Obtaining debug information about the CPU-measurement counter facility

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LPAR mode

You can obtain version information for the CPU-measurement counter and sampling facility and check which counter sets are authorized on your LPAR.

Procedure

  1. Issue the lscpumf command with the -i parameter to display detailed information and debug data about the CPU-measurement facilities.
    Example: 
    # lscpumf -i
CPU-measurement Counter Facility
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version: 3.7

Authorized counter sets:
    Basic counter Set
    Crypto-Activity counter Set
    Extended counter Set
    MT-diagnostic counter Set
    Problem-State counter Set

Linux perf event support: Yes (PMU: cpum_cf)

CPU-measurement Sampling Facility
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sampling Interval:
     Minimum:      20800 cycles (approx.    250000 Hz)
     Maximum:  170372800 cycles (approx.        30 Hz)

Authorized sampling modes:
     basic:      (sample size:  32 bytes)
     diagnostic: (sample size: 173 bytes)

Linux perf event support: Yes (PMU: cpum_sf)

Current sampling buffer settings for cpum_sf:
    Basic-sampling mode
        Minimum:     15 sample-data-blocks (  64KB)
        Maximum:   8176 sample-data-blocks (  32MB)

    Diagnostic-sampling mode (including basic-sampling)
        Minimum:     90 sample-data-blocks ( 364KB)
        Maximum:  49056 sample-data-blocks ( 192MB)
        Size factor:  6
  2. Optional: For more detailed information, including debug information, use the magic sysrequest function with character p. This function triggers kernel messages.
    For example, trigger the messages from procfs:
    # echo p > /proc/sysrq-trigger
    Note: If you call magic sysrequest functions with a method other than through the procfs, you might need to activate them first.

    Find the messages by issuing the dmesg command and looking for output lines that include CPUM_CF or CPUM_SF.

    More information: For details about the information in the messages, see z/Architecture® The Load-Program-Parameter and the CPU-Measurement Facilities, SA23-2260, and the perf section in Kernel Messages, SC34-2599.