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SubjectRe: [perf] more perf_fuzzer memory corruption

* Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, 5 May 2014, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > I'm also thinking about waiting a bit before applying anything even
> > borderline intrusive to the perf core, to make sure there's enough
> > fuzz time to declare stable state (at least as far into the ABI as the
> > fuzzing is able to reach). Future bisection efforts could use that
> > kind of known-stable release.
>
> That does sound like a good idea. It is nice finally getting to the
> state where you can fuzz for hours (rather than minutes) without
> hitting a bug.
>
> Of course that might change. Development of the fuzzer has more or
> less stalled for the past 6 months as I was spending all of my time
> reporting/chasing bugs rather than enhancing the fuzzer.
>
> In any case if we can get the recent patches applied in time for
> 3.15 I think it will turn out to be a nice release
> perf-event-stability wise.

Yeah, I'm trying to get them all into v3.15 - and if they prove out
fine they might be backportable further as well.

Thanks,

Ingo


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