Re: [PATCH 0/4] perf arm_spe: Dump IMPDEF events

Namhyung Kim
2026-04-06T18:18:11Z

Hi James,

On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 03:25:48PM +0100, James Clark wrote:
> In the Arm SPE raw data dump, IMPDEF events aren't printed. Add the
> ability to add names for some known events or print the raw event number
> for unknown events.
>
> For example:
>
> $ perf report -D
>
> ... ARM SPE data: size 0xd000 bytes
> 00000000: b0 18 c6 32 80 00 80 ff a0 PC 0xff80008032c618 el1 ns=1
> 00000009: 64 e7 42 00 00 CONTEXT 0x42e7 el1
> 0000000e: 00 00 00 00 00 PAD
> 00000013: 49 00 LD GP-REG
> 00000015: 52 16 10 EV RETIRED L1D-ACCESS TLB-ACCESS
>
> On N1 the event line becomes:
>
> 00000015: 52 16 10 EV RETIRED L1D-ACCESS TLB-ACCESS LATE-PREFETCH
>
> Or on other cores it becomes:
>
> 00000015: 52 16 10 EV RETIRED L1D-ACCESS TLB-ACCESS IMPDEF:12
>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
> ---
> James Clark (4):
> perf arm_spe: Make a function to get the MIDR
> perf arm_spe: Turn event name mappings into an array
> perf arm_spe: Decode Arm N1 IMPDEF events
> perf arm_spe: Print remaining IMPDEF event numbers

Will you send v2 or do you think it's ok to merge v1?

Thanks,
Namhyung

>
> tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/Build | 2 +
> .../util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c | 147 ++++++++++++++-------
> .../util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h | 5 +-
> tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c | 49 ++++---
> 4 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 74e2dbe7be5037a5e5eed6bc1ad562747ac88566
> change-id: 20260331-james-spe-impdef-decode-d944f4fdcff7
>
> Best regards,
> --
> James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
>