Re: [Patch v5 08/19] perf/x86: Enable XMM sampling using sample_simd_vec_reg_* fields

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 02:54:49PM +0800, Dapeng Mi wrote:

> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
> index 7c9d2bb3833b..c3862e5fdd6d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
> @@ -55,4 +55,21 @@ enum perf_event_x86_regs {
>  
>  #define PERF_REG_EXTENDED_MASK	(~((1ULL << PERF_REG_X86_XMM0) - 1))
>  
> +enum {
> +	PERF_REG_X86_XMM,
> +	PERF_REG_X86_MAX_SIMD_REGS,
> +};
> +
> +enum {
> +	PERF_X86_SIMD_XMM_REGS      = 16,
> +	PERF_X86_SIMD_VEC_REGS_MAX  = PERF_X86_SIMD_XMM_REGS,
> +};
> +
> +#define PERF_X86_SIMD_VEC_MASK		GENMASK_ULL(PERF_X86_SIMD_VEC_REGS_MAX - 1, 0)
> +
> +enum {
> +	PERF_X86_XMM_QWORDS      = 2,
> +	PERF_X86_SIMD_QWORDS_MAX = PERF_X86_XMM_QWORDS,
> +};
> +
>  #endif /* _ASM_X86_PERF_REGS_H */

I don't understand this bit -- the next few patches add to it for YMM
and ZMM, but what's the point? I don't see why this is needed at all,
let alone why it needs to be UABI.