[PATCH v9 1/5] perf: Add perf_event_attr::config4

[Will Deacon]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 03:46:01PM +0000, James Clark wrote:
> Arm FEAT_SPE_FDS adds the ability to filter on the data source of a
> packet using another 64-bits of event filtering control. As the existing
> perf_event_attr::configN fields are all used up for SPE PMU, an
> additional field is needed. Add a new 'config4' field.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
> Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers at google.com>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> index 78a362b80027..0d0ed85ad8cb 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ enum perf_event_read_format {
>  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER6			120	/* Add: aux_sample_size */
>  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER7			128	/* Add: sig_data */
>  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER8			136	/* Add: config3 */
> +#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER9			144	/* add: config4 */
>  
>  /*
>   * 'struct perf_event_attr' contains various attributes that define
> @@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
>  	__u64	sig_data;
>  
>  	__u64	config3; /* extension of config2 */
> +	__u64	config4; /* extension of config3 */

Please can one of the core perf maintainers ack/nak this extension?

Cheers,

Will