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sudo perf list
List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):
cpu-cycles OR cycles [Hardware event]
stalled-cycles-frontend OR idle-cycles-frontend [Hardware event]
stalled-cycles-backend OR idle-cycles-backend [Hardware event]
instructions [Hardware event]
cache-references [Hardware event]
cache-misses [Hardware event]
branch-instructions OR branches [Hardware event]
branch-misses [Hardware event]
bus-cycles [Hardware event]
cpu-clock [Software event]
task-clock [Software event]
page-faults OR faults [Software event]
minor-faults [Software event]
major-faults [Software event]
context-switches OR cs [Software event]
cpu-migrations OR migrations [Software event]
alignment-faults [Software event]
emulation-faults [Software event]
L1-dcache-loads [Hardware cache event]
L1-dcache-load-misses [Hardware cache event]
L1-dcache-stores [Hardware cache event]
L1-dcache-store-misses [Hardware cache event]
L1-dcache-prefetches [Hardware cache event]
L1-dcache-prefetch-misses [Hardware cache event]
L1-icache-loads [Hardware cache event]
L1-icache-load-misses [Hardware cache event]
L1-icache-prefetches [Hardware cache event]
L1-icache-prefetch-misses [Hardware cache event]
LLC-loads [Hardware cache event]
LLC-load-misses [Hardware cache event]
LLC-stores [Hardware cache event]
LLC-store-misses [Hardware cache event]
LLC-prefetches [Hardware cache event]
LLC-prefetch-misses [Hardware cache event]
dTLB-loads [Hardware cache event]
dTLB-load-misses [Hardware cache event]
dTLB-stores [Hardware cache event]
dTLB-store-misses [Hardware cache event]
dTLB-prefetches [Hardware cache event]
dTLB-prefetch-misses [Hardware cache event]
iTLB-loads [Hardware cache event]
iTLB-load-misses [Hardware cache event]
branch-loads [Hardware cache event]
branch-load-misses [Hardware cache event]
node-loads [Hardware cache event]
node-load-misses [Hardware cache event]
node-stores [Hardware cache event]
node-store-misses [Hardware cache event]
node-prefetches [Hardware cache event]
node-prefetch-misses [Hardware cache event]
rNNN (see 'perf list --help' on how to encode it) [Raw hardware event descriptor]
mem:<addr>[:access] [Hardware breakpoint]
ext4:ext4_free_inode [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_request_inode [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_allocate_inode [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_evict_inode [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_drop_inode [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mark_inode_dirty [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_begin_ordered_truncate [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_write_begin [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_da_write_begin [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ordered_write_end [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_writeback_write_end [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_journalled_write_end [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_da_write_end [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_da_writepages [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_da_write_pages [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_da_writepages_result [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_writepage [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_readpage [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_releasepage [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_invalidatepage [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_discard_blocks [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mb_new_inode_pa [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mb_new_group_pa [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mb_release_inode_pa [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mb_release_group_pa [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_discard_preallocations [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mb_discard_preallocations [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_request_blocks [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_allocate_blocks [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_free_blocks [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_sync_file_enter [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_sync_file_exit [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_sync_fs [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_alloc_da_blocks [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mballoc_alloc [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mballoc_prealloc [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mballoc_discard [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mballoc_free [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_forget [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_da_update_reserve_space [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_da_reserve_space [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_da_release_space [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mb_bitmap_load [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_mb_buddy_bitmap_load [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_read_block_bitmap_load [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_load_inode_bitmap [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_direct_IO_enter [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_direct_IO_exit [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_fallocate_enter [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_fallocate_exit [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_unlink_enter [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_unlink_exit [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_truncate_enter [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_truncate_exit [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized_enter [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized_fastpath [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_map_blocks_enter [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ind_map_blocks_enter [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_map_blocks_exit [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ind_map_blocks_exit [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_load_extent [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_load_inode [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_journal_start [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_trim_extent [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_trim_all_free [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_handle_uninitialized_extents [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_get_implied_cluster_alloc_exit [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_put_in_cache [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_in_cache [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_find_delalloc_range [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_get_reserved_cluster_alloc [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_show_extent [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_remove_blocks [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_rm_leaf [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_rm_idx [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_remove_space [Tracepoint event]
ext4:ext4_ext_remove_space_done [Tracepoint event]
jbd2:jbd2_checkpoint [Tracepoint event]
jbd2:jbd2_start_commit [Tracepoint event]
jbd2:jbd2_commit_locking [Tracepoint event]
jbd2:jbd2_commit_flushing [Tracepoint event]
jbd2:jbd2_commit_logging [Tracepoint event]
jbd2:jbd2_end_commit [Tracepoint event]
jbd2:jbd2_submit_inode_data [Tracepoint event]
jbd2:jbd2_run_stats [Tracepoint event]
jbd2:jbd2_checkpoint_stats [Tracepoint event]
jbd2:jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail [Tracepoint event]
scsi:scsi_dispatch_cmd_start [Tracepoint event]
scsi:scsi_dispatch_cmd_error [Tracepoint event]
scsi:scsi_dispatch_cmd_done [Tracepoint event]
scsi:scsi_dispatch_cmd_timeout [Tracepoint event]
scsi:scsi_eh_wakeup [Tracepoint event]
skb:kfree_skb [Tracepoint event]
skb:consume_skb [Tracepoint event]
skb:skb_copy_datagram_iovec [Tracepoint event]
net:net_dev_xmit [Tracepoint event]
net:net_dev_queue [Tracepoint event]
net:netif_receive_skb [Tracepoint event]
net:netif_rx [Tracepoint event]
napi:napi_poll [Tracepoint event]
sock:sock_rcvqueue_full [Tracepoint event]
sock:sock_exceed_buf_limit [Tracepoint event]
udp:udp_fail_queue_rcv_skb [Tracepoint event]
regmap:regmap_reg_write [Tracepoint event]
regmap:regmap_reg_read [Tracepoint event]
regmap:regmap_hw_read_start [Tracepoint event]
regmap:regmap_hw_read_done [Tracepoint event]
regmap:regmap_hw_write_start [Tracepoint event]
regmap:regmap_hw_write_done [Tracepoint event]
regmap:regcache_sync [Tracepoint event]
regulator:regulator_enable [Tracepoint event]
regulator:regulator_enable_delay [Tracepoint event]
regulator:regulator_enable_complete [Tracepoint event]
regulator:regulator_disable [Tracepoint event]
regulator:regulator_disable_complete [Tracepoint event]
regulator:regulator_set_voltage [Tracepoint event]
regulator:regulator_set_voltage_complete [Tracepoint event]
gpio:gpio_direction [Tracepoint event]
gpio:gpio_value [Tracepoint event]
block:block_rq_abort [Tracepoint event]
block:block_rq_requeue [Tracepoint event]
block:block_rq_complete [Tracepoint event]
block:block_rq_insert [Tracepoint event]
block:block_rq_issue [Tracepoint event]
block:block_bio_bounce [Tracepoint event]
block:block_bio_complete [Tracepoint event]
block:block_bio_backmerge [Tracepoint event]
block:block_bio_frontmerge [Tracepoint event]
block:block_bio_queue [Tracepoint event]
block:block_getrq [Tracepoint event]
block:block_sleeprq [Tracepoint event]
block:block_plug [Tracepoint event]
block:block_unplug [Tracepoint event]
block:block_split [Tracepoint event]
block:block_bio_remap [Tracepoint event]
block:block_rq_remap [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_nothread [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_queue [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_exec [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_start [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_written [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_wait [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_pages_written [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_nowork [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_wake_background [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_wake_thread [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_wake_forker_thread [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_bdi_register [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_bdi_unregister [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_thread_start [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_thread_stop [Tracepoint event]
writeback:wbc_writepage [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_queue_io [Tracepoint event]
writeback:global_dirty_state [Tracepoint event]
writeback:bdi_dirty_ratelimit [Tracepoint event]
writeback:balance_dirty_pages [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_congestion_wait [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_wait_iff_congested [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_single_inode_requeue [Tracepoint event]
writeback:writeback_single_inode [Tracepoint event]
compaction:mm_compaction_isolate_migratepages [Tracepoint event]
compaction:mm_compaction_isolate_freepages [Tracepoint event]
compaction:mm_compaction_migratepages [Tracepoint event]
kmem:kmalloc [Tracepoint event]
kmem:kmem_cache_alloc [Tracepoint event]
kmem:kmalloc_node [Tracepoint event]
kmem:kmem_cache_alloc_node [Tracepoint event]
kmem:kfree [Tracepoint event]
kmem:kmem_cache_free [Tracepoint event]
kmem:mm_page_free_direct [Tracepoint event]
kmem:mm_pagevec_free [Tracepoint event]
kmem:mm_page_alloc [Tracepoint event]
kmem:mm_page_alloc_zone_locked [Tracepoint event]
kmem:mm_page_pcpu_drain [Tracepoint event]
kmem:mm_page_alloc_extfrag [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_kswapd_sleep [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_kswapd_wake [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_begin [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_begin [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_end [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_end [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_end [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_shrink_slab_start [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_shrink_slab_end [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_lru_isolate [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_memcg_isolate [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_writepage [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:replace_swap_token [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:put_swap_token [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:disable_swap_token [Tracepoint event]
vmscan:update_swap_token_priority [Tracepoint event]
rpm:rpm_suspend [Tracepoint event]
rpm:rpm_resume [Tracepoint event]
rpm:rpm_idle [Tracepoint event]
rpm:rpm_return_int [Tracepoint event]
power:cpu_idle [Tracepoint event]
power:cpu_frequency [Tracepoint event]
power:machine_suspend [Tracepoint event]
power:power_start [Tracepoint event]
power:power_frequency [Tracepoint event]
power:power_end [Tracepoint event]
power:clock_enable [Tracepoint event]
power:clock_disable [Tracepoint event]
power:clock_set_rate [Tracepoint event]
power:power_domain_target [Tracepoint event]
module:module_load [Tracepoint event]
module:module_free [Tracepoint event]
module:module_get [Tracepoint event]
module:module_put [Tracepoint event]
module:module_request [Tracepoint event]
rcu:rcu_utilization [Tracepoint event]
workqueue:workqueue_queue_work [Tracepoint event]
workqueue:workqueue_activate_work [Tracepoint event]
workqueue:workqueue_execute_start [Tracepoint event]
workqueue:workqueue_execute_end [Tracepoint event]
signal:signal_generate [Tracepoint event]
signal:signal_deliver [Tracepoint event]
signal:signal_overflow_fail [Tracepoint event]
signal:signal_lose_info [Tracepoint event]
timer:timer_init [Tracepoint event]
timer:timer_start [Tracepoint event]
timer:timer_expire_entry [Tracepoint event]
timer:timer_expire_exit [Tracepoint event]
timer:timer_cancel [Tracepoint event]
timer:hrtimer_init [Tracepoint event]
timer:hrtimer_start [Tracepoint event]
timer:hrtimer_expire_entry [Tracepoint event]
timer:hrtimer_expire_exit [Tracepoint event]
timer:hrtimer_cancel [Tracepoint event]
timer:itimer_state [Tracepoint event]
timer:itimer_expire [Tracepoint event]
irq:irq_handler_entry [Tracepoint event]
irq:irq_handler_exit [Tracepoint event]
irq:softirq_entry [Tracepoint event]
irq:softirq_exit [Tracepoint event]
irq:softirq_raise [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_kthread_stop [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_kthread_stop_ret [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_wakeup [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_wakeup_new [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_switch [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_migrate_task [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_process_free [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_process_exit [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_wait_task [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_process_wait [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_process_fork [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_stat_wait [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_stat_sleep [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_stat_iowait [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_stat_runtime [Tracepoint event]
sched:sched_pi_setprio [Tracepoint event]
mce:mce_record [Tracepoint event]
raw_syscalls:sys_enter [Tracepoint event]
raw_syscalls:sys_exit [Tracepoint event]
vsyscall:emulate_vsyscall [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mc_batch [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mc_issue [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mc_entry [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mc_entry_alloc [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mc_callback [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mc_flush_reason [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mc_flush [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mc_extend_args [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_set_pte [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_set_pte_atomic [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_set_domain_pte [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_set_pte_at [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_pte_clear [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_set_pmd [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_pmd_clear [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_set_pud [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_set_pgd [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_pud_clear [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_pgd_clear [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_ptep_modify_prot_start [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_ptep_modify_prot_commit [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_alloc_ptpage [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_release_ptpage [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_pgd_pin [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_pgd_unpin [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_flush_tlb_all [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_flush_tlb [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_flush_tlb_single [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_flush_tlb_others [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_mmu_write_cr3 [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_cpu_write_ldt_entry [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_cpu_write_idt_entry [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_cpu_load_idt [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_cpu_write_gdt_entry [Tracepoint event]
xen:xen_cpu_set_ldt [Tracepoint event]
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