+ /* We don't need to validate that the input is valid UTF8 here.
+ * tree_append_json is called in two cases:
+ * 1. With the append_layout command. json_validate is called first and will
+ * fail on invalid UTF8 characters so we don't need to recheck.
+ * 2. With an in-place restart. The rest of the codebase should be
+ * responsible for producing valid UTF8 JSON output. If not,
+ * tree_append_json will just preserve invalid UTF8 strings in the tree
+ * instead of failing to parse the layout file which could lead to
+ * problems like in #3156.
+ * Either way, disabling UTF8 validation slightly speeds up yajl. */
+ yajl_config(hand, yajl_dont_validate_strings, true);