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

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Message-ID: <167214233418.4906.13269799714918773894.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Tue, 27 Dec 2022 11:58:54 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Like Xu" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: perf/core] perf/x86/lbr: Simplify the exposure check for the
 LBR_INFO registers

The following commit has been merged into the perf/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     03c4c7f88709fac0e20b6a48357c73d6fc50e544
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/03c4c7f88709fac0e20b6a48357c73d6fc50e544
Author:        Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 24 Nov 2022 23:05:50 -05:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:52:07 +01:00

perf/x86/lbr: Simplify the exposure check for the LBR_INFO registers

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

Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221125040604.5051-2-weijiang.yang@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 1f21f57..c3b0d15 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
@@ -1606,12 +1606,10 @@ clear_arch_lbr:
  */
 void 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;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_perf_get_lbr);