It is always a good idea. In one case, attempting to allocate N+1 PMCs
from a class with N hardware counters would incorrectly attempt to
allocate from the next class in the list. Without this validation, this
can lead to all kinds of strange behaviour.
Since powerpc_allocate_pmc() is used by both the mpc7xxx and ppc970
classes, add a new global to track which is active (it will never be
both).
Reviewed by: luporl, ray
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31387
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