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L1 instruction prefetch misses per
1000 instructions retired
Number of instructions retired per L1 instruction
prefetch miss.
L1 instruction demand misses per
1000 instructions retired
Number of instructions retired per L1 instruction
demand fetch miss.
L2 instruction cache misses per 1000
instructions retired
Number of instructions retired per L2 instruction
cache miss.
L2 instruction prefetch misses per
1000 instructions retired
Number of instructions retired per L2 instruction
prefetch miss.
L2 instruction demand misses per
1000 instructions retired
Number of instructions retired per L2 instruction
demand fetch miss.
icache Measurement Report Metrics
Table B-19 “Information in icache Measurement Reports” shows the information found
in icache reports.
In this table, “program object” refers to any of the following:
• Thread
• Load module
• Function
• Statement
• Cache line
• Instruction
Table B-19 Information in icache Measurement Reports
DescriptionColumn
Percent of the total for <metric> attributable to a given program object. The <metric>
is the same as the <metric> HP Caliper uses for sorting, except when the sort metric
is avg-latency or address, in which case sampled misses is used.
% Total <metric>
A running sum of the percent of total for <metric> accounted for by the given program
object and those listed above it.
Cumulat % of
Total
Total number of sampled instruction cache misses attributed to the given program
object.
Sampled Icache
Misses
Number of cycles expended on instruction cache misses summed across samples for
the given program object.
Icache Latency
Cycles
Average number of cycles expended on instruction cache misses across samples for
the given program object.
Avg. Icache
Laten. Cycles
Kernel Thread ID suffixed with the the name of the routine that the thread will execute
once it is created.
Kernel Thread
Identification
Number
Shared library or the main executable.Load Module
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