This function has only one use, so inline it and drop the stubs.

Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
---
 target/arm/kvm_arm.h  | 13 -------------
 target/arm/kvm-stub.c |  5 -----
 target/arm/kvm.c      |  7 +------
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/arm/kvm_arm.h b/target/arm/kvm_arm.h
index cee06b5f0b..82ac2aae46 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm_arm.h
+++ b/target/arm/kvm_arm.h
@@ -168,14 +168,6 @@ void kvm_arm_steal_time_finalize(ARMCPU *cpu, Error **errp);
  */
 bool kvm_arm_aarch32_supported(void);
 
-/**
- * kvm_arm_pmu_supported:
- *
- * Returns: true if KVM can enable the PMU
- * and false otherwise.
- */
-bool kvm_arm_pmu_supported(void);
-
 /**
  * kvm_arm_mte_supported:
  *
@@ -196,11 +188,6 @@ static inline bool kvm_arm_aarch32_supported(void)
     return false;
 }
 
-static inline bool kvm_arm_pmu_supported(void)
-{
-    return false;
-}
-
 static inline bool kvm_arm_mte_supported(void)
 {
     return false;
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm-stub.c b/target/arm/kvm-stub.c
index f1d0ca09e6..169ef5f206 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm-stub.c
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ bool kvm_arm_aarch32_supported(void)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool kvm_arm_pmu_supported(void)
-{
-    return false;
-}
-
 bool kvm_arm_mte_supported(void)
 {
     return false;
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index 7724609b28..ccffa40900 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static bool kvm_arm_get_host_cpu_features(ARMHostCPUFeatures *ahcf)
                              1 << KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_GENERIC);
     }
 
-    if (kvm_arm_pmu_supported()) {
+    if (kvm_check_extension(kvm_state, KVM_CAP_ARM_PMU_V3)) {
         init.features[0] |= 1 << KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3;
         pmu_supported = true;
         features |= 1ULL << ARM_FEATURE_PMU;
@@ -542,11 +542,6 @@ void kvm_arm_add_vcpu_properties(ARMCPU *cpu)
                                     "Set off to disable KVM steal time.");
 }
 
-bool kvm_arm_pmu_supported(void)
-{
-    return kvm_check_extension(kvm_state, KVM_CAP_ARM_PMU_V3);
-}
-
 int kvm_arm_get_max_vm_ipa_size(MachineState *ms, bool *fixed_ipa)
 {
     KVMState *s = KVM_STATE(ms->accelerator);
-- 
2.43.0

On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 at 03:46, Richard Henderson
<richard.henderson@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> This function has only one use, so inline it and drop the stubs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> ---
>  target/arm/kvm_arm.h  | 13 -------------
>  target/arm/kvm-stub.c |  5 -----
>  target/arm/kvm.c      |  7 +------
>  3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 24 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

thanks
-- PMM