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    perf tools: Add support for pinned modifier · e9a7c414
    Michael Ellerman authored
    This commit adds support for a new modifier "D", which requests that the
    event, or group of events, be pinned to the PMU.
    
    The "p" modifier is already taken for precise, and "P" may be used in
    future to mean "fully precise".
    
    So we use "D", which stands for pinneD - and looks like a padlock, or if
    you're using the ":D" syntax perf smiles at you.
    
    This is an oft-requested feature from our HW folks, who want to be able
    to run a large number of events, but also want 100% accurate results for
    instructions per cycle.
    
    Comparison of results with and without pinning:
    
    $ perf stat -e '{cycles,instructions}:D' -e cycles,instructions,...
    
      79,590,480,683 cycles         #  0.000 GHz
     166,123,716,524 instructions   #  2.09  insns per cycle
                                    #  0.11  stalled cycles per insn
    
      79,352,134,463 cycles         #  0.000 GHz                     [11.11%]
     165,178,301,818 instructions   #  2.08  insns per cycle
                                    #  0.11  stalled cycles per insn [11.13%]
    
    As you can see although perf does a very good job of scaling the values
    in the non-pinned case, there is some small discrepancy.
    
    The patch is fairly straight forward, the one detail is that we need to
    make sure we only request pinning for the group leader when we have a
    group.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
    Acked-by: default avatarNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarJiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarJiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375795686-4226-1-git-send-email-michael@ellerman.id.au
    [ Use perf_evsel__is_group_leader instead of open coded equivalent, as
      suggested by Jiri Olsa ]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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