1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
index fd00bb29425d..c1a861829d81 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
@@ -262,11 +262,20 @@ struct cpu_hw_events {
         __EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK, \
                           HWEIGHT(n), 0, PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_ST_HSW)
 
-#define EVENT_CONSTRAINT_END            \
-        EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0, 0, 0)
+/*
+ * We define the end marker as having a weight of -1
+ * to enable blacklisting of events using a counter bitmask
+ * of zero and thus a weight of zero.
+ * The end marker has a weight that cannot possibly be
+ * obtained from counting the bits in the bitmask.
+ */
+#define EVENT_CONSTRAINT_END { .weight = -1 }
 
+/*
+ * Check for end marker with weight == -1
+ */
 #define for_each_event_constraint(e, c) \
-        for ((e) = (c); (e)->weight; (e)++)
+        for ((e) = (c); (e)->weight != -1; (e)++)
 
 /*
  * Extra registers for specific events.