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Agent not reporting correct sampling rate under load #3125

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We have received reports from at least one user that a heavily loaded system reports fewer samples than expected.

This user says that perf also reported incorrect data (similarly to parca-agent).

My suspicion is that under heavy load, the kernel is not actually able to invoke the unwinder 19 times a second (either for us or for perf); we should validate this theory, and if it is true, find a way to detect it and adjust the reported sampling rate.

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