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Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf_events: proposed fix for broken intr throttling
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On Sun, 2012-01-08 at 00:11 +0100, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> I'll look into that one. But at first glance, it does not address the issue
> of adjusting the period at each timer tick. Only multiplexing (rotation) should
> happen at the multiplier rate.

Correct, it only pokes at the throttle stuff. For the freq stuff we can
remain using the nr_freq count to see if we need the iteration.

But yeah, I think that separation you did makes sense.