+ oprofile-x86-fix-crash-when-profiling-more-than-28-events.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     oprofile/x86: fix crash when profiling more than 28 events
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     oprofile-x86-fix-crash-when-profiling-more-than-28-events.patch

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Subject: oprofile/x86: fix crash when profiling more than 28 events
From: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>

With multiplexing enabled oprofile crashs when profiling more than 28
events.  This patch fixes this.

Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c~oprofile-x86-fix-crash-when-profiling-more-than-28-events arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c~oprofile-x86-fix-crash-when-profiling-more-than-28-events
+++ a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void nmi_cpu_switch(void *dummy)
 
 	/* move to next set */
 	si += model->num_counters;
-	if ((si > model->num_virt_counters) || (counter_config[si].count == 0))
+	if ((si >= model->num_virt_counters) || (counter_config[si].count == 0))
 		per_cpu(switch_index, cpu) = 0;
 	else
 		per_cpu(switch_index, cpu) = si;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from suravee.suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx are

oprofile-x86-fix-crash-when-profiling-more-than-28-events.patch

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