Re: [External] : [RFC PATCH v2 1/6] perf vendor events arm64: Add topdown L1 metrics for neoverse-n2

John Garry
2022-11-21T10:22:48Z

>
>
> #./perf stat -e FRONTEND_BOUND sleep 1
> event syntax error: 'FRONTEND_BOUND'

For metrics, use -M, not -e

If this doesn't help, verify generated pmu-events/pmu-events.c is same
after you make the change to try to use std arch events for metrics.
Note that I never tested running my change.

Thanks,
John

> \___ parser error
> Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
>
> Usage: perf stat [<options>] [<command>]
>
> -e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events
>
>
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/arm/neoverse-n2/pipeline.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/arm/neoverse-n2/pipeli
> index f9fae15..1089ca0 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/arm/neoverse-n2/pipeline.json
> +++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/arm/neoverse-n2/pipeline.json
> @@ -6,18 +6,24 @@
> "ArchStdEvent": "STALL_BACKEND"
> },
> {
> - "ArchStdEvent": "STALL_SLOT_FRONTEND"
> + "ArchStdEvent": "STALL_SLOT_FRONTEND",
> + "MetricExpr": "STALL_SLOT_FRONTEND - CPU_CYCLES"
> },
> {
>