Re: [PATCH] perf, x86: Allow setting period 1

[Ingo Molnar]

* Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I had some requests for setting period 1, so that every event of something
> is caught.  To my knowledge there is no limit to 1 on Intel hardware.
> Just remove the check for minimum 2
> 
> If specific CPUs have problems we can black list them.

How have you tested this? The commit that added this quirk mentions very high perf 
load triggering badness unless this quirk is added.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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