diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
index 24a65057c1c030feceb3a4c05fa3c8d75c042e23..f31f90e2d85987e6e6ffafd01591f1cb793aa4ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct event_constraint {
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_COMMITTED	0x8 /* event passed commit_txn */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_LD_HSW	0x10 /* haswell style datala, load */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_NA_HSW	0x20 /* haswell style datala, unknown */
+#define PERF_X86_EVENT_EXCL		0x40 /* HT exclusivity on counter */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_RDPMC_ALLOWED	0x40 /* grant rdpmc permission */
 
 
@@ -123,6 +124,26 @@ struct intel_shared_regs {
 	unsigned                core_id;	/* per-core: core id */
 };
 
+enum intel_excl_state_type {
+	INTEL_EXCL_UNUSED    = 0, /* counter is unused */
+	INTEL_EXCL_SHARED    = 1, /* counter can be used by both threads */
+	INTEL_EXCL_EXCLUSIVE = 2, /* counter can be used by one thread only */
+};
+
+struct intel_excl_states {
+	enum intel_excl_state_type init_state[X86_PMC_IDX_MAX];
+	enum intel_excl_state_type state[X86_PMC_IDX_MAX];
+};
+
+struct intel_excl_cntrs {
+	raw_spinlock_t	lock;
+
+	struct intel_excl_states states[2];
+
+	int		refcnt;		/* per-core: #HT threads */
+	unsigned	core_id;	/* per-core: core id */
+};
+
 #define MAX_LBR_ENTRIES		16
 
 enum {
@@ -185,6 +206,12 @@ struct cpu_hw_events {
 	 * used on Intel NHM/WSM/SNB
 	 */
 	struct intel_shared_regs	*shared_regs;
+	/*
+	 * manage exclusive counter access between hyperthread
+	 */
+	struct event_constraint *constraint_list; /* in enable order */
+	struct intel_excl_cntrs		*excl_cntrs;
+	int excl_thread_id; /* 0 or 1 */
 
 	/*
 	 * AMD specific bits
@@ -208,6 +235,10 @@ struct cpu_hw_events {
 #define EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, m)	\
 	__EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, m, HWEIGHT(n), 0, 0)
 
+#define INTEL_EXCLEVT_CONSTRAINT(c, n)	\
+	__EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_EVENT, HWEIGHT(n),\
+			   0, PERF_X86_EVENT_EXCL)
+
 /*
  * The overlap flag marks event constraints with overlapping counter
  * masks. This is the case if the counter mask of such an event is not
@@ -566,6 +597,7 @@ do {									\
  */
 #define PMU_FL_NO_HT_SHARING	0x1 /* no hyper-threading resource sharing */
 #define PMU_FL_HAS_RSP_1	0x2 /* has 2 equivalent offcore_rsp regs   */
+#define PMU_FL_EXCL_CNTRS	0x4 /* has exclusive counter requirements  */
 
 #define EVENT_VAR(_id)  event_attr_##_id
 #define EVENT_PTR(_id) &event_attr_##_id.attr.attr
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
index 2dd34b57d3ff610f16d3403c7350fb1eeeb2f010..7f54000fd0f1151c545e7bc54a38a155944823f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -2224,16 +2224,52 @@ struct intel_shared_regs *allocate_shared_regs(int cpu)
 	return regs;
 }
 
+static struct intel_excl_cntrs *allocate_excl_cntrs(int cpu)
+{
+	struct intel_excl_cntrs *c;
+	int i;
+
+	c = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct intel_excl_cntrs),
+			 GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
+	if (c) {
+		raw_spin_lock_init(&c->lock);
+		for (i = 0; i < X86_PMC_IDX_MAX; i++) {
+			c->states[0].state[i] = INTEL_EXCL_UNUSED;
+			c->states[0].init_state[i] = INTEL_EXCL_UNUSED;
+
+			c->states[1].state[i] = INTEL_EXCL_UNUSED;
+			c->states[1].init_state[i] = INTEL_EXCL_UNUSED;
+		}
+		c->core_id = -1;
+	}
+	return c;
+}
+
 static int intel_pmu_cpu_prepare(int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
 
-	if (!(x86_pmu.extra_regs || x86_pmu.lbr_sel_map))
-		return NOTIFY_OK;
+	if (x86_pmu.extra_regs || x86_pmu.lbr_sel_map) {
+		cpuc->shared_regs = allocate_shared_regs(cpu);
+		if (!cpuc->shared_regs)
+			return NOTIFY_BAD;
+	}
 
-	cpuc->shared_regs = allocate_shared_regs(cpu);
-	if (!cpuc->shared_regs)
-		return NOTIFY_BAD;
+	if (x86_pmu.flags & PMU_FL_EXCL_CNTRS) {
+		size_t sz = X86_PMC_IDX_MAX * sizeof(struct event_constraint);
+
+		cpuc->constraint_list = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!cpuc->constraint_list)
+			return NOTIFY_BAD;
+
+		cpuc->excl_cntrs = allocate_excl_cntrs(cpu);
+		if (!cpuc->excl_cntrs) {
+			kfree(cpuc->constraint_list);
+			kfree(cpuc->shared_regs);
+			return NOTIFY_BAD;
+		}
+		cpuc->excl_thread_id = 0;
+	}
 
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
@@ -2274,12 +2310,29 @@ static void intel_pmu_cpu_starting(int cpu)
 
 	if (x86_pmu.lbr_sel_map)
 		cpuc->lbr_sel = &cpuc->shared_regs->regs[EXTRA_REG_LBR];
+
+	if (x86_pmu.flags & PMU_FL_EXCL_CNTRS) {
+		for_each_cpu(i, topology_thread_cpumask(cpu)) {
+			struct intel_excl_cntrs *c;
+
+			c = per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, i).excl_cntrs;
+			if (c && c->core_id == core_id) {
+				cpuc->kfree_on_online[1] = cpuc->excl_cntrs;
+				cpuc->excl_cntrs = c;
+				cpuc->excl_thread_id = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		cpuc->excl_cntrs->core_id = core_id;
+		cpuc->excl_cntrs->refcnt++;
+	}
 }
 
 static void intel_pmu_cpu_dying(int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
 	struct intel_shared_regs *pc;
+	struct intel_excl_cntrs *c;
 
 	pc = cpuc->shared_regs;
 	if (pc) {
@@ -2287,6 +2340,14 @@ static void intel_pmu_cpu_dying(int cpu)
 			kfree(pc);
 		cpuc->shared_regs = NULL;
 	}
+	c = cpuc->excl_cntrs;
+	if (c) {
+		if (c->core_id == -1 || --c->refcnt == 0)
+			kfree(c);
+		cpuc->excl_cntrs = NULL;
+		kfree(cpuc->constraint_list);
+		cpuc->constraint_list = NULL;
+	}
 
 	fini_debug_store_on_cpu(cpu);
 }