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From: David Wragg <david@wragg.org>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: LLC-* events not working on sandybridge
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:50:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <sa7k40xf6s0.fsf@wragg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ehr5sj8p.fsf@sejong.aot.lge.com> (Namhyung Kim's message of "Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:43:02 +0900")

Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com> writes:
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:03:14 +0100, David Wragg wrote:
>> I've run into a problem with perf on an Intel Sandybridge machine: The
>> LLC-* events never seem to trigger.
>> [...]
>
> I have a same problem on my i7-3930K machine. I guess it's because of
> lacking of extra register (MSP_OFFCORE_RSP_X) settings. But I have no
> idea of how I can set it properly :(.

Ok, I've done some further digging around, and it doesn't look like the
patch "perf events, x86: Implement Sandybridge last-level cache events"
at <https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/9/80> ever got merged.  It's not clear
why.

David

  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-30 17:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-28 23:03 LLC-* events not working on sandybridge David Wragg
2012-04-30  8:43 ` Namhyung Kim
2012-04-30 17:50   ` David Wragg [this message]
2012-05-02  0:53     ` Namhyung Kim
2012-05-05 23:48       ` David Wragg

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