[PATCH v1 10/10] perf vendor events intel: Update sierraforest events from 1.13 to 1.15

Ian Rogers
2026-02-26T04:53:27Z

https://github.com/intel/perfmon/commit/996bacad8f144e675b32f0096b9fe6813380695c
https://github.com/intel/perfmon/commit/93b6ef08ca9b01788458e8f5a0e7cbb716715b7c

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/mapfile.csv | 2 +-
.../arch/x86/sierraforest/cache.json | 22 +++++-----
.../arch/x86/sierraforest/pipeline.json | 42 ++++++++++++++++---
3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/mapfile.csv b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/mapfile.csv
index 8ef03af9f150..8a9e1735e21e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/mapfile.csv
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/mapfile.csv
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ GenuineIntel-6-CC,v1.04,pantherlake,core
GenuineIntel-6-A7,v1.04,rocketlake,core
GenuineIntel-6-2A,v19,sandybridge,core
GenuineIntel-6-8F,v1.36,sapphirerapids,core
-GenuineIntel-6-AF,v1.13,sierraforest,core
+GenuineIntel-6-AF,v1.15,sierraforest,core
GenuineIntel-6-(37|4A|4C|4D|5A),v15,silvermont,core
GenuineIntel-6-(4E|5E|8E|9E|A5|A6),v59,skylake,core
GenuineIntel-6-55-[01234],v1.37,skylakex,core
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/sierraforest/cache.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/sierraforest/cache.json
index de0e7661a52d..168f43557a0e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/sierraforest/cache.json
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/sierraforest/cache.json
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
"UMask": "0x82"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold defined in MEC_CR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD - Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold of 1024. Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
"Counter": "0,1",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
"UMask": "0x5"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold defined in MEC_CR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD - Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold of 128. Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
"Counter": "0,1",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
"UMask": "0x5"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold defined in MEC_CR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD - Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold of 16. Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
"Counter": "0,1",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
"UMask": "0x5"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold defined in MEC_CR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD - Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold of 2048. Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
"Counter": "0,1",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
"UMask": "0x5"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold defined in MEC_CR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD - Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold of 256. Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
"Counter": "0,1",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
"UMask": "0x5"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold defined in MEC_CR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD - Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold of 32. Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
"Counter": "0,1",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
"UMask": "0x5"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold defined in MEC_CR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD - Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold of 4. Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
"Counter": "0,1",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
"UMask": "0x5"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold defined in MEC_CR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD - Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold of 512. Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
"Counter": "0,1",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
"UMask": "0x5"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold defined in MEC_CR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD - Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold of 64. Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
"Counter": "0,1",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
"UMask": "0x5"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold defined in MEC_CR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD - Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of tagged load uops retired that exceed the latency threshold of 8. Only counts with PEBS enabled.",
"Counter": "0,1",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
"UMask": "0x12"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of stores uops retired same as MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.ALL_STORES",
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of stores uops retired.",
"Counter": "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7",
"Data_LA": "1",
"EventCode": "0xd0",
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/sierraforest/pipeline.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/sierraforest/pipeline.json
index 70af13143024..cf67ff6135e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/sierraforest/pipeline.json
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/sierraforest/pipeline.json
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
"UMask": "0xf7"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Fixed Counter: Counts the number of unhalted core clock cycles",
+ "BriefDescription": "Fixed Counter: Counts the number of unhalted core clock cycles. [This event is alias to CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.THREAD]",
"Counter": "Fixed counter 1",
"EventName": "CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.CORE",
"SampleAfterValue": "2000003",
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
"SampleAfterValue": "2000003"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Fixed Counter: Counts the number of unhalted reference clock cycles",
+ "BriefDescription": "Fixed Counter: Counts the number of unhalted reference clock cycles.",
"Counter": "Fixed counter 2",
"EventName": "CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.REF_TSC",
"SampleAfterValue": "2000003",
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
"UMask": "0x1"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Fixed Counter: Counts the number of unhalted core clock cycles",
+ "BriefDescription": "Fixed Counter: Counts the number of unhalted core clock cycles. [This event is alias to CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.CORE]",
"Counter": "Fixed counter 1",
"EventName": "CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.THREAD",
"SampleAfterValue": "2000003",
@@ -230,10 +230,10 @@
"SampleAfterValue": "2000003"
},
{
- "BriefDescription": "Fixed Counter: Counts the number of instructions retired",
+ "BriefDescription": "Fixed Counter: Counts the number of instructions retired.",
"Counter": "Fixed counter 0",
"EventName": "INST_RETIRED.ANY",
- "PublicDescription": "Fixed Counter: Counts the number of instructions retired Available PDIST counters: 32",
+ "PublicDescription": "Fixed Counter: Counts the number of instructions retired. Available PDIST counters: 32",
"SampleAfterValue": "2000003",
"UMask": "0x1"
},
@@ -309,6 +309,38 @@
"SampleAfterValue": "1000003",
"UMask": "0x1"
},
+ {
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of CLFLUSH, CLWB, and CLDEMOTE instructions retired.",
+ "Counter": "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7",
+ "EventCode": "0xe0",
+ "EventName": "MISC_RETIRED1.CL_INST",
+ "SampleAfterValue": "1000003",
+ "UMask": "0xff"
+ },
+ {
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of LFENCE instructions retired.",
+ "Counter": "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7",
+ "EventCode": "0xe0",
+ "EventName": "MISC_RETIRED1.LFENCE",
+ "SampleAfterValue": "1000003",
+ "UMask": "0x2"
+ },
+ {
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of accesses to KeyLocker cache.",
+ "Counter": "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7",
+ "EventCode": "0xe1",
+ "EventName": "MISC_RETIRED2.KEYLOCKER_ACCESS",
+ "SampleAfterValue": "1000003",
+ "UMask": "0x10"
+ },
+ {
+ "BriefDescription": "Counts the number of misses to KeyLocker cache.",
+ "Counter": "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7",
+ "EventCode": "0xe1",
+ "EventName": "MISC_RETIRED2.KEYLOCKER_MISS",
+ "SampleAfterValue": "1000003",
+ "UMask": "0x11"
+ },
{
"BriefDescription": "Counts the number of issue slots in a UMWAIT or TPAUSE instruction where no uop issues due to the instruction putting the CPU into the C0.1 activity state.",
"Counter": "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7",
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