[Patch v2 2/2] perf/x86: Update cap_user_rdpmc base on rdpmc user disable state

From: Dapeng Mi

Date: Mon Mar 16 2026 - 01:13:19 EST


After introducing the RDPMC user disable feature, user-space RDPMC may
return 0 instead of the actual event count. This creates an inconsistency
with cap_user_rdpmc, where cap_user_rdpmc is set, but user-space RDPMC
only returns 0.

To accurately represent the user-space RDPMC capability, update
cap_user_rdpmc based on the RDPMC user disable state. If RDPMC user
disable is enabled, cap_user_rdpmc is set to false, allowing user-space
programs to fall back to the read() syscall to obtain the real event
count.

Since arch_perf_update_userpage() could be called for software events,
enhance x86_pmu_has_rdpmc_user_disable() to only check the x86 PMUs.

Fixes: 59af95e028d4 ("perf/x86/intel: Add support for rdpmc user disable feature")
Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

v2: Add is_x86_pmu() check before checking if rdpmc user disable feature
is supported.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260311075201.2951073-2-dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

arch/x86/events/core.c | 3 +++
arch/x86/events/perf_event.h | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 66b1a873c395..34eda8813716 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -2794,6 +2794,9 @@ void arch_perf_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event,
userpg->cap_user_time_zero = 0;
userpg->cap_user_rdpmc =
!!(event->hw.flags & PERF_EVENT_FLAG_USER_READ_CNT);
+ if (x86_pmu_has_rdpmc_user_disable(event->pmu) &&
+ event->hw.config & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_RDPMC_USER_DISABLE)
+ userpg->cap_user_rdpmc = 0;
userpg->pmc_width = x86_pmu.cntval_bits;

if (!using_native_sched_clock() || !sched_clock_stable())
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index 025f67726ecc..307361b106d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -1351,8 +1351,9 @@ static inline u64 x86_pmu_get_event_config(struct perf_event *event)

static inline bool x86_pmu_has_rdpmc_user_disable(struct pmu *pmu)
{
- return !!(hybrid(pmu, config_mask) &
- ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_RDPMC_USER_DISABLE);
+ return is_x86_pmu(pmu) &&
+ (hybrid(pmu, config_mask) &
+ ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_RDPMC_USER_DISABLE);
}

extern struct event_constraint emptyconstraint;
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2.34.1