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2Freescale i.MX8 DDR Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU)
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5There are no performance counters inside the DRAM controller, so performance
6signals are brought out to the edge of the controller where a set of 4 x 32 bit
7counters is implemented. This is controlled by the CSV modes programed in counter
8control register which causes a large number of PERF signals to be generated.
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10Selection of the value for each counter is done via the config registers. There
11is one register for each counter. Counter 0 is special in that it always counts
12“time” and when expired causes a lock on itself and the other counters and an
13interrupt is raised. If any other counter overflows, it continues counting, and
14no interrupt is raised.
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16The "format" directory describes format of the config (event ID) and config1
17(AXI filtering) fields of the perf_event_attr structure, see /sys/bus/event_source/
18devices/imx8_ddr0/format/. The "events" directory describes the events types
19hardware supported that can be used with perf tool, see /sys/bus/event_source/
20devices/imx8_ddr0/events/.
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22    .. code-block:: bash
23
24        perf stat -a -e imx8_ddr0/cycles/ cmd
25        perf stat -a -e imx8_ddr0/read/,imx8_ddr0/write/ cmd
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27AXI filtering is only used by CSV modes 0x41 (axid-read) and 0x42 (axid-write)
28to count reading or writing matches filter setting. Filter setting is various
29from different DRAM controller implementations, which is distinguished by quirks
30in the driver.
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32* With DDR_CAP_AXI_ID_FILTER quirk.
33  Filter is defined with two configuration parts:
34  --AXI_ID defines AxID matching value.
35  --AXI_MASKING defines which bits of AxID are meaningful for the matching.
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37      - 0: corresponding bit is masked.
38      - 1: corresponding bit is not masked, i.e. used to do the matching.
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40  AXI_ID and AXI_MASKING are mapped on DPCR1 register in performance counter.
41  When non-masked bits are matching corresponding AXI_ID bits then counter is
42  incremented. Perf counter is incremented if
43        AxID && AXI_MASKING == AXI_ID && AXI_MASKING
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45  This filter doesn't support filter different AXI ID for axid-read and axid-write
46  event at the same time as this filter is shared between counters.
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48  .. code-block:: bash
49
50      perf stat -a -e imx8_ddr0/axid-read,axi_mask=0xMMMM,axi_id=0xDDDD/ cmd
51      perf stat -a -e imx8_ddr0/axid-write,axi_mask=0xMMMM,axi_id=0xDDDD/ cmd
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53  .. note::
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55      axi_mask is inverted in userspace(i.e. set bits are bits to mask), and
56      it will be reverted in driver automatically. so that the user can just specify
57      axi_id to monitor a specific id, rather than having to specify axi_mask.
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59  .. code-block:: bash
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61      perf stat -a -e imx8_ddr0/axid-read,axi_id=0x12/ cmd, which will monitor ARID=0x12
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