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    perf_counter: Fix race in counter initialization · a96bbc16
    Peter Zijlstra authored
    We need the PID namespace and counter ID available when the
    counter overflows and we need to generate a sample event.
    
    [ Impact: fix kernel crash with high-frequency sampling ]
    Reported-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
    Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
    Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
    LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
    [ fixed a further crash and cleaned up the initialization a bit ]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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