ESP.ADDITIONS

Event Code: 0xAB

Mask: 0x02

Category: Execution Events;

Definition: ESP register automatic additions.

Description: This event counts the number of ESP additions performed automatically by the decoder. A high count of this event is good, since each automatic addition performed by the decoder saves a micro-op from the execution units.
To maximize the number of ESP additions performed automatically by the decoder, choose instructions that implicitly use the ESP, such as PUSH, POP, CALL, and RET instructions whenever possible.