From f7d7986060b2890fc26db6ab5203efbd33aa2497 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anton Blanchard Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:09:29 +0000 Subject: perf_event: Add alignment-faults and emulation-faults software events Add two more software 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 Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- tools/perf/design.txt | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'tools/perf/design.txt') diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt index fdd42a824c98..f000c30877ac 100644 --- a/tools/perf/design.txt +++ b/tools/perf/design.txt @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3