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[ Upstream commit fc17db8aa4c53cbd2d5469bb0521ea0f0a6dbb27 ] The kernel cannot disambiguate when 2+ PEBS counters overflow at the same time. This is what the comment for this code suggests. However, I see the comparison is done with the unfiltered p->status which is a copy of IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS at the time of the sample. This register contains more than the PEBS counter overflow bits. It also includes many other bits which could also be set. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201126110922.317681-2-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.