[RFC][PATCH 7/6] assorted fixes

2007-03-19 Thread Peter Zijlstra
Just taking out the MSB isn't enough to counter the clipping on 0 done by the stats counter accessors. Create some accessors that don't do that. Also, increase the period to about the side of memory (TODO, determine some upper bound here). This should give much more stable results. (Best would

[RFC][PATCH 7/6] assorted fixes

2007-03-19 Thread Peter Zijlstra
Just taking out the MSB isn't enough to counter the clipping on 0 done by the stats counter accessors. Create some accessors that don't do that. Also, increase the period to about the side of memory (TODO, determine some upper bound here). This should give much more stable results. (Best would