Re: [PATCH v4 07/12] KVM: x86/cpuid: Use fast return for cpuid "0xa" leaf when !enable_pmu

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KVM: x86: Explicitly zero cpuid "0xa" leaf when PMU is disabled

On Tue, Feb 14, 2023, Like Xu wrote:
> From: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Add an explicit !enable_pmu check as relying on kvm_pmu_cap to be
> zeroed isn't obvious. Although when !enable_pmu, KVM will have
> zero-padded kvm_pmu_cap to do subsequent cpuid leaf assignments,
> one extra branch instruction saves a few subsequent zero-assignment
> instructions, speeding things up a bit.

Drop the performance blurb, as I stated multiple times, optimizing this code is
a non-goal.



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