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Subject: Re: [PATCH V4] POWER: perf_event: Skip updating kernel counters if
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, David Laight wrote:

> > But it isn't, and it doesn't have trouble with 2^32 - 1. =20
>=20
> what about:
> prev =3D 0x00000001
> val  =3D 0xffffffff

Result is 0xfffffffe and we are fine.
>=20
> 	David
>=20
>=20

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