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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 13 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt index e2a897ae3596..2549c34a7895 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt @@ -141,7 +141,13 @@ on the first memory controller on socket 0 of a Intel Xeon system Each memory controller has its own PMU. Measuring the complete system bandwidth would require specifying all imc PMUs (see perf list output), -and adding the values together. +and adding the values together. To simplify creation of multiple events, +prefix and glob matching is supported in the PMU name, and the prefix +'uncore_' is also ignored when performing the match. So the command above +can be expanded to all memory controllers by using the syntaxes: + + perf stat -C 0 -a imc/cas_count_read/,imc/cas_count_write/ -I 1000 ... + perf stat -C 0 -a *imc*/cas_count_read/,*imc*/cas_count_write/ -I 1000 ... This example measures the combined core power every second diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt index 2b38e222016a..628026dbedc5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt @@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ report:: parameters are defined by corresponding entries in /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu>/format/* + Note that the last two syntaxes support prefix and glob matching in + the PMU name to simplify creation of events accross multiple instances + of the same type of PMU in large systems (e.g. memory controller PMUs). + Multiple PMU instances are typical for uncore PMUs, so the prefix + 'uncore_' is also ignored when performing this match. + + -i:: --no-inherit:: child tasks do not inherit counters @@ -260,6 +267,12 @@ taskset. --no-merge:: Do not merge results from same PMUs. +When multiple events are created from a single event alias, stat will, +by default, aggregate the event counts and show the result in a single +row. This option disables that behavior and shows the individual events +and counts. Aliases are listed immediately after the Kernel PMU events +by perf list. + --smi-cost:: Measure SMI cost if msr/aperf/ and msr/smi/ events are supported. |