@@ -310,6 +310,16 @@ static void etm_event_start(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
if (!event_data)
goto fail;
+ /*
+ * Check if this ETM is allowed to trace, as decided
+ * at etm_setup_aux(). This could be due to an unreachable
+ * sink from this ETM. We can't do much in this case if
+ * the sink was specified or hinted to the driver. For
+ * now, simply don't record anything on this ETM.
+ */
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &event_data->mask))
+ goto fail_end_stop;
+
path = etm_event_cpu_path(event_data, cpu);
/* We need a sink, no need to continue without one */
sink = coresight_get_sink(path);