Re: [PATCH] perf vendor events power10: Add metric events json file for power10 platform

On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 08:47:50AM -0500, Paul A. Clarke wrote:

On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 12:32:48PM -0500, Paul A. Clarke wrote:

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+    {
+        "BriefDescription": "Average cycles per instruction when the instruction finishes at dispatch",

I'm not sure what that means.

After doing a bit of research, I think it might be a bit more clear as:
"Average cycles per instruction when the NTF instruction finishes at dispatch"

Is "next to finish" some defined and/or sensible term in this context?
Or do you mean NTC here?  Or what :-)

Instructions do not finish in order at all generally.


Segher