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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_ibs.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_ibs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_ibs.c
index 3e32908292a..cb51a3e5587 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_ibs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_ibs.c
@@ -85,8 +85,19 @@ perf_event_set_period(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, u64 min, u64 max, u64 *hw_perio
overflow = 1;
}
- if (left > max)
- left = max;
+ /*
+ * If the hw period that triggers the sw overflow is too short
+ * we might hit the irq handler. This biases the results.
+ * Thus we shorten the next-to-last period and set the last
+ * period to the max period.
+ */
+ if (left > max) {
+ left -= max;
+ if (left > max)
+ left = max;
+ else if (left < min)
+ left = min;
+ }
*hw_period = (u64)left;