Re: [perf] more perf_fuzzer memory corruption

[Ingo Molnar]

* Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx> 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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