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LIBPFM(3) Linux Programmer's ManualLIBPFM(3)libpfm_intel_hsw - support for Intel Haswell core PMU
#include <perfmon/pfmlib.h>PMU name: hswPMU desc: Intel HaswellPMU name: hsw_epPMU desc: Intel Haswell-EP
The library supports the Intel Haswell and Haswell-EP core PMU. It should be noted that this PMU model only covers each core's PMU and not the socket level PMU. On Haswell, the number of generic counters depends on the Hyperthreading (HT) mode. When HT is on, then only 4 generic counters are available. When HT is off, then 8 generic counters are available. Thepfm_get_pmu_info()function returns the maximum number of generic counters innum_cntrs.
The following modifiers are supported on Intel Haswell processors:uMeasure at user level which includes privilege levels 1, 2, 3. This corresponds toPFM_PLM3. This is a boolean modifier.kMeasure at kernel level which includes privilege level 0. This corresponds toPFM_PLM0. This is a boolean modifier.iInvert the meaning of the event. The counter will now count cycles in which the event isnotoccurring. This is a boolean modifiereEnable edge detection, i.e., count only when there is a state transition from no occurrence of the event to at least one occurrence. This modifier must be combined with a counter mask modifier (m) with a value greater or equal to one. This is a boolean modifier.cSet the counter mask value. The mask acts as a threshold. The counter will count the number of cycles in which the number of occurrences of the event is greater or equal to the threshold. This is an integer modifier with values in the range [0:255].tMeasure on both threads at the same time assuming hyper- threading is enabled. This is a boolean modifier.ldlatPass a latency threshold to the MEM_TRANS_RETIRED:LOAD_LATENCY event. This is an integer attribute that must be in the range [1:65535]. It is required for this event. Note that the event must be used with precise sampling (PEBS).intxMonitor the event only when executing inside a transactional memory region (in tx). Event does not count otherwise. This is a boolean modifiers. Default value is 0.intxcpDo not count occurrences of the event when they are inside an aborted transactional memory region. This is a boolean modifier. Default value is 0.
Intel Haswell provides two offcore_response events. They are called OFFCORE_RESPONSE_0 and OFFCORE_RESPONSE_1. Those events need special treatment in the performance monitoring infrastructure because each event uses an extra register to store some settings. Thus, in case multiple offcore_response events are monitored simultaneously, the kernel needs to manage the sharing of that extra register. The offcore_response events are exposed as a normal events by the library. The extra settings are exposed as regular umasks. The library takes care of encoding the events according to the underlying kernel interface. On Intel Haswell, the umasks are divided into three categories: request, supplier and snoop. The user must provide at least one umask for each category. The categories are shown in the umask descriptions. There is also the special response umask calledANY_RESPONSE. When this umask is used then it overrides any supplier and snoop umasks. In other words, users can specify eitherANY_RESPONSE OR any combinations of supplier + snoops. In case no supplier or snoop is specified, the library defaults to usingANY_RESPONSE. For instance, the following are valid event selections:OFFCORE_RESPONSE_0:DMND_DATA_RD:ANY_RESPONSEOFFCORE_RESPONSE_0:ANY_REQUESTOFFCORE_RESPONSE_0:ANY_RFO:LLC_HITM:SNOOP_ANY But the following are illegal:OFFCORE_RESPONSE_0:ANY_RFO:LLC_HITM:ANY_RESPONSEOFFCORE_RESPONSE_0:ANY_RFO:LLC_HITM:SNOOP_ANY:ANY_RESPONSE
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This page is part of theperfmon2 (a performance monitoring library) project. Information about the project can be found at ⟨http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual page, send it to perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. This page was obtained from the project's upstream Git repository ⟨git://git.code.sf.net/p/perfmon2/libpfm4 perfmon2-libpfm4⟩ on 2025-08-11. (At that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in the repository was 2025-06-29.) If you discover any rendering problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there is a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON (which isnot part of the original manual page), send a mail to man-pages@man7.org April, 2013LIBPFM(3)HTML rendering created 2025-09-06 byMichael Kerrisk, author ofThe Linux Programming Interface. For details of in-depthLinux/UNIX system programming training courses that I teach, lookhere. Hosting byjambit GmbH. | |