* Uncore PMUs have a "cpumask" file under sysfs. CPU PMUs (e.g. on arm/arm64)
  * may have a "cpus" file.
  */
-static struct perf_cpu_map *pmu_cpumask(const char *name)
+static struct perf_cpu_map *pmu_cpumask(int dirfd, const char *name)
 {
        struct perf_cpu_map *cpus;
        const char *templates[] = {
 
        strlcpy(pmu_name, name, sizeof(pmu_name));
        for (template = templates; *template; template++) {
-               file = perf_pmu__open_file(&pmu, *template);
+               file = perf_pmu__open_file_at(&pmu, dirfd, *template);
                if (!file)
                        continue;
                cpus = perf_cpu_map__read(file);
+               fclose(file);
                if (cpus)
                        return cpus;
        }
        return NULL;
 }
 
-static bool pmu_is_uncore(const char *name)
+static bool pmu_is_uncore(int dirfd, const char *name)
 {
-       char path[PATH_MAX];
+       int fd;
 
        if (perf_pmu__hybrid_mounted(name))
                return false;
 
-       perf_pmu__pathname_scnprintf(path, sizeof(path), name, "cpumask");
-       return file_available(path);
+       fd = perf_pmu__pathname_fd(dirfd, name, "cpumask", O_PATH);
+       if (fd < 0)
+               return false;
+
+       close(fd);
+       return true;
 }
 
 static char *pmu_id(const char *name)
        return NULL;
 }
 
-static int pmu_max_precise(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
+static int pmu_max_precise(int dirfd, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 {
        int max_precise = -1;
 
-       perf_pmu__scan_file(pmu, "caps/max_precise", "%d", &max_precise);
+       perf_pmu__scan_file_at(pmu, dirfd, "caps/max_precise", "%d", &max_precise);
        return max_precise;
 }
 
        if (!pmu)
                return NULL;
 
-       pmu->cpus = pmu_cpumask(name);
+       pmu->cpus = pmu_cpumask(dirfd, name);
        pmu->name = strdup(name);
 
        if (!pmu->name)
                goto err;
 
        /* Read type, and ensure that type value is successfully assigned (return 1) */
-       if (perf_pmu__scan_file(pmu, "type", "%u", &type) != 1)
+       if (perf_pmu__scan_file_at(pmu, dirfd, "type", "%u", &type) != 1)
                goto err;
 
        alias_name = pmu_find_alias_name(name);
        }
 
        pmu->type = type;
-       pmu->is_uncore = pmu_is_uncore(name);
+       pmu->is_uncore = pmu_is_uncore(dirfd, name);
        if (pmu->is_uncore)
                pmu->id = pmu_id(name);
-       pmu->max_precise = pmu_max_precise(pmu);
+       pmu->max_precise = pmu_max_precise(dirfd, pmu);
        pmu_add_cpu_aliases(&aliases, pmu);
        pmu_add_sys_aliases(&aliases, pmu);
 
        return fopen(path, "r");
 }
 
+FILE *perf_pmu__open_file_at(struct perf_pmu *pmu, int dirfd, const char *name)
+{
+       int fd;
+
+       fd = perf_pmu__pathname_fd(dirfd, pmu->name, name, O_RDONLY);
+       if (fd < 0)
+               return NULL;
+
+       return fdopen(fd, "r");
+}
+
 int perf_pmu__scan_file(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name, const char *fmt,
                        ...)
 {
        return ret;
 }
 
+int perf_pmu__scan_file_at(struct perf_pmu *pmu, int dirfd, const char *name,
+                          const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+       va_list args;
+       FILE *file;
+       int ret = EOF;
+
+       va_start(args, fmt);
+       file = perf_pmu__open_file_at(pmu, dirfd, name);
+       if (file) {
+               ret = vfscanf(file, fmt, args);
+               fclose(file);
+       }
+       va_end(args);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 bool perf_pmu__file_exists(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name)
 {
        char path[PATH_MAX];
 
 void print_pmu_events(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *print_state);
 bool pmu_have_event(const char *pname, const char *name);
 
+FILE *perf_pmu__open_file(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name);
+FILE *perf_pmu__open_file_at(struct perf_pmu *pmu, int dirfd, const char *name);
+
 int perf_pmu__scan_file(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name, const char *fmt, ...) __scanf(3, 4);
+int perf_pmu__scan_file_at(struct perf_pmu *pmu, int dirfd, const char *name,
+                          const char *fmt, ...) __scanf(4, 5);
 
 bool perf_pmu__file_exists(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name);
 
                                 const char *pmu_name, const char *filename);
 int perf_pmu__event_source_devices_fd(void);
 int perf_pmu__pathname_fd(int dirfd, const char *pmu_name, const char *filename, int flags);
-FILE *perf_pmu__open_file(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name);
 
 void perf_pmu__destroy(void);