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+ARM DynamIQ Shared Unit (DSU) PMU
+==================================
+
+ARM DynamIQ Shared Unit integrates one or more cores with an L3 memory system,
+control logic and external interfaces to form a multicore cluster. The PMU
+allows counting the various events related to the L3 cache, Snoop Control Unit
+etc, using 32bit independent counters. It also provides a 64bit cycle counter.
+
+The PMU can only be accessed via CPU system registers and are common to the
+cores connected to the same DSU. Like most of the other uncore PMUs, DSU
+PMU doesn't support process specific events and cannot be used in sampling mode.
+
+The DSU provides a bitmap for a subset of implemented events via hardware
+registers. There is no way for the driver to determine if the other events
+are available or not. Hence the driver exposes only those events advertised
+by the DSU, in "events" directory under :
+
+ /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/arm_dsu_<N>/
+
+The user should refer to the TRM of the product to figure out the supported events
+and use the raw event code for the unlisted events.
+
+The driver also exposes the CPUs connected to the DSU instance in "associated_cpus".
+
+
+e.g usage :
+
+ perf stat -a -e arm_dsu_0/cycles/