diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/cavium/thunderx2-imp-def.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/cavium/thunderx2-imp-def.json
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+[
+    {
+        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data cache access, read",
+        "EventCode": "0x40",
+        "EventName": "l1d_cache_rd",
+        "BriefDescription": "L1D cache read",
+    },
+    {
+        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data cache access, write ",
+        "EventCode": "0x41",
+        "EventName": "l1d_cache_wr",
+        "BriefDescription": "L1D cache write",
+    },
+    {
+        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data cache refill, read",
+        "EventCode": "0x42",
+        "EventName": "l1d_cache_refill_rd",
+        "BriefDescription": "L1D cache refill read",
+    },
+    {
+        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data cache refill, write",
+        "EventCode": "0x43",
+        "EventName": "l1d_cache_refill_wr",
+        "BriefDescription": "L1D refill write",
+    },
+    {
+        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data TLB refill, read",
+        "EventCode": "0x4C",
+        "EventName": "l1d_tlb_refill_rd",
+        "BriefDescription": "L1D tlb refill read",
+    },
+    {
+        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data TLB refill, write",
+        "EventCode": "0x4D",
+        "EventName": "l1d_tlb_refill_wr",
+        "BriefDescription": "L1D tlb refill write",
+    },
+    {
+        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data or unified TLB access, read",
+        "EventCode": "0x4E",
+        "EventName": "l1d_tlb_rd",
+        "BriefDescription": "L1D tlb read",
+    },
+    {
+        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data or unified TLB access, write",
+        "EventCode": "0x4F",
+        "EventName": "l1d_tlb_wr",
+        "BriefDescription": "L1D tlb write",
+    },
+    {
+        "PublicDescription": "Bus access read",
+        "EventCode": "0x60",
+        "EventName": "bus_access_rd",
+        "BriefDescription": "Bus access read",
+   },
+   {
+        "PublicDescription": "Bus access write",
+        "EventCode": "0x61",
+        "EventName": "bus_access_wr",
+        "BriefDescription": "Bus access write",
+   }
+]
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/mapfile.csv b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/mapfile.csv
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+# Format:
+#	MIDR,Version,JSON/file/pathname,Type
+#
+# where
+#	MIDR	Processor version
+#		Variant[23:20] and Revision [3:0] should be zero.
+#	Version could be used to track version of of JSON file
+#		but currently unused.
+#	JSON/file/pathname is the path to JSON file, relative
+#		to tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/.
+#	Type is core, uncore etc
+#
+#
+#Family-model,Version,Filename,EventType
+0x00000000420f5160,v1,cavium,core