AMD Generic Performance Events

This is a list of AMD64 Generic Performance Event types. Please see BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide for AMD Processors.

Name	Description	Counters usable	Unit mask options
DATA_CACHE_ACCESSES	Data Cache Accesses	all
DATA_CACHE_MISSES	Data Cache Misses	all	0x01: First data cache miss or streaming store to a 64B cache line 0x02: First streaming store to a 64B cache line
DATA_CACHE_REFILLS_FROM_L2_OR_NORTHBRIDGE	Data Cache Refills from L2 or System	all	0x01: Fill with good data. (Final valid status is valid) 0x02: Early valid status turned out to be invalid 0x08: Fill with read data error
DATA_CACHE_REFILLS_FROM_NORTHBRIDGE	Data Cache Refills from System	all
CPU_CLK_UNHALTED	CPU Clocks not Halted	all
INSTRUCTION_CACHE_FETCHES	Instruction Cache Fetches	all
INSTRUCTION_CACHE_MISSES	Instruction Cache Misses	all
INSTRUCTION_CACHE_REFILLS_FROM_L2	Instruction Cache Refills from L2	all
INSTRUCTION_CACHE_REFILLS_FROM_SYSTEM	Instruction Cache Refills from System	all
RETIRED_INSTRUCTIONS	Retired Instructions	all
RETIRED_UOPS	Retired uops	all
RETIRED_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS	Retired Branch Instructions	all
RETIRED_MISPREDICTED_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS	Retired Mispredicted Branch Instructions	all
RETIRED_TAKEN_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS	Retired Taken Branch Instructions	all
RETIRED_TAKEN_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS_MISPREDICTED	Retired Taken Branch Instructions Mispredicted	all
RETIRED_INDIRECT_BRANCHES_MISPREDICTED	Retired Indirect Branches Mispredicted	all