Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf, x86: Revamp PEBS event selection

[Stephane Eranian]

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> No, still needs to be INTEL_ALL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x0, 0x1)
>> otherwise the get_event_constraint() test I mentioned previously will
>> fail, event with your ALL_FILTER mask.
>
> What events should fail? I verified all PEBS events and they work as expected.
>
Random events should not fail, they should go with precise and not generate
any samples. That's the whole point of the exercise.

perf record -a -e r6099:p sleep 1

>> > -       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xc4, 0xf),    /* BR_INST_RETIRED.* */
>> > -       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xc5, 0xf),    /* BR_MISP_RETIRED.* */
>> > -       INTEL_PLD_CONSTRAINT(0x01cd, 0x8),    /* MEM_TRANS_RETIRED.LAT_ABOVE_THR */
>> > -       INTEL_PST_CONSTRAINT(0x02cd, 0x8),    /* MEM_TRANS_RETIRED.PRECISE_STORES */
>> > -       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd0, 0xf),    /* MEM_UOP_RETIRED.* */
>> > -       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd1, 0xf),    /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_RETIRED.* */
>> > -       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd2, 0xf),    /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_HIT_RETIRED.* */
>> > -       INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xd3, 0xf),    /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_LLC_MISS_RETIRED.* */
>> > -       INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x02d4, 0xf), /* MEM_LOAD_UOPS_MISC_RETIRED.LLC_MISS */
>> > +       INTEL_PLD_CONSTRAINT(0x01cd, 0xf),    /* MEM_TRANS_RETIRED.LAT_ABOVE_THR */
>> > +       INTEL_PST_CONSTRAINT(0x02cd, 0xf),    /* MEM_TRANS_RETIRED.PRECISE_STORES */
>>
>> No, precise stores only work on counter 3, keep 0x8 here
>
> Good point.
>
>
>
> -Andi
> --
> ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Speaking for myself only
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