},
 };
 
-int pmu_events_table__for_each_event(const struct pmu_events_table *table, pmu_event_iter_fn fn,
-                                   void *data)
+int pmu_events_table__for_each_event(const struct pmu_events_table *table, struct perf_pmu *pmu,
+                                    pmu_event_iter_fn fn, void *data)
 {
        for (const struct pmu_event *pe = &table->entries[0]; pe->name; pe++) {
-               int ret = fn(pe, table, data);
+               int ret;
 
+                if (pmu && !pmu__name_match(pmu, pe->pmu))
+                        continue;
+
+               ret = fn(pe, table, data);
                if (ret)
                        return ret;
        }
 int pmu_for_each_core_event(pmu_event_iter_fn fn, void *data)
 {
        for (const struct pmu_events_map *tables = &pmu_events_map[0]; tables->arch; tables++) {
-               int ret = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(&tables->event_table, fn, data);
+               int ret = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(&tables->event_table,
+                                                          /*pmu=*/ NULL, fn, data);
 
                if (ret)
                        return ret;
        for (const struct pmu_sys_events *tables = &pmu_sys_event_tables[0];
             tables->name;
             tables++) {
-               int ret = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(&tables->table, fn, data);
+               int ret = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(&tables->table, /*pmu=*/ NULL, fn, data);
 
                if (ret)
                        return ret;
 
  }
 
 int pmu_events_table__for_each_event(const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+                                    struct perf_pmu *pmu,
                                     pmu_event_iter_fn fn,
                                     void *data)
 {
         for (size_t i = 0; i < table->num_pmus; i++) {
-                int ret = pmu_events_table__for_each_event_pmu(table, &table->pmus[i],
-                                                               fn, data);
+                const struct pmu_table_entry *table_pmu = &table->pmus[i];
+                const char *pmu_name = &big_c_string[table_pmu->pmu_name.offset];
+                int ret;
 
-                if (ret)
+                if (pmu && !pmu__name_match(pmu, pmu_name))
+                        continue;
+
+                ret = pmu_events_table__for_each_event_pmu(table, table_pmu, fn, data);
+                if (pmu || ret)
                         return ret;
         }
         return 0;
         for (const struct pmu_events_map *tables = &pmu_events_map[0];
              tables->arch;
              tables++) {
-                int ret = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(&tables->event_table, fn, data);
+                int ret = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(&tables->event_table,
+                                                           /*pmu=*/ NULL, fn, data);
 
                 if (ret)
                         return ret;
         for (const struct pmu_sys_events *tables = &pmu_sys_event_tables[0];
              tables->name;
              tables++) {
-                int ret = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(&tables->event_table, fn, data);
+                int ret = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(&tables->event_table,
+                                                           /*pmu=*/ NULL, fn, data);
 
                 if (ret)
                         return ret;
 
                                  const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
                                  void *data);
 
-int pmu_events_table__for_each_event(const struct pmu_events_table *table, pmu_event_iter_fn fn,
+int pmu_events_table__for_each_event(const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+                                   struct perf_pmu *pmu,
+                                   pmu_event_iter_fn fn,
                                    void *data);
 int pmu_metrics_table__for_each_metric(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table, pmu_metric_iter_fn fn,
                                     void *data);
 
        if (!table || !sys_event_table)
                return -1;
 
-       err = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(table, test__pmu_event_table_core_callback,
+       err = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(table, /*pmu=*/ NULL,
+                                             test__pmu_event_table_core_callback,
                                              &map_events);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
-       err = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(sys_event_table, test__pmu_event_table_sys_callback,
+       err = pmu_events_table__for_each_event(sys_event_table, /*pmu=*/ NULL,
+                                             test__pmu_event_table_sys_callback,
                                              &map_events);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
        return res;
 }
 
-struct pmu_add_cpu_aliases_map_data {
-       /* List being added to. */
-       struct list_head *head;
-       /* If a pmu_event lacks a given PMU the default used. */
-       char *default_pmu_name;
-       /* The PMU that we're searching for events for. */
-       struct perf_pmu *pmu;
-};
-
 static int pmu_add_cpu_aliases_map_callback(const struct pmu_event *pe,
                                        const struct pmu_events_table *table __maybe_unused,
                                        void *vdata)
 {
-       struct pmu_add_cpu_aliases_map_data *data = vdata;
-       const char *pname = pe->pmu ?: data->default_pmu_name;
+       struct list_head *head = vdata;
 
-       if (!strcmp(pname, data->pmu->name) ||
-           (data->pmu->is_uncore && pmu_uncore_alias_match(pname, data->pmu->name))) {
-               /* need type casts to override 'const' */
-               __perf_pmu__new_alias(data->head, -1, (char *)pe->name, (char *)pe->desc,
-                                     (char *)pe->event, pe);
-       }
+       /* need type casts to override 'const' */
+       __perf_pmu__new_alias(head, -1, (char *)pe->name, (char *)pe->desc, (char *)pe->event, pe);
        return 0;
 }
 
  */
 void pmu_add_cpu_aliases_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const struct pmu_events_table *table)
 {
-       struct pmu_add_cpu_aliases_map_data data = {
-               .head = &pmu->aliases,
-               .default_pmu_name = perf_pmus__default_pmu_name(),
-               .pmu = pmu,
-       };
-
-       pmu_events_table__for_each_event(table, pmu_add_cpu_aliases_map_callback, &data);
-       free(data.default_pmu_name);
+       pmu_events_table__for_each_event(table, pmu, pmu_add_cpu_aliases_map_callback, &pmu->aliases);
 }
 
 static void pmu_add_cpu_aliases(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
        return ret;
 }
 
+bool pmu__name_match(const struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *pmu_name)
+{
+       return !strcmp(pmu->name, pmu_name) ||
+               (pmu->is_uncore && pmu_uncore_alias_match(pmu_name, pmu->name));
+}
+
 bool perf_pmu__is_software(const struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 {
        if (pmu->is_core || pmu->is_uncore || pmu->auxtrace)
 
 bool perf_pmu__have_event(const struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name);
 size_t perf_pmu__num_events(const struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 int perf_pmu__for_each_event(const struct perf_pmu *pmu, void *state, pmu_event_callback cb);
+bool pmu__name_match(const struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *pmu_name);
 
 /**
  * perf_pmu_is_software - is the PMU a software PMU as in it uses the