Re: [V3][PATCH 0/7] perf, x86: Implement AMD IBS

[Robert Richter]

On 04.10.11 12:45:09, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> I would much prefer perf {ibs,pebs} commands implemented in C, so that
> normal people can change/improve them too.

Would a perf {ibs,pebs} be an ascii dump or so? Then I just would
better extend perf-report (-D option) to support decoding of raw
samples from dynamically pmus. Something like:

# perf report -D
[...]
. ... raw event: size 88 bytes
.  0000:  01 00 00 00 02 00 58 00 6d 11 00 00 6d 11 00 00  ......X.m...m...
.  0010:  00 80 86 b7 00 00 00 00 00 10 01 00 00 00 00 00  ................
.  0020:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2f 6c 69 62 2f 6c 69 62  ......../lib/lib
.  0030:  7a 2e 73 6f 2e 31 2e 32 2e 33 00 00 00 00 00 00  z.so.1.2.3......
.  0040:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
.  0050:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00                          ........
.  # IBS sample (ibs_fetch):
.  # IbsFetchCtl          = 0x0000000000000000
.  #   IbsFetchMaxCnt=0
.  #   IbsFetchCnt=0
.  #   IbsFetchLat=0
.  #   IbsFetchEn=0
.  #   IbsFetchVal=0
.  #   IbsFetchComp=0
.  #   IbsIcMiss=0
.  #   IbsPhyAddrValid=0
.  #   IbsL1TlbPgSz=0
.  #   IbsL1TlbMiss=0
.  #   IbsL2TlbMiss=0
.  #   IbsRandEn=0
.  # IbsFetchLinAd        = 0x00000000813e8b80
.  #   IbsFetchLinAd=0xffffffff813e8b80
.  # IbsFetchPhysAd       = 0x00000000013e8b80
.  #   IbsFetchPhysAd=0x13e8b80
[...]

(Data decoding not correct in this example.)

This wouln't require architecture specific commands.

-Robert

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center

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