# # Unit masks for the Intel "Nehalem" micro architecture # (Intel Core i7 "Bloomfield"; Xeon 75xx) # include:i386/arch_perfmon name:sb_forward type:mandatory default:0x01 0x01 extra: any Counts the number of store forwards name:load_block type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: std Counts the number of loads blocked by a preceding store with unknown data 0x04 extra: address_offset Counts the number of loads blocked by a preceding store address name:sb_drain type:mandatory default:0x01 0x01 extra: cycles Counts the cycles of store buffer drains name:misalign_mem_ref type:bitmask default:0x03 0x01 extra: load Counts the number of misaligned load references 0x02 extra: store Counts the number of misaligned store references 0x03 extra: any Counts the number of misaligned memory references name:store_blocks type:bitmask default:0x0f 0x01 extra: not_sta This event counts the number of load operations delayed caused by preceding stores whose addresses are known but whose data is unknown, and preceding stores that conflict with the load but which incompletely overlap the load 0x02 extra: sta This event counts load operations delayed caused by preceding stores whose addresses are unknown (STA block) 0x04 extra: at_ret Counts number of loads delayed with at-Retirement block code 0x08 extra: l1d_block Cacheable loads delayed with L1D block code 0x0F any All loads delayed due to store blocks name:dtlb_load_misses type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: any Counts all load misses that cause a page walk 0x02 extra: walk_completed Counts number of completed page walks due to load miss in the STLB 0x10 extra: stlb_hit Number of cache load STLB hits 0x20 extra: pde_miss Number of DTLB cache load misses where the low part of the linear to physical address translation was missed 0x40 extra: pdp_miss Number of DTLB cache load misses where the high part of the linear to physical address translation was missed 0x80 extra: large_walk_completed Counts number of completed large page walks due to load miss in the STLB name:memory_disambiguration type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: reset Counts memory disambiguration reset cycles 0x02 extra: success Counts the number of loads that memory disambiguration succeeded 0x04 extra: watchdog Counts the number of times the memory disambiguration watchdog kicked in 0x08 extra: watch_cycles Counts the cycles that the memory disambiguration watchdog is active name:mem_inst_retired type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: loads Counts the number of instructions with an architecturally-visible store retired on the architected path 0x02 extra: stores Counts the number of instructions with an architecturally-visible store retired on the architected path name:mem_store_retired type:mandatory default:0x01 0x01 extra: dtlb_miss The event counts the number of retired stores that missed the DTLB name:uops_issued type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: any Counts the number of Uops issued by the Register Allocation Table to the Reservation Station, i 0x01 extra: stalled_cycles Counts the number of cycles no Uops issued by the Register Allocation Table to the Reservation Station, i 0x02 extra: fused Counts the number of fused Uops that were issued from the Register Allocation Table to the Reservation Station name:mem_uncore_retired type:bitmask default:0x02 0x02 extra: other_core_l2_hitm Counts number of memory load instructions retired where the memory reference hit modified data in a sibling core residing on the same socket 0x08 extra: remote_cache_local_home_hit Counts number of memory load instructions retired where the memory reference missed the L1, L2 and LLC caches and HIT in a remote socket's cache 0x10 extra: remote_dram Counts number of memory load instructions retired where the memory reference missed the L1, L2 and LLC caches and was remotely homed 0x20 extra: local_dram Counts number of memory load instructions retired where the memory reference missed the L1, L2 and LLC caches and required a local socket memory reference name:fp_comp_ops_exe type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: x87 Counts the number of FP Computational Uops Executed 0x02 extra: mmx Counts number of MMX Uops executed 0x04 extra: sse_fp Counts number of SSE and SSE2 FP uops executed 0x08 extra: sse2_integer Counts number of SSE2 integer uops executed 0x10 extra: sse_fp_packed Counts number of SSE FP packed uops executed 0x20 extra: sse_fp_scalar Counts number of SSE FP scalar uops executed 0x40 extra: sse_single_precision Counts number of SSE* FP single precision uops executed 0x80 extra: sse_double_precision Counts number of SSE* FP double precision uops executed name:simd_int_128 type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: packed_mpy Counts number of 128 bit SIMD integer multiply operations 0x02 extra: packed_shift Counts number of 128 bit SIMD integer shift operations 0x04 extra: pack Counts number of 128 bit SIMD integer pack operations 0x08 extra: unpack Counts number of 128 bit SIMD integer unpack operations 0x10 extra: packed_logical Counts number of 128 bit SIMD integer logical operations 0x20 extra: packed_arith Counts number of 128 bit SIMD integer arithmetic operations 0x40 extra: shuffle_move Counts number of 128 bit SIMD integer shuffle and move operations name:load_dispatch type:bitmask default:0x07 0x01 extra: rs Counts number of loads dispatched from the Reservation Station that bypass the Memory Order Buffer 0x02 extra: rs_delayed Counts the number of delayed RS dispatches at the stage latch 0x04 extra: mob Counts the number of loads dispatched from the Reservation Station to the Memory Order Buffer 0x07 extra: any Counts all loads dispatched from the Reservation Station name:arith type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: cycles_div_busy Counts the number of cycles the divider is busy executing divide or square root operations 0x02 extra: mul Counts the number of multiply operations executed name:inst_decoded type:mandatory default:0x01 0x01 extra: dec0 Counts number of instructions that require decoder 0 to be decoded name:hw_int type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: rcv Number of interrupt received 0x02 extra: cycles_masked Number of cycles interrupt are masked 0x04 extra: cycles_pending_and_masked Number of cycles interrupts are pending and masked name:l2_rqsts type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: ld_hit Counts number of loads that hit the L2 cache 0x02 extra: ld_miss Counts the number of loads that miss the L2 cache 0x03 extra: loads Counts all L2 load requests 0x04 extra: rfo_hit Counts the number of store RFO requests that hit the L2 cache 0x08 extra: rfo_miss Counts the number of store RFO requests that miss the L2 cache 0x0C rfos Counts all L2 store RFO requests 0x10 extra: ifetch_hit Counts number of instruction fetches that hit the L2 cache 0x20 extra: ifetch_miss Counts number of instruction fetches that miss the L2 cache 0x30 extra: ifetches Counts all instruction fetches 0x40 extra: prefetch_hit Counts L2 prefetch hits for both code and data 0x80 extra: prefetch_miss Counts L2 prefetch misses for both code and data 0xC0 prefetches Counts all L2 prefetches for both code and data 0xAA miss Counts all L2 misses for both code and data 0xFF references Counts all L2 requests for both code and data name:l2_data_rqsts type:bitmask default:0xff 0x01 extra: i_state Counts number of L2 data demand loads where the cache line to be loaded is in the I (invalid) state, i 0x02 extra: s_state Counts number of L2 data demand loads where the cache line to be loaded is in the S (shared) state 0x04 extra: e_state Counts number of L2 data demand loads where the cache line to be loaded is in the E (exclusive) state 0x08 extra: m_state Counts number of L2 data demand loads where the cache line to be loaded is in the M (modified) state 0x0F mesi Counts all L2 data demand requests 0x10 extra: i_state Counts number of L2 prefetch data loads where the cache line to be loaded is in the I (invalid) state, i 0x20 extra: s_state Counts number of L2 prefetch data loads where the cache line to be loaded is in the S (shared) state 0x40 extra: e_state Counts number of L2 prefetch data loads where the cache line to be loaded is in the E (exclusive) state 0x80 extra: m_state Counts number of L2 prefetch data loads where the cache line to be loaded is in the M (modified) state 0xF0 mesi Counts all L2 prefetch requests 0xFF any Counts all L2 data requests name:l2_write type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: i_state Counts number of L2 demand store RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the I (invalid) state, i 0x02 extra: s_state Counts number of L2 store RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the S (shared) state 0x04 extra: e_state Counts number of L2 store RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the E (exclusive) state 0x08 extra: m_state Counts number of L2 store RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the M (modified) state 0x0E hit Counts number of L2 store RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in either the S, E or M states 0x0F mesi Counts all L2 store RFO requests 0x10 extra: i_state Counts number of L2 demand lock RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the I (invalid) state, i 0x20 extra: s_state Counts number of L2 lock RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the S (shared) state 0x40 extra: e_state Counts number of L2 demand lock RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the E (exclusive) state 0x80 extra: m_state Counts number of L2 demand lock RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the M (modified) state 0xE0 hit Counts number of L2 demand lock RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in either the S, E, or M state 0xF0 mesi Counts all L2 demand lock RFO requests name:l1d_wb_l2 type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: i_state Counts number of L1 writebacks to the L2 where the cache line to be written is in the I (invalid) state, i 0x02 extra: s_state Counts number of L1 writebacks to the L2 where the cache line to be written is in the S state 0x04 extra: e_state Counts number of L1 writebacks to the L2 where the cache line to be written is in the E (exclusive) state 0x08 extra: m_state Counts number of L1 writebacks to the L2 where the cache line to be written is in the M (modified) state 0x0F mesi Counts all L1 writebacks to the L2 name:longest_lat_cache type:bitmask default:0x4F 0x4F reference This event counts requests originating from the core that reference a cache line in the last level cache 0x41 extra: miss This event counts each cache miss condition for references to the last level cache name:cpu_clk_unhalted type:bitmask default:0x00 0x00 extra: thread_p Counts the number of thread cycles while the thread is not in a halt state 0x01 extra: ref_p Increments at the frequency of a slower reference clock when not halted name:l1d_cache_ld type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: i_state Counts L1 data cache read requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the I (invalid) state, i 0x02 extra: s_state Counts L1 data cache read requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the S (shared) state 0x04 extra: e_state Counts L1 data cache read requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the E (exclusive) state 0x08 extra: m_state Counts L1 data cache read requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the M (modified) state 0x0F mesi Counts L1 data cache read requests name:l1d_cache_st type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: i_state Counts L1 data cache store RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the I state 0x02 extra: s_state Counts L1 data cache store RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the S (shared) state 0x04 extra: e_state Counts L1 data cache store RFO requests where the cache line to be loaded is in the E (exclusive) state 0x08 extra: m_state Counts L1 data cache store RFO requests where cache line to be loaded is in the M (modified) state 0x0F mesi Counts L1 data cache store RFO requests name:l1d_cache_lock type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: hit Counts retired load locks that hit in the L1 data cache or hit in an already allocated fill buffer 0x02 extra: s_state Counts L1 data cache retired load locks that hit the target cache line in the shared state 0x04 extra: e_state Counts L1 data cache retired load locks that hit the target cache line in the exclusive state 0x08 extra: m_state Counts L1 data cache retired load locks that hit the target cache line in the modified state name:l1d_all_ref type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: any Counts all references (uncached, speculated and retired) to the L1 data cache, including all loads and stores with any memory types 0x02 extra: cacheable Counts all data reads and writes (speculated and retired) from cacheable memory, including locked operations #name:l1d_pend_miss type:mandatory default:0x02 # 0x02 extra: load_buffers_full Counts cycles of L1 data cache load fill buffers full name:dtlb_misses type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: any Counts the number of misses in the STLB which causes a page walk 0x02 extra: walk_completed Counts number of misses in the STLB which resulted in a completed page walk 0x10 extra: stlb_hit Counts the number of DTLB first level misses that hit in the second level TLB 0x20 extra: pde_miss Number of DTLB cache misses where the low part of the linear to physical address translation was missed 0x40 extra: pdp_miss Number of DTLB misses where the high part of the linear to physical address translation was missed 0x80 extra: large_walk_completed Counts number of completed large page walks due to misses in the STLB name:sse_mem_exec type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: nta Counts number of SSE NTA prefetch/weakly-ordered instructions which missed the L1 data cache 0x08 extra: streaming_stores Counts number of SSE nontemporal stores name:l1d_prefetch type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: requests Counts number of hardware prefetch requests dispatched out of the prefetch FIFO 0x02 extra: miss Counts number of hardware prefetch requests that miss the L1D 0x04 extra: triggers Counts number of prefetch requests triggered by the Finite State Machine and pushed into the prefetch FIFO name:ept type:bitmask default:0x02 0x02 extra: epde_miss Counts Extended Page Directory Entry misses 0x04 extra: epdpe_hit Counts Extended Page Directory Pointer Entry hits 0x08 extra: epdpe_miss Counts Extended Page Directory Pointer Entry misses name:l1d type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: repl Counts the number of lines brought into the L1 data cache 0x02 extra: m_repl Counts the number of modified lines brought into the L1 data cache 0x04 extra: m_evict Counts the number of modified lines evicted from the L1 data cache due to replacement 0x08 extra: m_snoop_evict Counts the number of modified lines evicted from the L1 data cache due to snoop HITM intervention name:offcore_requests_outstanding type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: read_data Counts weighted cycles of offcore demand data read requests 0x02 extra: read_code Counts weighted cycles of offcore demand code read requests 0x04 extra: rfo Counts weighted cycles of offcore demand RFO requests 0x08 extra: read Counts weighted cycles of offcore read requests of any kind name:cache_lock_cycles type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: l1d_l2 Cycle count during which the L1D and L2 are locked 0x02 extra: l1d Counts the number of cycles that cacheline in the L1 data cache unit is locked name:l1i type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: hits Counts all instruction fetches that hit the L1 instruction cache 0x02 extra: misses Counts all instruction fetches that miss the L1I cache 0x03 extra: reads Counts all instruction fetches, including uncacheable fetches that bypass the L1I 0x04 extra: cycles_stalled Cycle counts for which an instruction fetch stalls due to a L1I cache miss, ITLB miss or ITLB fault name:ifu_ivc type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: full Instruction Fetche unit victim cache full 0x02 extra: l1i_eviction L1 Instruction cache evictions name:large_itlb type:mandatory default:0x01 0x01 extra: hit Counts number of large ITLB hits name:itlb_misses type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: any Counts the number of misses in all levels of the ITLB which causes a page walk 0x02 extra: walk_completed Counts number of misses in all levels of the ITLB which resulted in a completed page walk 0x04 extra: walk_cycles Counts ITLB miss page walk cycles 0x04 extra: pmh_busy_cycles Counts PMH busy cycles 0x10 extra: stlb_hit Counts the number of ITLB misses that hit in the second level TLB 0x20 extra: pde_miss Number of ITLB misses where the low part of the linear to physical address translation was missed 0x40 extra: pdp_miss Number of ITLB misses where the high part of the linear to physical address translation was missed 0x80 extra: large_walk_completed Counts number of completed large page walks due to misses in the STLB name:ild_stall type:bitmask default:0x0f 0x01 extra: lcp Cycles Instruction Length Decoder stalls due to length changing prefixes: 66, 67 or REX 0x02 extra: mru Instruction Length Decoder stall cycles due to Brand Prediction Unit (PBU) Most Recently Used (MRU) bypass 0x04 extra: iq_full Stall cycles due to a full instruction queue 0x08 extra: regen Counts the number of regen stalls 0x0F any Counts any cycles the Instruction Length Decoder is stalled name:br_inst_exec type:bitmask default:0x7f 0x01 extra: cond Counts the number of conditional near branch instructions executed, but not necessarily retired 0x02 extra: direct Counts all unconditional near branch instructions excluding calls and indirect branches 0x04 extra: indirect_non_call Counts the number of executed indirect near branch instructions that are not calls 0x07 extra: non_calls Counts all non call near branch instructions executed, but not necessarily retired 0x08 extra: return_near Counts indirect near branches that have a return mnemonic 0x10 extra: direct_near_call Counts unconditional near call branch instructions, excluding non call branch, executed 0x20 extra: indirect_near_call Counts indirect near calls, including both register and memory indirect, executed 0x30 extra: near_calls Counts all near call branches executed, but not necessarily retired 0x40 extra: taken Counts taken near branches executed, but not necessarily retired 0x7F any Counts all near executed branches (not necessarily retired) name:br_misp_exec type:bitmask default:0x7f 0x01 extra: cond Counts the number of mispredicted conditional near branch instructions executed, but not necessarily retired 0x02 extra: direct Counts mispredicted macro unconditional near branch instructions, excluding calls and indirect branches (should always be 0) 0x04 extra: indirect_non_call Counts the number of executed mispredicted indirect near branch instructions that are not calls 0x07 extra: non_calls Counts mispredicted non call near branches executed, but not necessarily retired 0x08 extra: return_near Counts mispredicted indirect branches that have a rear return mnemonic 0x10 extra: direct_near_call Counts mispredicted non-indirect near calls executed, (should always be 0) 0x20 extra: indirect_near_call Counts mispredicted indirect near calls exeucted, including both register and memory indirect 0x30 extra: near_calls Counts all mispredicted near call branches executed, but not necessarily retired 0x40 extra: taken Counts executed mispredicted near branches that are taken, but not necessarily retired 0x7F any Counts the number of mispredicted near branch instructions that were executed, but not necessarily retired name:resource_stalls type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: any Counts the number of Allocator resource related stalls 0x02 extra: load Counts the cycles of stall due to lack of load buffer for load operation 0x04 extra: rs_full This event counts the number of cycles when the number of instructions in the pipeline waiting for execution reaches the limit the processor can handle 0x08 extra: store This event counts the number of cycles that a resource related stall will occur due to the number of store instructions reaching the limit of the pipeline, (i 0x10 extra: rob_full Counts the cycles of stall due to reorder buffer full 0x20 extra: fpcw Counts the number of cycles while execution was stalled due to writing the floating-point unit (FPU) control word 0x40 extra: mxcsr Stalls due to the MXCSR register rename occurring to close to a previous MXCSR rename 0x80 extra: other Counts the number of cycles while execution was stalled due to other resource issues name:offcore_requests type:bitmask default:0x80 0x01 extra: demand_read_data Counts number of offcore demand data read requests 0x02 extra: demand_read_code Counts number of offcore demand code read requests 0x04 extra: demand_rfo Counts number of offcore demand RFO requests 0x08 extra: any_read Counts number of offcore read requests 0x10 extra: any_rfo Counts number of offcore RFO requests 0x20 extra: uncached_mem Counts number of offcore uncached memory requests 0x40 extra: l1d_writeback Counts number of L1D writebacks to the uncore 0x80 extra: any Counts all offcore requests name:uops_executed type:bitmask default:0x3f 0x01 extra: port0 Counts number of Uops executed that were issued on port 0 0x02 extra: port1 Counts number of Uops executed that were issued on port 1 0x04 extra: port2_core Counts number of Uops executed that were issued on port 2 0x08 extra: port3_core Counts number of Uops executed that were issued on port 3 0x10 extra: port4_core Counts number of Uops executed that where issued on port 4 0x20 extra: port5 Counts number of Uops executed that where issued on port 5 0x40 extra: port015 Counts number of Uops executed that where issued on port 0, 1, or 5 0x80 extra: port234 Counts number of Uops executed that where issued on port 2, 3, or 4 name:snoopq_requests_outstanding type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: data Counts weighted cycles of snoopq requests for data 0x02 extra: invalidate Counts weighted cycles of snoopq invalidate requests 0x04 extra: code Counts weighted cycles of snoopq requests for code name:snoop_response type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: hit Counts HIT snoop response sent by this thread in response to a snoop request 0x02 extra: hite Counts HIT E snoop response sent by this thread in response to a snoop request 0x04 extra: hitm Counts HIT M snoop response sent by this thread in response to a snoop request name:pic_accesses type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: tpr_reads Counts number of TPR reads 0x02 extra: tpr_writes Counts number of TPR writes name:inst_retired type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: any_p instructions retired 0x02 extra: x87 Counts the number of floating point computational operations retired: floating point computational operations executed by the assist handler and sub-operations of complex floating point instructions like transcendental instructions name:uops_retired type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: any Counts the number of micro-ops retired, (macro-fused=1, micro-fused=2, others=1; maximum count of 8 per cycle) 0x02 extra: retire_slots Counts the number of retirement slots used each cycle 0x04 extra: macro_fused Counts number of macro-fused uops retired name:machine_clears type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: cycles Counts the cycles machine clear is asserted 0x02 extra: mem_order Counts the number of machine clears due to memory order conflicts 0x04 extra: smc Counts the number of times that a program writes to a code section 0x10 extra: fusion_assist Counts the number of macro-fusion assists name:br_inst_retired type:bitmask default:0x00 0x00 extra: all_branches See Table A-1 0x01 extra: conditional Counts the number of conditional branch instructions retired 0x02 extra: near_call Counts the number of direct & indirect near unconditional calls retired 0x04 extra: all_branches Counts the number of branch instructions retired name:br_misp_retired type:bitmask default:0x00 0x00 extra: all_branches See Table A-1 0x02 extra: near_call Counts mispredicted direct & indirect near unconditional retired calls name:ssex_uops_retired type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: packed_single Counts SIMD packed single-precision floating point Uops retired 0x02 extra: scalar_single Counts SIMD calar single-precision floating point Uops retired 0x04 extra: packed_double Counts SIMD packed double-precision floating point Uops retired 0x08 extra: scalar_double Counts SIMD scalar double-precision floating point Uops retired 0x10 extra: vector_integer Counts 128-bit SIMD vector integer Uops retired name:mem_load_retired type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: l1d_hit Counts number of retired loads that hit the L1 data cache 0x02 extra: l2_hit Counts number of retired loads that hit the L2 data cache 0x04 extra: llc_unshared_hit Counts number of retired loads that hit their own, unshared lines in the LLC cache 0x08 extra: other_core_l2_hit_hitm Counts number of retired loads that hit in a sibling core's L2 (on die core) 0x10 extra: llc_miss Counts number of retired loads that miss the LLC cache 0x40 extra: hit_lfb Counts number of retired loads that miss the L1D and the address is located in an allocated line fill buffer and will soon be committed to cache 0x80 extra: dtlb_miss Counts the number of retired loads that missed the DTLB name:fp_mmx_trans type:bitmask default:0x03 0x01 extra: to_fp Counts the first floating-point instruction following any MMX instruction 0x02 extra: to_mmx Counts the first MMX instruction following a floating-point instruction 0x03 extra: any Counts all transitions from floating point to MMX instructions and from MMX instructions to floating point instructions name:macro_insts type:mandatory default:0x01 0x01 extra: decoded Counts the number of instructions decoded, (but not necessarily executed or retired) name:uops_decoded type:bitmask default:0x0e 0x02 extra: ms Counts the number of Uops decoded by the Microcode Sequencer, MS 0x04 extra: esp_folding Counts number of stack pointer (ESP) instructions decoded: push , pop , call , ret, etc 0x08 extra: esp_sync Counts number of stack pointer (ESP) sync operations where an ESP instruction is corrected by adding the ESP offset register to the current value of the ESP register name:rat_stalls type:bitmask default:0x0f 0x01 extra: flags Counts the number of cycles during which execution stalled due to several reasons, one of which is a partial flag register stall 0x02 extra: registers This event counts the number of cycles instruction execution latency became longer than the defined latency because the instruction used a register that was partially written by previous instruction 0x04 extra: rob_read_port Counts the number of cycles when ROB read port stalls occurred, which did not allow new micro-ops to enter the out-of-order pipeline 0x08 extra: scoreboard Counts the cycles where we stall due to microarchitecturally required serialization 0x0F any Counts all Register Allocation Table stall cycles due to: Cycles when ROB read port stalls occurred, which did not allow new micro-ops to enter the execution pipe name:baclear type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: clear Counts the number of times the front end is resteered, mainly when the Branch Prediction Unit cannot provide a correct prediction and this is corrected by the Branch Address Calculator at the front end 0x02 extra: bad_target Counts number of Branch Address Calculator clears (BACLEAR) asserted due to conditional branch instructions in which there was a target hit but the direction was wrong name:bpu_clears type:bitmask default:0x03 0x01 extra: early Counts early (normal) Branch Prediction Unit clears: BPU predicted a taken branch after incorrectly assuming that it was not taken 0x02 extra: late Counts late Branch Prediction Unit clears due to Most Recently Used conflicts 0x03 extra: any Counts all BPU clears name:l2_transactions type:bitmask default:0x80 0x01 extra: load Counts L2 load operations due to HW prefetch or demand loads 0x02 extra: rfo Counts L2 RFO operations due to HW prefetch or demand RFOs 0x04 extra: ifetch Counts L2 instruction fetch operations due to HW prefetch or demand ifetch 0x08 extra: prefetch Counts L2 prefetch operations 0x10 extra: l1d_wb Counts L1D writeback operations to the L2 0x20 extra: fill Counts L2 cache line fill operations due to load, RFO, L1D writeback or prefetch 0x40 extra: wb Counts L2 writeback operations to the LLC 0x80 extra: any Counts all L2 cache operations name:l2_lines_in type:bitmask default:0x07 0x02 extra: s_state Counts the number of cache lines allocated in the L2 cache in the S (shared) state 0x04 extra: e_state Counts the number of cache lines allocated in the L2 cache in the E (exclusive) state 0x07 extra: any Counts the number of cache lines allocated in the L2 cache name:l2_lines_out type:bitmask default:0x0f 0x01 extra: demand_clean Counts L2 clean cache lines evicted by a demand request 0x02 extra: demand_dirty Counts L2 dirty (modified) cache lines evicted by a demand request 0x04 extra: prefetch_clean Counts L2 clean cache line evicted by a prefetch request 0x08 extra: prefetch_dirty Counts L2 modified cache line evicted by a prefetch request 0x0F any Counts all L2 cache lines evicted for any reason name:l2_hw_prefetch type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: hit Count L2 HW prefetcher detector hits 0x02 extra: alloc Count L2 HW prefetcher allocations 0x04 extra: data_trigger Count L2 HW data prefetcher triggered 0x08 extra: code_trigger Count L2 HW code prefetcher triggered 0x10 extra: dca_trigger Count L2 HW DCA prefetcher triggered 0x20 extra: kick_start Count L2 HW prefetcher kick started name:sq_misc type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: promotion Counts the number of L2 secondary misses that hit the Super Queue 0x02 extra: promotion_post_go Counts the number of L2 secondary misses during the Super Queue filling L2 0x04 extra: lru_hints Counts number of Super Queue LRU hints sent to L3 0x08 extra: fill_dropped Counts the number of SQ L2 fills dropped due to L2 busy 0x10 extra: split_lock Counts the number of SQ lock splits across a cache line name:fp_assist type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: all Counts the number of floating point operations executed that required micro-code assist intervention 0x02 extra: output Counts number of floating point micro-code assist when the output value (destination register) is invalid 0x04 extra: input Counts number of floating point micro-code assist when the input value (one of the source operands to an FP instruction) is invalid name:simd_int_64 type:bitmask default:0x01 0x01 extra: packed_mpy Counts number of SID integer 64 bit packed multiply operations 0x02 extra: packed_shift Counts number of SID integer 64 bit packed shift operations 0x04 extra: pack Counts number of SID integer 64 bit pack operations 0x08 extra: unpack Counts number of SID integer 64 bit unpack operations 0x10 extra: packed_logical Counts number of SID integer 64 bit logical operations 0x20 extra: packed_arith Counts number of SID integer 64 bit arithmetic operations 0x40 extra: shuffle_move Counts number of SID integer 64 bit shift or move operations name:x20 type:mandatory default:0x20 0x20 No unit mask