Re: [PATCH 5/8] perf tools: Detect missing kernel features properly

From: Ravi Bangoria
Date: Tue Oct 15 2024 - 00:20:15 EST


> - } else if (evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest || evsel->core.attr.exclude_host) {
> - if (evsel->pmu == NULL)
> - evsel->pmu = evsel__find_pmu(evsel);
> -
> - if (evsel->pmu)
> - evsel->pmu->missing_features.exclude_guest = true;
> - else {
> - /* we cannot find PMU, disable attrs now */
> - evsel->core.attr.exclude_host = false;
> - evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest = false;
> - }
>
> - if (evsel->exclude_GH) {
> - pr_debug2_peo("PMU has no exclude_host/guest support, bailing out\n");
> - return false;
> - }
> - if (!perf_missing_features.exclude_guest) {
> - perf_missing_features.exclude_guest = true;
> - pr_debug2_peo("switching off exclude_guest, exclude_host\n");
> - }

Shall we get rid of:

perf_missing_features.exclude_guest
pmu->missing_features.exclude_guest

they don't seem to be used anywhere after the patch.

Thanks,
Ravi