On 12/14/2016 08:54 AM, Nitesh Konkar wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 4:12 AM, John Ferlan <jferlan@xxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jferlan@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > On 12/13/2016 11:01 AM, Nitesh Konkar wrote: > > Add support and documentation for generic > > perf events like bus_cycles, stalled_cycles_frontend, > > stalled_cycles_backend and ref_cpu_cycles. > > > > Nitesh Konkar (4): > > perf: add bus_cycles perf event support > > perf: add stalled_cycles_frontend perf event support > > perf: add stalled_cycles_backend perf event support > > perf: add ref_cpu_cycles perf event support > > > > docs/formatdomain.html.in <http://formatdomain.html.in> > | 24 +++++++++++++++++ > > docs/news.html.in <http://news.html.in> | 6 +++-- > > docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng | 4 +++ > > include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > src/libvirt-domain.c | 11 ++++++++ > > src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 4 +++ > > src/util/virperf.c | 16 +++++++++++- > > src/util/virperf.h | 4 +++ > > tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml | 4 +++ > > tools/virsh.pod | 16 +++++++++++- > > 10 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > As long as you're OK with my word-smithing in patches 2 & 3 regarding a > longer description for those cycles values... Then these are fine and I > can push them once I get the OK. > > Makes sense. I m OK with it. Thanks! > > If you can provide a better explanation > for ref_cpu_cycles that would be fantastic. > > > Based on the below two links: > http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1112.1/01029.html > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/perf_event_open.2.html > > I have come up with the following two explanations. > > The count of total cpu cycles not affected by CPU frequency > scaling by applications running on the platform > > OR > > The count of the number of reference core cpu cycles > by applications running on the platform > > OK - I went with the former and pushed the series John -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list