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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/perf/imx-ddr.rst | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/perf/thunderx2-pmu.rst | 20 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/imx-ddr.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/imx-ddr.rst index 517a205abad6..90056e4e8859 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/imx-ddr.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/imx-ddr.rst @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ The "format" directory describes format of the config (event ID) and config1 (AXI filtering) fields of the perf_event_attr structure, see /sys/bus/event_source/ devices/imx8_ddr0/format/. The "events" directory describes the events types hardware supported that can be used with perf tool, see /sys/bus/event_source/ -devices/imx8_ddr0/events/. +devices/imx8_ddr0/events/. The "caps" directory describes filter features implemented +in DDR PMU, see /sys/bus/events_source/devices/imx8_ddr0/caps/. e.g.:: perf stat -a -e imx8_ddr0/cycles/ cmd perf stat -a -e imx8_ddr0/read/,imx8_ddr0/write/ cmd @@ -25,9 +26,12 @@ devices/imx8_ddr0/events/. AXI filtering is only used by CSV modes 0x41 (axid-read) and 0x42 (axid-write) to count reading or writing matches filter setting. Filter setting is various from different DRAM controller implementations, which is distinguished by quirks -in the driver. +in the driver. You also can dump info from userspace, filter in "caps" directory +indicates whether PMU supports AXI ID filter or not; enhanced_filter indicates +whether PMU supports enhanced AXI ID filter or not. Value 0 for un-supported, and +value 1 for supported. -* With DDR_CAP_AXI_ID_FILTER quirk. +* With DDR_CAP_AXI_ID_FILTER quirk(filter: 1, enhanced_filter: 0). Filter is defined with two configuration parts: --AXI_ID defines AxID matching value. --AXI_MASKING defines which bits of AxID are meaningful for the matching. @@ -50,3 +54,8 @@ in the driver. axi_id to monitor a specific id, rather than having to specify axi_mask. e.g.:: perf stat -a -e imx8_ddr0/axid-read,axi_id=0x12/ cmd, which will monitor ARID=0x12 + +* With DDR_CAP_AXI_ID_FILTER_ENHANCED quirk(filter: 1, enhanced_filter: 1). + This is an extension to the DDR_CAP_AXI_ID_FILTER quirk which permits + counting the number of bytes (as opposed to the number of bursts) from DDR + read and write transactions concurrently with another set of data counters. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/thunderx2-pmu.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/thunderx2-pmu.rst index 08e33675853a..01f158238ae1 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/thunderx2-pmu.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf/thunderx2-pmu.rst @@ -3,24 +3,26 @@ Cavium ThunderX2 SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU UNCORE) ============================================================= The ThunderX2 SoC PMU consists of independent, system-wide, per-socket -PMUs such as the Level 3 Cache (L3C) and DDR4 Memory Controller (DMC). +PMUs such as the Level 3 Cache (L3C), DDR4 Memory Controller (DMC) and +Cavium Coherent Processor Interconnect (CCPI2). The DMC has 8 interleaved channels and the L3C has 16 interleaved tiles. Events are counted for the default channel (i.e. channel 0) and prorated to the total number of channels/tiles. -The DMC and L3C support up to 4 counters. Counters are independently -programmable and can be started and stopped individually. Each counter -can be set to a different event. Counters are 32-bit and do not support -an overflow interrupt; they are read every 2 seconds. +The DMC and L3C support up to 4 counters, while the CCPI2 supports up to 8 +counters. Counters are independently programmable to different events and +can be started and stopped individually. None of the counters support an +overflow interrupt. DMC and L3C counters are 32-bit and read every 2 seconds. +The CCPI2 counters are 64-bit and assumed not to overflow in normal operation. PMU UNCORE (perf) driver: The thunderx2_pmu driver registers per-socket perf PMUs for the DMC and -L3C devices. Each PMU can be used to count up to 4 events -simultaneously. The PMUs provide a description of their available events -and configuration options under sysfs, see -/sys/devices/uncore_<l3c_S/dmc_S/>; S is the socket id. +L3C devices. Each PMU can be used to count up to 4 (DMC/L3C) or up to 8 +(CCPI2) events simultaneously. The PMUs provide a description of their +available events and configuration options under sysfs, see +/sys/devices/uncore_<l3c_S/dmc_S/ccpi2_S/>; S is the socket id. The driver does not support sampling, therefore "perf record" will not work. Per-task perf sessions are also not supported. |