linux-stable/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
Tan Xiaojun 9f74d77018 perf auxtrace: Add four itrace options
This patch is to add four options to synthesize events which are
described as below:

 'f': synthesize first level cache events
 'm': synthesize last level cache events
 't': synthesize TLB events
 'a': synthesize remote access events

This four options will be used by ARM SPE as their first consumer.

Signed-off-by: Tan Xiaojun <tanxiaojun@huawei.com>
Tested-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
Acked-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Al Grant <al.grant@arm.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200530122442.490-3-leo.yan@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2020-06-01 12:24:23 -03:00

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i synthesize instructions events
b synthesize branches events (branch misses for Arm SPE)
c synthesize branches events (calls only)
r synthesize branches events (returns only)
x synthesize transactions events
w synthesize ptwrite events
p synthesize power events
o synthesize other events recorded due to the use
of aux-output (refer to perf record)
e synthesize error events
d create a debug log
f synthesize first level cache events
m synthesize last level cache events
t synthesize TLB events
a synthesize remote access events
g synthesize a call chain (use with i or x)
G synthesize a call chain on existing event records
l synthesize last branch entries (use with i or x)
L synthesize last branch entries on existing event records
s skip initial number of events
The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibxwpe,
except for perf script where it is --itrace=ce
In addition, the period (default 100000, except for perf script where it is 1)
for instructions events can be specified in units of:
i instructions
t ticks
ms milliseconds
us microseconds
ns nanoseconds (default)
Also the call chain size (default 16, max. 1024) for instructions or
transactions events can be specified.
Also the number of last branch entries (default 64, max. 1024) for
instructions or transactions events can be specified.
Similar to options g and l, size may also be specified for options G and L.
On x86, note that G and L work poorly when data has been recorded with
large PEBS. Refer linkperf:perf-intel-pt[1] man page for details.
It is also possible to skip events generated (instructions, branches, transactions,
ptwrite, power) at the beginning. This is useful to ignore initialization code.
--itrace=i0nss1000000
skips the first million instructions.