CPU MF (Measurement Facility)

The CPU MF (Measurement Facility) was used in order to analyze L1 cache misses and the cache levels where they were resolved.

The following CPU MF parameters were used:
CPUMF L1MP
L1 miss percentage. This is the percent of instructions that incur an L1 miss.
CPUMF L2P
Percent of L1 misses sourced from cache level 2.
CPUMF L3P
Percent of L1 misses sourced from cache level 3.
CPUMF L4LP
Percent of L1 misses sourced from cache level 4 from the local book .
CPUMF L4RP
Percent of L1 misses sourced from cache level 4 of a remote book.
CPUMF MEMP
Percent of L1 misses sourced from memory.
For further information about the CPU MF, see:
www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/cpumf.html