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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/perf/arm-ccn.txt | 59 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/perf/arm_dsu_pmu.txt | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/perf/hisi-pmu.txt | 53 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/perf/qcom_l2_pmu.txt | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/perf/qcom_l3_pmu.txt | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/perf/xgene-pmu.txt | 48 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/perf/arm-ccn.txt b/Documentation/perf/arm-ccn.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..15cdb7bc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/perf/arm-ccn.txt @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +ARM Cache Coherent Network +========================== + +CCN-504 is a ring-bus interconnect consisting of 11 crosspoints +(XPs), with each crosspoint supporting up to two device ports, +so nodes (devices) 0 and 1 are connected to crosspoint 0, +nodes 2 and 3 to crosspoint 1 etc. + +PMU (perf) driver +----------------- + +The CCN driver registers a perf PMU driver, which provides +description of available events and configuration options +in sysfs, see /sys/bus/event_source/devices/ccn*. + +The "format" directory describes format of the config, config1 +and config2 fields of the perf_event_attr structure. The "events" +directory provides configuration templates for all documented +events, that can be used with perf tool. For example "xp_valid_flit" +is an equivalent of "type=0x8,event=0x4". Other parameters must be +explicitly specified. + +For events originating from device, "node" defines its index. + +Crosspoint PMU events require "xp" (index), "bus" (bus number) +and "vc" (virtual channel ID). + +Crosspoint watchpoint-based events (special "event" value 0xfe) +require "xp" and "vc" as as above plus "port" (device port index), +"dir" (transmit/receive direction), comparator values ("cmp_l" +and "cmp_h") and "mask", being index of the comparator mask. +Masks are defined separately from the event description +(due to limited number of the config values) in the "cmp_mask" +directory, with first 8 configurable by user and additional +4 hardcoded for the most frequent use cases. + +Cycle counter is described by a "type" value 0xff and does +not require any other settings. + +The driver also provides a "cpumask" sysfs attribute, which contains +a single CPU ID, of the processor which will be used to handle all +the CCN PMU events. It is recommended that the user space tools +request the events on this processor (if not, the perf_event->cpu value +will be overwritten anyway). In case of this processor being offlined, +the events are migrated to another one and the attribute is updated. + +Example of perf tool use: + +/ # perf list | grep ccn + ccn/cycles/ [Kernel PMU event] +<...> + ccn/xp_valid_flit,xp=?,port=?,vc=?,dir=?/ [Kernel PMU event] +<...> + +/ # perf stat -a -e ccn/cycles/,ccn/xp_valid_flit,xp=1,port=0,vc=1,dir=1/ \ + sleep 1 + +The driver does not support sampling, therefore "perf record" will +not work. Per-task (without "-a") perf sessions are not supported. diff --git a/Documentation/perf/arm_dsu_pmu.txt b/Documentation/perf/arm_dsu_pmu.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d611e15f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/perf/arm_dsu_pmu.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +ARM DynamIQ Shared Unit (DSU) PMU +================================== + +ARM DynamIQ Shared Unit integrates one or more cores with an L3 memory system, +control logic and external interfaces to form a multicore cluster. The PMU +allows counting the various events related to the L3 cache, Snoop Control Unit +etc, using 32bit independent counters. It also provides a 64bit cycle counter. + +The PMU can only be accessed via CPU system registers and are common to the +cores connected to the same DSU. Like most of the other uncore PMUs, DSU +PMU doesn't support process specific events and cannot be used in sampling mode. + +The DSU provides a bitmap for a subset of implemented events via hardware +registers. There is no way for the driver to determine if the other events +are available or not. Hence the driver exposes only those events advertised +by the DSU, in "events" directory under : + + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/arm_dsu_<N>/ + +The user should refer to the TRM of the product to figure out the supported events +and use the raw event code for the unlisted events. + +The driver also exposes the CPUs connected to the DSU instance in "associated_cpus". + + +e.g usage : + + perf stat -a -e arm_dsu_0/cycles/ diff --git a/Documentation/perf/hisi-pmu.txt b/Documentation/perf/hisi-pmu.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..267a028b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/perf/hisi-pmu.txt @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +HiSilicon SoC uncore Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) +====================================================== +The HiSilicon SoC chip includes various independent system device PMUs +such as L3 cache (L3C), Hydra Home Agent (HHA) and DDRC. These PMUs are +independent and have hardware logic to gather statistics and performance +information. + +The HiSilicon SoC encapsulates multiple CPU and IO dies. Each CPU cluster +(CCL) is made up of 4 cpu cores sharing one L3 cache; each CPU die is +called Super CPU cluster (SCCL) and is made up of 6 CCLs. Each SCCL has +two HHAs (0 - 1) and four DDRCs (0 - 3), respectively. + +HiSilicon SoC uncore PMU driver +--------------------------------------- +Each device PMU has separate registers for event counting, control and +interrupt, and the PMU driver shall register perf PMU drivers like L3C, +HHA and DDRC etc. The available events and configuration options shall +be described in the sysfs, see : +/sys/devices/hisi_sccl{X}_<l3c{Y}/hha{Y}/ddrc{Y}>/, or +/sys/bus/event_source/devices/hisi_sccl{X}_<l3c{Y}/hha{Y}/ddrc{Y}>. +The "perf list" command shall list the available events from sysfs. + +Each L3C, HHA and DDRC is registered as a separate PMU with perf. The PMU +name will appear in event listing as hisi_sccl<sccl-id>_module<index-id>. +where "sccl-id" is the identifier of the SCCL and "index-id" is the index of +module. +e.g. hisi_sccl3_l3c0/rd_hit_cpipe is READ_HIT_CPIPE event of L3C index #0 in +SCCL ID #3. +e.g. hisi_sccl1_hha0/rx_operations is RX_OPERATIONS event of HHA index #0 in +SCCL ID #1. + +The driver also provides a "cpumask" sysfs attribute, which shows the CPU core +ID used to count the uncore PMU event. + +Example usage of perf: +$# perf list +hisi_sccl3_l3c0/rd_hit_cpipe/ [kernel PMU event] +------------------------------------------ +hisi_sccl3_l3c0/wr_hit_cpipe/ [kernel PMU event] +------------------------------------------ +hisi_sccl1_l3c0/rd_hit_cpipe/ [kernel PMU event] +------------------------------------------ +hisi_sccl1_l3c0/wr_hit_cpipe/ [kernel PMU event] +------------------------------------------ + +$# perf stat -a -e hisi_sccl3_l3c0/rd_hit_cpipe/ sleep 5 +$# perf stat -a -e hisi_sccl3_l3c0/config=0x02/ sleep 5 + +The current driver does not support sampling. So "perf record" is unsupported. +Also attach to a task is unsupported as the events are all uncore. + +Note: Please contact the maintainer for a complete list of events supported for +the PMU devices in the SoC and its information if needed. diff --git a/Documentation/perf/qcom_l2_pmu.txt b/Documentation/perf/qcom_l2_pmu.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b25b97659 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/perf/qcom_l2_pmu.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Qualcomm Technologies Level-2 Cache Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) +===================================================================== + +This driver supports the L2 cache clusters found in Qualcomm Technologies +Centriq SoCs. There are multiple physical L2 cache clusters, each with their +own PMU. Each cluster has one or more CPUs associated with it. + +There is one logical L2 PMU exposed, which aggregates the results from +the physical PMUs. + +The driver provides a description of its available events and configuration +options in sysfs, see /sys/devices/l2cache_0. + +The "format" directory describes the format of the events. + +Events can be envisioned as a 2-dimensional array. Each column represents +a group of events. There are 8 groups. Only one entry from each +group can be in use at a time. If multiple events from the same group +are specified, the conflicting events cannot be counted at the same time. + +Events are specified as 0xCCG, where CC is 2 hex digits specifying +the code (array row) and G specifies the group (column) 0-7. + +In addition there is a cycle counter event specified by the value 0xFE +which is outside the above scheme. + +The driver provides a "cpumask" sysfs attribute which contains a mask +consisting of one CPU per cluster which will be used to handle all the PMU +events on that cluster. + +Examples for use with perf: + + perf stat -e l2cache_0/config=0x001/,l2cache_0/config=0x042/ -a sleep 1 + + perf stat -e l2cache_0/config=0xfe/ -C 2 sleep 1 + +The driver does not support sampling, therefore "perf record" will +not work. Per-task perf sessions are not supported. diff --git a/Documentation/perf/qcom_l3_pmu.txt b/Documentation/perf/qcom_l3_pmu.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..96b3a9444 --- /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. diff --git a/Documentation/perf/xgene-pmu.txt b/Documentation/perf/xgene-pmu.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d7cff4454 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/perf/xgene-pmu.txt @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) +================================================ + +X-Gene SoC PMU consists of various independent system device PMUs such as +L3 cache(s), I/O bridge(s), memory controller bridge(s) and memory +controller(s). These PMU devices are loosely architected to follow the +same model as the PMU for ARM cores. The PMUs share the same top level +interrupt and status CSR region. + +PMU (perf) driver +----------------- + +The xgene-pmu driver registers several perf PMU drivers. Each of the perf +driver provides description of its available events and configuration options +in sysfs, see /sys/devices/<l3cX/iobX/mcbX/mcX>/. + +The "format" directory describes format of the config (event ID), +config1 (agent ID) fields of the perf_event_attr structure. The "events" +directory provides configuration templates for all supported event types that +can be used with perf tool. For example, "l3c0/bank-fifo-full/" is an +equivalent of "l3c0/config=0x0b/". + +Most of the SoC PMU has a specific list of agent ID used for monitoring +performance of a specific datapath. For example, agents of a L3 cache can be +a specific CPU or an I/O bridge. Each PMU has a set of 2 registers capable of +masking the agents from which the request come from. If the bit with +the bit number corresponding to the agent is set, the event is counted only if +it is caused by a request from that agent. Each agent ID bit is inversely mapped +to a corresponding bit in "config1" field. By default, the event will be +counted for all agent requests (config1 = 0x0). For all the supported agents of +each PMU, please refer to APM X-Gene User Manual. + +Each perf driver also provides a "cpumask" sysfs attribute, which contains a +single CPU ID of the processor which will be used to handle all the PMU events. + +Example for perf tool use: + + / # perf list | grep -e l3c -e iob -e mcb -e mc + l3c0/ackq-full/ [Kernel PMU event] + <...> + mcb1/mcb-csw-stall/ [Kernel PMU event] + + / # perf stat -a -e l3c0/read-miss/,mcb1/csw-write-request/ sleep 1 + + / # perf stat -a -e l3c0/read-miss,config1=0xfffffffffffffffe/ sleep 1 + +The driver does not support sampling, therefore "perf record" will +not work. Per-task (without "-a") perf sessions are not supported. |