linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/15] perf/x86/lbr: Simplify the exposure check for the LBR

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Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:34:24 -0400
From:   Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
To:     pbonzini@...hat.com, seanjc@...gle.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     like.xu.linux@...il.com, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com,
        wei.w.wang@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 01/15] perf/x86/lbr: Simplify the exposure check for the LBR_INFO registers

From: Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>

The x86_pmu.lbr_info is 0 unless explicitly initialized, so there's
no point checking x86_pmu.intel_cap.lbr_format.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
Message-Id: <20220517154100.29983-3-weijiang.yang@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.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 4f70fb6c2c1e..4ed6d3691e10 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
@@ -1873,12 +1873,10 @@ 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;
 }
-- 
2.27.0