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Lightweight, Profiling, Counters, Counting, Instruction-Based, Sampling, Enabled

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Revision Guide for AMD Family 15h Models 00h-0Fh Processors 48063 Rev. 3.18 October 2012 520 Some Lightweight Profiling Counters Stop Counting When Instruction-Based Sampling is Enabled Description When Lightweight Profiling (LWP) and Instruction-Based Sampling (IBS) measurement of instruction execution are simultaneously enabled, the following LWP counters do not increment: • Instructions retired event counter (LWP EventId 2) • Branches retired event counter (LWP EventId 3) LWP is enabled once software executes a LLWCP or XRSTOR instruction with a valid LWPCB address. IBS instruction execution sampling is enabled when IBS Execution Control[IbsOpEn] (MSRC001_1033[17]) is 1b. Potential Effect on System Performance monitoring software using LWP may not have a count of instructions retired or branches retired. Suggested Workaround None. Fix Planned Yes 28 Product Errata

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520
Some
Lightweight
Profiling
Counters
Stop
Counting
When
Instruction-Based
Sampling
is
Enabled
Description
When
Lightweight
Profiling
(
LWP
and
Instruction-Based
Sampling
(
IBS
measurement
of
instruction
execution
are
simultaneously
enabled
,
the
following
LWP
counters
do
not
increment
:
Instructions
retired
event
counter
(
LWP
EventId
2
Branches
retired
event
counter
(
LWP
EventId
3
LWP
is
enabled
once
software
executes
a
LLWCP
or
XRSTOR
instruction
with
a
valid
LWPCB
address
.
IBS
instruction
execution
sampling
is
enabled
when
IBS
Execution
Control
[
IbsOpEn
] (
MSRC
001_1033[17]
is
1
b
.
Potential
Effect
on
System
Performance
monitoring
software
using
LWP
may
not
have
a
count
of
instructions
retired
or
branches
retired
.
Suggested
Workaround
None
.
Fix
Planned
Yes
Revision
Guide
for
AMD
Family
15
h
Models
00
h-
0
Fh
Processors
48063
Rev
. 3.18
October
2012
28
Product
Errata