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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h6
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c11
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
index 00e7e671bb4b..dde97d7d9253 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ struct power_pmu {
* the pmu supports extended perf regs capability
*/
int capabilities;
+ /*
+ * Function to check event code for values which are
+ * reserved. Function takes struct perf_event as input,
+ * since event code could be spread in attr.config*
+ */
+ int (*check_attr_config)(struct perf_event *ev);
};
/*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index 766f064f00fb..b17358e8dc12 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -1963,6 +1963,17 @@ static int power_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
return -ENOENT;
}
+ /*
+ * PMU config registers have fields that are
+ * reserved and some specific values for bit fields are reserved.
+ * For ex., MMCRA[61:62] is Randome Sampling Mode (SM)
+ * and value of 0b11 to this field is reserved.
+ * Check for invalid values in attr.config.
+ */
+ if (ppmu->check_attr_config &&
+ ppmu->check_attr_config(event))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
event->hw.config_base = ev;
event->hw.idx = 0;