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oprofile: available events for CPU type "AMD64 processors"
CPU_CLK_UNHALTED: (counter: all)
Cycles outside of halt state (min count: 3000)
RETIRED_INSTRUCTIONS: (counter: all)
Retired instructions (includes exceptions, interrupts, re-syncs) (min count: 3000)
RETIRED_UOPS: (counter: all)
Retired micro-ops (min count: 500)
INSTRUCTION_CACHE_FETCHES: (counter: all)
Instruction cache fetches (RevE) (min count: 500)
INSTRUCTION_CACHE_MISSES: (counter: all)
Instruction cache misses (min count: 500)
DATA_CACHE_ACCESSES: (counter: all)
Data cache accesses (min count: 500)
DATA_CACHE_MISSES: (counter: all)
Data cache misses (min count: 500)
DATA_CACHE_REFILLS_FROM_L2_OR_SYSTEM: (counter: all)
Data cache refills from L2 or system (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x1e)
----------
0x10: (M)odified cache state
0x08: (O)wner cache state
0x04: (E)xclusive cache state
0x02: (S)hared cache state
0x01: refill from system
0x1e: All cache states except Invalid
DATA_CACHE_REFILLS_FROM_SYSTEM: (counter: all)
Data cache refills from system (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x1f)
----------
0x10: (M)odified cache state
0x08: (O)wner cache state
0x04: (E)xclusive cache state
0x02: (S)hared cache state
0x01: (I)nvalid cache state
0x1f: All cache states
DATA_CACHE_LINES_EVICTED: (counter: all)
Data cache lines evicted (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x1f)
----------
0x10: (M)odified cache state
0x08: (O)wner cache state
0x04: (E)xclusive cache state
0x02: (S)hared cache state
0x01: (I)nvalid cache state
0x1f: All cache states
RETIRED_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS: (counter: all)
Retired branches (conditional, unconditional, exceptions, interrupts) (min count: 500)
RETIRED_MISPREDICTED_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS: (counter: all)
Retired Mispredicted Branch Instructions (min count: 500)
RETIRED_TAKEN_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS: (counter: all)
Retired taken branch instructions (min count: 500)
RETIRED_TAKEN_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS_MISPREDICTED: (counter: all)
Retired taken branches mispredicted (min count: 500)
L1_DTLB_MISS_AND_L2_DTLB_HIT: (counter: all)
L1 DTLB misses and L2 DTLB hits (min count: 500)
L1_DTLB_AND_L2_DTLB_MISS: (counter: all)
L1 and L2 DTLB misses (min count: 500)
MISALIGNED_ACCESSES: (counter: all)
Misaligned Accesses (min count: 500)
L1_ITLB_MISS_AND_L2_ITLB_HIT: (counter: all)
L1 ITLB misses (and L2 ITLB hits) (min count: 500)
L1_ITLB_MISS_AND_L2_ITLB_MISS: (counter: all)
L1 ITLB Miss, L2 ITLB Miss (min count: 500)
RETIRED_FAR_CONTROL_TRANSFERS: (counter: all)
Retired far control transfers (min count: 500)
RETIRED_BRANCH_RESYNCS: (counter: all)
Retired branches resyncs (only non-control transfer branches) (min count: 500)
INTERRUPTS_MASKED_CYCLES: (counter: all)
Cycles with interrupts masked (IF=0) (min count: 500)
INTERRUPTS_MASKED_CYCLES_WITH_INTERRUPT_PENDING: (counter: all)
Cycles with interrupts masked while interrupt pending (min count: 500)
INTERRUPTS_TAKEN: (counter: all)
Number of taken hardware interrupts (min count: 10)
DISPATCHED_FPU_OPS: (counter: all)
Dispatched FPU ops (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x3f)
----------
0x01: Add pipe ops
0x02: Multiply pipe
0x04: Store pipe ops
0x08: Add pipe load ops
0x10: Multiply pipe load ops
0x20: Store pipe load ops
CYCLES_NO_FPU_OPS_RETIRED: (counter: all)
Cycles with no FPU ops retired (min count: 500)
DISPATCHED_FPU_OPS_FAST_FLAG: (counter: all)
Dispatched FPU ops that use the fast flag interface (min count: 500)
SEGMENT_REGISTER_LOADS: (counter: all)
Segment register loads (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x7f)
----------
0x01: ES register
0x02: CS register
0x04: SS register
0x08: DS register
0x10: FS register
0x20: GS register
0x40: HS register
PIPELINE_RESTART_DUE_TO_SELF_MODIFYING_CODE: (counter: all)
Micro-architectural re-sync caused by self modifying code (min count: 500)
PIPELINE_RESTART_DUE_TO_PROBE_HIT: (counter: all)
Micro-architectural re-sync caused by snoop (min count: 500)
LS_BUFFER_2_FULL_CYCLES: (counter: all)
Cycles LS Buffer 2 Full (min count: 500)
LOCKED_OPS: (counter: all)
Locked operations (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x4)
----------
0x01: The number of locked instructions executed
0x02: The number of cycles spent in speculative phase
0x04: The number of cycles spent in non-speculative phase (including cache miss penalty)
OP_LATE_CANCEL: (counter: all)
Micro-architectural late cancel of an operation (min count: 500)
RETIRED_CLFLUSH_INSTRUCTIONS: (counter: all)
Retired CLFLUSH instructions (min count: 500)
RETIRED_CPUID_INSTRUCTIONS: (counter: all)
Retired CPUID instructions (min count: 500)
MICROARCHITECTURAL_LATE_CANCEL_OF_AN_ACCESS: (counter: all)
Micro-architectural late cancel of an access (min count: 500)
MICROARCHITECTURAL_EARLY_CANCEL_OF_AN_ACCESS: (counter: all)
Micro-architectural early cancel of an access (min count: 500)
SCRUBBER_SINGLE_BIT_ECC_ERRORS: (counter: all)
One bit ECC error recorded by scrubber (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x3)
----------
0x01: Scrubber error
0x02: Piggyback scrubber errors
PREFETCH_INSTRUCTIONS_DISPATCHED: (counter: all)
Prefetch Instructions Dispatched (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x7)
----------
0x01: Load
0x02: Store
0x04: NTA
DCACHE_MISS_LOCKED_INSTRUCTIONS: (counter: all)
DCACHE Misses by Locked Instructions (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x2)
----------
0x02: Data Cache Misses by Locked Instructions
MEMORY_REQUESTS: (counter: all)
Memory Requests by Type (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x83)
----------
0x01: Requests to non-cacheable (UC) memory
0x02: Requests to write-combining (WC) memory or WC buffer flushes to WB memory
0x80: Streaming store (SS) requests
DATA_PREFETCHES: (counter: all)
Data Prefetcher (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x3)
----------
0x01: Cancelled prefetches
0x02: Prefetch attempts
SYSTEM_READ_RESPONSES: (counter: all)
System Read Responses by Coherency State (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x7)
----------
0x01: Exclusive
0x02: Modified
0x04: Shared
QUADWORD_WRITE_TRANSFERS: (counter: all)
Quadwords Written to System (min count: 500)
REQUESTS_TO_L2: (counter: all)
Requests to L2 Cache (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x1f)
----------
0x01: IC fill
0x02: DC fill
0x04: TLB reload
0x08: Tag snoop request
0x10: Canceled request
L2_CACHE_MISS: (counter: all)
L2 Cache Misses (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x7)
----------
0x01: IC fill
0x02: DC fill
0x04: TLB reload
L2_CACHE_FILL_WRITEBACK: (counter: all)
L2 Fill/Writeback (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x3)
----------
0x01: L2 fills (victims from L1 caches, TLB page table walks and data prefetches)
0x02: L2 Writebacks to system
INSTRUCTION_CACHE_REFILLS_FROM_L2: (counter: all)
Instruction Cache Refills from L2 (min count: 500)
INSTRUCTION_CACHE_REFILLS_FROM_SYSTEM: (counter: all)
Instruction Cache Refills from System (min count: 500)
PIPELINE_RESTART_DUE_TO_INSTRUCTION_STREAM_PROBE: (counter: all)
Pipeline Restart Due to Instruction Stream Probe (min count: 500)
INSTRUCTION_FETCH_STALL: (counter: all)
Instruction fetch stall (min count: 500)
RETURN_STACK_HITS: (counter: all)
Return stack hit (min count: 500)
RETURN_STACK_OVERFLOWS: (counter: all)
Return stack overflow (min count: 500)
RETIRED_NEAR_RETURNS: (counter: all)
Retired near returns (min count: 500)
RETIRED_NEAR_RETURNS_MISPREDICTED: (counter: all)
Retired near returns mispredicted (min count: 500)
RETIRED_INDIRECT_BRANCHES_MISPREDICTED: (counter: all)
Retired Indirect Branches Mispredicted (min count: 500)
RETIRED_MMX_FP_INSTRUCTIONS: (counter: all)
Retired MMX/FP instructions (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0xf)
----------
0x01: x87 instructions
0x02: Combined MMX & 3DNow instructions
0x04: Combined packed SSE & SSE2 instructions
0x08: Combined packed scalar SSE & SSE2 instructions
RETIRED_FASTPATH_DOUBLE_OP_INSTRUCTIONS: (counter: all)
Retired FastPath double-op instructions (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x7)
----------
0x01: With low op in position 0
0x02: With low op in position 1
0x04: With low op in position 2
DECODER_EMPTY: (counter: all)
Nothing to dispatch (decoder empty) (min count: 500)
DISPATCH_STALLS: (counter: all)
Dispatch stalls (min count: 500)
DISPATCH_STALL_FOR_BRANCH_ABORT: (counter: all)
Dispatch stall from branch abort to retire (min count: 500)
DISPATCH_STALL_FOR_SERIALIZATION: (counter: all)
Dispatch stall for serialization (min count: 500)
DISPATCH_STALL_FOR_SEGMENT_LOAD: (counter: all)
Dispatch stall for segment load (min count: 500)
DISPATCH_STALL_FOR_REORDER_BUFFER_FULL: (counter: all)
Dispatch stall for reorder buffer full (min count: 500)
DISPATCH_STALL_FOR_RESERVATION_STATION_FULL: (counter: all)
Dispatch stall when reservation stations are full (min count: 500)
DISPATCH_STALL_FOR_FPU_FULL: (counter: all)
Dispatch stall when FPU is full (min count: 500)
DISPATCH_STALL_FOR_LS_FULL: (counter: all)
Dispatch stall when LS is full (min count: 500)
DISPATCH_STALL_WAITING_FOR_ALL_QUIET: (counter: all)
Dispatch stall when waiting for all to be quiet (min count: 500)
DISPATCH_STALL_FOR_FAR_TRANSFER_OR_RESYNC: (counter: all)
Dispatch Stall for Far Transfer or Resync to Retire (min count: 500)
FPU_EXCEPTIONS: (counter: all)
FPU exceptions (min count: 1)
Unit masks (default 0xf)
----------
0x01: x87 reclass microfaults
0x02: SSE retype microfaults
0x04: SSE reclass microfaults
0x08: SSE and x87 microtraps
DR0_BREAKPOINTS: (counter: all)
Number of breakpoints for DR0 (min count: 1)
DR1_BREAKPOINTS: (counter: all)
Number of breakpoints for DR1 (min count: 1)
DR2_BREAKPOINTS: (counter: all)
Number of breakpoints for DR2 (min count: 1)
DR3_BREAKPOINTS: (counter: all)
Number of breakpoints for DR3 (min count: 1)
DRAM_ACCESSES: (counter: all)
DRAM Accesses (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x7)
----------
0x01: Page hit
0x02: Page miss
0x04: Page conflict
MEMORY_CONTROLLER_PAGE_TABLE_OVERFLOWS: (counter: all)
Memory controller page table overflows (min count: 500)
MEMORY_CONTROLLER_TURNAROUNDS: (counter: all)
Memory controller turnarounds (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x7)
----------
0x01: DIMM (chip select) turnaround
0x02: Read to write turnaround
0x04: Write to read turnaround
MEMORY_CONTROLLER_BYPASS_COUNTER_SATURATION: (counter: all)
Memory controller bypass saturation (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0xf)
----------
0x01: Memory controller high priority bypass
0x02: Memory controller low priority bypass
0x04: DRAM controller interface bypass
0x08: DRAM controller queue bypass
THERMAL_STATUS_AND_DRAM_ECC_ERRORS: (counter: all)
Thermal status and ECC errors (min count: 500)
Unit masks (default 0x80)
----------
0x01: Number of clocks CPU is active when HTC is active
0x02: Number of clocks CPU clock is inactive when HTC is active
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