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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-09-27 23:06:42 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-09-27 23:06:42 +0200
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Merge tag 'perf-tools-fixes-for-v5.15-2021-09-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux
Pull more perf tools fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: - Fix 'perf test' DWARF unwind for optimized builds. - Fix 'perf test' 'Object code reading' when dealing with samples in @plt symbols. - Fix off-by-one directory paths in the ARM support code. - Fix error message to eliminate confusion in 'perf config' when first creating a config file. - 'perf iostat' fix for system wide operation. - Fix printing of metrics when 'perf iostat' is used with one or more iio_root_ports and unconnected cpus (using -C). - Fix several typos in the documentation files. - Fix spelling mistake "icach" -> "icache" in the power8 JSON vendor files. * tag 'perf-tools-fixes-for-v5.15-2021-09-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux: perf iostat: Fix Segmentation fault from NULL 'struct perf_counts_values *' perf iostat: Use system-wide mode if the target cpu_list is unspecified perf config: Refine error message to eliminate confusion perf doc: Fix typos all over the place perf arm: Fix off-by-one directory paths. perf vendor events powerpc: Fix spelling mistake "icach" -> "icache" perf tests: Fix flaky test 'Object code reading' perf test: Fix DWARF unwind for optimized builds.
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Using TopDown metrics in user space
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Intel CPUs (since Sandy Bridge and Silvermont) support a TopDown
-methology to break down CPU pipeline execution into 4 bottlenecks:
+methodology to break down CPU pipeline execution into 4 bottlenecks:
frontend bound, backend bound, bad speculation, retiring.
For more details on Topdown see [1][5]