*/
        hwc->config_base            |= (unsigned long)mapping;
 
-       if (!hwc->sample_period) {
+       if (!is_sampling_event(event)) {
                /*
                 * For non-sampling runs, limit the sample_period to half
                 * of the counter width. That way, the new counter value
 
 
        irqs = min(pmu_device->num_resources, num_possible_cpus());
        if (irqs < 1) {
-               pr_err("no irqs for PMUs defined\n");
-               return -ENODEV;
+               printk_once("perf/ARM: No irqs for PMU defined, sampling events not supported\n");
+               return 0;
        }
 
        irq = platform_get_irq(pmu_device, 0);
        /* Ensure the PMU has sane values out of reset. */
        if (cpu_pmu->reset)
                on_each_cpu(cpu_pmu->reset, cpu_pmu, 1);
+
+       /* If no interrupts available, set the corresponding capability flag */
+       if (!platform_get_irq(cpu_pmu->plat_device, 0))
+               cpu_pmu->pmu.capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT;
 }
 
 /*