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4.8 KiB
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165 lines
4.8 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: i386_pmc_info.2,v 1.9 2003/06/27 11:51:07 wiz Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Gregory McGarry.
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.Dd November 10, 2001
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.Dt I386_PMC_INFO 2 i386
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm i386_pmc_info ,
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.Nm i386_pmc_startstop ,
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.Nm i386_pmc_read
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.Nd interface to CPU performance counters
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libi386
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/types.h
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.In machine/sysarch.h
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.In machine/specialreg.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn i386_pmc_info "struct i386_pmc_info_args *ia"
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.Ft int
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.Fn i386_pmc_startstop "struct i386_pmc_startstop_args *ssa"
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.Ft int
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.Fn i386_pmc_read "struct i386_pmc_read_args *ra"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These functions provide an interface to the CPU performance counters
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on the 586-class and 686-class processors.
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.Pp
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.Fn i386_pmc_info
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will return information about the available CPU counters.
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The information is returned in
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.Fa ia
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having the following structure:
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.Bd -literal
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struct i386_pmc_info_args {
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int type;
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int flags;
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The
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.Em type
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member describes the class of performance counters available.
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Valid values are:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -offset indent -width PMC_INFO_HASTSC -compact
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.It PMC_TYPE_NONE
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No PMC support
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.It PMC_TYPE_I586
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586-class CPUs
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.It PMC_TYPE_I686
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686-class Intel CPUs
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.It PMC_TYPE_K7
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686-class AMD CPUs
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Em flags
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member describes additional capabilities of the processor.
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Valid values are:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -offset indent -width PMC_INFO_HASTSC -compact
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.It PMC_INFO_HASTSC
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CPU has time-stamp counter
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.El
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.Pp
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.Fn i386_pmc_startstop
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is used to start and stop the measurement of the CPU performance counters.
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The argument
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.Fa ssa
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has the following structure:
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.Bd -literal
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struct i386_pmc_startstop_args {
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int counter;
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u_int64_t val;
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u_int8_t event;
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u_int8_t unit;
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u_int8_t compare;
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u_int8_t flags;
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The counter specified by the member
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.Em counter
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is started if the member
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.Em flags
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has PMC_SETUP_KERNEL or PMC_SETUP_USER set, otherwise the counter is
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stopped.
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The initial value of the counter is set to
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.Em val .
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Additional values for the
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.Em flags
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member are PMC_SETUP_EDGE and PMC_SETUP_INV.
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The
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.Em event
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member specifies some event written to the control register.
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The
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.Em unit
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member specifies the measurement units.
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The
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.Em compare
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member is a mask for the counter.
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.Pp
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.Fn i386_pmc_read
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will return information about a specific CPU counter measured during
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the last measurement period determined by the calling of
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.Fn i386_pmc_startstop .
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The information is returned in
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.Fa ra
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having the following structure:
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.Bd -literal
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struct i386_pmc_read_args {
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int counter;
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u_int64_t val;
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u_int64_t time;
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The counter to read should be specified by the
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.Em counter
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member.
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Counters are numbered from 0 to
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.Dv PMC_NCOUNTERS .
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The value of the counter is returned in the
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.Em val
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member.
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The time since epoch, measured in CPU clock cycles, is returned in the
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.Em time
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member.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon successful completion zero is returned, otherwise \-1 is returned
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on failure.
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