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Message-ID: <1316011547.5040.22.camel@twins>
Date:	Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:45:47 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf, x86: Fix event scheduler for constraints with

On Sat, 2011-09-10 at 16:49 +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
>  struct perf_sched {
>         int                     max_weight;
>         int                     max_events;
>         struct event_constraint **constraints;
>         struct sched_state      state;
> +
> +       int                     saved_states;

This creates an ugly hole in the structure

> +       struct sched_state      saved[SCHED_STATES_MAX];
>  };
>  
>  static void perf_sched_init(struct perf_sched *sched, struct event_constraint **c,
> @@ -817,7 +849,30 @@ static void perf_sched_init(struct perf_sched *sched, struct event_constraint **
>         sched->state.unassigned = num;
>  }
>  
> -static struct sched_state *perf_sched_find_counter(struct perf_sched *sched)
> +static void perf_sched_save_state(struct perf_sched *sched)
> +{
> +       if (sched->saved_states >= SCHED_STATES_MAX)
> +               return;
> +
> +       sched->saved[sched->saved_states] = sched->state;
> +       sched->saved_states++;
> +} 

Shouldn't we fail the save_state when we're out of states? the restore
code doesn't check to see if --saved_states is within range and simply
derefs the array.


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