On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Vlad Slavici <vs...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> Which performance counter should I use to count L1 data cache misses? Also,
> will L1 data cache misses always report the cache misses for the cache
> closest to the CPU in the cache hierarchy? And if so, how can I monitor L2
> cache misses and, for some machines, L3 cache misses? What I'm interested in
> is the L1 data miss rate, L2 miss rate, L3 miss rate.
>
For that you have to read about all the events available on your CPU.
It is best to refer to the official documentation for family 10h cpus
available at:
http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/31116.pdf
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