diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 7ce0b37b155ba25bfddb2234194dcf1dce46f985..42a6daaf4e0af88bb78121742989503a46cbd2b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ struct perf_sample_data {
 		u32	reserved;
 	}				cpu_entry;
 	u64				period;
+	union  perf_mem_data_src	data_src;
 	struct perf_callchain_entry	*callchain;
 	struct perf_raw_record		*raw;
 	struct perf_branch_stack	*br_stack;
@@ -588,6 +589,7 @@ static inline void perf_sample_data_init(struct perf_sample_data *data,
 	data->regs_user.regs = NULL;
 	data->stack_user_size = 0;
 	data->weight = 0;
+	data->data_src.val = 0;
 }
 
 extern void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index cdc255da02e2d79e9f415d007c1dcefd8dff2cf5..5b5762006855681eb79d773bb34079ff5dbf765d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ enum perf_event_sample_format {
 	PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER			= 1U << 12,
 	PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER			= 1U << 13,
 	PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT			= 1U << 14,
+	PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC			= 1U << 15,
 
-	PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 15,		/* non-ABI */
-
+	PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 16,		/* non-ABI */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
 	 * 	  u64			dyn_size; } && PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER
 	 *
 	 *	{ u64			weight;   } && PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT
+	 *	{ u64			data_src;     } && PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC
 	 * };
 	 */
 	PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE			= 9,
@@ -617,4 +618,67 @@ enum perf_callchain_context {
 #define PERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT		(1U << 1)
 #define PERF_FLAG_PID_CGROUP		(1U << 2) /* pid=cgroup id, per-cpu mode only */
 
+union perf_mem_data_src {
+	__u64 val;
+	struct {
+		__u64   mem_op:5,	/* type of opcode */
+			mem_lvl:14,	/* memory hierarchy level */
+			mem_snoop:5,	/* snoop mode */
+			mem_lock:2,	/* lock instr */
+			mem_dtlb:7,	/* tlb access */
+			mem_rsvd:31;
+	};
+};
+
+/* type of opcode (load/store/prefetch,code) */
+#define PERF_MEM_OP_NA		0x01 /* not available */
+#define PERF_MEM_OP_LOAD	0x02 /* load instruction */
+#define PERF_MEM_OP_STORE	0x04 /* store instruction */
+#define PERF_MEM_OP_PFETCH	0x08 /* prefetch */
+#define PERF_MEM_OP_EXEC	0x10 /* code (execution) */
+#define PERF_MEM_OP_SHIFT	0
+
+/* memory hierarchy (memory level, hit or miss) */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_NA		0x01  /* not available */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT	0x02  /* hit level */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS	0x04  /* miss level  */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_L1		0x08  /* L1 */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_LFB	0x10  /* Line Fill Buffer */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_L2		0x20  /* L2 hit */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_L3		0x40  /* L3 hit */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_LOC_RAM	0x80  /* Local DRAM */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_REM_RAM1	0x100 /* Remote DRAM (1 hop) */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_REM_RAM2	0x200 /* Remote DRAM (2 hops) */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_REM_CCE1	0x400 /* Remote Cache (1 hop) */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_REM_CCE2	0x800 /* Remote Cache (2 hops) */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_IO		0x1000 /* I/O memory */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_UNC	0x2000 /* Uncached memory */
+#define PERF_MEM_LVL_SHIFT	5
+
+/* snoop mode */
+#define PERF_MEM_SNOOP_NA	0x01 /* not available */
+#define PERF_MEM_SNOOP_NONE	0x02 /* no snoop */
+#define PERF_MEM_SNOOP_HIT	0x04 /* snoop hit */
+#define PERF_MEM_SNOOP_MISS	0x08 /* snoop miss */
+#define PERF_MEM_SNOOP_HITM	0x10 /* snoop hit modified */
+#define PERF_MEM_SNOOP_SHIFT	19
+
+/* locked instruction */
+#define PERF_MEM_LOCK_NA	0x01 /* not available */
+#define PERF_MEM_LOCK_LOCKED	0x02 /* locked transaction */
+#define PERF_MEM_LOCK_SHIFT	24
+
+/* TLB access */
+#define PERF_MEM_TLB_NA		0x01 /* not available */
+#define PERF_MEM_TLB_HIT	0x02 /* hit level */
+#define PERF_MEM_TLB_MISS	0x04 /* miss level */
+#define PERF_MEM_TLB_L1		0x08 /* L1 */
+#define PERF_MEM_TLB_L2		0x10 /* L2 */
+#define PERF_MEM_TLB_WK		0x20 /* Hardware Walker*/
+#define PERF_MEM_TLB_OS		0x40 /* OS fault handler */
+#define PERF_MEM_TLB_SHIFT	26
+
+#define PERF_MEM_S(a, s) \
+	(((u64)PERF_MEM_##a##_##s) << PERF_MEM_##a##_SHIFT)
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 9e3edb272b3e756fbcb8dd8d78b0229b975964e0..77c96d18c23af2fc53323fa0c8067a2728609052 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -982,6 +982,9 @@ static void perf_event__header_size(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ)
 		size += event->read_size;
 
+	if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC)
+		size += sizeof(data->data_src.val);
+
 	event->header_size = size;
 }
 
@@ -4199,6 +4202,9 @@ void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 
 	if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT)
 		perf_output_put(handle, data->weight);
+
+	if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC)
+		perf_output_put(handle, data->data_src.val);
 }
 
 void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,