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diff --git a/Documentation/perf/thunderx2-pmu.txt b/Documentation/perf/thunderx2-pmu.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dffc57143736 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/perf/thunderx2-pmu.txt @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +Cavium ThunderX2 SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU UNCORE) +============================================================= + +The ThunderX2 SoC PMU consists of independent, system-wide, per-socket +PMUs such as the Level 3 Cache (L3C) and DDR4 Memory Controller (DMC). + +The DMC has 8 interleaved channels and the L3C has 16 interleaved tiles. +Events are counted for the default channel (i.e. channel 0) and prorated +to the total number of channels/tiles. + +The DMC and L3C support up to 4 counters. Counters are independently +programmable and can be started and stopped individually. Each counter +can be set to a different event. Counters are 32-bit and do not support +an overflow interrupt; they are read every 2 seconds. + +PMU UNCORE (perf) driver: + +The thunderx2_pmu driver registers per-socket perf PMUs for the DMC and +L3C devices. Each PMU can be used to count up to 4 events +simultaneously. The PMUs provide a description of their available events +and configuration options under sysfs, see +/sys/devices/uncore_<l3c_S/dmc_S/>; S is the socket id. + +The driver does not support sampling, therefore "perf record" will not +work. Per-task perf sessions are also not supported. + +Examples: + +# perf stat -a -e uncore_dmc_0/cnt_cycles/ sleep 1 + +# perf stat -a -e \ +uncore_dmc_0/cnt_cycles/,\ +uncore_dmc_0/data_transfers/,\ +uncore_dmc_0/read_txns/,\ +uncore_dmc_0/write_txns/ sleep 1 + +# perf stat -a -e \ +uncore_l3c_0/read_request/,\ +uncore_l3c_0/read_hit/,\ +uncore_l3c_0/inv_request/,\ +uncore_l3c_0/inv_hit/ sleep 1 |