perf record: No need to check for overwrites

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As we open the mmap with (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE), signalling the kernel
with perf_mmap__write_tail() when consuming data, so the kernel will not
overwrite.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2011-01-28 14:49:19 -02:00

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