Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:29:31 +0530 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix sys_perf_event_open() race against self | From | Ravi Bangoria <> |
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On 17-Nov-22 4:10 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 04:03:54PM +0530, Ravi Bangoria wrote: >> The issue was because of multiple event contexts involved. However, >> it's no longer the case with reworked event context. > > I got that but it wouldn't hurt to have this test regardless, no? > > More testing is pretty much always better...
I do agree that more tests are always better. Though, this simple program was to test a _specific race condition_ which no longer exists in kernel. So even if we add it, what would it test?
Thanks, Ravi
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