It is making 'perf test 10' fail:
⬢[acme@toolbox perf]$ perf test 10
10: PMU events :
10.1: PMU event table sanity : Ok
10.2: PMU event map aliases : Ok
10.3: Parsing of PMU event table metrics : Ok
10.4: Parsing of PMU event table metrics with fake PMUs : FAILED!
⬢[acme@toolbox perf]
This reverts commit d89bf9cab1.