Re: perf: fuzzer causes lockup in x86_pmu_event_init()

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 01:14:42PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> hum, I dont see the locking is a problem.. 

Well that validate stuff iterates the sibling list, and we're not
holding any of the requisite locks to do so. So I think we also need my
patch.

Agreed that its unlikely that this will be causing Vince's problem
though.

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