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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events-msr.rst b/Documentation/trace/events-msr.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e938aa0b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/trace/events-msr.rst @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +================ +MSR Trace Events +================ + +The x86 kernel supports tracing most MSR (Model Specific Register) accesses. +To see the definition of the MSRs on Intel systems please see the SDM +at http://www.intel.com/sdm (Volume 3) + +Available trace points: + +/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/msr/ + +Trace MSR reads: + +read_msr + + - msr: MSR number + - val: Value written + - failed: 1 if the access failed, otherwise 0 + + +Trace MSR writes: + +write_msr + + - msr: MSR number + - val: Value written + - failed: 1 if the access failed, otherwise 0 + + +Trace RDPMC in kernel: + +rdpmc + +The trace data can be post processed with the postprocess/decode_msr.py script:: + + cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace | decode_msr.py /usr/src/linux/include/asm/msr-index.h + +to add symbolic MSR names. + |