hwc->sample_period = x86_pmu.max_period;
hwc->last_period = hwc->sample_period;
local64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
- } else {
- /*
- * If we have a PMU initialized but no APIC
- * interrupts, we cannot sample hardware
- * events (user-space has to fall back and
- * sample via a hrtimer based software event):
- */
- if (!x86_pmu.apic)
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_RAW)
x86_pmu.apic = 0;
pr_info("no APIC, boot with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it.\n");
pr_info("no hardware sampling interrupt available.\n");
+
+ /*
+ * If we have a PMU initialized but no APIC
+ * interrupts, we cannot sample hardware
+ * events (user-space has to fall back and
+ * sample via a hrtimer based software event):
+ */
+ pmu.capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT;
+
}
static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_format_group = {