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    perf_counter: x86: Emulate longer sample periods · e4abb5d4
    Peter Zijlstra authored
    Do as Power already does, emulate sample periods up to 2^63-1 by
    composing them of smaller values limited by hardware capabilities.
    Only once we wrap the software period do we generate an overflow
    event.
    
    Just 10 lines of new code.
    Reported-by: default avatarStephane Eranian <eranian@googlemail.com>
    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>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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