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    Subject[PATCH 0/4] perf_events: add support for Intel reference cycles event
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    The unhalted_reference_cycles is a very useful event which counts cycles at the
    reference CPU clock speed (same as TSC if processors supports constant_tsc).
    That means, it keeps a constant correlation with wall-clock time while the
    processor is not halted, unlike its counter-part unhalted_core_cycles.
    The latter event, used by generic PMU event cycles in the perf tool is
    subject to frequency down-scaling AND Turbo mode fluctuations.

    The unhlated_reference_cycles is NOT equivalent to wall clock time because
    it counts only when the processor is not in halted state. But this limitation
    impacts only system-wide measurements.

    The unhalted_reference_cycles can only be counted on fixed counter 2.
    As such, it does not have an event encoding. Fixed counters can only measure
    one (hardwired) event. Yet, with perf_events user manipulates events and not
    counters, thus each event needs an encoding. That encoding is then used by
    the kernel to identify the event and schedule it on the proper counter.

    Up until now, there was no encoding chosen for unhalted_reference_cycles, thus
    it could not be scheduled properly and thus it was not supported.

    This patch uses the encoding 0x0300. That means event code 0x00, umask 0x3.
    That event code is not used by Intel on any existing processor. We have
    also checked with Intel and it seems that they don't plan on using it in
    the future.

    With this patch, it is possible to see the effect of Turbo mode:

    $ perf stat -e unhalted_reference_cycles,unhalted_core_cycles ./noploop 1
    noploop for 1 seconds

    Performance counter stats for './noploop 1':

    3,197,640,960 unhalted_reference_cycles
    3,595,043,997 unhalted_core_cycles

    1.000732233 seconds time elapsed

    Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
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    Stephane Eranian (4):
    perf_events: enable raw event support for Intel
    unhalted_reference_cycles event
    perf_event: add PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES generic PMU event
    perf_events: add Intel X86 mapping for PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES
    perf: add support for PERF_HW_COUNT_REF_CPU_CYCLES

    arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 15 ++++++++-------
    arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 8 +++++++-
    arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c | 16 ++++++----------
    include/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
    tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 2 ++
    5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)



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