perf: Limit perf_event_attr::sample_period to 63 bits

Vince reported that using a large sample_period (one with bit 63 set)
results in wreckage since while the sample_period is fundamentally
unsigned (negative periods don't make sense) the way we implement
things very much rely on signed logic.

So limit sample_period to 63 bits to avoid tripping over this.

Reported-by: Vince Weaver <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>

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