linux-kernel - Re: Perf JSON events mismatch with Intel SDM

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Date:   Sun, 15 Jul 2018 20:59:08 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Juan <genomeme@...il.com>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org,
        jolsa@...hat.com, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        namhyung@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Perf JSON events mismatch with Intel SDM

>  now need to dive in deep into the actual implementation. Simple question: is this a bug?

These are derived events from MEM_TRANS_RETIRED.LOAD_LATENCY, which is in
the SDM.  It's not a bug. In general the event lists used by perf are 
newer versions than what is in the SDM.

-Andi