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    perf_counter: theres more to overflow than writing events · f6c7d5fe
    Peter Zijlstra authored
    Prepare for more generic overflow handling. The new perf_counter_overflow()
    method will handle the generic bits of the counter overflow, and can return
    a !0 return value, in which case the counter should be (soft) disabled, so
    that it won't count until it's properly disabled.
    
    XXX: do powerpc and swcounter
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    LKML-Reference: <20090406094517.812109629@chello.nl>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    f6c7d5fe
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