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Weilin Wang
169f18fd98 perf Document: Add TPEBS (Timed PEBS(Precise Event-Based Sampling)) to Documents
TPEBS (Timed PEBS(Precise Event-Based Sampling)) is a new feature Intel
PMU from Granite Rapids microarchitecture.

It will be used in new TMA (Top-Down Microarchitecture Analysis)
releases.

Add related introduction to documents while adding new code to support
it in 'perf stat'.

Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@intel.com>
Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Caleb Biggers <caleb.biggers@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Perry Taylor <perry.taylor@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Samantha Alt <samantha.alt@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240720062102.444578-8-weilin.wang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2024-08-13 15:25:33 -03:00
Ian Rogers
20cb10eadb perf doc: Refresh topdown documentation
perf stat now supports --topdown for any platform with the TopdownL1
metric group including Intel before Icelake. Tweak the documentation
to reflect this.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Caleb Biggers <caleb.biggers@intel.com>
Cc: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Cc: Florian Fischer <florian.fischer@muhq.space>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
Cc: Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Cc: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Perry Taylor <perry.taylor@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@amd.com>
Cc: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Suzuki Poulouse <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Cc: Xing Zhengjun <zhengjun.xing@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230219092848.639226-43-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2023-02-19 08:10:15 -03:00
Like Xu
4da6552c5d perf doc: Fix typos all over the place
Considering that perf and its subcommands have so many parameters, the
documentation is always the first stop for perf beginners. Fixing some
spelling errors will relax the eyes of some readers a little bit.

 s/specicfication/specification/
 s/caheline/cacheline/
 s/tranasaction/transaction/
 s/complan/complain/
 s/sched_wakep/sched_wakeup/
 s/possble/possible/
 s/methology/methodology/

Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210924081942.38368-1-likexu@tencent.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00
Ray Kinsella
a4b0fccfbd perf tools: Update topdown documentation to permit rdpmc calls
Update Topdown documentation to permit calls to rdpmc, and describe
interaction with system calls.

Signed-off-by: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210421091009.1711565-1-mdr@ashroe.eu
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2021-04-22 16:09:39 -03:00
Kan Liang
7d91e8181d perf tools: Update topdown documentation for Sapphire Rapids
Update Topdown extension on Sapphire Rapids and how to collect the L2
events.

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1612296553-21962-10-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2021-02-08 16:25:00 -03:00
Andi Kleen
328781df86 perf tools: Add documentation for topdown metrics
Add some documentation how to use the topdown metrics in ring 3.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200911144808.27603-5-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2020-09-17 15:48:31 -03:00