linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf session: Fix infinite loop on invalid perf.data file

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Message-ID: <524ADF84.4080801@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:43:16 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf session: Fix infinite loop on invalid perf.data
 file

On 10/1/13 8:21 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> But if I understood it correctly this particular message could trigger for
> regular users of perf as well, of the perf record is terminated in some
> unusual fashion. Regular users might not have the perf code handy (and
> might not know about git grep either).

This is the case I was referring to -- normal users don't care about the 
code reference, hence the more specific question about how the 
perf-record session ended.

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