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    perf_events, x86: Fix bug in hw_perf_enable() · 447a194b
    Stephane Eranian authored
    We cannot assume that because hwc->idx == assign[i], we can avoid
    reprogramming the counter in hw_perf_enable().
    
    The event may have been scheduled out and another event may have been
    programmed into this counter. Thus, we need a more robust way of
    verifying if the counter still contains config/data related to an event.
    
    This patch adds a generation number to each counter on each cpu. Using
    this mechanism we can verify reliabilty whether the content of a counter
    corresponds to an event.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStephane Eranian <eranian@google.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: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
    Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
    LKML-Reference: <4b66dc67.0b38560a.1635.ffffae18@mx.google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    447a194b
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