diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/mem-events.c | 2 |
5 files changed, 26 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt index 095aebdc5bb7..e6150f21267d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt @@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ C2C stands for Cache To Cache. The perf c2c tool provides means for Shared Data C2C/HITM analysis. It allows you to track down the cacheline contentions. -The tool is based on x86's load latency and precise store facility events -provided by Intel CPUs. These events provide: +On x86, the tool is based on load latency and precise store facility events +provided by Intel CPUs. On PowerPC, the tool uses random instruction sampling +with thresholding feature. + +These events provide: - memory address of the access - type of the access (load and store details) - latency (in cycles) of the load access @@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ RECORD OPTIONS -l:: --ldlat:: - Configure mem-loads latency. + Configure mem-loads latency. (x86 only) -k:: --all-kernel:: @@ -119,11 +122,16 @@ Following perf record options are configured by default: -W,-d,--phys-data,--sample-cpu Unless specified otherwise with '-e' option, following events are monitored by -default: +default on x86: cpu/mem-loads,ldlat=30/P cpu/mem-stores/P +and following on PowerPC: + + cpu/mem-loads/ + cpu/mem-stores/ + User can pass any 'perf record' option behind '--' mark, like (to enable callchains and system wide monitoring): diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt index f8d2167cf3e7..199ea0f0a6c0 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ RECORD OPTIONS Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc) --ldlat <n>:: - Specify desired latency for loads event. + Specify desired latency for loads event. (x86 only) In addition, for report all perf report options are valid, and for record all perf record options. diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build index 2e6595310420..ba98bd006488 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ libperf-y += header.o libperf-y += sym-handling.o libperf-y += kvm-stat.o libperf-y += perf_regs.o +libperf-y += mem-events.o libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += skip-callchain-idx.o diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d08311f04e95 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +#include "mem-events.h" + +/* PowerPC does not support 'ldlat' parameter. */ +char *perf_mem_events__name(int i) +{ + if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD) + return (char *) "cpu/mem-loads/"; + + return (char *) "cpu/mem-stores/"; +} diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c index 93f74d8d3cdd..42c3e5a229d2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = { static char mem_loads_name[100]; static bool mem_loads_name__init; -char *perf_mem_events__name(int i) +char * __weak perf_mem_events__name(int i) { if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD) { if (!mem_loads_name__init) { |