From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6020BC433F5 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 18:45:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6495C6109F for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 18:45:15 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 6495C6109F Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lists.ozlabs.org Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4HQKy151pbz3c6l for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2021 05:45:13 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.crashing.org (client-ip=63.228.1.57; helo=gate.crashing.org; envelope-from=segher@kernel.crashing.org; receiver=) Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4HQKxV1x26z2ypL for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2021 05:44:44 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from gate.crashing.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id 197Ihdq8011954; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 13:43:39 -0500 Received: (from segher@localhost) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id 197IhbO3011953; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 13:43:37 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: gate.crashing.org: segher set sender to segher@kernel.crashing.org using -f Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 13:43:37 -0500 From: Segher Boessenkool To: "Paul A. Clarke" Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf vendor events power10: Add metric events json file for power10 platform Message-ID: <20211007184337.GN10333@gate.crashing.org> References: <20211006073119.276340-1-kjain@linux.ibm.com> <20211006173248.GA7389@li-24c3614c-2adc-11b2-a85c-85f334518bdb.ibm.com> <20211007134750.GA243632@li-24c3614c-2adc-11b2-a85c-85f334518bdb.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20211007134750.GA243632@li-24c3614c-2adc-11b2-a85c-85f334518bdb.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: maddy@linux.vnet.ibm.com, rnsastry@linux.ibm.com, Kajol Jain , jolsa@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acme@kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 08:47:50AM -0500, Paul A. Clarke wrote: > On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 12:32:48PM -0500, Paul A. Clarke wrote: > > > + { > > > + "BriefDescription": "Average cycles per instruction when the instruction finishes at dispatch", > > > > I'm not sure what that means. > > After doing a bit of research, I think it might be a bit more clear as: > "Average cycles per instruction when the NTF instruction finishes at dispatch" Is "next to finish" some defined and/or sensible term in this context? Or do you mean NTC here? Or what :-) Instructions do not finish in order at all generally. Segher