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TRANS_IRQ
• Title: IRQ Transactions
• Category: Queue Occupancy
• Event Code: 0x19, Max. Inc/Cyc: 1,
• Definition: Number of processor RD and/or WR requests to the LLC that entered the Ingress
Response Queue.
TRANS_MAF
• Title: MAF Transactions
• Category: Queue Occupancy
• Event Code: 0x1F, Max. Inc/Cyc: 1,
• Definition: Number of transactions to allocate entries in LLC’s Miss Address File.
TRANS_RSPF
• Title: RSPF Transactions
• Category: Queue Occupancy
• Event Code: 0x23, Max. Inc/Cyc: 1,
• Definition: Number of snoop responses from the processor that passed through the Snoop Response
FIFO. The RSPF is a buffer that sits between each processor and the ring that buffers the processor’s
snoop responses in the event that there is back pressure due to ring congestion.
TRANS_RWRF
• Title: RWRF Transactions
• Category: Queue Occupancy
• Event Code: 0x21, Max. Inc/Cyc: 1,
• Definition: Number of requests that passed through the Read/Write Request FIFO. The RWRF is a
buffer that sits between each processor and the ring that buffers the processor’s RD/WR requests in
the event that there is back pressure due to ring congestion.
TRANS_VIQ
• Title: VIQ Transactions
• Category: Queue Occupancy
• Event Code: 0x1D, Max. Inc/Cyc: 1,
• Definition: Number of LLC victims to enter the Victim Ingress Queue. All LLC victims pass through
this queue. Including those that end up not requiring a WB.