[PATCH 06/13] drivers/perf: apple_m1: Add Apple M3 Series Support

From: Myria Sarvay via B4 Relay

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 05:29:27 EST


From: Myria Sarvay <myrialsarvay@xxxxxxxxx>

Add support for the CPU PMU in the M3 Series chips. These events are
encoded with 16 bits, and similar events have different codes when
compared to the M1.

Signed-off-by: Myria Sarvay <myrialsarvay@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/perf/apple_m1_cpu_pmu.c | 266 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 263 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/perf/apple_m1_cpu_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/apple_m1_cpu_pmu.c
index e7e9b51ffadc..ac9373126054 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/apple_m1_cpu_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/apple_m1_cpu_pmu.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#define M1_PMU_NR_COUNTERS 10

#define M1_PMU_CFG_EVENT GENMASK(7, 0)
+#define M3_PMU_CFG_EVENT GENMASK(15, 0)

#define ANY_BUT_0_1 GENMASK(9, 2)
#define ONLY_2_TO_7 GENMASK(7, 2)
@@ -122,6 +123,84 @@ enum m1_pmu_events {
M1_PMU_CFG_COUNT_GUEST = BIT(11),
};

+enum m3_pmu_events {
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_RETIRE_UOP = 0x1,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_CORE_ACTIVE_CYCLE = 0x2,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_FLUSH_RESTART_OTHER_NONSPEC = 0x84,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_ALL = 0x8c,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH = 0x8d,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH_CALL = 0x8e,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH_RET = 0x8f,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH_TAKEN = 0x90,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH_INDIR = 0x93,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_INT_LD = 0x95,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_INT_ST = 0x96,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_INT_ALU = 0x97,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_SIMD_LD = 0x98,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_SIMD_ST = 0x99,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_SIMD_ALU = 0x9a,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_LDST = 0x9b,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BARRIER = 0x9c,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_SIMD_ALU_VEC = 0x9f,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_MISS_LD_NONSPEC = 0xbf,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_MISS_ST_NONSPEC = 0xc0,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_MISS_NONSPEC = 0xc1,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_ST_MEM_ORDER_VIOL_LD_NONSPEC = 0xc4,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_COND_MISPRED_NONSPEC = 0xc5,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_INDIR_MISPRED_NONSPEC = 0xc6,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_RET_INDIR_MISPRED_NONSPEC = 0xc8,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_CALL_INDIR_MISPRED_NONSPEC = 0xca,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_MISPRED_NONSPEC = 0xcb,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MAP_DISPATCH_BUBBLE_IC = 0x182,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MAP_DISPATCH_BUBBLE_ITLB = 0x183,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_DECODE_UOP = 0x186,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1I_TLB_MISS_DEMAND = 0x1d4,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MAP_DISPATCH_BUBBLE = 0x1d6,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1I_CACHE_MISS_DEMAND = 0x1db,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_FETCH_RESTART = 0x1de,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MAP_UOP = 0x269,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INTERRUPT_PENDING = 0x26c,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MAP_STALL_DISPATCH = 0x270,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MAP_REWIND = 0x275,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MAP_STALL = 0x276,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MAP_INT_UOP = 0x27c,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MAP_LDST_UOP = 0x27d,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MAP_SIMD_UOP = 0x27e,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_SCHEDULE_UOP_ANY = 0x283,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_LDST_UNIT_OLD_L1D_CACHE_MISS = 0x290,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_LDST_UNIT_WAITING_OLD_L1D_CACHE_MISS = 0x291,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_SCHEDULE_EMPTY = 0x351,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1I_TLB_FILL = 0x404,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_FILL = 0x405,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MMU_TABLE_WALK_INSTRUCTION = 0x407,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_MMU_TABLE_WALK_DATA = 0x408,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L2_TLB_MISS_INSTRUCTION = 0x40a,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L2_TLB_MISS_DATA = 0x40b,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_ACCESS = 0x5a0,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_MISS = 0x5a1,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_MISS_ST = 0x5a2,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_MISS_LD = 0x5a3,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_LD_UNIT_UOP = 0x5a6,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_ST_UNIT_UOP = 0x5a7,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_WRITEBACK = 0x5a8,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_LDST_X64_UOP = 0x5b1,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_LDST_XPG_UOP = 0x5b2,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_ATOMIC_OR_EXCLUSIVE_SUCC = 0x5b3,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_ATOMIC_OR_EXCLUSIVE_FAIL = 0x5b4,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_ST_NT_UOP = 0x5e5,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_LD_NT_UOP = 0x5e6,
+ M3_PMU_PERFCTR_LAST = M3_PMU_CFG_EVENT,
+
+ /*
+ * From this point onwards, these are not actual HW events,
+ * but attributes that get stored in hw->config_base.
+ */
+ M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_USER = BIT(16),
+ M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_KERNEL = BIT(17),
+ M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_HOST = BIT(18),
+ M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_GUEST = BIT(19),
+};
+
/*
* Per-event affinity table. Most events can be installed on counter
* 2-9, but there are a number of exceptions. Note that this table
@@ -164,6 +243,40 @@ static const u16 m1_pmu_event_affinity[M1_PMU_PERFCTR_LAST + 1] = {
[M1_PMU_PERFCTR_UNKNOWN_fd] = ONLY_2_4_6,
};

+struct event_affinity_16 {
+ u16 event_code;
+ u16 affinity;
+};
+
+static const struct event_affinity_16 m3_pmu_event_affinity[] = {
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_RETIRE_UOP, BIT(7) },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_CORE_ACTIVE_CYCLE, ANY_BUT_0_1 | BIT(0) },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_ALL, BIT(7) | BIT(1) },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH_CALL, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH_RET, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH_TAKEN, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH_INDIR, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_INT_LD, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_INT_ST, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_INT_ALU, BIT(7) },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_SIMD_LD, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_SIMD_ST, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_SIMD_ALU, BIT(7) },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_LDST, BIT(7) },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BARRIER, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_SIMD_ALU_VEC, BIT(7) },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_MISS_LD_NONSPEC, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_MISS_ST_NONSPEC, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_L1D_TLB_MISS_NONSPEC, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_ST_MEM_ORDER_VIOL_LD_NONSPEC, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_COND_MISPRED_NONSPEC, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_INDIR_MISPRED_NONSPEC, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_RET_INDIR_MISPRED_NONSPEC, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_CALL_INDIR_MISPRED_NONSPEC, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+ { M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_MISPRED_NONSPEC, ONLY_5_6_7 },
+};
+
static const unsigned int m1_pmu_perf_map[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX] = {
PERF_MAP_ALL_UNSUPPORTED,
[PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES] = M1_PMU_PERFCTR_CORE_ACTIVE_CYCLE,
@@ -172,9 +285,20 @@ static const unsigned int m1_pmu_perf_map[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX] = {
[PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES] = M1_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_MISPRED_NONSPEC,
};

+static const unsigned int m3_pmu_perf_map[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX] = {
+ PERF_MAP_ALL_UNSUPPORTED,
+ [PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES] = M3_PMU_PERFCTR_CORE_ACTIVE_CYCLE,
+ [PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS] = M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_ALL,
+ [PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS] = M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_BRANCH,
+ [PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES] = M3_PMU_PERFCTR_BRANCH_MISPRED_NONSPEC,
+};
+
#define M1_PMUV3_EVENT_MAP(pmuv3_event, m1_event) \
[ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_##pmuv3_event] = M1_PMU_PERFCTR_##m1_event

+#define M3_PMUV3_EVENT_MAP(pmuv3_event, m3_event) \
+ [ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_##pmuv3_event] = M3_PMU_PERFCTR_##m3_event
+
static const u16 m1_pmu_pmceid_map[ARMV8_PMUV3_MAX_COMMON_EVENTS] = {
[0 ... ARMV8_PMUV3_MAX_COMMON_EVENTS - 1] = HW_OP_UNSUPPORTED,
M1_PMUV3_EVENT_MAP(INST_RETIRED, INST_ALL),
@@ -183,6 +307,14 @@ static const u16 m1_pmu_pmceid_map[ARMV8_PMUV3_MAX_COMMON_EVENTS] = {
M1_PMUV3_EVENT_MAP(BR_MIS_PRED_RETIRED, BRANCH_MISPRED_NONSPEC),
};

+static const u16 m3_pmu_pmceid_map[ARMV8_PMUV3_MAX_COMMON_EVENTS] = {
+ [0 ... ARMV8_PMUV3_MAX_COMMON_EVENTS - 1] = HW_OP_UNSUPPORTED,
+ M3_PMUV3_EVENT_MAP(INST_RETIRED, INST_ALL),
+ M3_PMUV3_EVENT_MAP(CPU_CYCLES, CORE_ACTIVE_CYCLE),
+ M3_PMUV3_EVENT_MAP(BR_RETIRED, INST_BRANCH),
+ M3_PMUV3_EVENT_MAP(BR_MIS_PRED_RETIRED, BRANCH_MISPRED_NONSPEC),
+};
+
/* sysfs definitions */
static ssize_t m1_pmu_events_sysfs_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -192,38 +324,76 @@ static ssize_t m1_pmu_events_sysfs_show(struct device *dev,

pmu_attr = container_of(attr, struct perf_pmu_events_attr, attr);

+ return sprintf(page, "event=0x%02llx\n", pmu_attr->id);
+}
+
+static ssize_t m3_pmu_events_sysfs_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *page)
+{
+ struct perf_pmu_events_attr *pmu_attr;
+
+ pmu_attr = container_of(attr, struct perf_pmu_events_attr, attr);
+
return sprintf(page, "event=0x%04llx\n", pmu_attr->id);
}

#define M1_PMU_EVENT_ATTR(name, config) \
PMU_EVENT_ATTR_ID(name, m1_pmu_events_sysfs_show, config)

+#define M3_PMU_EVENT_ATTR(name, config) \
+ PMU_EVENT_ATTR_ID(name, m3_pmu_events_sysfs_show, config)
+
static struct attribute *m1_pmu_event_attrs[] = {
M1_PMU_EVENT_ATTR(cycles, M1_PMU_PERFCTR_CORE_ACTIVE_CYCLE),
M1_PMU_EVENT_ATTR(instructions, M1_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_ALL),
NULL,
};

+static struct attribute *m3_pmu_event_attrs[] = {
+ M3_PMU_EVENT_ATTR(cycles, M3_PMU_PERFCTR_CORE_ACTIVE_CYCLE),
+ M3_PMU_EVENT_ATTR(instructions, M3_PMU_PERFCTR_INST_ALL),
+ NULL,
+};
+
static const struct attribute_group m1_pmu_events_attr_group = {
.name = "events",
.attrs = m1_pmu_event_attrs,
};

+static const struct attribute_group m3_pmu_events_attr_group = {
+ .name = "events",
+ .attrs = m3_pmu_event_attrs,
+};
+
PMU_FORMAT_ATTR_SHOW(event_8b, "config:0-7");
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR_SHOW(event_16b, "config:0-15");

static struct device_attribute format_attr_event_8b =
__ATTR(event, 0444, event_8b_show, NULL);
+static struct device_attribute format_attr_event_16b =
+ __ATTR(event, 0444, event_16b_show, NULL);

static struct attribute *m1_pmu_format_attrs[] = {
&format_attr_event_8b.attr,
NULL,
};

+static struct attribute *m3_pmu_format_attrs[] = {
+ &format_attr_event_16b.attr,
+ NULL,
+};
+
static const struct attribute_group m1_pmu_format_attr_group = {
.name = "format",
.attrs = m1_pmu_format_attrs,
};

+static const struct attribute_group m3_pmu_format_attr_group = {
+ .name = "format",
+ .attrs = m3_pmu_format_attrs,
+};
+
/* Low level accessors. No synchronisation. */
#define PMU_READ_COUNTER(_idx) \
case _idx: return read_sysreg_s(SYS_IMP_APL_PMC## _idx ##_EL1)
@@ -419,6 +589,19 @@ static void m1_pmu_configure_counter(unsigned int index, unsigned long config_ba
__apple_pmu_configure_eventsel(index, evt, 8, M1_PMU_CFG_EVENT);
}

+static void m3_pmu_configure_counter(unsigned int index, unsigned long config_base)
+{
+ bool kernel = config_base & M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_KERNEL;
+ bool guest = config_base & M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_GUEST;
+ bool host = config_base & M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_HOST;
+ bool user = config_base & M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_USER;
+ u16 evt = config_base & M3_PMU_CFG_EVENT;
+
+ __m1_pmu_configure_event_filter(index, user && host, kernel && host, true);
+ __m1_pmu_configure_event_filter(index, user && guest, kernel && guest, false);
+ __apple_pmu_configure_eventsel(index, evt, 16, M3_PMU_CFG_EVENT);
+}
+
/* arm_pmu backend */
static void m1_pmu_enable_event(struct perf_event *event)
{
@@ -428,6 +611,14 @@ static void m1_pmu_enable_event(struct perf_event *event)
isb();
}

+static void m3_pmu_enable_event(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ m3_pmu_configure_counter(event->hw.idx, event->hw.config_base);
+ m1_pmu_enable_counter(event->hw.idx);
+ m1_pmu_enable_counter_interrupt(event->hw.idx);
+ isb();
+}
+
static void m1_pmu_disable_event(struct perf_event *event)
{
m1_pmu_disable_counter_interrupt(event->hw.idx);
@@ -509,15 +700,46 @@ static int apple_pmu_get_event_idx(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc,
return -EAGAIN;
}

-static int m1_pmu_get_event_idx(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc,
- struct perf_event *event)
+static int apple_pmu_get_event_idx_8(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc,
+ struct perf_event *event,
+ const u16 event_affinities[M1_PMU_CFG_EVENT + 1])
{
unsigned long evtype = event->hw.config_base & M1_PMU_CFG_EVENT;
- unsigned long affinity = m1_pmu_event_affinity[evtype];
+ unsigned long affinity = event_affinities[evtype];

return apple_pmu_get_event_idx(cpuc, event, affinity);
}

+static int apple_pmu_get_event_idx_16(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc,
+ struct perf_event *event,
+ unsigned long event_affinities_size,
+ const struct event_affinity_16 event_affinities[])
+{
+ unsigned long evtype = event->hw.config_base & M3_PMU_CFG_EVENT;
+ unsigned long affinity = ANY_BUT_0_1;
+
+ for (int idx = 0; idx < event_affinities_size; idx++) {
+ if (event_affinities[idx].event_code == evtype) {
+ affinity = event_affinities[idx].affinity;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ return apple_pmu_get_event_idx(cpuc, event, affinity);
+}
+
+static int m1_pmu_get_event_idx(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc,
+ struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ return apple_pmu_get_event_idx_8(cpuc, event, m1_pmu_event_affinity);
+}
+
+static int m3_pmu_get_event_idx(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc,
+ struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ return apple_pmu_get_event_idx_16(cpuc, event, ARRAY_SIZE(m3_pmu_event_affinity),
+ m3_pmu_event_affinity);
+}
+
static void m1_pmu_clear_event_idx(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc,
struct perf_event *event)
{
@@ -572,6 +794,12 @@ static int m2_pmu_map_event(struct perf_event *event)
M1_PMU_CFG_EVENT);
}

+static int m3_pmu_map_event(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ return apple_pmu_map_event(event, &m3_pmu_perf_map, ARMPMU_EVT_63BIT,
+ M3_PMU_CFG_EVENT);
+}
+
static int apple_pmu_map_pmuv3_event(unsigned int eventsel, const u16 pmceid_map[])
{
u16 apple_event = HW_OP_UNSUPPORTED;
@@ -587,6 +815,11 @@ static int m1_pmu_map_pmuv3_event(unsigned int eventsel)
return apple_pmu_map_pmuv3_event(eventsel, m1_pmu_pmceid_map);
}

+static int m3_pmu_map_pmuv3_event(unsigned int eventsel)
+{
+ return apple_pmu_map_pmuv3_event(eventsel, m3_pmu_pmceid_map);
+}
+
static void apple_pmu_init_pmceid(struct arm_pmu *pmu)
{
unsigned int event;
@@ -635,6 +868,29 @@ static int m1_pmu_set_event_filter(struct hw_perf_event *event,
return 0;
}

+static int m3_pmu_set_event_filter(struct hw_perf_event *event,
+ struct perf_event_attr *attr)
+{
+ unsigned long config_base = 0;
+
+ if (!attr->exclude_guest && !is_kernel_in_hyp_mode()) {
+ pr_debug("ARM performance counters do not support mode exclusion\n");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+ if (!attr->exclude_kernel)
+ config_base |= M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_KERNEL;
+ if (!attr->exclude_user)
+ config_base |= M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_USER;
+ if (!attr->exclude_host)
+ config_base |= M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_HOST;
+ if (!attr->exclude_guest)
+ config_base |= M3_PMU_CFG_COUNT_GUEST;
+
+ event->config_base = config_base;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int apple_pmu_init(struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu)
{
cpu_pmu->handle_irq = m1_pmu_handle_irq;
@@ -681,8 +937,12 @@ APPLE_PMU_INIT(m1, icestorm)
APPLE_PMU_INIT(m1, firestorm)
APPLE_PMU_INIT(m2, avalanche)
APPLE_PMU_INIT(m2, blizzard)
+APPLE_PMU_INIT(m3, sawtooth)
+APPLE_PMU_INIT(m3, everest)

static const struct of_device_id m1_pmu_of_device_ids[] = {
+ { .compatible = "apple,sawtooth-pmu", .data = m3_pmu_sawtooth_init, },
+ { .compatible = "apple,everest-pmu", .data = m3_pmu_everest_init, },
{ .compatible = "apple,avalanche-pmu", .data = m2_pmu_avalanche_init, },
{ .compatible = "apple,blizzard-pmu", .data = m2_pmu_blizzard_init, },
{ .compatible = "apple,icestorm-pmu", .data = m1_pmu_icestorm_init, },

--
2.56.0