Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] perf tool_pmu: Make tool PMU events respect enable/disable

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>]

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 06:41:05PM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Tool PMU events (duration_time, user_time, system_time) currently
> count from when the event is opened to when it is read. This causes
> issues with features like the delay option (-D) or control fd, where
> events are opened but should not start counting immediately.
> 
> Make these events behave more like regular counters by implementing
> proper enable and disable support. Add accumulated_time to struct
> evsel to track time while enabled, and implement enable/disable CPU
> callbacks to start/stop counting.
> 
> Also generalize userspace PMU mixed group handling. Userspace synthetic
> PMUs (type > PERF_PMU_TYPE_PE_END) do not have kernel implementations and
> cannot be grouped in the kernel (opened with group_fd = -1), and are
> skipped by kernel enable/disable calls. Iterate over group members in
> userspace and manually enable/disable any members if the leader or the
> member is a non-perf-event open PMU, and synchronize their disabled flags.
> 
> Fixes: b71f46a6a708 ("perf stat: Remove hard coded shadow metrics")
> Reported-by: Francesco Nigro <nigro.fra@gmail.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20260517093650.2540920-1-nigro.fra@gmail.com/
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3-flash

Thanks, applied both patches to perf-tools-next, for v7.2.

- Arnaldo