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Commit 75c9f328 authored by Peter Zijlstra's avatar Peter Zijlstra Committed by Ingo Molnar
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perf_events: Fix sample_period transfer on inherit



One problem with frequency driven counters is that we cannot
predict the rate at which they trigger, therefore we have to
start them at period=1, this causes a ramp up effect. However,
if we fail to propagate the stable state on fork each new child
will have to ramp up again. This can lead to significant
artifacts in sample data.

Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: eranian@google.com
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: <1264752266.4283.2121.camel@laptop>
Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
parent 18c01f8a
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