perf/x86-ibs: Trigger overflow if remaining period is too small
There are cases where the remaining period is smaller than the minimal possible value. In this case the counter is restarted with the minimal period. This is of no use as the interrupt handler will trigger immediately again and most likely hits itself. This biases the results. So, if the remaining period is within the min range, we better do not restart the counter and instead trigger the overflow. Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1333390758-10893-9-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.comSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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