drivers/perf: pmuv3: don't expose SW_INCR event in sysfs
The SW_INCR event is somewhat unusual, and depends on the specific HW counter that it is programmed into. When programmed into PMEVCNTR<n>, SW_INCR will count any writes to PMSWINC_EL0 with bit n set, ignoring writes to SW_INCR with bit n clear. Event rotation means that there's no fixed relationship between perf_events and HW counters, so this isn't all that useful. Further, we program PMUSERENR.{SW,EN}=={0,0}, which causes EL0 writes to PMSWINC_EL0 to be trapped and handled as UNDEFINED, resulting in a SIGILL to userspace. Given that, it's not a good idea to expose SW_INCR in sysfs. Hide it as we did for CHAIN back in commit: 4ba2578f ("arm64: perf: don't expose CHAIN event in sysfs") Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231204115847.2993026-1-mark.rutland@arm.comSigned-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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