Re: [PATCH] Support for perf on AMD family17h processors

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Nov 17 2016 - 01:46:36 EST



* Janakarajan Natarajan <Janakarajan.Natarajan@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch enables perf core PMU support for AMD family17h processors. In
> family17h, there is no PMC-event constraint. All events, irrespective of the
> type, can be measured using any of the performance counters.

BTW., that's a very nice hardware design that simplifies counter constraints and
scheduling!

Does Fam17h have 6 generic counters per core, like Fam15h?

Thanks,

Ingo