[PATCH v4 12/38] perf/x86/core: Do not set bit width for unavailable counters

From: Mingwei Zhang
Date: Mon Mar 24 2025 - 13:39:04 EST


From: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>

Not all x86 processors have fixed counters. It may also be the case that
a processor has only fixed counters and no general-purpose counters. Set
the bit widths corresponding to each counter type only if such counters
are available.

Fixes: b3d9468a8bd2 ("perf, x86: Expose perf capability to other modules")
Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/events/core.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 96a173bbbec2..7c852ee3e217 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -3107,8 +3107,8 @@ void perf_get_x86_pmu_capability(struct x86_pmu_capability *cap)
cap->version = x86_pmu.version;
cap->num_counters_gp = x86_pmu_num_counters(NULL);
cap->num_counters_fixed = x86_pmu_num_counters_fixed(NULL);
- cap->bit_width_gp = x86_pmu.cntval_bits;
- cap->bit_width_fixed = x86_pmu.cntval_bits;
+ cap->bit_width_gp = cap->num_counters_gp ? x86_pmu.cntval_bits : 0;
+ cap->bit_width_fixed = cap->num_counters_fixed ? x86_pmu.cntval_bits : 0;
cap->events_mask = (unsigned int)x86_pmu.events_maskl;
cap->events_mask_len = x86_pmu.events_mask_len;
cap->pebs_ept = x86_pmu.pebs_ept;
--
2.49.0.395.g12beb8f557-goog