Plugin:Intel PMU

Intel PMU plugin
Type:	read
Callbacks:	config, init, read, shutdown
Status:	supported
First version:	5.8
Copyright:	2017–2018 Intel Corporation
License:	MIT license
Manpage:	collectd.conf(5)
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Performance counters are CPU hardware registers that count hardware events such as instructions executed, cache-misses suffered, or branches mispredicted. They form a basis for profiling applications to trace dynamic control flow and identify hotspots. Linux perf interface provides rich generalized abstractions over hardware specific capabilities. The intel_pmu plugin collects performance counters data on Intel CPUs using Linux perf interface. All events are reported on a per core basis. For a full description of available options please refer to the collectd.conf(5) manual page.

Synopsis

<Plugin intel_pmu>
   ReportHardwareCacheEvents true
   ReportKernelPMUEvents true
   ReportSoftwareEvents true
   EventList "/var/cache/pmu/GenuineIntel-6-2D-core.json"
   HardwareEvents "L2_RQSTS.CODE_RD_HIT,L2_RQSTS.CODE_RD_MISS" "L2_RQSTS.ALL_CODE_RD"
   Cores "0" "1,35" "[12-17]"
 </Plugin>

Example graphs

Instructions (counter) corresponding to perf metric PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS.

History

Cores option is available since release 5.8.1.

Dependencies

• jevents