[PATCH v1] perf bpf_counter: Fix opening of "any"(-1) CPU events

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Tue Oct 07 2025 - 14:58:31 EST


The bperf BPF counter code doesn't handle "any"(-1) CPU events, always
wanting to aggregate a count against a CPU, which avoids the need for
atomics. Force evsels used for BPF counters to require a CPU when not
in system-wide mode so that the "any"(-1) value isn't used during map
propagation and evsel's CPU map matches that of the PMU.

Fixes: b91917c0c6fa ("perf bpf_counter: Fix handling of cpumap fixing hybrid")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 12 ++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 7006f848f87a..7fdc7f273a48 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -2797,6 +2797,18 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)

evlist__warn_user_requested_cpus(evsel_list, target.cpu_list);

+ if (target.use_bpf && !target.system_wide) {
+ /*
+ * Setup BPF counters to require CPUs as any(-1) isn't
+ * supported. evlist__create_maps below will propagate this
+ * information to the evsels.
+ */
+ struct evsel *counter;
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter)
+ counter->core.requires_cpu = true;
+ }
+
if (evlist__create_maps(evsel_list, &target) < 0) {
if (target__has_task(&target)) {
pr_err("Problems finding threads of monitor\n");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
index ca5d01b9017d..d3e5933b171b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ static int bperf_reload_leader_program(struct evsel *evsel, int attr_map_fd,
* following evsel__open_per_cpu call
*/
evsel->leader_skel = skel;
+ assert(!perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu_or_is_empty(evsel->core.cpus));
evsel__open(evsel, evsel->core.cpus, evsel->core.threads);

out:
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2.51.0.710.ga91ca5db03-goog