[PATCH 2/2] perf/x86: Update cap_user_rdpmc base on rdpmc user disable state

From: Dapeng Mi

Date: Wed Mar 11 2026 - 04:15:55 EST


After introducing the RDPMC user disable feature, user-space RDPMC may
return 0 instead of the actual event count. This creates an inconsistency
with cap_user_rdpmc, where cap_user_rdpmc is set, but user-space RDPMC
only returns 0.

To accurately represent the user-space RDPMC capability, update
cap_user_rdpmc based on the RDPMC user disable state. If RDPMC user
disable is enabled, cap_user_rdpmc is set to false, allowing user-space
programs to fall back to the read() syscall to obtain the real event
count.

Fixes: 59af95e028d4 ("perf/x86/intel: Add support for rdpmc user disable feature")
Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/events/core.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 03ce1bc7ef2e..0266a11d7ec9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -2807,6 +2807,9 @@ void arch_perf_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event,
userpg->cap_user_time_zero = 0;
userpg->cap_user_rdpmc =
!!(event->hw.flags & PERF_EVENT_FLAG_USER_READ_CNT);
+ if (x86_pmu_has_rdpmc_user_disable(event->pmu) &&
+ event->hw.config & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_RDPMC_USER_DISABLE)
+ userpg->cap_user_rdpmc = 0;
userpg->pmc_width = x86_pmu.cntval_bits;

if (!using_native_sched_clock() || !sched_clock_stable())
--
2.34.1