3.38 0x00000056 15.65 29.33 52.52 + 1 8 0.10 1.65 3.38 0x00000056 18.05 + 2 4 1.16 1.68 3.38 0x00000056 5.87 24.47 68.50 + 2 10 0.10 1.63 3.38 0x00000056 6.93 + 8 1 3.84 1.91 3.38 0x00000056 1.36 50.65 44.16 + 8 7 0.08 1.64 3.38 0x00000056 5.12 + 9 3 1.82 1.73 3.38 0x00000056 7.59 24.21 66.38 + 9 9 0.09 1.68 3.38 0x00000056 9.32 + 10 5 1.66 1.65 3.38 0x00000056 15.10 50.00 33.23 + 10 11 1.72 1.65 3.38 0x00000056 15.05 +^C +[root@x980 ~]# +.fi .SH NOTES .B "turbostat " @@ -162,6 +191,13 @@ may work poorly on Linux-2.6.20 through 2.6.29, as \fBacpi-cpufreq \fPperiodically cleared the APERF and MPERF in those kernels. +If the TSC column does not make sense, then +the other numbers will also make no sense. +Turbostat is lightweight, and its data collection is not atomic. +These issues are usually caused by an extremely short measurement +interval (much less than 1 second), or system activity that prevents +turbostat from being able to run on all CPUS to quickly collect data. + The APERF, MPERF MSRs are defined to count non-halted cycles. Although it is not guaranteed by the architecture, turbostat assumes that they count at TSC rate, which is true on all processors tested to date. |