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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt index a28dca2582aa..aa8cfeabb743 100644 --- a/tools/perf/design.txt +++ b/tools/perf/design.txt @@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ enum perf_hw_id { PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS = 4, PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES = 5, PERF_COUNT_HW_BUS_CYCLES = 6, + PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND = 7, + PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND = 8, + PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES = 9, }; These are standardized types of events that work relatively uniformly @@ -222,6 +225,10 @@ The 'exclude_user', 'exclude_kernel' and 'exclude_hv' bits provide a way to request that counting of events be restricted to times when the CPU is in user, kernel and/or hypervisor mode. +Furthermore the 'exclude_host' and 'exclude_guest' bits provide a way +to request counting of events restricted to guest and host contexts when +using Linux as the hypervisor. + The 'mmap' and 'munmap' bits allow recording of PROT_EXEC mmap/munmap operations, these can be used to relate userspace IP addresses to actual code, even after the mapping (or even the whole process) is gone, @@ -254,7 +261,8 @@ gets schedule to. Per task counters can be created by any user, for their own tasks. A 'pid == -1' and 'cpu == x' counter is a per CPU counter that counts -all events on CPU-x. Per CPU counters need CAP_SYS_ADMIN privilege. +all events on CPU-x. Per CPU counters need CAP_PERFMON or CAP_SYS_ADMIN +privilege. The 'flags' parameter is currently unused and must be zero. |