perf/x86/core: Zero @lbr instead of returning -1 in x86_perf_get_lbr() stub

Drop the return value from x86_perf_get_lbr() and have the stub zero out
the @lbr structure instead of returning -1 to indicate "no LBR support".
KVM doesn't actually check the return value, and instead subtly relies on
zeroing the number of LBRs in intel_pmu_init().

Formalize "nr=0 means unsupported" so that KVM doesn't need to add a
pointless check on the return value to fix KVM's benign bug.

Note, the stub is necessary even though KVM x86 selects PERF_EVENTS and
the caller exists only when CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=y.  Despite the name,
KVM_INTEL doesn't strictly require CPU_SUP_INTEL, it can be built with
any of INTEL || CENTAUR || ZHAOXIN CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-Id: <20221006000314.73240-2-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
index 8259d725054d..4dbde69c423b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
@@ -1603,10 +1603,8 @@ clear_arch_lbr:
  * x86_perf_get_lbr - get the LBR records information
  *
  * @lbr: the caller's memory to store the LBR records information
- *
- * Returns: 0 indicates the LBR info has been successfully obtained
  */
-int x86_perf_get_lbr(struct x86_pmu_lbr *lbr)
+void x86_perf_get_lbr(struct x86_pmu_lbr *lbr)
 {
 	int lbr_fmt = x86_pmu.intel_cap.lbr_format;
 
@@ -1614,8 +1612,6 @@ int x86_perf_get_lbr(struct x86_pmu_lbr *lbr)
 	lbr->from = x86_pmu.lbr_from;
 	lbr->to = x86_pmu.lbr_to;
 	lbr->info = (lbr_fmt == LBR_FORMAT_INFO) ? x86_pmu.lbr_info : 0;
-
-	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_perf_get_lbr);