3 files changed, 35 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c
index 75564a7df15b..68f681ad54c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "util/pmu.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
+#include "topdown.h"
 
 #define TOPDOWN_L1_EVENTS	"{slots,topdown-retiring,topdown-bad-spec,topdown-fe-bound,topdown-be-bound}"
 #define TOPDOWN_L2_EVENTS	"{slots,topdown-retiring,topdown-bad-spec,topdown-fe-bound,topdown-be-bound,topdown-heavy-ops,topdown-br-mispredict,topdown-fetch-lat,topdown-mem-bound}"
@@ -25,12 +26,12 @@ struct evsel *arch_evlist__leader(struct list_head *list)
 
 	first = list_first_entry(list, struct evsel, core.node);
 
-	if (!pmu_have_event("cpu", "slots"))
+	if (!topdown_sys_has_perf_metrics())
 		return first;
 
 	/* If there is a slots event and a topdown event then the slots event comes first. */
 	__evlist__for_each_entry(list, evsel) {
-		if (evsel->pmu_name && !strcmp(evsel->pmu_name, "cpu") && evsel->name) {
+		if (evsel->pmu_name && !strncmp(evsel->pmu_name, "cpu", 3) && evsel->name) {
 			if (strcasestr(evsel->name, "slots")) {
 				slots = evsel;
 				if (slots == first)
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/topdown.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/topdown.c
index 2f3d96aa92a5..f4d5422e9960 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/topdown.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/topdown.c
@@ -3,6 +3,31 @@
 #include "api/fs/fs.h"
 #include "util/pmu.h"
 #include "util/topdown.h"
+#include "topdown.h"
+
+/* Check whether there is a PMU which supports the perf metrics. */
+bool topdown_sys_has_perf_metrics(void)
+{
+	static bool has_perf_metrics;
+	static bool cached;
+	struct perf_pmu *pmu;
+
+	if (cached)
+		return has_perf_metrics;
+
+	/*
+	 * The perf metrics feature is a core PMU feature.
+	 * The PERF_TYPE_RAW type is the type of a core PMU.
+	 * The slots event is only available when the core PMU
+	 * supports the perf metrics feature.
+	 */
+	pmu = perf_pmu__find_by_type(PERF_TYPE_RAW);
+	if (pmu && pmu_have_event(pmu->name, "slots"))
+		has_perf_metrics = true;
+
+	cached = true;
+	return has_perf_metrics;
+}
 
 /*
  * Check whether we can use a group for top down.
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/topdown.h b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/topdown.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46bf9273e572
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/topdown.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _TOPDOWN_H
+#define _TOPDOWN_H 1
+
+bool topdown_sys_has_perf_metrics(void);
+
+#endif