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  1 perf-stat(1)                                        1 perf-stat(1)
  2 ============                                        2 ============
  3                                                     3 
  4 NAME                                                4 NAME
  5 ----                                                5 ----
  6 perf-stat - Run a command and gather performan      6 perf-stat - Run a command and gather performance counter statistics
  7                                                     7 
  8 SYNOPSIS                                            8 SYNOPSIS
  9 --------                                            9 --------
 10 [verse]                                            10 [verse]
 11 'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-a]      11 'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-a] <command>
 12 'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-a]  !!  12 'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-a] -- <command> [<options>]
 13 'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-a]  << 
 14 'perf stat' report [-i file]                   << 
 15                                                    13 
 16 DESCRIPTION                                        14 DESCRIPTION
 17 -----------                                        15 -----------
 18 This command runs a command and gathers perfor     16 This command runs a command and gathers performance counter statistics
 19 from it.                                           17 from it.
 20                                                    18 
 21                                                    19 
 22 OPTIONS                                            20 OPTIONS
 23 -------                                            21 -------
 24 <command>...::                                     22 <command>...::
 25         Any command you can specify in a shell     23         Any command you can specify in a shell.
 26                                                    24 
 27 record::                                       << 
 28         See STAT RECORD.                       << 
 29                                                << 
 30 report::                                       << 
 31         See STAT REPORT.                       << 
 32                                                    25 
 33 -e::                                               26 -e::
 34 --event=::                                         27 --event=::
 35         Select the PMU event. Selection can be     28         Select the PMU event. Selection can be:
 36                                                    29 
 37         - a symbolic event name (use 'perf lis     30         - a symbolic event name (use 'perf list' to list all events)
 38                                                    31 
 39         - a raw PMU event in the form of rN wh !!  32         - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
 40           that represents the raw register enc !!  33           hexadecimal event descriptor.
 41           event control registers as described << 
 42           /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/fo << 
 43                                                    34 
 44         - a symbolic or raw PMU event followed     35         - a symbolic or raw PMU event followed by an optional colon
 45           and a list of event modifiers, e.g.,     36           and a list of event modifiers, e.g., cpu-cycles:p.  See the
 46           linkperf:perf-list[1] man page for d     37           linkperf:perf-list[1] man page for details on event modifiers.
 47                                                    38 
 48         - a symbolically formed event like 'pm     39         - a symbolically formed event like 'pmu/param1=0x3,param2/' where
 49           param1 and param2 are defined as for     40           param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in
 50           /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu>/ !!  41           /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*
 51                                                << 
 52           'percore' is a event qualifier that  << 
 53           hardware threads in a core. For exam << 
 54           perf stat -A -a -e cpu/event,percore << 
 55                                                    42 
 56         - a symbolically formed event like 'pm     43         - a symbolically formed event like 'pmu/config=M,config1=N,config2=K/'
 57           where M, N, K are numbers (in decima     44           where M, N, K are numbers (in decimal, hex, octal format).
 58           Acceptable values for each of 'confi     45           Acceptable values for each of 'config', 'config1' and 'config2'
 59           parameters are defined by correspond     46           parameters are defined by corresponding entries in
 60           /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu>/ !!  47           /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*
 61                                                << 
 62         Note that the last two syntaxes suppor << 
 63         the PMU name to simplify creation of e << 
 64         of the same type of PMU in large syste << 
 65         Multiple PMU instances are typical for << 
 66         'uncore_' is also ignored when perform << 
 67                                                << 
 68                                                    48 
 69 -i::                                               49 -i::
 70 --no-inherit::                                     50 --no-inherit::
 71         child tasks do not inherit counters        51         child tasks do not inherit counters
 72 -p::                                               52 -p::
 73 --pid=<pid>::                                      53 --pid=<pid>::
 74         stat events on existing process id (co     54         stat events on existing process id (comma separated list)
 75                                                    55 
 76 -t::                                               56 -t::
 77 --tid=<tid>::                                      57 --tid=<tid>::
 78         stat events on existing thread id (com     58         stat events on existing thread id (comma separated list)
 79                                                    59 
 80 -b::                                           << 
 81 --bpf-prog::                                   << 
 82         stat events on existing bpf program id << 
 83         requiring root rights. bpftool-prog co << 
 84         id all bpf programs in the system. For << 
 85                                                << 
 86   # bpftool prog | head -n 1                   << 
 87   17247: tracepoint  name sys_enter  tag 192d5 << 
 88                                                << 
 89   # perf stat -e cycles,instructions --bpf-pro << 
 90                                                << 
 91    Performance counter stats for 'BPF program( << 
 92                                                << 
 93              85,967      cycles                << 
 94              28,982      instructions          << 
 95                                                << 
 96         1.102235068 seconds time elapsed       << 
 97                                                << 
 98 --bpf-counters::                               << 
 99         Use BPF programs to aggregate readings << 
100         allows multiple perf-stat sessions tha << 
101         instructions, etc.) to share hardware  << 
102         To use BPF programs on common events b << 
103         "perf config stat.bpf-counter-events=< << 
104                                                << 
105 --bpf-attr-map::                               << 
106         With option "--bpf-counters", differen << 
107         information about shared BPF programs  << 
108         Use "--bpf-attr-map" to specify the pa << 
109         The default path is /sys/fs/bpf/perf_a << 
110                                                << 
111 ifdef::HAVE_LIBPFM[]                           << 
112 --pfm-events events::                          << 
113 Select a PMU event using libpfm4 syntax (see h << 
114 including support for event filters. For examp << 
115 inst_retired:any_p:u:c=1:i'. More than one eve << 
116 option using the comma separator. Hardware eve << 
117 events cannot be mixed together. The latter mu << 
118 option. The -e option and this one can be mixe << 
119 can be grouped using the {} notation.          << 
120 endif::HAVE_LIBPFM[]                           << 
121                                                    60 
122 -a::                                               61 -a::
123 --all-cpus::                                       62 --all-cpus::
124         system-wide collection from all CPUs ( !!  63         system-wide collection from all CPUs
125                                                    64 
126 --no-scale::                                   !!  65 -c::
127         Don't scale/normalize counter values   !!  66 --scale::
                                                   >>  67         scale/normalize counter values
128                                                    68 
129 -d::                                               69 -d::
130 --detailed::                                       70 --detailed::
131         print more detailed statistics, can be     71         print more detailed statistics, can be specified up to 3 times
132                                                    72 
133            -d:          detailed events, L1 an     73            -d:          detailed events, L1 and LLC data cache
134         -d -d:     more detailed events, dTLB      74         -d -d:     more detailed events, dTLB and iTLB events
135      -d -d -d:     very detailed events, addin     75      -d -d -d:     very detailed events, adding prefetch events
136                                                    76 
137 -r::                                               77 -r::
138 --repeat=<n>::                                     78 --repeat=<n>::
139         repeat command and print average + std     79         repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100). 0 means forever.
140                                                    80 
141 -B::                                               81 -B::
142 --big-num::                                        82 --big-num::
143         print large numbers with thousands' se !!  83         print large numbers with thousands' separators according to locale
144         Enabled by default. Use "--no-big-num" << 
145         Default setting can be changed with "p << 
146                                                    84 
147 -C::                                               85 -C::
148 --cpu=::                                           86 --cpu=::
149 Count only on the list of CPUs provided. Multi     87 Count only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
150 comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Range     88 comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
151 In per-thread mode, this option is ignored. Th     89 In per-thread mode, this option is ignored. The -a option is still necessary
152 to activate system-wide monitoring. Default is     90 to activate system-wide monitoring. Default is to count on all CPUs.
153                                                    91 
154 -A::                                               92 -A::
155 --no-aggr::                                        93 --no-aggr::
156 Do not aggregate counts across all monitored C !!  94 Do not aggregate counts across all monitored CPUs in system-wide mode (-a).
                                                   >>  95 This option is only valid in system-wide mode.
157                                                    96 
158 -n::                                               97 -n::
159 --null::                                           98 --null::
160 null run - Don't start any counters.           !!  99         null run - don't start any counters
161                                                << 
162 This can be useful to measure just elapsed wal << 
163 raw overhead of perf stat itself, without runn << 
164                                                   100 
165 -v::                                              101 -v::
166 --verbose::                                       102 --verbose::
167         be more verbose (show counter open err    103         be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)
168                                                   104 
169 -x SEP::                                          105 -x SEP::
170 --field-separator SEP::                           106 --field-separator SEP::
171 print counts using a CSV-style output to make     107 print counts using a CSV-style output to make it easy to import directly into
172 spreadsheets. Columns are separated by the str    108 spreadsheets. Columns are separated by the string specified in SEP.
173                                                   109 
174 --table:: Display time for each run (-r option << 
175                                                << 
176   $ perf stat --null -r 5 --table perf bench s << 
177                                                << 
178    Performance counter stats for 'perf bench s << 
179                                                << 
180              # Table of individual measurement << 
181              5.189 (-0.293) #                  << 
182              5.189 (-0.294) #                  << 
183              5.186 (-0.296) #                  << 
184              5.663 (+0.181) ##                 << 
185              6.186 (+0.703) ####               << 
186                                                << 
187              # Final result:                   << 
188              5.483 +- 0.198 seconds time elaps << 
189                                                << 
190 -G name::                                         110 -G name::
191 --cgroup name::                                   111 --cgroup name::
192 monitor only in the container (cgroup) called     112 monitor only in the container (cgroup) called "name". This option is available only
193 in per-cpu mode. The cgroup filesystem must be    113 in per-cpu mode. The cgroup filesystem must be mounted. All threads belonging to
194 container "name" are monitored when they run o    114 container "name" are monitored when they run on the monitored CPUs. Multiple cgroups
195 can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the    115 can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the corresponding event, i.e., first cgroup
196 to first event, second cgroup to second event     116 to first event, second cgroup to second event and so on. It is possible to provide
197 an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using,     117 an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using, e.g., -G foo,,bar. Cgroups must have
198 corresponding events, i.e., they always refer     118 corresponding events, i.e., they always refer to events defined earlier on the command
199 line. If the user wants to track multiple even !! 119 line.
200 use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo,foo' or just use '-e e << 
201                                                << 
202 If wanting to monitor, say, 'cycles' for a cgr << 
203 command line can be used: 'perf stat -e cycles << 
204                                                << 
205 --for-each-cgroup name::                       << 
206 Expand event list for each cgroup in "name" (a << 
207 by comma).  It also support regex patterns to  << 
208 effect that repeating -e option and -G option  << 
209 cannot be used with -G/--cgroup option.        << 
210                                                   120 
211 -o file::                                         121 -o file::
212 --output file::                                   122 --output file::
213 Print the output into the designated file.        123 Print the output into the designated file.
214                                                   124 
215 --append::                                        125 --append::
216 Append to the output file designated with the     126 Append to the output file designated with the -o option. Ignored if -o is not specified.
217                                                   127 
218 --log-fd::                                        128 --log-fd::
219                                                   129 
220 Log output to fd, instead of stderr.  Compleme    130 Log output to fd, instead of stderr.  Complementary to --output, and mutually exclusive
221 with it.  --append may be used here.  Examples    131 with it.  --append may be used here.  Examples:
222      3>results  perf stat --log-fd 3           !! 132      3>results  perf stat --log-fd 3          -- $cmd
223      3>>results perf stat --log-fd 3 --append  !! 133      3>>results perf stat --log-fd 3 --append -- $cmd
224                                                << 
225 --control=fifo:ctl-fifo[,ack-fifo]::           << 
226 --control=fd:ctl-fd[,ack-fd]::                 << 
227 ctl-fifo / ack-fifo are opened and used as ctl << 
228 Listen on ctl-fd descriptor for command to con << 
229 'disable': disable events). Measurements can b << 
230 --delay=-1 option. Optionally send control com << 
231 to synchronize with the controlling process. E << 
232 disable events during measurements:            << 
233                                                << 
234  #!/bin/bash                                   << 
235                                                << 
236  ctl_dir=/tmp/                                 << 
237                                                << 
238  ctl_fifo=${ctl_dir}perf_ctl.fifo              << 
239  test -p ${ctl_fifo} && unlink ${ctl_fifo}     << 
240  mkfifo ${ctl_fifo}                            << 
241  exec {ctl_fd}<>${ctl_fifo}                    << 
242                                                << 
243  ctl_ack_fifo=${ctl_dir}perf_ctl_ack.fifo      << 
244  test -p ${ctl_ack_fifo} && unlink ${ctl_ack_f << 
245  mkfifo ${ctl_ack_fifo}                        << 
246  exec {ctl_fd_ack}<>${ctl_ack_fifo}            << 
247                                                << 
248  perf stat -D -1 -e cpu-cycles -a -I 1000      << 
249            --control fd:${ctl_fd},${ctl_fd_ack << 
250            \-- sleep 30 &                      << 
251  perf_pid=$!                                   << 
252                                                << 
253  sleep 5  && echo 'enable' >&${ctl_fd} && read << 
254  sleep 10 && echo 'disable' >&${ctl_fd} && rea << 
255                                                << 
256  exec {ctl_fd_ack}>&-                          << 
257  unlink ${ctl_ack_fifo}                        << 
258                                                << 
259  exec {ctl_fd}>&-                              << 
260  unlink ${ctl_fifo}                            << 
261                                                << 
262  wait -n ${perf_pid}                           << 
263  exit $?                                       << 
264                                                << 
265                                                   134 
266 --pre::                                           135 --pre::
267 --post::                                          136 --post::
268         Pre and post measurement hooks, e.g.:     137         Pre and post measurement hooks, e.g.:
269                                                   138 
270 perf stat --repeat 10 --null --sync --pre 'mak !! 139 perf stat --repeat 10 --null --sync --pre 'make -s O=defconfig-build/clean' -- make -s -j64 O=defconfig-build/ bzImage
271                                                   140 
272 -I msecs::                                        141 -I msecs::
273 --interval-print msecs::                          142 --interval-print msecs::
274 Print count deltas every N milliseconds (minim !! 143 Print count deltas every N milliseconds (minimum: 10ms)
275 The overhead percentage could be high in some     144 The overhead percentage could be high in some cases, for instance with small, sub 100ms intervals.  Use with caution.
276         example: 'perf stat -I 1000 -e cycles     145         example: 'perf stat -I 1000 -e cycles -a sleep 5'
277                                                   146 
278 If the metric exists, it is calculated by the  << 
279                                                << 
280 --interval-count times::                       << 
281 Print count deltas for fixed number of times.  << 
282 This option should be used together with "-I"  << 
283         example: 'perf stat -I 1000 --interval << 
284                                                << 
285 --interval-clear::                             << 
286 Clear the screen before next interval.         << 
287                                                << 
288 --timeout msecs::                              << 
289 Stop the 'perf stat' session and print count d << 
290 This option is not supported with the "-I" opt << 
291         example: 'perf stat --time 2000 -e cyc << 
292                                                << 
293 --metric-only::                                << 
294 Only print computed metrics. Print them in a s << 
295 Don't show any raw values. Not supported with  << 
296                                                << 
297 --per-socket::                                    147 --per-socket::
298 Aggregate counts per processor socket for syst    148 Aggregate counts per processor socket for system-wide mode measurements.  This
299 is a useful mode to detect imbalance between s    149 is a useful mode to detect imbalance between sockets.  To enable this mode,
300 use --per-socket in addition to -a. (system-wi    150 use --per-socket in addition to -a. (system-wide).  The output includes the
301 socket number and the number of online process    151 socket number and the number of online processors on that socket. This is
302 useful to gauge the amount of aggregation.        152 useful to gauge the amount of aggregation.
303                                                   153 
304 --per-die::                                    << 
305 Aggregate counts per processor die for system- << 
306 is a useful mode to detect imbalance between d << 
307 use --per-die in addition to -a. (system-wide) << 
308 die number and the number of online processors << 
309 useful to gauge the amount of aggregation.     << 
310                                                << 
311 --per-cluster::                                << 
312 Aggregate counts per processor cluster for sys << 
313 is a useful mode to detect imbalance between c << 
314 use --per-cluster in addition to -a. (system-w << 
315 cluster number and the number of online proces << 
316 useful to gauge the amount of aggregation. The << 
317 related CPUs can be gotten from /sys/devices/s << 
318                                                << 
319 --per-cache::                                  << 
320 Aggregate counts per cache instance for system << 
321 default, the aggregation happens for the cache << 
322 in the system. To specify a particular level,  << 
323 alongside the option in the format [Ll][1-9][0 << 
324 Using option "--per-cache=l3" or "--per-cache= << 
325 information at the boundary of the level 3 cac << 
326                                                << 
327 --per-core::                                      154 --per-core::
328 Aggregate counts per physical processor for sy    155 Aggregate counts per physical processor for system-wide mode measurements.  This
329 is a useful mode to detect imbalance between p    156 is a useful mode to detect imbalance between physical cores.  To enable this mode,
330 use --per-core in addition to -a. (system-wide    157 use --per-core in addition to -a. (system-wide).  The output includes the
331 core number and the number of online logical p    158 core number and the number of online logical processors on that physical processor.
332                                                   159 
333 --per-thread::                                    160 --per-thread::
334 Aggregate counts per monitored threads, when m    161 Aggregate counts per monitored threads, when monitoring threads (-t option)
335 or processes (-p option).                         162 or processes (-p option).
336                                                   163 
337 --per-node::                                   << 
338 Aggregate counts per NUMA nodes for system-wid << 
339 is a useful mode to detect imbalance between N << 
340 mode, use --per-node in addition to -a. (syste << 
341                                                << 
342 -D msecs::                                        164 -D msecs::
343 --delay msecs::                                   165 --delay msecs::
344 After starting the program, wait msecs before  !! 166 After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to
345 disabled). This is useful to filter out the st !! 167 filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different.
346 which is often very different.                 << 
347                                                   168 
348 -T::                                              169 -T::
349 --transaction::                                   170 --transaction::
350                                                   171 
351 Print statistics of transactional execution if    172 Print statistics of transactional execution if supported.
352                                                   173 
353 --metric-no-group::                            << 
354 By default, events to compute a metric are pla << 
355 group tries to enforce scheduling all or none  << 
356 --metric-no-group option places events outside << 
357 increase the chance of the event being schedul << 
358 accuracy. However, as events may not be schedu << 
359 for metrics like instructions per cycle can be << 
360 may no longer be being measured at the same ti << 
361                                                << 
362 --metric-no-merge::                            << 
363 By default metric events in different weak gro << 
364 group contains all the events needed by anothe << 
365 group will be eliminated reducing event multip << 
366 that certain groups of metrics sum to 100%. A  << 
367 group is that the group may require multiplexi << 
368 small group that need not have multiplexing is << 
369 forbids the event merging logic from sharing e << 
370 may be used to increase accuracy in this case. << 
371                                                << 
372 --metric-no-threshold::                        << 
373 Metric thresholds may increase the number of e << 
374 compute whether a metric has exceeded its thre << 
375 may not be desirable, for example, as the even << 
376 multiplexing. This option disables the adding  << 
377 events for a metric. However, if there are suf << 
378 compute the threshold then the threshold is st << 
379 color the metric's computed value.             << 
380                                                << 
381 --quiet::                                      << 
382 Don't print output, warnings or messages. This << 
383 record below to only write data to the perf.da << 
384                                                << 
385 STAT RECORD                                    << 
386 -----------                                    << 
387 Stores stat data into perf data file.          << 
388                                                << 
389 -o file::                                      << 
390 --output file::                                << 
391 Output file name.                              << 
392                                                << 
393 STAT REPORT                                    << 
394 -----------                                    << 
395 Reads and reports stat data from perf data fil << 
396                                                << 
397 -i file::                                      << 
398 --input file::                                 << 
399 Input file name.                               << 
400                                                << 
401 --per-socket::                                 << 
402 Aggregate counts per processor socket for syst << 
403                                                << 
404 --per-die::                                    << 
405 Aggregate counts per processor die for system- << 
406                                                << 
407 --per-cluster::                                << 
408 Aggregate counts perf processor cluster for sy << 
409                                                << 
410 --per-cache::                                  << 
411 Aggregate counts per cache instance for system << 
412 default, the aggregation happens for the cache << 
413 in the system. To specify a particular level,  << 
414 alongside the option in the format [Ll][1-9][0 << 
415 option "--per-cache=l3" or "--per-cache=L3" wi << 
416 information at the boundary of the level 3 cac << 
417                                                << 
418 --per-core::                                   << 
419 Aggregate counts per physical processor for sy << 
420                                                << 
421 -M::                                           << 
422 --metrics::                                    << 
423 Print metrics or metricgroups specified in a c << 
424 For a group all metrics from the group are add << 
425 The events from the metrics are automatically  << 
426 See perf list output for the possible metrics  << 
427                                                << 
428         When threshold information is availabl << 
429         color red is used to signify a metric  << 
430         while green shows it hasn't. The defau << 
431         no threshold information was available << 
432         couldn't be computed.                  << 
433                                                << 
434 -A::                                           << 
435 --no-aggr::                                    << 
436 --no-merge::                                   << 
437 Do not aggregate/merge counts across monitored << 
438                                                << 
439 When multiple events are created from a single << 
440 stat will, by default, aggregate the event cou << 
441 in a single row. This option disables that beh << 
442 individual events and counts.                  << 
443                                                << 
444 Multiple events are created from a single even << 
445                                                << 
446 1. PID monitoring isn't requested and the syst << 
447    CPU. For example, a system with 8 SMT threa << 
448    opened on each thread and aggregation is pe << 
449                                                << 
450 2. Prefix or glob wildcard matching is used fo << 
451    example, multiple memory controller PMUs ma << 
452    suffix of _0, _1, etc. By default the event << 
453    combined if the PMU is specified without th << 
454    uncore_imc rather than uncore_imc_0.        << 
455                                                << 
456 3. Aliases, which are listed immediately after << 
457    by perf list, are used.                     << 
458                                                << 
459 --hybrid-merge::                               << 
460 Merge core event counts from all core PMUs. In << 
461 systems by default each core PMU will report i << 
462 separately. This option forces core PMU counts << 
463 a behavior closer to having a single CPU type  << 
464                                                << 
465 --topdown::                                    << 
466 Print top-down metrics supported by the CPU. T << 
467 bottle necks in the CPU pipeline for CPU bound << 
468 the cycles consumed down into frontend bound,  << 
469 speculation and retiring.                      << 
470                                                << 
471 Frontend bound means that the CPU cannot fetch << 
472 enough. Backend bound means that computation o << 
473 neck. Bad Speculation means that the CPU waste << 
474 mispredictions and similar issues. Retiring me << 
475 an apparently bottleneck. The bottleneck is on << 
476 if the workload is actually bound by the CPU a << 
477                                                << 
478 For best results it is usually a good idea to  << 
479 mode like -I 1000, as the bottleneck of worklo << 
480                                                << 
481 This enables --metric-only, unless overridden  << 
482                                                << 
483 The following restrictions only apply to older << 
484 on newer CPUs (IceLake and later) TopDown can  << 
485                                                << 
486 The top down metrics are collected per core in << 
487 CPU thread. Per core mode is automatically ena << 
488 and -a (global monitoring) is needed, requirin << 
489 perf.perf_event_paranoid=-1.                   << 
490                                                << 
491 Topdown uses the full Performance Monitoring U << 
492 disabling of the NMI watchdog (as root):       << 
493 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog         << 
494 for best results. Otherwise the bottlenecks ma << 
495 on workload with changing phases.              << 
496                                                << 
497 To interpret the results it is usually needed  << 
498 CPUs the workload runs on. If needed the CPUs  << 
499 taskset.                                       << 
500                                                << 
501 --record-tpebs::                               << 
502 Enable automatic sampling on Intel TPEBS retir << 
503 modifier). Without this option, perf would not << 
504 at runtime. Currently, a zero value is assigne << 
505 this option is not set. The TPEBS hardware fea << 
506 Rapids microarchitecture. This option only exi << 
507 Intel platforms with TPEBS feature.            << 
508                                                << 
509 --td-level::                                   << 
510 Print the top-down statistics that equal the i << 
511 users to print the interested top-down metrics << 
512 level 1 top-down metrics.                      << 
513                                                << 
514 As the higher levels gather more metrics and u << 
515 will be less accurate. By convention a metric  << 
516 appending '_group' to it and this will increas << 
517 gathering all metrics for a level. For example << 
518 highlight 'tma_frontend_bound'. This metric ma << 
519 'tma_frontend_bound_group' with                << 
520 'perf stat -M tma_frontend_bound_group...'.    << 
521                                                << 
522 Error out if the input is higher than the supp << 
523                                                << 
524 --smi-cost::                                   << 
525 Measure SMI cost if msr/aperf/ and msr/smi/ ev << 
526                                                << 
527 During the measurement, the /sys/device/cpu/fr << 
528 freeze core counters on SMI.                   << 
529 The aperf counter will not be effected by the  << 
530 The cost of SMI can be measured by (aperf - un << 
531                                                << 
532 In practice, the percentages of SMI cycles is  << 
533 oriented analysis. --metric_only will be appli << 
534 The output is SMI cycles%, equals to (aperf -  << 
535                                                << 
536 Users who wants to get the actual value can ap << 
537                                                << 
538 --all-kernel::                                 << 
539 Configure all used events to run in kernel spa << 
540                                                << 
541 --all-user::                                   << 
542 Configure all used events to run in user space << 
543                                                << 
544 --percore-show-thread::                        << 
545 The event modifier "percore" has supported to  << 
546 for all hardware threads in a core and show th << 
547                                                << 
548 This option with event modifier "percore" enab << 
549 counts for all hardware threads in a core but  << 
550 hardware thread. This is essentially a replace << 
551 convenient for post processing.                << 
552                                                << 
553 --summary::                                    << 
554 Print summary for interval mode (-I).          << 
555                                                << 
556 --no-csv-summary::                             << 
557 Don't print 'summary' at the first column for  << 
558 This option must be used with -x and --summary << 
559                                                << 
560 This option can be enabled in perf config by s << 
561 'stat.no-csv-summary'.                         << 
562                                                << 
563 $ perf config stat.no-csv-summary=true         << 
564                                                << 
565 --cputype::                                    << 
566 Only enable events on applying cpu with this t << 
567 (e.g. core or atom)"                           << 
568                                                << 
569 EXAMPLES                                          174 EXAMPLES
570 --------                                          175 --------
571                                                   176 
572 $ perf stat \-- make                           !! 177 $ perf stat -- make -j
573                                                << 
574    Performance counter stats for 'make':       << 
575                                                << 
576         83723.452481      task-clock:u (msec)  << 
577                    0      context-switches:u   << 
578                    0      cpu-migrations:u     << 
579            3,228,188      page-faults:u        << 
580      229,570,665,834      cycles:u             << 
581      313,163,853,778      instructions:u       << 
582       69,704,684,856      branches:u           << 
583        2,078,861,393      branch-misses:u      << 
584                                                   178 
585         83.409183620 seconds time elapsed      !! 179  Performance counter stats for 'make -j':
586                                                << 
587         74.684747000 seconds user              << 
588          8.739217000 seconds sys               << 
589                                                << 
590 TIMINGS                                        << 
591 -------                                        << 
592 As displayed in the example above we can displ << 
593 We always display the time the counters were e << 
594                                                << 
595         83.409183620 seconds time elapsed      << 
596                                                << 
597 For workload sessions we also display time the << 
598 user/system lands:                             << 
599                                                << 
600         74.684747000 seconds user              << 
601          8.739217000 seconds sys               << 
602                                                << 
603 Those times are the very same as displayed by  << 
604                                                << 
605 CSV FORMAT                                     << 
606 ----------                                     << 
607                                                << 
608 With -x, perf stat is able to output a not-qui << 
609 Commas in the output are not put into "". To m << 
610 it is recommended to use a different character << 
611                                                << 
612 The fields are in this order:                  << 
613                                                << 
614         - optional usec time stamp in fraction << 
615         - optional CPU, core, or socket identi << 
616         - optional number of logical CPUs aggr << 
617         - counter value                        << 
618         - unit of the counter value or empty   << 
619         - event name                           << 
620         - run time of counter                  << 
621         - percentage of measurement time the c << 
622         - optional variance if multiple values << 
623         - optional metric value                << 
624         - optional unit of metric              << 
625                                                << 
626 Additional metrics may be printed with all ear << 
627                                                << 
628 include::intel-hybrid.txt[]                    << 
629                                                << 
630 JSON FORMAT                                    << 
631 -----------                                    << 
632                                                   180 
633 With -j, perf stat is able to print out a JSON !! 181     8117.370256  task clock ticks     #      11.281 CPU utilization factor
634 that can be used for parsing.                  !! 182             678  context switches     #       0.000 M/sec
                                                   >> 183             133  CPU migrations       #       0.000 M/sec
                                                   >> 184          235724  pagefaults           #       0.029 M/sec
                                                   >> 185     24821162526  CPU cycles           #    3057.784 M/sec
                                                   >> 186     18687303457  instructions         #    2302.138 M/sec
                                                   >> 187       172158895  cache references     #      21.209 M/sec
                                                   >> 188        27075259  cache misses         #       3.335 M/sec
635                                                   189 
636 - timestamp : optional usec time stamp in frac !! 190  Wall-clock time elapsed:   719.554352 msecs
637 - optional aggregate options:                  << 
638                 - core : core identifier (with << 
639                 - die : die identifier (with - << 
640                 - socket : socket identifier ( << 
641                 - node : node identifier (with << 
642                 - thread : thread identifier ( << 
643 - counter-value : counter value                << 
644 - unit : unit of the counter value or empty    << 
645 - event : event name                           << 
646 - variance : optional variance if multiple val << 
647 - runtime : run time of counter                << 
648 - metric-value : optional metric value         << 
649 - metric-unit : optional unit of metric        << 
650                                                   191 
651 SEE ALSO                                          192 SEE ALSO
652 --------                                          193 --------
653 linkperf:perf-top[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]       194 linkperf:perf-top[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
                                                      

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