user/perfmon/events/intel_x86_arch_events.h

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/*
 * architected events for architectural perfmon v1 and v2 as defined by the IA-32 developer's manual
 * Vol 3B, table 18-6 (May 2007)
 */
static intel_x86_entry_t intel_x86_arch_pe[]={
	{.name = "UNHALTED_CORE_CYCLES",
	 .code = 0x003c,
	 .cntmsk = 0x200000000ull, /* temporary */
	 .desc =  "count core clock cycles whenever the clock signal on the specific core is running (not halted)"
	},
	{.name = "INSTRUCTION_RETIRED",
	 .code = 0x00c0,
	 .cntmsk = 0x100000000ull, /* temporary */
	 .desc =  "count the number of instructions at retirement. For instructions that consists of multiple micro-ops, this event counts the retirement of the last micro-op of the instruction",
	},
	{.name = "UNHALTED_REFERENCE_CYCLES",
	 .code = 0x013c,
	 .cntmsk = 0x400000000ull, /* temporary */
	 .desc =  "count reference clock cycles while the clock signal on the specific core is running. The reference clock operates at a fixed frequency, irrespective of core frequency changes due to performance state transitions",
	},
	{.name = "LLC_REFERENCES",
	 .code = 0x4f2e,
	 .desc =  "count each request originating from the core to reference a cache line in the last level cache. The count may include speculation, but excludes cache line fills due to hardware prefetch",
	},
	{.name = "LLC_MISSES",
	 .code = 0x412e,
	 .desc =  "count each cache miss condition for references to the last level cache. The event count may include speculation, but excludes cache line fills due to hardware prefetch",
	},
	{.name = "BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS_RETIRED",
	 .code = 0x00c4,
	 .desc =  "count branch instructions at retirement. Specifically, this event counts the retirement of the last micro-op of a branch instruction",
	},
	{.name = "MISPREDICTED_BRANCH_RETIRED",
	 .code = 0x00c5,
	 .desc =  "count mispredicted branch instructions at retirement. Specifically, this event counts at retirement of the last micro-op of a branch instruction in the architectural path of the execution and experienced misprediction in the branch prediction hardware",
	}
};