Re: [PATCH] Fix various i386 default unit masks (atom, nehalem, silvermont)

William Cohen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.oprofile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 01/10/2017 03:21 PM, Michael Petlan wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2017, William Cohen wrote:
>> On 01/09/2017 02:39 PM, Michael Petlan wrote:
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> Thanks for the updated version of the patch.  The previous version of the patch was merged into the upstream and I attempted to put in a fix for the page walk, based on what was in other processors.  Could you update the patch to apply to the upstream oprofile?
> 
> Hi Will,
> 
> The updated patch is attached. It fixes the remaining issue (Nehalem uops_issued).
> 
>>
>> Note that "cmask=%x" (a hex number afterZ) and then comman seperated list of other flags. Thus, the following isn't right:
> 
> I see. Sorry for that mistake, I took the "cmask=edge" string from one of your
> prior mails and didn't realize that "edge" is not a valid cmask.
> 
> I hope, it's correct now.
> 
> Thank you!
> Michael

Hi Michael,

The patch looks fine and has been merged into the upstream oprofile git repository. -Will
> 
>>
>> --- a/events/i386/atom/unit_masks
>> +++ b/events/i386/atom/unit_masks
>> @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ name:data_tlb_misses type:bitmask default:0x07
>>     0x05 extra: dtlb_miss_ld DTLB misses due to load operations
>>     0x09 extra: l0_dtlb_miss_ld L0_DTLB misses due to load operations
>>     0x06 extra: dtlb_miss_st DTLB misses due to store operations
>> -name:page_walks type:bitmask default:0x03
>> -    0x03 extra: walks Number of page-walks executed
>> +name:page_walks type:bitmask default:walks
>> +    0x03 extra:cmask=edge walks Number of page-walks executed
>>     0x03 extra: cycles Duration of page-walks in core cycles
>> name:x87_comp_ops_exe type:bitmask default:0x81
>>     0x01 extra: s Floating point computational micro-ops executed
>>
>> -Will
>>
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>>
>>>> For the page_walks unit_mask there looks like there is a missing extra:cmask=edge for "Number of page-walks executed" otherwise the unit masks look identical.
>>>>
>>>> --- a/events/i386/atom/unit_masks
>>>> +++ b/events/i386/atom/unit_masks
>>>> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ name:data_tlb_misses type:bitmask default:0x07
>>>>     0x05 extra: dtlb_miss_ld DTLB misses due to load operations
>>>>     0x09 extra: l0_dtlb_miss_ld L0_DTLB misses due to load operations
>>>>     0x06 extra: dtlb_miss_st DTLB misses due to store operations
>>>> -name:page_walks type:bitmask default:0x03
>>>> +name:page_walks type:bitmask default:walks
>>>>     0x03 extra: walks Number of page-walks executed
>>>>     0x03 extra: cycles Duration of page-walks in core cycles
>>>> name:x87_comp_ops_exe type:bitmask default:0x81
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The unit masks also look the same for any and stalled for nehalem.  An extra: correction is needed here:
>>>>
>>>> --- a/events/i386/nehalem/unit_masks
>>>> +++ b/events/i386/nehalem/unit_masks
>>>> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ name:mem_inst_retired type:bitmask default:0x01
>>>>     0x02 extra: stores Counts the number of instructions with an architecturally-visible store retired on the architected path
>>>> name:mem_store_retired type:mandatory default:0x01
>>>>     0x01 extra: dtlb_miss The event counts the number of retired stores that missed the DTLB
>>>> -name:uops_issued type:bitmask default:0x01
>>>> +name:uops_issued type:bitmask default:any
>>>>     0x01 extra: any Counts the number of Uops issued by the Register Allocation Table to the Reservation Station, i
>>>>     0x01 extra: stalled_cycles Counts the number of cycles no Uops issued by the Register Allocation Table to the Reservation Station, i
>>>>     0x02 extra: fused Counts the number of fused Uops that were issued from the Register Allocation Table to the Reservation Station
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Will
>>>>
>>
>>
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