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LIBPFM(3) Linux Programmer's ManualLIBPFM(3)libpfm_intel_wsm - support for Intel Westmere core PMU
#include <perfmon/pfmlib.h>PMU name: wsmPMU desc: Intel WestmerePMU name: wsm_dpPMU desc: Intel Westmere DP
The library supports the Intel Westmere core PMU. It should be noted that this PMU model only covers the each core's PMU and not the socket level PMU. It is provided separately. Support is provided for the Intel Core i7 and Core i5 processors (models 37, 44).
The following modifiers are supported on Intel Westmere 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_INST_RETIRED:LATENCY_ABOVE_THRESHOLD 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).
The library is able to encode the OFFCORE_RESPONSE_0 and OFFCORE_RESPONSE_1 events. Those are special events because they, each, need a second MSR (0x1a6 and 0x1a7 respectively) to be programmed for the event to count properly. Thus two values are necessary for each event. The first value can be programmed on any of the generic counters. The second value goes into the dedicated MSR (0x1a6 or 0x1a7). The OFFCORE_RESPONSE events are exposed as normal events with several umasks which are divided in two groups: request and response. The user must provideat leastone umask from each group. For instance, OFFCORE_RESPONSE_0:ANY_DATA:LOCAL_DRAM. When usingpfm_get_event_encoding(), two 64-bit values are returned. The first value corresponds to what needs to be programmed into any of the generic counters. The second value must be programmed into the corresponding dedicated MSR (0x1a6 or 0x1a7). When using an OS-specific encoding routine, the way the event is encoded is OS specific. Refer to the corresponding man page for more information.
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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 September, 2009LIBPFM(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. | |