------------------- cpu-cycles PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES instructions PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS cache-references PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES cache-misses PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES branch-instructions PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS branch-misses PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES bus-cycles PERF_COUNT_HW_BUS_CYCLES stalled-cycles-frontend PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND stalled-cycles-backend PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND ref-cycles PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES Each file in the 'events' directory contains the term translation for the symbolic hw event for the currently running cpu model. # cat /sys/devices/cpu/events/stalled-cycles-backend event=0xb1,umask=0x01,inv,cmask=0x01 Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1349873598-12583-2-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Yd