The PEBS-via-PT feature is exposed for the e-core of some hybrid
platforms, e.g., ADL and MTL. But it never works.
$ dmesg | grep PEBS
[    1.793888] core: cpu_atom PMU driver: PEBS-via-PT
$ perf record -c 1000 -e '{intel_pt/branch=0/,
cpu_atom/cpu-cycles,aux-output/pp}' -C8
Error:
The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 22 (Invalid argument)
for event (cpu_atom/cpu-cycles,aux-output/pp).
"dmesg | grep -i perf" may provide additional information.
The "PEBS-via-PT" is printed if the corresponding bit of per-PMU
capabilities is set. Since the feature is supported by the e-core HW,
perf sets the bit for e-core. However, for Intel PT, if a feature is not
supported on all CPUs, it is not supported at all. The PEBS-via-PT event
cannot be created successfully.
The PEBS-via-PT is no longer enumerated on the latest hybrid platform. It
will be deprecated on future platforms with Arch PEBS. Let's remove it
from the existing hybrid platforms.
Fixes: d9977c43bff8 ("perf/x86: Register hybrid PMUs")
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250129154820.3755948-2-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
 
        else
                pmu->intel_ctrl &= ~(1ULL << GLOBAL_CTRL_EN_PERF_METRICS);
 
-       if (pmu->intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available)
-               pmu->pmu.capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_OUTPUT;
-       else
-               pmu->pmu.capabilities &= ~PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_OUTPUT;
-
        intel_pmu_check_event_constraints(pmu->event_constraints,
                                          pmu->cntr_mask64,
                                          pmu->fixed_cntr_mask64,
 
        pr_info("%s PMU driver: ", pmu->name);
 
-       if (pmu->intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available)
-               pr_cont("PEBS-via-PT ");
-
        pr_cont("\n");
 
        x86_pmu_show_pmu_cap(&pmu->pmu);
                pmu->intel_cap.capabilities = x86_pmu.intel_cap.capabilities;
                if (pmu->pmu_type & hybrid_small_tiny) {
                        pmu->intel_cap.perf_metrics = 0;
-                       pmu->intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available = 1;
                        pmu->mid_ack = true;
                } else if (pmu->pmu_type & hybrid_big) {
                        pmu->intel_cap.perf_metrics = 1;
-                       pmu->intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available = 0;
                        pmu->late_ack = true;
                }
        }
 
                        }
                        pr_cont("PEBS fmt4%c%s, ", pebs_type, pebs_qual);
 
-                       if (!is_hybrid() && x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available) {
+                       /*
+                        * The PEBS-via-PT is not supported on hybrid platforms,
+                        * because not all CPUs of a hybrid machine support it.
+                        * The global x86_pmu.intel_cap, which only contains the
+                        * common capabilities, is used to check the availability
+                        * of the feature. The per-PMU pebs_output_pt_available
+                        * in a hybrid machine should be ignored.
+                        */
+                       if (x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_output_pt_available) {
                                pr_cont("PEBS-via-PT, ");
                                x86_get_pmu(smp_processor_id())->capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_OUTPUT;
                        }