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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 00/11] perf: Intel Cache QoS Monitoring support
On Fri, 14 Nov, at 09:15:01PM, Matt Fleming wrote:
> From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
>
> This patch series adds a new PMU driver for the Intel Cache Monitoring
> hardware feature available in Intel Xeon processors, which allows
> monitoring of LLC occupancy on a task, group or system-wide basis.
>
> The first few patches modify tools/perf to handle per-package counters,
> which necessitates discarding some values when doing per-cpu reads to
> avoid getting duplicate data. The rest add support for the new PMU code.
>
> I've left a notoriously funky bit of code near the end of the series,
> the RMID rotation code, in an attempt to simplify things. Doing the
> rotation provides the ability to multiplex the RMIDs and basically
> overcome the hardware limitation, but the rest of the patches work fine
> without it. But there are a number of scenarios where being able to
> monitor more tasks than RMIDs is extremely useful.
>
> The series is based on tip/perf/core.

Any feedback on this series?

Stephane, the original thread is here,

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1415999712-5850-1-git-send-email-matt@console-pimps.org

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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