[PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Keep anythread_deprecated capability
From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Mon Apr 13 2026 - 17:33:13 EST
In update_pmu_cap(), it reads MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES on non-MTL CPUs
to update the PMU capabilities. But it resets the anythread_deprecated
bit on GNR so I can see /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/any
even if dmesg says AnyThread is deprecated.
# dmesg | grep -A10 AnyThread
[ 10.662423] Performance Events: XSAVE Architectural LBR, PEBS fmt5+-baseline, AnyThread deprecated, Granite Rapids events, 32-deep LBR, full-width counters, Intel PMU driver.
[ 10.663172] ... version: 5
[ 10.663173] ... bit width: 48
[ 10.663174] ... generic counters: 8
[ 10.663174] ... generic bitmap: 00000000000000ff
[ 10.663175] ... fixed-purpose counters: 4
[ 10.663176] ... fixed-purpose bitmap: 000000000000000f
[ 10.663176] ... value mask: 0000ffffffffffff
[ 10.663177] ... max period: 00007fffffffffff
[ 10.663178] ... global_ctrl mask: 0001000f000000ff
[ 10.668979] signal: max sigframe size: 11952
I guess it's not intentional and we want to keep deprecating anythread
on these machines.
Fixes: 25c623f41438fafc ("perf/x86/intel: Parse CPUID archPerfmonExt leaves for non-hybrid CPUs")
Cc: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index 4768236c054bbcf8..f1fae640cc8e5991 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -5945,8 +5945,12 @@ static void update_pmu_cap(struct pmu *pmu)
}
if (!intel_pmu_broken_perf_cap()) {
+ bool anythread = hybrid(pmu, intel_cap).anythread_deprecated;
+
/* Perf Metric (Bit 15) and PEBS via PT (Bit 16) are hybrid enumeration */
rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES, hybrid(pmu, intel_cap).capabilities);
+ /* It seems anythread_deprecated is deleted unintentionally */
+ hybrid(pmu, intel_cap).anythread_deprecated = anythread;
}
}
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2.54.0.rc0.605.g598a273b03-goog