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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-05-05 12:11:37 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-05-05 12:11:37 -0700 |
commit | ab182e67ec99ea0c8d7435a32a4a1ed9bb02559a (patch) | |
tree | fa71bef0067a61952561552c6652d922060f5530 /Documentation/perf/qcom_l3_pmu.txt | |
parent | Merge tag 'powerpc-4.12-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux (diff) | |
parent | arm64: Fix the DMA mmap and get_sgtable API with DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux
Pull arm64 updates from Catalin Marinas:
- kdump support, including two necessary memblock additions:
memblock_clear_nomap() and memblock_cap_memory_range()
- ARMv8.3 HWCAP bits for JavaScript conversion instructions, complex
numbers and weaker release consistency
- arm64 ACPI platform MSI support
- arm perf updates: ACPI PMU support, L3 cache PMU in some Qualcomm
SoCs, Cortex-A53 L2 cache events and DTLB refills, MAINTAINERS update
for DT perf bindings
- architected timer errata framework (the arch/arm64 changes only)
- support for DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS in the arm64 iommu DMA API
- arm64 KVM refactoring to use common system register definitions
- remove support for ASID-tagged VIVT I-cache (no ARMv8 implementation
using it and deprecated in the architecture) together with some
I-cache handling clean-up
- PE/COFF EFI header clean-up/hardening
- define BUG() instruction without CONFIG_BUG
* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (92 commits)
arm64: Fix the DMA mmap and get_sgtable API with DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS
arm64: Print DT machine model in setup_machine_fdt()
arm64: pmu: Wire-up Cortex A53 L2 cache events and DTLB refills
arm64: module: split core and init PLT sections
arm64: pmuv3: handle pmuv3+
arm64: Add CNTFRQ_EL0 trap handler
arm64: Silence spurious kbuild warning on menuconfig
arm64: pmuv3: use arm_pmu ACPI framework
arm64: pmuv3: handle !PMUv3 when probing
drivers/perf: arm_pmu: add ACPI framework
arm64: add function to get a cpu's MADT GICC table
drivers/perf: arm_pmu: split out platform device probe logic
drivers/perf: arm_pmu: move irq request/free into probe
drivers/perf: arm_pmu: split cpu-local irq request/free
drivers/perf: arm_pmu: rename irq request/free functions
drivers/perf: arm_pmu: handle no platform_device
drivers/perf: arm_pmu: simplify cpu_pmu_request_irqs()
drivers/perf: arm_pmu: factor out pmu registration
drivers/perf: arm_pmu: fold init into alloc
drivers/perf: arm_pmu: define armpmu_init_fn
...
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diff --git a/Documentation/perf/qcom_l3_pmu.txt b/Documentation/perf/qcom_l3_pmu.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..96b3a9444a0d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/perf/qcom_l3_pmu.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies L3 Cache Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) +=========================================================================== + +This driver supports the L3 cache PMUs found in Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies +Centriq SoCs. The L3 cache on these SOCs is composed of multiple slices, shared +by all cores within a socket. Each slice is exposed as a separate uncore perf +PMU with device name l3cache_<socket>_<instance>. User space is responsible +for aggregating across slices. + +The driver provides a description of its available events and configuration +options in sysfs, see /sys/devices/l3cache*. Given that these are uncore PMUs +the driver also exposes a "cpumask" sysfs attribute which contains a mask +consisting of one CPU per socket which will be used to handle all the PMU +events on that socket. + +The hardware implements 32bit event counters and has a flat 8bit event space +exposed via the "event" format attribute. In addition to the 32bit physical +counters the driver supports virtual 64bit hardware counters by using hardware +counter chaining. This feature is exposed via the "lc" (long counter) format +flag. E.g.: + + perf stat -e l3cache_0_0/read-miss,lc/ + +Given that these are uncore PMUs the driver does not support sampling, therefore +"perf record" will not work. Per-task perf sessions are not supported. |