Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] perf, bts: Fallout from the fuzzer for perf/urgent

[Alexander Shishkin]

Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> * Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> There were more bugs since the previous version, plus the BTS barriers got 
>> fixed. With these patches, my testcase keeps running and no spurious NMI 
>> warnings pop up any more.
>
> Could you please also run the fuzzer that Vince uses, does it now pass on hardware 
> you have access to?

Sure. And yes, I did catch a warning, which calls for one more patch
(below). Also one unrelated thing in PEBS that Peter fixed.

> I'd like to make "passes the fuzzer" a standard requirement before new changes are 
> accepted to perf core.

Let's make it so.

For the sake of consistency, this one needs to go before 3/5. I'll
re-send the whole series, though, if need be. I've got 2 perf_fuzzers
running on this meanwhile.