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diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index dea009ce0e4a..345442410a4d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -407,6 +407,19 @@ struct cpu_hw_events {
EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, (1ULL << (32+n)), FIXED_EVENT_FLAGS)
/*
+ * The special metric counters do not actually exist. They are calculated from
+ * the combination of the FxCtr3 + MSR_PERF_METRICS.
+ *
+ * The special metric counters are mapped to a dummy offset for the scheduler.
+ * The sharing between multiple users of the same metric without multiplexing
+ * is not allowed, even though the hardware supports that in principle.
+ */
+
+#define METRIC_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n) \
+ EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, (1ULL << (INTEL_PMC_IDX_METRIC_BASE + n)), \
+ INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK)
+
+/*
* Constraint on the Event code + UMask
*/
#define INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n) \