static int perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event, bool group)
{
	int event_cpu, ret = 0;

	/*
	 * If event is enabled and currently active on a CPU, update the
	 * value in the event structure:
	 */
	if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE) {
		struct perf_read_data data = {
			.event = event,
			.group = group,
			.ret = 0,
		};

		event_cpu = READ_ONCE(event->oncpu);
		if ((unsigned)event_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
			return 0;

		preempt_disable();
		event_cpu = __perf_event_read_cpu(event, event_cpu);

		/*
		 * Purposely ignore the smp_call_function_single() return
		 * value.
		 *
		 * If event_cpu isn't a valid CPU it means the event got
		 * scheduled out and that will have updated the event count.
		 *
		 * Therefore, either way, we'll have an up-to-date event count
		 * after this.
		 */
		(void)smp_call_function_single(event_cpu, __perf_event_read, &data, 1);
		preempt_enable();
		ret = data.ret;
	} else if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE) {
		struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
		unsigned long flags;

		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
		/*
		 * may read while context is not active
		 * (e.g., thread is blocked), in that case
		 * we cannot update context time
		 */
		if (ctx->is_active) {
			update_context_time(ctx);
			update_cgrp_time_from_event(event);
		}
		if (group)
			update_group_times(event);
		else
			update_event_times(event);
		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
	}

	return ret;
}

The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.