From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Benjamin Gray <bgray@linux.ibm.com>,
Caleb Biggers <caleb.biggers@intel.com>,
Edward Baker <edward.baker@intel.com>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@linux.alibaba.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>, Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Perry Taylor <perry.taylor@intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Samantha Alt <samantha.alt@intel.com>,
Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com>,
Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>,
Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@intel.com>, Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v10 19/35] perf jevents: Add software prefetch (swpf) metric group for Intel
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 11:10:49 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260108191105.695131-20-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260108191105.695131-1-irogers@google.com>
Add metrics that breakdown software prefetch instruction use.
Tested-by: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 66 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py
index e1944d821248..919a058c343a 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py
@@ -261,6 +261,71 @@ def IntelBr():
description="breakdown of retired branch instructions")
+def IntelSwpf() -> Optional[MetricGroup]:
+ ins = Event("instructions")
+ try:
+ s_ld = Event("MEM_INST_RETIRED.ALL_LOADS",
+ "MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.ALL_LOADS")
+ s_nta = Event("SW_PREFETCH_ACCESS.NTA")
+ s_t0 = Event("SW_PREFETCH_ACCESS.T0")
+ s_t1 = Event("SW_PREFETCH_ACCESS.T1_T2")
+ s_w = Event("SW_PREFETCH_ACCESS.PREFETCHW")
+ except:
+ return None
+
+ all_sw = s_nta + s_t0 + s_t1 + s_w
+ swp_r = d_ratio(all_sw, interval_sec)
+ ins_r = d_ratio(ins, all_sw)
+ ld_r = d_ratio(s_ld, all_sw)
+
+ return MetricGroup("lpm_swpf", [
+ MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_totals", [
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_totals_exec", "Software prefetch instructions per second",
+ swp_r, "swpf/s"),
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_totals_insn_per_pf",
+ "Average number of instructions between software prefetches",
+ ins_r, "insn/swpf"),
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_totals_loads_per_pf",
+ "Average number of loads between software prefetches",
+ ld_r, "loads/swpf"),
+ ]),
+ MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_bkdwn", [
+ MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_nta", [
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_nta_per_swpf",
+ "Software prefetch NTA instructions as a percent of all prefetch instructions",
+ d_ratio(s_nta, all_sw), "100%"),
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_nta_rate",
+ "Software prefetch NTA instructions per second",
+ d_ratio(s_nta, interval_sec), "insn/s"),
+ ]),
+ MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t0", [
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t0_per_swpf",
+ "Software prefetch T0 instructions as a percent of all prefetch instructions",
+ d_ratio(s_t0, all_sw), "100%"),
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t0_rate",
+ "Software prefetch T0 instructions per second",
+ d_ratio(s_t0, interval_sec), "insn/s"),
+ ]),
+ MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t1_t2", [
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t1_t2_per_swpf",
+ "Software prefetch T1 or T2 instructions as a percent of all prefetch instructions",
+ d_ratio(s_t1, all_sw), "100%"),
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t1_t2_rate",
+ "Software prefetch T1 or T2 instructions per second",
+ d_ratio(s_t1, interval_sec), "insn/s"),
+ ]),
+ MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_w", [
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_w_per_swpf",
+ "Software prefetch W instructions as a percent of all prefetch instructions",
+ d_ratio(s_w, all_sw), "100%"),
+ Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_w_rate",
+ "Software prefetch W instructions per second",
+ d_ratio(s_w, interval_sec), "insn/s"),
+ ]),
+ ]),
+ ], description="Software prefetch instruction breakdown")
+
+
def main() -> None:
global _args
@@ -291,6 +356,7 @@ def main() -> None:
Smi(),
Tsx(),
IntelBr(),
+ IntelSwpf(),
])
if _args.metricgroups:
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-08 19:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-08 19:10 [PATCH v10 00/35] AMD and Intel metric generation with Python Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 01/35] perf jevents: Build support for generating metrics from python Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 02/35] perf jevents: Add load event json to verify and allow fallbacks Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 03/35] perf jevents: Add RAPL event metric for AMD zen models Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 04/35] perf jevents: Add idle " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 05/35] perf jevents: Add upc metric for uops per cycle for AMD Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 06/35] perf jevents: Add br metric group for branch statistics on AMD Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 07/35] perf jevents: Add itlb metric group for AMD Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 08/35] perf jevents: Add dtlb " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 09/35] perf jevents: Add uncore l3 " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 10/35] perf jevents: Add load store breakdown metrics ldst " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 11/35] perf jevents: Add context switch metrics " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 12/35] perf jevents: Add RAPL metrics for all Intel models Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 13/35] perf jevents: Add idle metric for " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 14/35] perf jevents: Add CheckPmu to see if a PMU is in loaded json events Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 15/35] perf jevents: Add smi metric group for Intel models Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 16/35] perf jevents: Mark metrics with experimental events as experimental Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 17/35] perf jevents: Add tsx metric group for Intel models Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 18/35] perf jevents: Add br metric group for branch statistics on Intel Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 20/35] perf jevents: Add ports metric group giving utilization " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 21/35] perf jevents: Add L2 metrics for Intel Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 22/35] perf jevents: Add load store breakdown metrics ldst " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 23/35] perf jevents: Add ILP metrics " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 24/35] perf jevents: Add context switch " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 25/35] perf jevents: Add FPU " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 26/35] perf jevents: Add Miss Level Parallelism (MLP) metric " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 27/35] perf jevents: Add mem_bw " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 28/35] perf jevents: Add local/remote "mem" breakdown metrics " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:10 ` [PATCH v10 29/35] perf jevents: Add dir " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:11 ` [PATCH v10 30/35] perf jevents: Add C-State metrics from the PCU PMU " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:11 ` [PATCH v10 31/35] perf jevents: Add local/remote miss latency metrics " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:11 ` [PATCH v10 32/35] perf jevents: Add upi_bw metric " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:11 ` [PATCH v10 33/35] perf jevents: Add mesh bandwidth saturation " Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:11 ` [PATCH v10 34/35] perf jevents: Add cycles breakdown metric for arm64/AMD/Intel Ian Rogers
2026-01-08 19:11 ` [PATCH v10 35/35] perf jevents: Validate that all names given an Event Ian Rogers
2026-01-20 5:23 ` [PATCH v10 00/35] AMD and Intel metric generation with Python Ian Rogers
2026-01-23 17:12 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-27 17:07 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-01-27 18:09 ` Ian Rogers
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