perf_counter: x86: More accurate counter update
Take the counter width into account instead of assuming 32 bits.
In particular Nehalem has 44 bit wide counters, and all
arithmetics should happen on a 44-bit signed integer basis.
[ Impact: fix rare event imprecision, warning message on Nehalem ]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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