RE: perf: fuzzer KASAN slab-out-of-bounds in snb_uncore_imc_event_del

From: Liang, Kan
Date: Tue Nov 15 2016 - 13:18:13 EST




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> From: Vince Weaver [mailto:vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 12:39 PM
> To: Liang, Kan <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Vince Weaver
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> Subject: RE: perf: fuzzer KASAN slab-out-of-bounds in
> snb_uncore_imc_event_del
>
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2016, Liang, Kan wrote:
>
> > For client IMC, there is no generic counters.
> > Current implementation defines its own fixed free running counters.
> > event_list and n_events are unused.
> > I think we can just remove them.
> >
> > Vince, could you please try the patch as below?
> >
>
> With this patch I have not been able to trigger the imc/uncore issue.
>
> Or at least I used to be able to trigger it within 5 minutes, now I go longer
> (maybe 10 minutes) before hitting an unrelated issue.
>

Thanks a lot for the test.
I will submit the patch then.

Thanks,
Kan