diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 72f2fa189cc5200bb98143c6b35de8ffc9e0aaee..68d827b7ae821755c74012ea5b37070dceb8f8bc 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ config HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
 	  subsystem.  Also has support for calculating CPU cycle events
 	  to determine how many clock cycles in a given period.
 
+config HAVE_PERF_REGS
+	bool
+	help
+	  Support selective register dumps for perf events. This includes
+	  bit-mapping of each registers and a unique architecture id.
+
 config HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 8ec3a1aa4abd3f612df4a5da31f30c67554d5182..3fab6ec9edc4c80697be05d61d45dd4f0a6b78bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
 	select PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
+	select HAVE_PERF_REGS
 	select ANON_INODES
 	select HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE if SLUB && !M386
 	select HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL if !M386
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_regs.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_regs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3f2207bfd17b0eb7efd12e043e58b12543a3c300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_regs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_PERF_REGS_H
+#define _ASM_X86_PERF_REGS_H
+
+enum perf_event_x86_regs {
+	PERF_REG_X86_AX,
+	PERF_REG_X86_BX,
+	PERF_REG_X86_CX,
+	PERF_REG_X86_DX,
+	PERF_REG_X86_SI,
+	PERF_REG_X86_DI,
+	PERF_REG_X86_BP,
+	PERF_REG_X86_SP,
+	PERF_REG_X86_IP,
+	PERF_REG_X86_FLAGS,
+	PERF_REG_X86_CS,
+	PERF_REG_X86_SS,
+	PERF_REG_X86_DS,
+	PERF_REG_X86_ES,
+	PERF_REG_X86_FS,
+	PERF_REG_X86_GS,
+	PERF_REG_X86_R8,
+	PERF_REG_X86_R9,
+	PERF_REG_X86_R10,
+	PERF_REG_X86_R11,
+	PERF_REG_X86_R12,
+	PERF_REG_X86_R13,
+	PERF_REG_X86_R14,
+	PERF_REG_X86_R15,
+
+	PERF_REG_X86_32_MAX = PERF_REG_X86_GS + 1,
+	PERF_REG_X86_64_MAX = PERF_REG_X86_R15 + 1,
+};
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_PERF_REGS_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index 8215e5652d9747b6a7eb5302abca77446933acf3..8d7a619718b5fac1b245985cbc185c108c5a4a94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SWIOTLB)			+= pci-swiotlb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OF)			+= devicetree.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UPROBES)			+= uprobes.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS)		+= perf_regs.o
+
 ###
 # 64 bit specific files
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_64),y)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3d6923528b1cc96238a997c4325b402cfcdfd65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
+#include <asm/perf_regs.h>
+#include <asm/ptrace.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+#define PERF_REG_X86_MAX PERF_REG_X86_32_MAX
+#else
+#define PERF_REG_X86_MAX PERF_REG_X86_64_MAX
+#endif
+
+#define PT_REGS_OFFSET(id, r) [id] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, r)
+
+static unsigned int pt_regs_offset[PERF_REG_X86_MAX] = {
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_AX, ax),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_BX, bx),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_CX, cx),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_DX, dx),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_SI, si),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_DI, di),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_BP, bp),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_SP, sp),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_IP, ip),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_FLAGS, flags),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_CS, cs),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_SS, ss),
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_DS, ds),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_ES, es),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_FS, fs),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_GS, gs),
+#else
+	/*
+	 * The pt_regs struct does not store
+	 * ds, es, fs, gs in 64 bit mode.
+	 */
+	(unsigned int) -1,
+	(unsigned int) -1,
+	(unsigned int) -1,
+	(unsigned int) -1,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_R8, r8),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_R9, r9),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_R10, r10),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_R11, r11),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_R12, r12),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_R13, r13),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_R14, r14),
+	PT_REGS_OFFSET(PERF_REG_X86_R15, r15),
+#endif
+};
+
+u64 perf_reg_value(struct pt_regs *regs, int idx)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(idx > ARRAY_SIZE(pt_regs_offset)))
+		return 0;
+
+	return regs_get_register(regs, pt_regs_offset[idx]);
+}
+
+#define REG_RESERVED (~((1ULL << PERF_REG_X86_MAX) - 1ULL))
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+int perf_reg_validate(u64 mask)
+{
+	if (!mask || mask & REG_RESERVED)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
+#define REG_NOSUPPORT ((1ULL << PERF_REG_X86_DS) | \
+		       (1ULL << PERF_REG_X86_ES) | \
+		       (1ULL << PERF_REG_X86_FS) | \
+		       (1ULL << PERF_REG_X86_GS))
+
+int perf_reg_validate(u64 mask)
+{
+	if (!mask || mask & REG_RESERVED)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (mask & REG_NOSUPPORT)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_regs.h b/include/linux/perf_regs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a2f1a98f783915af866af0218d0b1e0da8f56079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/perf_regs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_PERF_REGS_H
+#define _LINUX_PERF_REGS_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_PERF_REGS
+#include <asm/perf_regs.h>
+u64 perf_reg_value(struct pt_regs *regs, int idx);
+int perf_reg_validate(u64 mask);
+#else
+static inline u64 perf_reg_value(struct pt_regs *regs, int idx)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int perf_reg_validate(u64 mask)
+{
+	return mask ? -ENOSYS : 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_PERF_REGS */
+#endif /* _LINUX_PERF_REGS_H */