1perf-list(1)
2============
3
4NAME
5----
6perf-list - List all symbolic event types
7
8SYNOPSIS
9--------
10[verse]
11'perf list' [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|event_glob]
12
13DESCRIPTION
14-----------
15This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the
16various perf commands with the -e option.
17
18EVENT MODIFIERS
19---------------
20
21Events can optionally have a modifer by appending a colon and one or
22more modifiers.  Modifiers allow the user to restrict when events are
23counted with 'u' for user-space, 'k' for kernel, 'h' for hypervisor.
24
25The 'p' modifier can be used for specifying how precise the instruction
26address should be. The 'p' modifier is currently only implemented for
27Intel PEBS and can be specified multiple times:
28  0 - SAMPLE_IP can have arbitrary skid
29  1 - SAMPLE_IP must have constant skid
30  2 - SAMPLE_IP requested to have 0 skid
31  3 - SAMPLE_IP must have 0 skid
32
33The PEBS implementation now supports up to 2.
34
35RAW HARDWARE EVENT DESCRIPTOR
36-----------------------------
37Even when an event is not available in a symbolic form within perf right now,
38it can be encoded in a per processor specific way.
39
40For instance For x86 CPUs NNN represents the raw register encoding with the
41layout of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs (see [Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual Volume 3B: System Programming Guide] Figure 30-1 Layout
42of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs) or AMD's PerfEvtSeln (see [AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming], Page 344,
43Figure 13-7 Performance Event-Select Register (PerfEvtSeln)).
44
45Example:
46
47If the Intel docs for a QM720 Core i7 describe an event as:
48
49  Event  Umask  Event Mask
50  Num.   Value  Mnemonic    Description                        Comment
51
52  A8H      01H  LSD.UOPS    Counts the number of micro-ops     Use cmask=1 and
53                            delivered by loop stream detector  invert to count
54                                                               cycles
55
56raw encoding of 0x1A8 can be used:
57
58 perf stat -e r1a8 -a sleep 1
59 perf record -e r1a8 ...
60
61You should refer to the processor specific documentation for getting these
62details. Some of them are referenced in the SEE ALSO section below.
63
64OPTIONS
65-------
66
67Without options all known events will be listed.
68
69To limit the list use:
70
71. 'hw' or 'hardware' to list hardware events such as cache-misses, etc.
72
73. 'sw' or 'software' to list software events such as context switches, etc.
74
75. 'cache' or 'hwcache' to list hardware cache events such as L1-dcache-loads, etc.
76
77. 'tracepoint' to list all tracepoint events, alternatively use
78  'subsys_glob:event_glob' to filter by tracepoint subsystems such as sched,
79  block, etc.
80
81. If none of the above is matched, it will apply the supplied glob to all
82  events, printing the ones that match.
83
84One or more types can be used at the same time, listing the events for the
85types specified.
86
87SEE ALSO
88--------
89linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1],
90linkperf:perf-record[1],
91http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/manual/253669.pdf[Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual Volume 3B: System Programming Guide],
92http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/24593.pdf[AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming]
93