Hi Rabin,
Since tail is the previous fp - 1, we need to compare the new fp with tail + 1
to ensure that we don't end up passing in the same tail again, in order to
avoid a potential infinite loop in the perf interrupt handler (which has been
observed to occur). A similar fix seems to be needed in the OProfile code.
Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <redacted>
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v2: refined check as per Will's comment
arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c | 2 +-
arch/arm/oprofile/common.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Looks good, thanks.
Acked-by: Will Deacon <redacted>
Will