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| author | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2010-03-18 17:54:29 -0400 |
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| committer | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2010-03-18 17:56:32 -0400 |
| commit | bb9fd173b2bc8aa73478dc04f732e2ce482f77b3 (patch) | |
| tree | 0e506774a912e66d9bc146d9701561022018cb0c /man | |
| parent | fc2a22c05edf578c05acb91d2f9d0d159c717061 (diff) | |
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PR909: add perf.hw_cache.* aliases
* tapset/perf.stp: Add 'em.
* man/tapset::perf.3stap: Document 'em a little.
* stapprobes.3stap.in: Fix .sample (not .samples) probe point typo.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/tapset::perf.3stap | 34 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/tapset::perf.3stap b/man/tapset::perf.3stap index 5aff9799..180a503c 100644 --- a/man/tapset::perf.3stap +++ b/man/tapset::perf.3stap @@ -18,10 +18,15 @@ tapset::perf \- systemtap perf probe points .SH DESCRIPTION -This family of probe points is used to probe "perf events" -on suitably configured kernels (2.6.33+). It contains a -number of aliases for the ABI-specified event type/config -tuples. +This family of probe points is used to probe "perf events" on suitably +configured kernels (2.6.33+). It contains a number of aliases for the +ABI-specified event type/config tuples. + +The default sampling interval of the translator (1000000) is not +overridden, so some of these probe points may fire very infrequently. +Use the lower level +.B perf.type(AA).config(BB).sample(CC) +probe point if this is a problem. .TP .B perf.hw.* @@ -53,6 +58,27 @@ probe perf.sw.alignment_faults probe perf.sw.emulation_faults .ESAMPLE + +.TP +.B perf.hw_cache.TYPE.ACCESS.RESULT +Hardware cache events, where available. A subset of the following +cartesian product may be available: +.SAMPLE +probe perf.hw_cache.l1d.*.* +probe perf.hw_cache.l1i.*.* +probe perf.hw_cache.ll.*.* +probe perf.hw_cache.dtlb.*.* +probe perf.hw_cache.itlb.*.* +probe perf.hw_cache.bpu.*.* + +probe perf.hw_cache.*.read.* +probe perf.hw_cache.*.write.* +probe perf.hw_cache.*.prefetch.* + +probe perf.hw_cache.*.*.access +probe perf.hw_cache.*.*.miss +.ESAMPLE + .SH SEE ALSO .IR stap (1), .IR stapprobes (3stap) |