Re: [PATCH 3/5] perf, x86: Check LBR format capability

[Andi Kleen]

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 12:40:24PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 17:56 -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Double check the CPU has a LBR format we support before using it.
> > 
> > Also I made the init functions __init while I was on it. 
> 
> Why? Its all after a model test anyway.

Because the spec says we should check it.

It could catch bad VMs and other inconsistencies and it's the right thing
to do.

-Andi

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