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metag: perf: fix wrap handling in delta calculation

When calculating the delta, mask with MAX_PERIOD (24 bits) to handle
wrapping, which particularly happens with periodic sampling since the
value is intentionally set so that it will overflow soon.

Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
James Hogan 12 years ago
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      arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c

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arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c

@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ again:
 	/*
 	 * Calculate the delta and add it to the counter.
 	 */
-	delta = new_raw_count - prev_raw_count;
+	delta = (new_raw_count - prev_raw_count) & MAX_PERIOD;
 
 	local64_add(delta, &event->count);
 }