Don't bother querying the CPL if a PMC is (not) counting for both USER and
KERNEL, i.e. if the end result is guaranteed to be the same regardless of
the CPL. Querying the CPL on Intel requires a VMREAD, i.e. isn't free,
and a single CMP+Jcc is cheap.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231110022857.1273836-11-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
select_user = config & 0x2;
}
+ /*
+ * Skip the CPL lookup, which isn't free on Intel, if the result will
+ * be the same regardless of the CPL.
+ */
+ if (select_os == select_user)
+ return select_os;
+
return (static_call(kvm_x86_get_cpl)(pmc->vcpu) == 0) ? select_os : select_user;
}