Add two more sw events that are common to many cpus.
Alignment faults: When a load or store is not aligned properly.
Emulation faults: When an instruction is emulated in software.
Both cause a very significant slowdown (100x or worse), so identifying and
fixing them is very important.
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <an...@samba.org>
---
Index: linux.trees.git/include/linux/perf_event.h
===================================================================
--- linux.trees.git.orig/include/linux/perf_event.h 2009-10-16
11:17:17.000000000 +1100
+++ linux.trees.git/include/linux/perf_event.h 2009-10-16 11:17:29.000000000
+1100
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ enum perf_sw_ids {
PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS = 4,
PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN = 5,
PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ = 6,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS = 7,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS = 8,
PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX, /* non-ABI */
};
Index: linux.trees.git/include/linux/perf_counter.h
===================================================================
--- linux.trees.git.orig/include/linux/perf_counter.h 2009-10-16
11:16:10.000000000 +1100
+++ linux.trees.git/include/linux/perf_counter.h 2009-10-16
11:17:29.000000000 +1100
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ enum perf_sw_ids {
PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS = 4,
PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN = 5,
PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ = 6,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS = 7,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS = 8,
PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX, /* non-ABI */
};
Index: linux.trees.git/kernel/perf_event.c
===================================================================
--- linux.trees.git.orig/kernel/perf_event.c 2009-10-16 11:17:17.000000000
+1100
+++ linux.trees.git/kernel/perf_event.c 2009-10-16 11:17:29.000000000 +1100
@@ -4255,6 +4255,8 @@ static const struct pmu *sw_perf_event_i
case PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ:
case PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES:
case PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS:
+ case PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS:
+ case PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS:
if (!event->parent) {
atomic_inc(&perf_swevent_enabled[event_id]);
event->destroy = sw_perf_event_destroy;
Index: linux.trees.git/tools/perf/design.txt
===================================================================
--- linux.trees.git.orig/tools/perf/design.txt 2009-10-16 11:16:10.000000000
+1100
+++ linux.trees.git/tools/perf/design.txt 2009-10-16 11:17:29.000000000
+1100
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ enum sw_event_ids {
PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS = 4,
PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN = 5,
PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ = 6,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS = 7,
+ PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS = 8,
};
Counters of the type PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT are available when the ftrace event
Index: linux.trees.git/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
===================================================================
--- linux.trees.git.orig/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c 2009-10-16
11:16:10.000000000 +1100
+++ linux.trees.git/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c 2009-10-16
11:17:29.000000000 +1100
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ static struct event_symbol event_symbols
{ CSW(PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ), "major-faults", "" },
{ CSW(CONTEXT_SWITCHES), "context-switches", "cs" },
{ CSW(CPU_MIGRATIONS), "cpu-migrations", "migrations" },
+ { CSW(ALIGNMENT_FAULTS), "alignment-faults", "" },
+ { CSW(EMULATION_FAULTS), "emulation-faults", "" },
};
#define __PERF_EVENT_FIELD(config, name) \
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ static const char *sw_event_names[] = {
"CPU-migrations",
"minor-faults",
"major-faults",
+ "alignment-faults",
+ "emulation-faults",
};
#define MAX_ALIASES 8
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