[PATCH v3 2/2] perf tsc: Declare TSC support from the build system

From: Chen Pei

Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 23:29:56 EST


The "TSC support" subtest of the "Convert perf time to TSC" test decides
whether the architecture is covered by matching compiler macros for
x86_64, i386 and arm64. That list has to be edited for every new
architecture and can drift apart from the set of architectures that really
provide a counter.

Declare the capability where the implementation is, following the
PERF_HAVE_JITDUMP pattern: an architecture with a usable counter sets
PERF_HAVE_RDTSC in its arch Makefile, Makefile.config turns it into
-DHAVE_RDTSC, and the test keys off that.

x86 and arm64 keep the same behaviour, riscv starts running the subtest
where the previous patch defines rdtsc().

Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Paul Walmsley <pjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chen Pei <cp0613@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Key off IS_BUILTIN(HAVE_RDTSC), with <tools/config.h> included, instead of
an #ifndef block.

Changes in v2:
- Declare the capability through the build system instead of a weak
arch__rdtsc_supported() hook.

tools/perf/Makefile.config | 4 ++++
tools/perf/arch/arm64/Makefile | 1 +
tools/perf/arch/riscv/Makefile | 1 +
tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c | 14 ++------------
5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 4d5993da9f94..f1b3bf208231 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -618,6 +618,10 @@ ifdef PERF_HAVE_JITDUMP
endif
endif

+ifeq ($(PERF_HAVE_RDTSC),1)
+ CFLAGS += -DHAVE_RDTSC
+endif
+
ifeq ($(SRCARCH),powerpc)
ifndef NO_LIBDW
CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SKIP_CALLCHAIN_IDX
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 44cc3f023318..b9cd559065d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
PERF_HAVE_JITDUMP := 1
+PERF_HAVE_RDTSC := 1
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/riscv/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/riscv/Makefile
index 44cc3f023318..8036bf55da8e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
PERF_HAVE_JITDUMP := 1
+PERF_HAVE_RDTSC := $(IS_64_BIT)
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile
index 44cc3f023318..b9cd559065d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
PERF_HAVE_JITDUMP := 1
+PERF_HAVE_RDTSC := 1
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
index f8f71fdd32b1..fb1a3f0774ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <perf/cpumap.h>
#include <perf/evlist.h>
#include <perf/mmap.h>
+#include <tools/config.h>

#include "debug.h"
#include "parse-events.h"
@@ -22,16 +23,6 @@
#include "tests.h"
#include "util/sample.h"

-/*
- * Except x86_64/i386 and Arm64, other archs don't support TSC in perf. Just
- * enable the test for x86_64/i386 and Arm64 archs.
- */
-#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__aarch64__)
-#define TSC_IS_SUPPORTED 1
-#else
-#define TSC_IS_SUPPORTED 0
-#endif
-
#define CHECK__(x) { \
while ((x) < 0) { \
pr_debug(#x " failed!\n"); \
@@ -49,11 +40,10 @@
static int test__tsc_is_supported(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
int subtest __maybe_unused)
{
- if (!TSC_IS_SUPPORTED) {
+ if (!IS_BUILTIN(HAVE_RDTSC)) {
pr_debug("Test not supported on this architecture\n");
return TEST_SKIP;
}
-
return TEST_OK;
}

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2.50.1