perf_counter: x86: Emulate longer sample periods

Do as Power already does, emulate sample periods up to 2^63-1 by
composing them of smaller values limited by hardware capabilities.
Only once we wrap the software period do we generate an overflow
event.

Just 10 lines of new code.

Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
Cc: Corey Ashford <[email protected]>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: John Kacur <[email protected]>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

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