I want to read the PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
+ PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
on the Intel 12Gen.
This is my test program (based on cpucycles/amd64rdpmc.c
from SUPERCOP) :
#include <linux/perf_event.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
static struct perf_event_attr attr;
static int fdperf = -1;
static struct perf_event_mmap_page *buf = 0;
long long cpucycles_amd64rdpmc(void) {
long long result;
unsigned int seq;
long long index;
long long offset;
if (fdperf == -1) {
attr.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
attr.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES;
attr.exclude_kernel = 1;
fdperf = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, 0, -1, -1, 0);
buf = mmap(NULL, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fdperf, 0);
}
do {
seq = buf->lock;
asm volatile("" ::: "memory");
index = buf->index;
offset = buf->offset;
asm volatile("rdpmc;shlq $32,%%rdx;orq %%rdx,%%rax"
: "=a"(result)
: "c"(index - 1)
: "%rdx");
asm volatile("" ::: "memory");
} while (buf->lock != seq);
result += offset;
result &= 0xffffffffffff;
return result;
}
int main() {
long long c = cpucycles_amd64rdpmc();
printf("counter: %llx\n", c);
return 0;
}
If I just run it, it sometimes SIGSEGV
s out, some times it prints some counter value.
If I pin it to performance cores taskset -c N ./a.out
with N
being 1..15
, it always prints the counter,
If I pin it to efficiency cores, with N
being 16..23
it always SIGSEGV
s.
Hence, I assume that this MSR is not available on those cores.
- Where can I find information which MSRs are available on which core?
- Is there another PMC for cycles on the efficiency cores (except
rdtscp
)? - Edit: It
SIGSEGV
's on therdpmc
instruction withrcx=0x7ffff7ea9bd7