linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/amd: Make HW_CACHE_REFERENCES and HW_CACHE

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Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:34:22 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/amd: Make HW_CACHE_REFERENCES and
 HW_CACHE_MISSES measure L2

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 06:25:22PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> > > I could try to find better/more fitting event selectors on AMD...
> >  
> > If you've got any other suggestions, I'm all ears.
> 
> So there are no LLC events on AMD in the sense that there are no
> event selectors which always mean last-level cache and select those
> automagically, no matter whether the LLC is the L2, L3 and so on,
> depending on the part.
> 
> If we have to be correct on AMD, we'd have to check whether the part has
> an L3 and then choose the L3 events, say, something like
> 
> "EventSelect 4E1h L3 Cache Misses" and "EventSelect 4E2h L3 Fills caused
> by L2 Evictions"

Can't those events are NB events and cannot be used on per CPU counters.

The 7D,7E L2 events are the best that are available on AMD afaict.