x86, perf_counter, bts: Do not allow kernel BTS tracing for now

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Kernel BTS tracing generates too much data too fast for us to
handle, causing the kernel to hang.

Fail for BTS requests for kernel code.

Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zjilstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <20090902140616.901253000@intel.com>
[ This is really a workaround - but we want BTS tracing in .32
  so make sure we dont regress. The lockup should be fixed
  ASAP. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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markus.t.metzger@intel.com 2009-09-02 16:04:48 +02:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar

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