On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:18:39AM -0400, Vince Weaver wrote:
>
> Here's a patch that improves slightly the coverage in perf_event_open().
>
> It handles cache events and breakpoint events.
>
> perf_event_open() is such a complicated syscall it's fairly unlikely to
> generate a valid event randomly, even with these changes.
>
> Also a question: is there a way to easily generate a 64-bit random number?
> >From what I can tell rand() only generates a 32-bit one?
I was going to wait until I get back from vacation, but
your comment persuaded me to push out what's in my
current tree. check out rand64.
totally untested so far beyond compile testing.
more when I get back on Tuesday.
Dave
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