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Commit 3ca270fc authored by Like Xu's avatar Like Xu Committed by Paolo Bonzini
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perf/core: Provide a kernel-internal interface to recalibrate event period



Currently, perf_event_period() is used by user tools via ioctl. Based on
naming convention, exporting perf_event_period() for kernel users (such
as KVM) who may recalibrate the event period for their assigned counter
according to their requirements.

The perf_event_period() is an external accessor, just like the
perf_event_{en,dis}able() and should thus use perf_event_ctx_lock().

Suggested-by: default avatarKan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLike Xu <like.xu@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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