hwpmc & sampling

Wed Sep 28 07:11:38 PDT 2005

> Niklas,
>
> ns> time pmcstat -P instructions -O samples.out ./minisat_static
>
> ns> I would expect quite a lot more samples for a program that
> ns> runs for more than 20 seconds. Am I doing something wrong,
>
> Could you check whether the output of "pmccontrol -s", shows the
> 'interrupts dropped due to lack of space' count as non-zero?

This does not seem to be the case.

 nik> pmcstat -P instructions -O samples.out ./minisat_static [..]

 nik> ll samples.out
 -rw-r--r--  1 nik  users  744 28 Sep 15:54 samples.out

 nik> pmcstat -R samples.out | grep sample | wc -l
       20

 nik> pmccontrol -s
 interrupts processed:                    20
 non-PMC interrupts:                      0
 interrupts dropped due to lack of space: 0
 system calls:                            16
 system calls with errors:                0
 buffer requests:                         2
 buffer requests failed:                  0
 sampling log sweeps:                     5

Seems wierd huh? I'd love to get this to work and would'nt mind
investigating the issue if you point me in the right direction.
I attached output of dmesg and my kernel configuration, let me
know if there is any other information that would be helpful.

/Niklas
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    nik at apa.bredbandsbolaget.se:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/APA
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (2002.57-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0xf48  Stepping = 8
  Features=0x78bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2>
  AMD Features=0xe0500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,LM,3DNow+,3DNow>
real memory  = 1609760768 (1535 MB)
avail memory = 1568423936 (1495 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <A M I  OEMAPIC >
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 1
MADT: Forcing active-low polarity and level trigger for SCI
ioapic0 <Version 0.3> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
acpi0: <A M I OEMXSDT> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
pci_link0: <ACPI PCI Link LNKA> irq 11 on acpi0
pci_link1: <ACPI PCI Link LNKB> irq 10 on acpi0
pci_link2: <ACPI PCI Link LNKC> irq 5 on acpi0
pci_link3: <ACPI PCI Link LNKD> irq 0 on acpi0
pci_link4: <ACPI PCI Link LNKE> irq 0 on acpi0
pci_link5: <ACPI PCI Link LNKF> irq 0 on acpi0
pci_link6: <ACPI PCI Link LNKG> irq 0 on acpi0
pci_link7: <ACPI PCI Link LNKH> irq 0 on acpi0
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
powernow0: <Cool`n'Quiet K8> on cpu0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
nvidia0: <GeForce FX 5700 Ultra> mem 0xfc000000-0xfcffffff,0xc0000000-0xcfffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pci0: <serial bus, FireWire> at device 7.0 (no driver attached)
skc0: <3Com 3C940 Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xb000-0xb0ff mem 0xfdc00000-0xfdc03fff irq 17 at device 10.0 on pci0
skc0: 3Com Gigabit LOM (3C940) rev. (0x1)
sk0: <Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. Yukon> on skc0
sk0: Ethernet address: 00:0e:a6:74:51:ed
miibus0: <MII bus> on sk0
e1000phy0: <Marvell 88E1000 Gigabit PHY> on miibus0
e1000phy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto
atapci0: <VIA 6420 SATA150 controller> port 0xe800-0xe807,0xe400-0xe403,0xe000-0xe007,0xd800-0xd803,0xd400-0xd40f,0xd000-0xd0ff irq 20 at device 15.0 on pci0
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
atapci1: <VIA 8237 UDMA133 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 15.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xb400-0xb41f irq 21 at device 16.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xb800-0xb81f irq 21 at device 16.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xc000-0xc01f irq 21 at device 16.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb2: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci3: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xc400-0xc41f irq 21 at device 16.3 on pci0
uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb3: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci3
usb3: USB revision 1.0
uhub3: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfdf00000-0xfdf000ff irq 21 at device 16.4 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb4: EHCI version 1.0
usb4: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 usb3
usb4: <VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb4: USB revision 2.0
uhub4: VIA EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 17.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
pcm0: <VIA VT8237> port 0xc800-0xc8ff irq 22 at device 17.5 on pci0
pcm0: <Analog Devices AD1980 AC97 Codec>
pcm0: <VIA DXS Disabled: DXS 0 / SGD 1 / REC 1>
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcffff,0xd0000-0xd3fff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2002574493 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
ad4: 152627MB <Seagate ST3160827AS 3.42> at ata2-master SATA150
hwpmc: TSC/1/0x20<REA> K8/4/0x1ff<INT,USR,SYS,EDG,THR,REA,WRI,INV,QUA>
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s2a
cd0 at ata0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <_NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A 1.06> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device 
cd0: 3.300MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
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