@@ -252,13 +252,12 @@ with respect to allocation:
252252 bandwidth percentages are directly applied to
253253 the threads running on the core
254254
255- If RDT monitoring is available there will be an "L3_MON" directory
255+ If L3 monitoring is available there will be an "L3_MON" directory
256256with the following files:
257257
258258"num_rmids":
259- The number of RMIDs available. This is the
260- upper bound for how many "CTRL_MON" + "MON"
261- groups can be created.
259+ The number of RMIDs supported by hardware for
260+ L3 monitoring events.
262261
263262"mon_features":
264263 Lists the monitoring events if
@@ -484,6 +483,24 @@ with the following files:
484483 bytes) at which a previously used LLC_occupancy
485484 counter can be considered for re-use.
486485
486+ If telemetry monitoring is available there will be a "PERF_PKG_MON" directory
487+ with the following files:
488+
489+ "num_rmids":
490+ The number of RMIDs for telemetry monitoring events.
491+
492+ On Intel resctrl will not enable telemetry events if the number of
493+ RMIDs that can be tracked concurrently is lower than the total number
494+ of RMIDs supported. Telemetry events can be force-enabled with the
495+ "rdt=" kernel parameter, but this may reduce the number of
496+ monitoring groups that can be created.
497+
498+ "mon_features":
499+ Lists the telemetry monitoring events that are enabled on this system.
500+
501+ The upper bound for how many "CTRL_MON" + "MON" can be created
502+ is the smaller of the L3_MON and PERF_PKG_MON "num_rmids" values.
503+
487504Finally, in the top level of the "info" directory there is a file
488505named "last_cmd_status". This is reset with every "command" issued
489506via the file system (making new directories or writing to any of the
@@ -589,15 +606,40 @@ When control is enabled all CTRL_MON groups will also contain:
589606When monitoring is enabled all MON groups will also contain:
590607
591608"mon_data":
592- This contains a set of files organized by L3 domain and by
593- RDT event. E.g. on a system with two L3 domains there will
594- be subdirectories "mon_L3_00" and "mon_L3_01". Each of these
595- directories have one file per event (e.g. "llc_occupancy",
596- "mbm_total_bytes", and "mbm_local_bytes"). In a MON group these
597- files provide a read out of the current value of the event for
598- all tasks in the group. In CTRL_MON groups these files provide
599- the sum for all tasks in the CTRL_MON group and all tasks in
609+ This contains directories for each monitor domain.
610+
611+ If L3 monitoring is enabled, there will be a "mon_L3_XX" directory for
612+ each instance of an L3 cache. Each directory contains files for the enabled
613+ L3 events (e.g. "llc_occupancy", "mbm_total_bytes", and "mbm_local_bytes").
614+
615+ If telemetry monitoring is enabled, there will be a "mon_PERF_PKG_YY"
616+ directory for each physical processor package. Each directory contains
617+ files for the enabled telemetry events (e.g. "core_energy". "activity",
618+ "uops_retired", etc.)
619+
620+ The info/`* `/mon_features files provide the full list of enabled
621+ event/file names.
622+
623+ "core energy" reports a floating point number for the energy (in Joules)
624+ consumed by cores (registers, arithmetic units, TLB and L1/L2 caches)
625+ during execution of instructions summed across all logical CPUs on a
626+ package for the current monitoring group.
627+
628+ "activity" also reports a floating point value (in Farads). This provides
629+ an estimate of work done independent of the frequency that the CPUs used
630+ for execution.
631+
632+ Note that "core energy" and "activity" only measure energy/activity in the
633+ "core" of the CPU (arithmetic units, TLB, L1 and L2 caches, etc.). They
634+ do not include L3 cache, memory, I/O devices etc.
635+
636+ All other events report decimal integer values.
637+
638+ In a MON group these files provide a read out of the current value of
639+ the event for all tasks in the group. In CTRL_MON groups these files
640+ provide the sum for all tasks in the CTRL_MON group and all tasks in
600641 MON groups. Please see example section for more details on usage.
642+
601643 On systems with Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) enabled there are extra
602644 directories for each node (located within the "mon_L3_XX" directory
603645 for the L3 cache they occupy). These are named "mon_sub_L3_YY"
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