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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man1/pctr.1 b/static/openbsd/man1/pctr.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3c5dea0f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man1/pctr.1 @@ -0,0 +1,163 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: pctr.1,v 1.13 2008/07/08 21:39:52 sobrado Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Mike Belopuhov, Aleksey Lomovtsev +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1998, Jason Downs. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE +.\" DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, +.\" INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES +.\" (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +.\" SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER +.\" CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 8 2008 $ +.Dt PCTR 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pctr +.Nd display CPU performance counters +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm pctr +.Op Fl AEeIiklMSu +.Op Fl f Ar funct +.Op Fl m Ar umask +.Op Fl s Ar ctr +.Op Fl t Ar thold +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +program is a sample implementation of how to access the +.Xr pctr 4 +pseudo device available on many i386 and amd64 compatible machines. +.Pp +By default, the +.Nm +command displays the current values of the TSC and any vendor specific +counter registers. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl A +Some bus events differentiate between the originating physical processor +(a bus agent) and other agents on the bus. +Specifying this option allows counting on all bus agents. +This is supported on Intel processors only. +.It Fl E +Enables counting exclusive cache coherency state (supported on Intel +processors only). +.It Fl e +Enables Edge Detect. +It is mandatory to enable Edge Detect with certain counter functions. +.It Fl f Ar funct +Specifies a function number in hexadecimal to program the counter, +specified by the +.Fl s +option. +.It Fl I +Enables counting invalid cache coherency state (supported on Intel +processors only). +.It Fl i +Invert the result of the threshold comparison, so that both greater than +and less than comparisons can be made. +.It Fl k +Count events occurring in kernel mode. +Specification of either +.Fl k +or +.Fl u +options is mandatory. +.It Fl l +List all possible vendor specific counters available on the current processor. +.It Fl M +Enables counting modified cache coherency state (supported on Intel +processors only). +.It Fl m Ar umask +Specifies a Unit Mask value for a function, specified by the +.Fl f +option. +.It Fl S +Enables counting shared cache coherency state (supported on Intel +processors only). +.It Fl s Ar ctr +Program counter number +.Ar ctr +with the function number specified by the +.Fl f +option. +A list of all possible functions supported on the current processor +can be obtained by the +.Fl l +option output. +.It Fl t Ar thold +Specifies an increment threshold. +The counter +.Ar ctr +will be incremented if the number of events occurring during one cycle is +greater or equal to +.Ar thold . +.It Fl u +Count events occurring in user mode. +Specification of either +.Fl k +or +.Fl u +options is mandatory. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following command, executed from the command line, will set the first +performance counter to count the number of cacheable L1 data cache reads +in user and kernel modes on an Intel Core2 Duo processor: +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +# pctr -s 0 -f 40 -uk -MESI +.Ed +.Pp +To reset the counter run the following command: +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +# pctr -s 0 -f 0 +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pctr 4 +.Pp +OS and Kernel Developer's Guide for AMD NPT Family 0Fh Processors. +.Pp +Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual. +Volume 3B: System Programming Guide, Part 2. +Appendix A: Performance Monitoring Events. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +program appeared in +.Ox 2.0 +but was subsequently rewritten in +.Ox 4.3 . +.Sh CAVEATS +It is strongly advised to look through the manual for a particular processor +before programming a counter and interpreting the results. |
