Re: [PATCH] drivers/perf: apple_m1: Add macOS 27 M2 Event

From: Will Deacon

Date: Sun Oct 04 2026 - 18:10:11 EST


On Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:03:35 +1000, Myria Sarvay wrote:
> This patch adds another known PMU event that can be found under
> /usr/share/kpep on macOS 27 for M2 macs. INST_SIMD_ALU_VEC purports to
> count "Retired non-load/store vector Advanced SIMD instructions", and as
> we already noted, can only be registered on counter 7. Though this event
> only shows up on the M2 kpep records, it can be set on M1 CPUs, and
> records something.
>
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/perf), thanks!

[1/1] drivers/perf: apple_m1: Add macOS 27 M2 Event
https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/652ab8ee0d27

Cheers,
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Will

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