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diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
index f0dbf7b075c8..9cc1c4a9dec4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
#include "util/debug.h"
#include "util/evsel.h"
#include "util/evlist.h"
+#include "util/pmu.h"
#include "book3s_hv_exits.h"
#include "book3s_hcalls.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
#define NR_TPS 4
@@ -172,3 +174,46 @@ int cpu_isa_init(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, const char *cpuid __maybe_unused)
return ret;
}
+
+/*
+ * Incase of powerpc architecture, pmu registers are programmable
+ * by guest kernel. So monitoring guest via host may not provide
+ * valid samples with default 'cycles' event. It is better to use
+ * 'trace_imc/trace_cycles' event for guest profiling, since it
+ * can track the guest instruction pointer in the trace-record.
+ *
+ * Function to parse the arguments and return appropriate values.
+ */
+int kvm_add_default_arch_event(int *argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ const char **tmp;
+ bool event = false;
+ int i, j = *argc;
+
+ const struct option event_options[] = {
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('e', "event", &event, NULL),
+ OPT_END()
+ };
+
+ tmp = calloc(j + 1, sizeof(char *));
+ if (!tmp)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
+ tmp[i] = argv[i];
+
+ parse_options(j, tmp, event_options, NULL, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN);
+ if (!event) {
+ if (pmu_have_event("trace_imc", "trace_cycles")) {
+ argv[j++] = strdup("-e");
+ argv[j++] = strdup("trace_imc/trace_cycles/");
+ *argc += 2;
+ } else {
+ free(tmp);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
+
+ free(tmp);
+ return 0;
+}