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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
index 10a140f82cb..64483fde95c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ static void power_pmu_start(struct perf_event *event, int ef_flags)
{
unsigned long flags;
s64 left;
+ unsigned long val;
if (!event->hw.idx || !event->hw.sample_period)
return;
@@ -880,7 +881,12 @@ static void power_pmu_start(struct perf_event *event, int ef_flags)
event->hw.state = 0;
left = local64_read(&event->hw.period_left);
- write_pmc(event->hw.idx, left);
+
+ val = 0;
+ if (left < 0x80000000L)
+ val = 0x80000000L - left;
+
+ write_pmc(event->hw.idx, val);
perf_event_update_userpage(event);
perf_pmu_enable(event->pmu);