.TH LIBPFM 3  "November, 2006" "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"

.SH NAME

libpfm_core - support for Intel Atom processor family

.SH SYNOPSIS

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.B #include <perfmon/pfmlib.h>

.B #include <perfmon/pfmlib_intel_atom.h>

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.SH DESCRIPTION

The libpfm library provides full support for the Intel Atom processor. This

processor implements Intel architectural perfmon v3 with Precise Event-Based

Sampling (PEBS) support. It also implements all architected events to which

it adds lots of Atom specific events.

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The libpfm interface is defined in \fBpfmlib_intel_atom.h\fR. It consists

of a set of functions and structures which describe and allow access to the

Intel Atom processor specific PMU features.

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When Intel Atom processor specific features are needed to support a measurement, their descriptions

must be passed as model-specific input arguments to the \fBpfm_dispatch_events()\fR function. The Intel

Atom processors specific input arguments are described in the \fBpfmlib_intel_atom_input_param_t\fR structure.

No output parameters are currently defined. The input parameters are defined as follows:

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typedef struct {

	unsigned int	cnt_mask;

	unsigned int	flags;

} pfmlib_intel_atom_counter_t;

typedef struct {

  pfmlib_intel_atom_counter_t pfp_intel_atom_counters[PMU_INTEL_ATOM_NUM_COUNTERS];

  unsigned int                pfp_intel_atom_pebs_used;

  uint64_t                    reserved[4];

} pfmlib_core_input_param_t;

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The Intel Atom processor provides several additional per-event features for 

counters: thresholding, inversion, edge detection, monitoring both threads. They

can be set using the \fBpfp_intel_atom_counters\fR data structure for each event.

The \fBflags\fR field can be initialized with any combinations of the following

values:

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.B PFMLIB_INTEL_ATOM_SEL_INV

Inverse the results of the \fBcnt_mask\fR comparison when set

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.B PFMLIB_INTEL_ATOM_SEL_EDGE

Enable edge detection of events. 

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.B PFMLIB_INTEL_ATOM_SEL_ANYTHR

Enable measuring the event in any of the two threads. By default only the current thread is measured.

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The \fBcnt_mask\fR field is used to set the event threshold.

The value of the counter is incremented each time the number of occurrences

per cycle of the event is greater or equal to the value of the field.

Thus the event is modified to actually measure the number of qualifying cycles.

When zero all occurrences are counted (this is the default).

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.SH Support for Precise-Event Based Sampling (PEBS)

The library can be used to setup the PMC registers when using PEBS. In this case,

the \fBpfp_intel_atom_pebs_used\fR field must be set to 1. When using PEBS, it is

not possible to use more than one event.

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.SH ERRORS

Refer to the description of the \fBpfm_dispatch_events()\fR function for errors.

.SH SEE ALSO

pfm_dispatch_events(3) and set of examples shipped with the library

.SH AUTHOR

Stephane Eranian <eranian@gmail.com>

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