Re: [PATCH V5 4/6] perf, x86: handle multiple records in PEBS buffer

[Andi Kleen]

> >  - its possible (and harmless) for the status field to contain set bits
> >    for !PEBS events -- the proposed code is buggy here.
> I will fix it.
> >  - its possible to have multiple PEBS bits set even though the event
> >    really only was for a single event -- if you count everything with
> >    multiple PEBS bits set as a collision you're counting wrong.
> > 
> 
> In what situation multiple PEBS bits was set for a single event?
> Could you please give me an example?

The field in the PEBS record is just a copy of GLOBAL_STATUS (minus
some extra bits), so if there were already bits in GLOBAL_STATUS 
that haven't been cleared yet you may see multiple bits

In a proper configuration this should be rare, as we expect the
events to be different and run on different effective frequencies,
so GLOBAL_STATUS should be already cleared.

-Andi

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