Questions tagged [perf-event]
perf_event is the Linux kernel library and tool to simplify access to performance monitoring utilities infrastructure.
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Unable to find any information about TLB on my computer or obtain information about hardware counters about TLB
The Ubuntu version I am using is Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS, and the kernel version is 5.4.0-148 generic. My processor is 12th Gen Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-12700.
I would like to know the number of TLB ...
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Unable to use perf to find L3 Cache miss rate
I am trying to get the L3 cache miss rate when I try to use perf. The following is the command I run:
perf stat -e instructions,LLC-load-misses,LLC-loads ./program <arg1> <arg2> <arg3&...
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how to use metrics with perf stat
perf list shows a bunch of what it calls metrics. The list starts off with
List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):
Metrics:
BAClear_Cost
[Average Branch Address Clear Cost (fraction ...
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what is the difference between itlb_misses.miss_causes_a_walk, itlb_misses.walk_completed, and itlb_misses.walk_pending
I ran
perf stat -e itlb_misses.miss_causes_a_walk,itlb_misses.walk_completed,itlb_misses.walk_pending grep Hecuba /storage/nvme6/complete_shakespeare_4096_times
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Performance counter stats ...
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Archlinux, 'kernel.perf_event_paranoid' it not respected
When reading the Performance Counters (PMC) on CPUS, the kernel.perf_event_paranoid must be <=1 (see Kernel doc)
The program below reads the PMC and should exit early with 1, if it cannot open the ...
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Linux CPU Utilization Reporting Tool (Linux CURT)
I am trying to use linux curt (https://github.com/open-power-sdk/curt) tool for monitoring CPU utilization values of threads. On running this command ''' perf record -e '{raw_syscalls:*,sched:...
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linux perf: limiting to just some small periods of time
I'm writing a video game, and have used perf(1) and flame graphs to get some decent "whole program performance" information.
However, I also want to investigate specific worst-case periods, ...
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How to take stack samples using `perf` based on wall-clock time
I am trying to use Linux's perf_events framework to investigate an issue with an application on one of our servers. Based on my reading about the perf tool, collecting stacks is relatively ...
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High-frequency performance counter sampling using perf record/report
I want to retrieve performance counter counts at a high frequency (i.e. 100-200Hz) using the perf tool (similar in functionality to https://github.com/RRZE-HPC/likwid/wiki/likwid-perfctr#the-timeline-...
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Perf tool, used for profiling, crashes on heavy load
When I am using "perf record -F 99 -g -p -- sleep 300" during average load, I am getting the perf.data file without any problem. But when the load is high, it is crashing. The only way to get an ok ...
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What does `perf stat` option `--cpu` is actually showing?
I am trying to understand the --cpu option of perf-stat. In the man pages it says:
Count only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided
as a comma-separated list with no space: ...
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What are Kernel PMU event-s in perf_events list?
Searching for what one can monitor with perf_events on Linux, I cannot find what Kernel PMU event are?
Namely, with perf version 3.13.11-ckt39 the perf list shows events like:
branch-instructions OR ...
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perf fails to work on really large process
I use perf quite often to profile my applications. Recently I got a few new machine with ~750G RAM each. I am trying to profile a process that uses about 400G of ram on one of them. This works fine on ...
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Bash check if firefox use internet
I want to check how much internet use Firefox with a shell script.
Here I found good examples to see performances.
#!/bin/sh
free -m | awk 'NR==2{printf "Memory Usage: %s/%sMB (%.2f%%)\n", $3,$2,$3*...
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Missing stack symbols with perf_event's perf report, despite -fno-omit-frame-pointer compilation
I'm struggling getting perf_events to give me stack traces with symbols, despite reading many tutorials on the subject and doing (I think) all the necessary things. It's possible that my local install ...
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Why can't I find hardware cache event in my perf list?
I have a problem in using linux perf on a newly bought laptop: there is no available hardware cache effect in my perf list!!! Well, this is really all important information that I wish to sample!! ...
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Problem in making Perf Kernel Counter work
I have written a kernel module which creates a performance counter via "perf_event_create_kernel_counter" API and then periodically reads its value.
My application works on Kernel version-4.0.9 (and ...
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View current kernel parameters?
I saw in my syslog kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate get changed.
I was wondering if I could write a quick script to log this variable every few minutes. Currently it is:
sysctl -a | grep kernel....
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How does performance measurement tool 'perf' actually work?
perf is a tool which accesses the performance counter registers of an machine and gives out metrics to user to analyze the system performance.
What I am curious about is, when I read the parts of ...
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Incoherent measures with perf record
While trying to get some measures from HPC with perf record, I'm getting some incoherent values, I think.
I'm using the next command to get some mesures:
perf record -T -F997 -e cache-misses:u,...
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perf error: failed to mmap with 25 (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
I am trying to use perf in a system with 3.8 linux kernel.
When I used the following command, error happens:
$ perf record -c 100000 -e '{cycles,instructions}:S' ./nonloop 1000
failed to mmap with 25 ...
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Perf Tool Linux - Not counting cycles-t and cycles-ct
am using the Linux Perf tool to monitor certain events for my benchmarking runs. In the event list argument -e, I added cycles-t and cycles-ct since I want to capture them. But both of them always ...
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Understanding Unit Masks on Perf
I'm counting events with perf stat -e. I consulted my processor manufacturer's manual and found the event I'm interested in.
However, not only does it have the event number, but it also has a list of ...
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Understanding Perf tool output
I recently installed Perf tool On my platform and wanted to use it for profiling my platform.
I started profiling a standalone application. Below is the command I used:
perf start ./helloworld
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Where Do I get Source package for Perf tool
I am looking for source package of perf tool ,which I wanted to compile for ARM
Linux ,I have already set up the cross compile tool chain.
I have compiled the the oprofile and got it source(Oprofile-...
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Measure disk IO latencies of a running process
I'm trying to measure the disk IO latencies of a running process to make a histogram.
I could do this with DTrace in operating systems that provide it (e.g. as in this Joyent paper), but my ...
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Where is the documentation for perf events?
I cant seem to find documentation on the events listed when you do perf list; can someone point me in the right direction?
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How to analyze profile data from `perf record --a` (system-wide collection)?
I am using perf from linux-2.6.36-gentoo-r4. The /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid is set to 0, so there should be no problems from there.
Because long-running application I am profiling ...
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Fail to install perf on slackware 13.1
I was trying to install perf on slackware 13.1
When I first ran make at /usr/src/linux/tools/perf I got some errors.
And I found this patch
http://www.valimar.it/repo/linux/perf_fix-2.6.33.patch
And ...
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Do I need root (admin) permissions to run userspace 'perf' tool? (perf events are enabled in Linux kernel)
Do I need to have to run perf userspace tool as system administrator (root), or can I run it (or at least some subcommands) as an ordinary user?
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How to check that perf events are enabled in Linux kernel, and how to install perf userland as non-root?
From what I have checked it looks like kernel side of 'perf' subsystem is enabled on computer I work on.
Checking kernel configuration shows the following
$ zgrep "_PERF[_= ]" /proc/config.gz
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