Re: [RFC PATCH 07/11] target/arm: Replace kvm_arm_pmu_supported by host_cpu_feature_supported

[Richard Henderson]

On 8/12/25 03:06, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static bool 
kvm_arm_get_host_cpu_features(ARMHostCPUFeatures *ahcf)
                               1 << KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_GENERIC);
      }
  
-    if (kvm_arm_pmu_supported()) {
+    if (host_cpu_feature_supported(ARM_FEATURE_PMU, false)) {

Why is false correct here?  Alternately, in the next patch, why is it correct to pass true 
for the EL2 test?

What is the purpose of the can_emulate parameter at all?


r~