linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf/x86/lbr: Simplify the exposure check for the LBR

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Date:   Wed,  3 Feb 2021 15:03:37 +0800
From:   Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf/x86/lbr: Simplify the exposure check for the LBR_INFO registers

If the platform supports LBR_INFO register, the x86_pmu.lbr_info will
be assigned in intel_pmu_?_lbr_init_?() and it's safe to expose LBR_INFO
in the x86_perf_get_lbr() directly, instead of relying on lbr_format check.

Also Architectural LBR has IA32_LBR_x_INFO instead of LBR_FORMAT_INFO_x
to hold metadata for the operation, including mispredict, TSX, and
elapsed cycle time information.

Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
index 21890dacfcfe..355ea70f1879 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
@@ -1832,12 +1832,10 @@ void __init intel_pmu_arch_lbr_init(void)
  */
 int x86_perf_get_lbr(struct x86_pmu_lbr *lbr)
 {
-	int lbr_fmt = x86_pmu.intel_cap.lbr_format;
-
 	lbr->nr = x86_pmu.lbr_nr;
 	lbr->from = x86_pmu.lbr_from;
 	lbr->to = x86_pmu.lbr_to;
-	lbr->info = (lbr_fmt == LBR_FORMAT_INFO) ? x86_pmu.lbr_info : 0;
+	lbr->info = x86_pmu.lbr_info;
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.29.2