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<h1 id="perf1"><a class="header" href="#perf1">perf(1)</a></h1>
<pre><code>perf list show supported hw/sw events & metrics
-v ........ print longer event descriptions
--details . print information on the perf event names
and expressions used internally by events
perf stat
-p <pid> ..... show stats for running process
-o <file> .... write output to file (default stderr)
-I <ms> ...... show stats periodically over interval <ms>
-e <ev> ...... select event(s)
-M <met> ..... print metric(s), this adds the metric events
--all-user ... configure all selected events for user space
--all-kernel . configure all selected events for kernel space
perf top
-p <pid> .. show stats for running process
-F <hz> ... sampling frequency
-K ........ hide kernel threads
perf record
-p <pid> ............... record stats for running process
-o <file> .............. write output to file (default perf.data)
-F <hz> ................ sampling frequency
--call-graph <method> .. [fp, dwarf, lbr] method how to caputre backtrace
fp : use frame-pointer, need to compile with
-fno-omit-frame-pointer
dwarf: use .cfi debug information
lbr : use hardware last branch record facility
-g ..................... short-hand for --call-graph fp
-e <ev> ................ select event(s)
--all-user ............. configure all selected events for user space
--all-kernel ........... configure all selected events for kernel space
-M intel ............... use intel disassembly in annotate
perf report
-n .................... annotate symbols with nr of samples
--stdio ............... report to stdio, if not presen tui mode
-g graph,0.5,callee ... show callee based call chains with value >0.5
</code></pre>
<pre><code>Useful <ev>:
page-faults
minor-faults
major-faults
cpu-cycles`
task-clock
</code></pre>
<h2 id="select-specific-events"><a class="header" href="#select-specific-events">Select specific events</a></h2>
<p>Events to sample are specified with the <code>-e</code> option, either pass a comma
separated list or pass <code>-e</code> multiple times.</p>
<p>Events are specified in the following form <code>name[:modifier]</code>. The list and
description of the <code>modifier</code> can be found in the
<a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/perf-list.1.html"><code>perf-list(1)</code></a> manpage under <code>EVENT MODIFIERS</code>.</p>
<pre><code class="language-sh"># L1 i$ misses in user space
# L2 i$ stats in user/kernel space mixed
# Sample specified events.
perf stat -e L1-icache-load-misses:u \
-e l2_rqsts.all_code_rd:uk,l2_rqsts.code_rd_hit:k,l2_rqsts.code_rd_miss:k \
-- stress -c 2
</code></pre>
<p>The <code>--all-user</code> and <code>--all-kernel</code> options append a <code>:u</code> and <code>:k</code> modifier to
all specified events. Therefore the following two command lines are equivalent.</p>
<pre><code class="language-sh"># 1)
perf stat -e cycles:u,instructions:u -- ls
# 2)
perf stat --all-user -e cycles,instructions -- ls
</code></pre>
<h3 id="raw-events"><a class="header" href="#raw-events">Raw events</a></h3>
<p>In case perf does not provide a <em>symbolic</em> name for an event, the event can be
specified in a <em>raw</em> form as <code>r + UMask + EventCode</code>.</p>
<p>The following is an example for the <a href="https://github.com/intel/perfmon/blob/09c155f72e1b8f14b09aea346a35467a03a7d62b/SNB/events/sandybridge_core.json#L808">L2_RQSTS.CODE_RD_HIT</a> event
with <code>EventCode=0x24</code> and <code>UMask=0x10</code> on my laptop with a <code>sandybridge</code> uarch.</p>
<pre><code class="language-sh">perf stat -e l2_rqsts.code_rd_hit -e r1024 -- ls
# Performance counter stats for 'ls':
#
# 33.942 l2_rqsts.code_rd_hit
# 33.942 r1024
</code></pre>
<h3 id="find-raw-performance-counter-events-intel"><a class="header" href="#find-raw-performance-counter-events-intel">Find raw performance counter events (intel)</a></h3>
<p>The <a href="https://github.com/intel/perfmon"><code>intel/perfmon</code></a> repository provides a performance event
databases for the different intel uarchs.</p>
<p>The table in <a href="https://github.com/intel/perfmon/blob/main/mapfile.csv"><code>mapfile.csv</code></a> can be used to lookup the
corresponding uarch, just grab the family model from the procfs.</p>
<pre><code class="language-sh"> cat /proc/cpuinfo | awk '/^vendor_id/ { V=$3 }
/^cpu family/ { F=$4 }
/^model\s*:/ { printf "%s-%d-%x\n",V,F,$3 }'
</code></pre>
<blockquote>
<p>The table in <a href="https://github.com/intel/perfmon/tree/main#performance-monitoring-events">performance monitoring events</a> describes how
events are sorted into the different files.</p>
</blockquote>
<h3 id="raw-events-for-perfs-own-symbolic-names"><a class="header" href="#raw-events-for-perfs-own-symbolic-names">Raw events for perfs own symbolic names</a></h3>
<p>Perf also defines some own <em>symbolic</em> names for events. An example is the
<code>cache-references</code> event. The <a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/perf_event_open.2.html"><code>perf_event_open(2)</code></a> manpage
gives the following description.</p>
<pre><code class="language-man">perf_event_open(2)
PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES
Cache accesses. Usually this indicates Last Level Cache accesses but this
may vary depending on your CPU. This may include prefetches and coherency
messages; again this depends on the design of your CPU.
</code></pre>
<p>The <code>sysfs</code> can be consulted to get the concrete performance counter on the
given system.</p>
<pre><code class="language-sh">cat /sys/devices/cpu/events/cache-misses
# event=0x2e,umask=0x41
</code></pre>
<h2 id="flamegraph"><a class="header" href="#flamegraph"><a href="https://github.com/brendangregg/FlameGraph"><code>Flamegraph</code></a></a></h2>
<h3 id="flamegraph-with-single-event-trace"><a class="header" href="#flamegraph-with-single-event-trace">Flamegraph with single event trace</a></h3>
<pre><code>perf record -g -e cpu-cycles -p <pid>
perf script | FlameGraph/stackcollapse-perf.pl | FlameGraph/flamegraph.pl > cycles-flamegraph.svg
</code></pre>
<h3 id="flamegraph-with-multiple-event-traces"><a class="header" href="#flamegraph-with-multiple-event-traces">Flamegraph with multiple event traces</a></h3>
<pre><code class="language-sh">perf record -g -e cpu-cycles,page-faults -p <pid>
perf script --per-event-dump
# fold & generate as above
</code></pre>
<h2 id="examples"><a class="header" href="#examples">Examples</a></h2>
<h3 id="estimate-max-instructions-per-cycle"><a class="header" href="#estimate-max-instructions-per-cycle">Estimate max instructions per cycle</a></h3>
<pre><code class="language-c">#define NOP4 "nop\nnop\nnop\nnop\n"
#define NOP32 NOP4 NOP4 NOP4 NOP4 NOP4 NOP4 NOP4 NOP4
#define NOP256 NOP32 NOP32 NOP32 NOP32 NOP32 NOP32 NOP32 NOP32
#define NOP2048 NOP256 NOP256 NOP256 NOP256 NOP256 NOP256 NOP256 NOP256
int main() {
for (unsigned i = 0; i < 2000000; ++i) {
asm volatile(NOP2048);
}
}
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="language-sh">perf stat -e cycles,instructions ./noploop
# Performance counter stats for './noploop':
#
# 1.031.075.940 cycles
# 4.103.534.341 instructions # 3,98 insn per cycle
</code></pre>
<h3 id="caller-vs-callee-callstacks"><a class="header" href="#caller-vs-callee-callstacks">Caller vs callee callstacks</a></h3>
<p>The following gives an example for a scenario where we have the following calls</p>
<ul>
<li><code>main -> do_foo() -> do_work()</code></li>
<li><code>main -> do_bar() -> do_work()</code></li>
</ul>
<pre><code class="language-sh">perf report --stdio -g graph,callee
# Children Self Command Shared Object Symbols
# ........ ........ ....... .................... .................
#
# 49.71% 49.66% bench bench [.] do_work
# |
# --49.66%--_start <- callstack bottom
# __libc_start_main
# 0x7ff366c62ccf
# main
# |
# |--25.13%--do_bar
# | do_work <- callstack top
# |
# --24.53%--do_foo
# do_work
perf report --stdio -g graph,callee
# Children Self Command Shared Object Symbols
# ........ ........ ....... .................... .................
#
# 49.71% 49.66% bench bench [.] do_work
# |
# ---do_work <- callstack top
# |
# |--25.15%--do_bar
# | main
# | 0x7ff366c62ccf
# | __libc_start_main
# | _start <- callstack bottom
# |
# --24.55%--do_foo
# main
# 0x7ff366c62ccf
# __libc_start_main
# _start <- callstack bottom
</code></pre>
<h2 id="references"><a class="header" href="#references">References</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/intel/perfmon">intel/perfmon</a> - intel PMU event database per uarch</li>
<li><a href="https://perfmon-events.intel.com/">intel/perfmon-html</a> - a html rendered version of the PMU
events with search</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/intel/perfmon/blob/main/mapfile.csv">intel/perfmon/mapfile.csv</a> - processor family to uarch mapping</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86">linux/perf/events</a> - x86 PMU events known to perf tools</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c">linux/arch/events</a> - x86 PMU events linux kernel</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/WikiChip">wikichip</a> - computer architecture wiki</li>
<li><a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/perf-list.1.html">perf-list(1)</a> - manpage</li>
<li><a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/perf_event_open.2.html">perf_event_open(2)</a> - manpage</li>
<li><a href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/intel-sdm.html">intel/sdm</a> - intel software developer manuals (eg Optimization
Reference Manual)</li>
</ul>
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