Merge tag 'perf-core-2025-05-25' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf events updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Core & generic-arch updates:

   - Add support for dynamic constraints and propagate it to the Intel
     driver (Kan Liang)

   - Fix & enhance driver-specific throttling support (Kan Liang)

   - Record sample last_period before updating on the x86 and PowerPC
     platforms (Mark Barnett)

   - Make perf_pmu_unregister() usable (Peter Zijlstra)

   - Unify perf_event_free_task() / perf_event_exit_task_context()
     (Peter Zijlstra)

   - Simplify perf_event_release_kernel() and perf_event_free_task()
     (Peter Zijlstra)

   - Allocate non-contiguous AUX pages by default (Yabin Cui)

  Uprobes updates:

   - Add support to emulate NOP instructions (Jiri Olsa)

   - selftests/bpf: Add 5-byte NOP uprobe trigger benchmark (Jiri Olsa)

  x86 Intel PMU enhancements:

   - Support Intel Auto Counter Reload [ACR] (Kan Liang)

   - Add PMU support for Clearwater Forest (Dapeng Mi)

   - Arch-PEBS preparatory changes: (Dapeng Mi)
       - Parse CPUID archPerfmonExt leaves for non-hybrid CPUs
       - Decouple BTS initialization from PEBS initialization
       - Introduce pairs of PEBS static calls

  x86 AMD PMU enhancements:

   - Use hrtimer for handling overflows in the AMD uncore driver
     (Sandipan Das)

   - Prevent UMC counters from saturating (Sandipan Das)

  Fixes and cleanups:

   - Fix put_ctx() ordering (Frederic Weisbecker)

   - Fix irq work dereferencing garbage (Frederic Weisbecker)

   - Misc fixes and cleanups (Changbin Du, Frederic Weisbecker, Ian
     Rogers, Ingo Molnar, Kan Liang, Peter Zijlstra, Qing Wang, Sandipan
     Das, Thorsten Blum)"

* tag 'perf-core-2025-05-25' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (60 commits)
  perf/headers: Clean up <linux/perf_event.h> a bit
  perf/uapi: Clean up <uapi/linux/perf_event.h> a bit
  perf/uapi: Fix PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE comments in <uapi/linux/perf_event.h>
  mips/perf: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  xtensa/perf: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  sparc/perf: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  loongarch/perf: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  csky/perf: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  arc/perf: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  alpha/perf: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  perf/apple_m1: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  perf/arm: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  s390/perf: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  powerpc/perf: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  perf/x86/zhaoxin: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  perf/x86/amd: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  perf/x86/intel: Remove driver-specific throttle support
  perf: Only dump the throttle log for the leader
  perf: Fix the throttle logic for a group
  perf/core: Add the is_event_in_freq_mode() helper to simplify the code
  ...

Author: torvalds

arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c

@@ -852,14 +852,9 @@ static void alpha_perf_event_irq_handler(unsigned long la_ptr,
 	alpha_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx, alpha_pmu->pmc_max_period[idx]+1);
 	perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, hwc->last_period);
 
-	if (alpha_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx)) {
-		if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs)) {
-			/* Interrupts coming too quickly; "throttle" the
-			 * counter, i.e., disable it for a little while.
-			 */
-			alpha_pmu_stop(event, 0);
-		}
-	}
+	if (alpha_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
+		perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs);
+
 	wrperfmon(PERFMON_CMD_ENABLE, cpuc->idx_mask);
 
 	return;

arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c

@@ -599,10 +599,8 @@ static irqreturn_t arc_pmu_intr(int irq, void *dev)
 
 		arc_perf_event_update(event, &event->hw, event->hw.idx);
 		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, hwc->last_period);
-		if (arc_pmu_event_set_period(event)) {
-			if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs))
-				arc_pmu_stop(event, 0);
-		}
+		if (arc_pmu_event_set_period(event))
+			perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs);
 
 		active_ints &= ~BIT(idx);
 	} while (active_ints);

arch/csky/kernel/perf_event.c

@@ -1139,8 +1139,7 @@ static irqreturn_t csky_pmu_handle_irq(int irq_num, void *dev)
 		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, hwc->last_period);
 		csky_pmu_event_set_period(event);
 
-		if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs))
-			csky_pmu_stop_event(event);
+		perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs);
 	}
 
 	csky_pmu_enable(&csky_pmu.pmu);

arch/loongarch/kernel/perf_event.c

@@ -479,8 +479,7 @@ static void handle_associated_event(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc, int idx,
 	if (!loongarch_pmu_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
 		return;
 
-	if (perf_event_overflow(event, data, regs))
-		loongarch_pmu_disable_event(idx);
+	perf_event_overflow(event, data, regs);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t pmu_handle_irq(int irq, void *dev)

arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c

@@ -791,8 +791,7 @@ static void handle_associated_event(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc,
 	if (!mipspmu_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
 		return;
 
-	if (perf_event_overflow(event, data, regs))
-		mipsxx_pmu_disable_event(idx);
+	perf_event_overflow(event, data, regs);
 }
 
 

arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c

@@ -2239,6 +2239,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 			       struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	u64 period = event->hw.sample_period;
+	const u64 last_period = event->hw.last_period;
 	s64 prev, delta, left;
 	int record = 0;
 
@@ -2320,7 +2321,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 	if (record) {
 		struct perf_sample_data data;
 
-		perf_sample_data_init(&data, ~0ULL, event->hw.last_period);
+		perf_sample_data_init(&data, ~0ULL, last_period);
 
 		if (event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR_TYPE)
 			perf_get_data_addr(event, regs, &data.addr);
@@ -2343,12 +2344,10 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 			ppmu->get_mem_weight(&data.weight.full, event->attr.sample_type);
 			data.sample_flags |= PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_TYPE;
 		}
-		if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs))
-			power_pmu_stop(event, 0);
+		perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs);
 	} else if (period) {
 		/* Account for interrupt in case of invalid SIAR */
-		if (perf_event_account_interrupt(event))
-			power_pmu_stop(event, 0);
+		perf_event_account_interrupt(event);
 	}
 }
 

arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c

@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 			       struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	u64 period = event->hw.sample_period;
+	const u64 last_period = event->hw.last_period;
 	s64 prev, delta, left;
 	int record = 0;
 
@@ -632,10 +633,9 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 	if (record) {
 		struct perf_sample_data data;
 
-		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, event->hw.last_period);
+		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, last_period);
 
-		if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs))
-			fsl_emb_pmu_stop(event, 0);
+		perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs);
 	}
 }
 

arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_cf.c

@@ -980,8 +980,6 @@ static int cfdiag_push_sample(struct perf_event *event,
 	}
 
 	overflow = perf_event_overflow(event, &data, &regs);
-	if (overflow)
-		event->pmu->stop(event, 0);
 
 	perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 	return overflow;

arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c

@@ -1072,10 +1072,7 @@ static int perf_push_sample(struct perf_event *event,
 	overflow = 0;
 	if (perf_event_exclude(event, &regs, sde_regs))
 		goto out;
-	if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, &regs)) {
-		overflow = 1;
-		event->pmu->stop(event, 0);
-	}
+	overflow = perf_event_overflow(event, &data, &regs);
 	perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 out:
 	return overflow;

arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c

@@ -1668,8 +1668,7 @@ static int __kprobes perf_event_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
 		if (!sparc_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
 			continue;
 
-		if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs))
-			sparc_pmu_stop(event, 0);
+		perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs);
 	}
 
 	finish_clock = sched_clock();