kernel/tools/perf/arch/x86/util, branch linux-rolling-stable

perf auxtrace: Remove errno.h from auxtrace.h and fix transitive dependencies

2025-11-14T07:03:11Z

errno.h isn't used in auxtrace.h so remove it and fix build failures caused by transitive dependencies through auxtrace.h on errno.h. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf build: Remove NO_AUXTRACE build option

2025-11-14T07:03:11Z

The NO_AUXTRACE build option was used when the __get_cpuid feature test failed or if it was provided on the command line. The option no longer avoids a dependency on a library and so having the option is just adding complexity to the code base. Remove the option CONFIG_AUXTRACE from Build files and HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT by assuming it is always defined. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf intel-pt: Use the perf provided "cpuid.h"

2025-11-14T07:03:11Z

Rather than having a feature test and include of for the __get_cpuid function, use the cpuid function provided by tools/perf/arch/x86/util/cpuid.h. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf parse-events: Remove unused FILE input argument to scanner

2025-10-15T14:59:10Z

Now the events file isn't directly parsed from a FILE but stored in a string prior to parsing, remove the FILE argument to the associated scanner functions as they only ever pass NULL. Tested-by: Thomas Richter Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf record: Add ratio-to-prev term

2025-10-03T19:49:51Z

Provide ratio-to-prev term which allows the user to set the event sample period of two events corresponding to a desired ratio. If using on an Intel x86 platform with Auto Counter Reload support, also set corresponding event's config2 attribute with a bitmask which counters to reset and which counters to sample if the desired ratio is met or exceeded. On other platforms, only the sample period is affected by the ratio-to-prev term. Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Dapeng Mi Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools kvm: Use "cycles" to sample guest for "kvm record" on Intel

2025-10-02T18:31:39Z

After KVM supports PEBS for guest on Intel platforms (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220411101946.20262-1-likexu@tencent.com/), host loses the capability to sample guest with PEBS since all PEBS related MSRs are switched to guest value after vm-entry, like IA32_DS_AREA MSR is switched to guest GVA at vm-entry. This would lead to "perf kvm record" fails to sample guest on Intel platforms since "cycles:P" event is used to sample guest by default as below case shows. sudo perf kvm record -a ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.787 MB perf.data.guest ] So to ensure guest record can be sampled successfully, use "cycles" instead of "cycles:P" to sample guest record by default on Intel platforms. With this patch, the guest record can be sampled successfully. sudo perf kvm record -a ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.783 MB perf.data.guest (23 samples) ] Fixes: cf8e55fe50df0c02 ("KVM: x86/pmu: Expose CPUIDs feature bits PDCM, DS, DTES64") Reported-by: Kevin Tian Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Like Xu Cc: Paolo Bonzini Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evsel: Give warning for broken Intel topdown event grouping

2025-09-12T18:48:12Z

Extend arch_evsel__open_strerror() from just AMD IBS events to Intel core PMU events, to give a message when a slots event isn't a group leader or when a perf metric event is duplicated within an event group. As generating the warning happens after non-arch specific warnings are generated, disable the missing system wide (-a) flag warning for the core PMU. This assumes core PMU events should support per-thread/process and system-wide. Reviewed-by: Dapeng Mi Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Dapeng Mi Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Yoshihiro Furudera Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf sort: Use perf_env to set arch sort keys and header

2025-07-25T17:37:58Z

Previously arch_support_sort_key and arch_perf_header_entry used a weak symbol to compile as appropriate for x86 and powerpc. A limitation to this is that the handling of a data file could vary in cross-platform development. Change to using the perf_env of the current session to determine the architecture kind and set the sort key and header entries as appropriate. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250724163302.596743-23-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf sample: Remove arch notion of sample parsing

2025-07-25T17:37:58Z

By definition arch sample parsing and synthesis will inhibit certain kinds of cross-platform record then analysis (report, script, etc.). Remove arch_perf_parse_sample_weight and arch_perf_synthesize_sample_weight replacing with a common implementation. Combine perf_sample p_stage_cyc and retire_lat as weight3 to capture the differing uses regardless of compiled for architecture. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250724163302.596743-21-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf parse-events: Fix missing slots for Intel topdown metric events

2025-07-24T20:41:35Z

Topdown metric events require grouping with a slots event. In perf metrics this is currently achieved by metrics adding an unnecessary "0 * tma_info_thread_slots". New TMA metrics trigger optimizations of the metric expression that removes the event and breaks the metric due to the missing but required event. Add a pass immediately before sorting and fixing parsed events, that insert a slots event if one is missing. Update test expectations to match this. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250719030517.1990983-15-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim