Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix sys_perf_event_open() race against self

[Ravi Bangoria]

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