Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH -tip] perf_counter tools: shorten names for events | From | Jaswinder Singh Rajput <> | Date | Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:29:52 +0530 |
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On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 03:42 +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> > Note, branches are special - we dont really have 'branch loads', > > branches are executions. 'Branches' and 'Branch-misses' are the > > right term. > > > > Do you agree? > > > > Event we used for (BPU, READ, ACCESS) is 'branch instructions retired' > > So 'branch loads' we mean 'branch instruction loaded and retired' > > I like all of them : 'branch loads', 'branch retired' or 'branches' > > Please let me know, which one is best option so that I can prepare the > patch. >
Or if branches is special and following values are always invalid :
(BPU, WRITE, ACCESS) (BPU, WRITE, MISS) (BPU, PREFETCH, ACCESS) (BPU, PREFTECH, MISS)
then can we move BPU to some other category from Hardware cache counters.
Thanks, -- JSR
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