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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c index 3e43538f6b72..dde06c0f97f3 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -1063,6 +1063,14 @@ static int __armv8_pmuv3_map_event(struct perf_event *event, &armv8_pmuv3_perf_cache_map, ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT); + /* + * CHAIN events only work when paired with an adjacent counter, and it + * never makes sense for a user to open one in isolation, as they'll be + * rotated arbitrarily. + */ + if (hw_event_id == ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_CHAIN) + return -EINVAL; + if (armv8pmu_event_is_64bit(event)) event->hw.flags |= ARMPMU_EVT_64BIT; |