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From:   Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [QUESTION]perf stat: comment of miss ratio
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>    Relevant code is checked to make sure that the ratio is calculated by
> 
>    L1-dcache-load-misses/L1-dcache-loads, data "7.58%=30249/399189*100%" also
> 
>    proves this conclusion.
> 
>    So, I'm not sure why we use "of all L1-dcache hits" here to describe miss
>    ratio,

Yes you're right it should be "of all L1-dcache accesses"

Please send a patch to fix the string and also check if this isn't wrong with some other
ratio too.

-Andi