tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/common/common/software.json

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/common/common/software.json

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/common/common/software.json
Extension
.json
Size
2729 bytes
Lines
95
Domain
Support Tooling And Documentation
Bucket
tools
Inferred role
Support Tooling And Documentation: configuration, schema, or hardware description
Status
atlas-only

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

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Annotated Snippet

[
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "cpu-clock",
    "BriefDescription": "Per-CPU high-resolution timer based event",
    "ConfigCode": "0",
    "ScaleUnit": "1e-6msec"
  },
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "task-clock",
    "BriefDescription": "Per-task high-resolution timer based event",
    "ConfigCode": "1",
    "ScaleUnit": "1e-6msec"
  },
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "faults",
    "BriefDescription": "Number of page faults [This event is an alias of page-faults]",
    "ConfigCode": "2"
  },
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "page-faults",
    "BriefDescription": "Number of page faults [This event is an alias of faults]",
    "ConfigCode": "2"
  },
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "context-switches",
    "BriefDescription": "Number of context switches [This event is an alias of cs]",
    "ConfigCode": "3"
  },
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "cs",
    "BriefDescription": "Number of context switches [This event is an alias of context-switches]",
    "ConfigCode": "3"
  },
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "cpu-migrations",
    "BriefDescription": "Number of times a process has migrated to a new CPU [This event is an alias of migrations]",
    "ConfigCode": "4"
  },
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "migrations",
    "BriefDescription": "Number of times a process has migrated to a new CPU [This event is an alias of cpu-migrations]",
    "ConfigCode": "4"
  },
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "minor-faults",
    "BriefDescription": "Number of minor page faults. Minor faults don't require I/O to handle",
    "ConfigCode": "5"
  },
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "major-faults",
    "BriefDescription": "Number of major page faults. Major faults require I/O to handle",
    "ConfigCode": "6"
  },
  {
    "Unit": "software",
    "EventName": "alignment-faults",
    "BriefDescription": "Number of kernel handled memory alignment faults",
    "ConfigCode": "7"
  },
  {

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