Re: [PATCHES 0/5 v2] More perf.data header validation

From: Namhyung Kim

Date: Thu Apr 16 2026 - 12:52:00 EST


Hi guys,

On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:28:27PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 02:17:37PM +0100, James Clark wrote:
> > On 16/04/2026 01:14, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This is picking up from what was reported in the previous
> > > series, pre-existing lack of perf.data file validation, processing files
> > > and buffers in header.c in a similar fashion.
> > >
> > > There is more to process in the trace data, but that is a
> > > different can of worms that needs to be dealt with in a similar,
> > > upcoming patch series,
> > >
> > > This is probably 7.2 material, but if feeling this can still
> > > sneak into 7.1, feel free to do it :-)

Right, I don't want to add non-urgent changes to 7.1 at this point.
I'll work on finalizing the PR message.

Thanks,
Namhyung