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-rw-r--r--arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c16
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
index 45304085b6ee..95c047bf4a12 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
@@ -1306,6 +1306,22 @@ static void hw_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event, int flush_all)
if (sampl_overflow)
OVERFLOW_REG(hwc) = DIV_ROUND_UP(OVERFLOW_REG(hwc) +
sampl_overflow, 1 + num_sdb);
+
+ /* Perf_event_overflow() and perf_event_account_interrupt() limit
+ * the interrupt rate to an upper limit. Roughly 1000 samples per
+ * task tick.
+ * Hitting this limit results in a large number
+ * of throttled REF_REPORT_THROTTLE entries and the samples
+ * are dropped.
+ * Slightly increase the interval to avoid hitting this limit.
+ */
+ if (event_overflow) {
+ SAMPL_RATE(hwc) += DIV_ROUND_UP(SAMPL_RATE(hwc), 10);
+ debug_sprintf_event(sfdbg, 1, "%s: rate adjustment %ld\n",
+ __func__,
+ DIV_ROUND_UP(SAMPL_RATE(hwc), 10));
+ }
+
if (sampl_overflow || event_overflow)
debug_sprintf_event(sfdbg, 4, "hw_perf_event_update: "
"overflow stats: sample=%llu event=%llu\n",