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perf jevents: Add software prefetch (swpf) metric group for Intel
authorIan Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:44:50 +0000 (10:44 -0800)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:18:45 +0000 (15:18 -0300)
Add metrics that breakdown software prefetch instruction use.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Tested-by: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Benjamin Gray <bgray@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Caleb Biggers <caleb.biggers@intel.com>
Cc: Edward Baker <edward.baker@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Perry Taylor <perry.taylor@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com>
Cc: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@intel.com>
Cc: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py

index e1944d821248f96dfa23f6a013fc77bdcebe40c9..919a058c343a63ddfca9268eed1dcb997da23175 100755 (executable)
@@ -261,6 +261,71 @@ def IntelBr():
                        description="breakdown of retired branch instructions")
 
 
+def IntelSwpf() -> Optional[MetricGroup]:
+    ins = Event("instructions")
+    try:
+        s_ld = Event("MEM_INST_RETIRED.ALL_LOADS",
+                     "MEM_UOPS_RETIRED.ALL_LOADS")
+        s_nta = Event("SW_PREFETCH_ACCESS.NTA")
+        s_t0 = Event("SW_PREFETCH_ACCESS.T0")
+        s_t1 = Event("SW_PREFETCH_ACCESS.T1_T2")
+        s_w = Event("SW_PREFETCH_ACCESS.PREFETCHW")
+    except:
+        return None
+
+    all_sw = s_nta + s_t0 + s_t1 + s_w
+    swp_r = d_ratio(all_sw, interval_sec)
+    ins_r = d_ratio(ins, all_sw)
+    ld_r = d_ratio(s_ld, all_sw)
+
+    return MetricGroup("lpm_swpf", [
+        MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_totals", [
+            Metric("lpm_swpf_totals_exec", "Software prefetch instructions per second",
+                   swp_r, "swpf/s"),
+            Metric("lpm_swpf_totals_insn_per_pf",
+                   "Average number of instructions between software prefetches",
+                   ins_r, "insn/swpf"),
+            Metric("lpm_swpf_totals_loads_per_pf",
+                   "Average number of loads between software prefetches",
+                   ld_r, "loads/swpf"),
+        ]),
+        MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_bkdwn", [
+            MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_nta", [
+                Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_nta_per_swpf",
+                       "Software prefetch NTA instructions as a percent of all prefetch instructions",
+                       d_ratio(s_nta, all_sw), "100%"),
+                Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_nta_rate",
+                       "Software prefetch NTA instructions per second",
+                       d_ratio(s_nta, interval_sec), "insn/s"),
+            ]),
+            MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t0", [
+                Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t0_per_swpf",
+                       "Software prefetch T0 instructions as a percent of all prefetch instructions",
+                       d_ratio(s_t0, all_sw), "100%"),
+                Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t0_rate",
+                       "Software prefetch T0 instructions per second",
+                       d_ratio(s_t0, interval_sec), "insn/s"),
+            ]),
+            MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t1_t2", [
+                Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t1_t2_per_swpf",
+                       "Software prefetch T1 or T2 instructions as a percent of all prefetch instructions",
+                       d_ratio(s_t1, all_sw), "100%"),
+                Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_t1_t2_rate",
+                       "Software prefetch T1 or T2 instructions per second",
+                       d_ratio(s_t1, interval_sec), "insn/s"),
+            ]),
+            MetricGroup("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_w", [
+                Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_w_per_swpf",
+                       "Software prefetch W instructions as a percent of all prefetch instructions",
+                       d_ratio(s_w, all_sw), "100%"),
+                Metric("lpm_swpf_bkdwn_w_rate",
+                       "Software prefetch W instructions per second",
+                       d_ratio(s_w, interval_sec), "insn/s"),
+            ]),
+        ]),
+    ], description="Software prefetch instruction breakdown")
+
+
 def main() -> None:
     global _args
 
@@ -291,6 +356,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         Smi(),
         Tsx(),
         IntelBr(),
+        IntelSwpf(),
     ])
 
     if _args.metricgroups: