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Documentation / trace / events-msr.txt


Based on kernel version 4.16.1. Page generated on 2018-04-09 11:53 EST.

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2	The x86 kernel supports tracing most MSR (Model Specific Register) accesses.
3	To see the definition of the MSRs on Intel systems please see the SDM
4	at http://www.intel.com/sdm (Volume 3)
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6	Available trace points:
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8	/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/msr/
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10	Trace MSR reads
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12	read_msr
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14	msr: MSR number
15	val: Value written
16	failed: 1 if the access failed, otherwise 0
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19	Trace MSR writes
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21	write_msr
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23	msr: MSR number
24	val: Value written
25	failed: 1 if the access failed, otherwise 0
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28	Trace RDPMC in kernel
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30	rdpmc
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32	The trace data can be post processed with the postprocess/decode_msr.py script
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34	cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace | decode_msr.py /usr/src/linux/include/asm/msr-index.h
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36	to add symbolic MSR names.
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