[PATCH 1/3] perf/x86: Add x86_pmu::print_debug
From: Sandipan Das
Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 06:17:04 EST
perf_event_print_debug() dumps the global control and status MSRs
whenever x86_pmu.version >= 2, reading registers that exist only on
Intel-compatible PMUs. This is not safe since x86_pmu.version is not
Intel-specific and is now set by other vendors whose global registers
use different addresses.
As a first step, split perf_event_print_debug() in two. The register
dump moves into a new common helper, x86_pmu_print_debug(), leaving
perf_event_print_debug() to handle the preamble and dispatch to an
optional x86_pmu::print_debug method. This lets each vendor-specific
PMU dump its own global state before chaining into the common helper.
PMUs that do not implement the method, such as those with
x86_pmu.version < 2, get the common helper alone.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/events/core.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
arch/x86/events/perf_event.h | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index af0b67ffb43d..17dc53a62378 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ static void x86_pmu_start(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
perf_event_update_userpage(event);
}
-void perf_event_print_debug(void)
+void x86_pmu_print_debug(int cpu)
{
u64 ctrl, status, overflow, pmc_ctrl, pmc_count, prev_left, fixed;
unsigned long *cntr_mask, *fixed_cntr_mask;
@@ -1566,17 +1566,11 @@ void perf_event_print_debug(void)
u64 pebs, debugctl;
int cpu, idx;
- guard(irqsave)();
-
- cpu = smp_processor_id();
cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
cntr_mask = hybrid(cpuc->pmu, cntr_mask);
fixed_cntr_mask = hybrid(cpuc->pmu, fixed_cntr_mask);
pebs_constraints = hybrid(cpuc->pmu, pebs_constraints);
- if (!*(u64 *)cntr_mask)
- return;
-
if (x86_pmu.version >= 2) {
rdmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, ctrl);
rdmsrq(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS, status);
@@ -1622,6 +1616,27 @@ void perf_event_print_debug(void)
}
}
+void perf_event_print_debug(void)
+{
+ struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
+ unsigned long *cntr_mask;
+ int cpu;
+
+ guard(irqsave)();
+
+ cpu = smp_processor_id();
+ cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
+ cntr_mask = hybrid(cpuc->pmu, cntr_mask);
+
+ if (!*(u64 *)cntr_mask)
+ return;
+
+ if (x86_pmu.print_debug)
+ x86_pmu.print_debug(cpu);
+ else
+ x86_pmu_print_debug(cpu);
+}
+
void x86_pmu_stop(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
{
struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index a8afea8d38f0..465bf513bb82 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -1052,6 +1052,8 @@ struct x86_pmu {
int num_hybrid_pmus;
struct x86_hybrid_pmu *hybrid_pmu;
enum intel_cpu_type (*get_hybrid_cpu_type) (void);
+
+ void (*print_debug)(int cpu);
};
struct x86_perf_task_context_opt {
@@ -1316,6 +1318,8 @@ int x86_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs);
void x86_pmu_show_pmu_cap(struct pmu *pmu);
+void x86_pmu_print_debug(int cpu);
+
static inline int x86_pmu_num_counters(struct pmu *pmu)
{
return hweight64(hybrid(pmu, cntr_mask64));
--
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