[PATCH] KVM: arm64: build perf support only when enabled

[Marc Zyngier]

On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:49:01 +0100,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd at kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> 
> The perf_num_counters() function is only defined when CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
> is enabled:
> 
> arch/arm64/kvm/perf.c: In function 'kvm_perf_init':
> arch/arm64/kvm/perf.c:58:43: error: implicit declaration of function 'perf_num_counters'; did you mean 'dec_mm_counter'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>    58 |         if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_PMU) && perf_num_counters() > 0
>       |                                           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Use conditional compilation to disable this feature entirely when
> CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS is disabled in the host.
> 
> Fixes: 6b5b368fccd7 ("KVM: arm64: Turn kvm_arm_support_pmu_v3() into a static key")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> ---
> Not sure if this is the correct symbol to check for, but this is
> one way to avoid the build failure.

I think a better way is to get rid of perf_num_counters() entirely,
see [1]. If someone acks the second and last patches, I'll even take
the whole series in (nudge nudge...).

Thanks,

	M.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210414134409.1266357-1-maz@kernel.org

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