perf: rdpmc and PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET

From: Vince Weaver
Date: Wed Aug 17 2016 - 00:53:10 EST


Hello

so using rdpmc() and the mmap page to do fast perf_event reads seems to
interact poorly with the PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET ioctl.

>From what I can tell, on reset event->count is set to zero, but
event->hw.prev_count is not, so the userpg->offset field ends up negative
and weird things happen.

Shout reset just not be called if you are using the rdpmc() interface?

Vince