Re: [PATCH] powerpc: perf: Fix frequency calculation for overflowing counters

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 11:32 -0600, Scott Wood wrote:

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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/per=

f_event.c

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index 5674807..ab6f6be 100644

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c

@@ -1212,6 +1212,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event =

*event, unsigned long val,

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                      if (left <=3D 0)
                              left =3D period;
                      record =3D 1;
+                     event->hw.last_period =3D event->hw.sample_period=

;

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              }
              if (left < 0x80000000LL)
                      val =3D 0x80000000LL - left;

Does perf_event_fsl_emb.c need this as well (it has almost the same
record_and_restart code)?=20

I would think so.