linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf, x86: Add new cache events table for Haswell

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:45:07 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf, x86: Add new cache events table for Haswell


* Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:

> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Haswell offcore events are quite different from Sandy Bridge.
> Add a new table to handle Haswell properly.
> 
> Note that the offcore bits listed in the SDM are not quite correct
> (this is currently being fixed). An uptodate list of bits is
> in the patch.
> 
> The basic setup is similar to Sandy Bridge. The prefetch columns
> have been removed, as prefetch counting is not very reliable
> on Haswell. One L1 event that is not in the event list anymore
> has been also removed.
> 
> - data reads do not include code reads (comparable to earlier Sandy
> Bridge tables)
> - data counts include speculative execution (except L1 write, dtlb, bpu)
> - remote node access includes both remote memory, remote cache, remote mmio.
> - prefetches are not included in the counts for consistency
> (different from Sandy Bridge, which includes prefetches in the remote node)
> 
> The events with additional caveats have references to the specification update.

> +		[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0x81d0,	/* MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.ALL_LOADS, HSM30 */
> +		[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0x82d0,	/* MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.ALL_STORES, HSM30 */
> +		[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0x81d0,	/* MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.ALL_LOADS, HSM30 */
> +		[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0x82d0,	/* MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.ALL_STORES, HSM30 */

So that 'HSM30' is code for the specification update?

You'll need to properly describe HSM30 at least once instead of using 
obfuscation.

Thanks,

	Ingo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/