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envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::335; envelope-from=ma.mandourr@gmail.com; helo=mail-wm1-x335.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Mahmoud Mandour , =?UTF-8?q?Alex=20Benn=C3=A9e?= Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @gmail.com) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour --- docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst b/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst index 18c6581d85..9d90110cbf 100644 --- a/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst +++ b/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst @@ -319,3 +319,63 @@ the user to see what hardware is accessed how often. I= t has a number of options: off:0000001c, 1, 2 off:00000020, 1, 2 ... + +- contrib/plugins/cache + +Cache modelling plugin that measures the performance of a given cache +configuration when a given working set is run:: + + ./qemu-x86_64 -plugin ./libcache.so -d plugin -D cache.log \ + ./build/tests/tcg/x86_64-linux-user/float_convs + + +will report the following:: + + Data accesses: 996479, Misses: 507 + Miss rate: 0.050879% + + Instruction accesses: 2641737, Misses: 18617 + Miss rate: 0.704726% + + address, data misses, instruction + 0x424f1e (_int_malloc), 109, movq %rax, 8(%rcx) + 0x41f395 (_IO_default_xsputn), 49, movb %dl, (%rdi, %rax) + 0x42584d (ptmalloc_init.part.0), 33, movaps %xmm0, (%rax) + 0x454d48 (__tunables_init), 20, cmpb $0, (%r8) + ... + + address, fetch misses, instruction + 0x4160a0 (__vfprintf_internal), 744, movl $1, %ebx + 0x41f0a0 (_IO_setb), 744, endbr64 + 0x415882 (__vfprintf_internal), 744, movq %r12, %rdi + 0x4268a0 (__malloc), 696, andq $0xfffffffffffffff0, %rax + ... + +The plugin has a number of arguments, all of them are optional: + + * arg=3D"limit=3DN" + + Print top N icache and dcache thrashing instructions along with their + address, number of misses, and its disassembly. (default: 32) + + * arg=3D"icachesize=3DN" + * arg=3D"iblksize=3DB" + * arg=3D"iassoc=3DA" + + Instruction cache configuration arguments. They specify the cache size, = block + size, and associativity of the instruction cache, respectively. + (default: N =3D 16384, B =3D 64, A =3D 8) + + * arg=3D"dcachesize=3DN" + * arg=3D"dblksize=3DB" + * arg=3D"dassoc=3DA" + + Data cache configuration arguments. They specify the cache size, block s= ize, + and associativity of the data cache, respectively. + (default: N =3D 16384, B =3D 64, A =3D 8) + + * arg=3D"evict=3DPOLICY" + + Sets the eviction policy to POLICY. Available policies are: :code:`lru`, + :code:`fifo`, and :code:`rand`. The plugin will use the specified policy= for + both instruction and data caches. (default: POLICY =3D :code:`lru`) --=20 2.25.1