KVM: x86/pmu: Check eventsel first when emulating (branch) insns retired
When triggering events, i.e. emulating PMC events in software, check for a matching event selector before checking the event is allowed. The "is allowed" check *might* be cheap, but it could also be very costly, e.g. if userspace has defined a large PMU event filter. The event selector check on the other hand is all but guaranteed to be <10 uops, e.g. looks something like: 0xffffffff8105e615 <+5>: movabs $0xf0000ffff,%rax 0xffffffff8105e61f <+15>: xor %rdi,%rsi 0xffffffff8105e622 <+18>: test %rax,%rsi 0xffffffff8105e625 <+21>: sete %al Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231110022857.1273836-10-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by:Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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