Re: [PATCH] perf vendor events amd: Reintroduce deprecated Zen 5 core events

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 14:02:46 EST


On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Maintain backward compatibility by reintroducing the events that were
> previously removed by commit 047979af3bf6 ("perf vendor events amd:
> Update Zen 5 core events"). Also set the deprecated flag and update
> the descriptions to point users to the correct alternative.
>
> Reported-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAP-5=fV_czvd-z4N7K+_SabxuOm9UUHRyBxNuchrtAgJL3OqOw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: 047979af3bf6 ("perf vendor events amd: Update Zen 5 core events")
> Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
Ian

> ---
> .../arch/x86/amdzen5/floating-point.json | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen5/floating-point.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen5/floating-point.json
> index 569975b53cc3..50d38434f8d3 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen5/floating-point.json
> +++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen5/floating-point.json
> @@ -383,6 +383,13 @@
> "BriefDescription": "Retired MMX integer VNNI ops.",
> "UMask": "0x0c"
> },
> + {
> + "EventName": "sse_avx_ops_retired.mmx_pack",
> + "EventCode": "0x0b",
> + "BriefDescription": "This event is deprecated. Refer to new event sse_avx_ops_retired.mmx_vnni",
> + "Deprecated": "1",
> + "UMask": "0x0c"
> + },
> {
> "EventName": "sse_avx_ops_retired.mmx_logical",
> "EventCode": "0x0b",
> @@ -449,6 +456,13 @@
> "BriefDescription": "Retired SSE and AVX integer convert or pack ops.",
> "UMask": "0x80"
> },
> + {
> + "EventName": "sse_avx_ops_retired.sse_avx_clm",
> + "EventCode": "0x0b",
> + "BriefDescription": "This event is deprecated. Refer to new event sse_avx_ops_retired.sse_avx_cvt",
> + "Deprecated": "1",
> + "UMask": "0x80"
> + },
> {
> "EventName": "sse_avx_ops_retired.sse_avx_shift",
> "EventCode": "0x0b",
> @@ -473,6 +487,13 @@
> "BriefDescription": "Retired SSE and AVX integer VNNI ops.",
> "UMask": "0xc0"
> },
> + {
> + "EventName": "sse_avx_ops_retired.sse_avx_pack",
> + "EventCode": "0x0b",
> + "BriefDescription": "This event is deprecated. Refer to new event sse_avx_ops_retired.sse_avx_vnni",
> + "Deprecated": "1",
> + "UMask": "0xc0"
> + },
> {
> "EventName": "sse_avx_ops_retired.sse_avx_logical",
> "EventCode": "0x0b",
> @@ -731,6 +752,13 @@
> "BriefDescription": "Retired 128-bit packed integer convert or pack ops.",
> "UMask": "0x08"
> },
> + {
> + "EventName": "packed_int_op_type.int128_clm",
> + "EventCode": "0x0d",
> + "BriefDescription": "This event is deprecated. Refer to new event packed_int_op_type.int128_cvt",
> + "Deprecated": "1",
> + "UMask": "0x08"
> + },
> {
> "EventName": "packed_int_op_type.int128_shift",
> "EventCode": "0x0d",
> @@ -755,6 +783,13 @@
> "BriefDescription": "Retired 128-bit packed integer VNNI ops.",
> "UMask": "0x0c"
> },
> + {
> + "EventName": "packed_int_op_type.int128_pack",
> + "EventCode": "0x0d",
> + "BriefDescription": "This event is deprecated. Refer to new event packed_int_op_type.int128_vnni",
> + "Deprecated": "1",
> + "UMask": "0x0c"
> + },
> {
> "EventName": "packed_int_op_type.int128_logical",
> "EventCode": "0x0d",
> @@ -845,6 +880,13 @@
> "BriefDescription": "Retired 256-bit packed integer VNNI ops.",
> "UMask": "0xc0"
> },
> + {
> + "EventName": "packed_int_op_type.int256_pack",
> + "EventCode": "0x0d",
> + "BriefDescription": "This event is deprecated. Refer to new event packed_int_op_type.int256_vnni",
> + "Deprecated": "1",
> + "UMask": "0xc0"
> + },
> {
> "EventName": "packed_int_op_type.int256_logical",
> "EventCode": "0x0d",
> --
> 2.53.0
>