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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/affinity.c b/tools/perf/util/affinity.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Manage affinity to optimize IPIs inside the kernel perf API. */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include "perf.h"
+#include "cpumap.h"
+#include "affinity.h"
+
+static int get_cpu_set_size(void)
+{
+	int sz = cpu__max_cpu() + 8 - 1;
+	/*
+	 * sched_getaffinity doesn't like masks smaller than the kernel.
+	 * Hopefully that's big enough.
+	 */
+	if (sz < 4096)
+		sz = 4096;
+	return sz / 8;
+}
+
+int affinity__setup(struct affinity *a)
+{
+	int cpu_set_size = get_cpu_set_size();
+
+	a->orig_cpus = bitmap_alloc(cpu_set_size * 8);
+	if (!a->orig_cpus)
+		return -1;
+	sched_getaffinity(0, cpu_set_size, (cpu_set_t *)a->orig_cpus);
+	a->sched_cpus = bitmap_alloc(cpu_set_size * 8);
+	if (!a->sched_cpus) {
+		zfree(&a->orig_cpus);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	bitmap_zero((unsigned long *)a->sched_cpus, cpu_set_size);
+	a->changed = false;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * perf_event_open does an IPI internally to the target CPU.
+ * It is more efficient to change perf's affinity to the target
+ * CPU and then set up all events on that CPU, so we amortize
+ * CPU communication.
+ */
+void affinity__set(struct affinity *a, int cpu)
+{
+	int cpu_set_size = get_cpu_set_size();
+
+	if (cpu == -1)
+		return;
+	a->changed = true;
+	set_bit(cpu, a->sched_cpus);
+	/*
+	 * We ignore errors because affinity is just an optimization.
+	 * This could happen for example with isolated CPUs or cpusets.
+	 * In this case the IPIs inside the kernel's perf API still work.
+	 */
+	sched_setaffinity(0, cpu_set_size, (cpu_set_t *)a->sched_cpus);
+	clear_bit(cpu, a->sched_cpus);
+}
+
+void affinity__cleanup(struct affinity *a)
+{
+	int cpu_set_size = get_cpu_set_size();
+
+	if (a->changed)
+		sched_setaffinity(0, cpu_set_size, (cpu_set_t *)a->orig_cpus);
+	zfree(&a->sched_cpus);
+	zfree(&a->orig_cpus);
+}