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Download and install File:Pmcdriver.zip This install the kernel driver msrdrv which contains all the system calls needed for reading the performance monitoring counters in Intel machines.

So, in the user program just do the following:

1. Load the driver

fd = loadDriver();

2. Send data to driver ioctl(fd, IOCTL_MSR_CMDS, (long long)msr_start);

3. After the execution of the needed code, read the content of the MSR registers:

ioctl(fd, IOCTL_MSR_CMDS, (long long)msr_stop);

4. Close the driver

closeDriver(fd);

The below function and structure definitions must be placed in the user code.

 static int loadDriver()
{
   int fd;
   fd = open("/dev/" DEV_NAME, O_RDWR);
   if (fd == -1) {
       perror("Failed to open /dev/" DEV_NAME);
   }
   return fd;
}
static void closeDriver(int fd)

{

   int e;
   e = close(fd);
   if (e == -1) {
       perror("Failed to close fd");
   }

}

struct MsrInOut msr_start[] = {
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x38f, 0x00, 0x00 },       // ia32_perf_global_ctrl: disable 4 PMCs & 3 FFCs
       { MSR_WRITE, 0xc1, 0x00, 0x00 },        // ia32_pmc0: zero value (35-5)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0xc2, 0x00, 0x00 },        // ia32_pmc1: zero value (35-5)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0xc3, 0x00, 0x00 },        // ia32_pmc2: zero value (35-5)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0xc4, 0x00, 0x00 },        // ia32_pmc3: zero value (35-5)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x309, 0x00, 0x00 },       // ia32_fixed_ctr0: zero value (35-17)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x30a, 0x00, 0x00 },       // ia32_fixed_ctr1: zero value (35-17)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x30b, 0x00, 0x00 },       // ia32_fixed_ctr2: zero value (35-17)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x186, 0x004101c2, 0x00 }, // ia32_perfevtsel1, UOPS_RETIRED.ALL (19-28)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x187, 0x0041010e, 0x00 }, // ia32_perfevtsel0, UOPS_ISSUED.ANY (19.22)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x188, 0x01c1010e, 0x00 }, // ia32_perfevtsel2, UOPS_ISSUED.ANY-stalls (19-22)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x189, 0x004101a2, 0x00 }, // ia32_perfevtsel3, RESOURCE_STALLS.ANY (19-27)
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x38d, 0x222, 0x00 },      // ia32_perf_fixed_ctr_ctrl: ensure 3 FFCs enabled
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x38f, 0x0f, 0x07 },       // ia32_perf_global_ctrl: enable 4 PMCs & 3 FFCs
       { MSR_STOP, 0x00, 0x00 }
   };

   struct MsrInOut msr_stop[] = {
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x38f, 0x00, 0x00 },       // ia32_perf_global_ctrl: disable 4 PMCs & 3 FFCs
       { MSR_WRITE, 0x38d, 0x00, 0x00 },       // ia32_perf_fixed_ctr_ctrl: clean up FFC ctrls
       { MSR_READ, 0xc1, 0x00 },               // ia32_pmc0: read value (35-5)
       { MSR_READ, 0xc2, 0x00 },               // ia32_pmc1: read value (35-5)
       { MSR_READ, 0xc3, 0x00 },               // ia32_pmc2: read value (35-5)
       { MSR_READ, 0xc4, 0x00 },               // ia32_pmc3: read value (35-5)
       { MSR_READ, 0x309, 0x00 },              // ia32_fixed_ctr0: read value (35-17)
       { MSR_READ, 0x30a, 0x00 },              // ia32_fixed_ctr1: read value (35-17)
       { MSR_READ, 0x30b, 0x00 },              // ia32_fixed_ctr2: read value (35-17)
       { MSR_STOP, 0x00, 0x00 }
   };

Also, do the following includes

#include "msrdrv.h" (Present in the downloaded pmcdriver dolder)
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>