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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 2) MSR Trace Events
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 3) ================
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 4)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 5) The x86 kernel supports tracing most MSR (Model Specific Register) accesses.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 6) To see the definition of the MSRs on Intel systems please see the SDM
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 7) at https://www.intel.com/sdm (Volume 3)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 8)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 9) Available trace points:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 10)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 11) /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/msr/
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 13) Trace MSR reads:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 14)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 15) read_msr
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 16)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 17) - msr: MSR number
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 18) - val: Value written
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 19) - failed: 1 if the access failed, otherwise 0
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 21)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 22) Trace MSR writes:
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 24) write_msr
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 25)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 26) - msr: MSR number
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 27) - val: Value written
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 28) - failed: 1 if the access failed, otherwise 0
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 30)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 31) Trace RDPMC in kernel:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 32)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 33) rdpmc
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 34)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 35) The trace data can be post processed with the postprocess/decode_msr.py script::
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 36)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 37) cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace | decode_msr.py /usr/src/linux/include/asm/msr-index.h
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 38)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 39) to add symbolic MSR names.
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