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| author | Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> | 2013-05-03 14:11:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2013-05-05 10:58:11 +0200 |
| commit | 7cc23cd6c0c7d7f4bee057607e7ce01568925717 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d2b46d8cc614f6ad11ed82b0f93e855e8531f42 /arch/x86/kernel | |
| parent | 6e15eb3ba6c0249c9e8c783517d131b47db995ca (diff) | |
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perf/x86/intel/lbr: Demand proper privileges for PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL
We should always have proper privileges when requesting kernel
data.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: eranian@google.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130503121256.230745028@chello.nl
[ Fix build error reported by fengguang.wu@intel.com, propagate error code back. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-v0x9ky3ahzr6nm3c6ilwrili@git.kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c index de341d4..d978353 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ void intel_pmu_lbr_read(void) * - in case there is no HW filter * - in case the HW filter has errata or limitations */ -static void intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event) +static int intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event) { u64 br_type = event->attr.branch_sample_type; int mask = 0; @@ -318,8 +318,11 @@ static void intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event) if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER) mask |= X86_BR_USER; - if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL) + if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL) { + if (perf_paranoid_kernel() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + return -EACCES; mask |= X86_BR_KERNEL; + } /* we ignore BRANCH_HV here */ @@ -339,6 +342,8 @@ static void intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event) * be used by fixup code for some CPU */ event->hw.branch_reg.reg = mask; + + return 0; } /* @@ -386,7 +391,9 @@ int intel_pmu_setup_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event) /* * setup SW LBR filter */ - intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filter(event); + ret = intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filter(event); + if (ret) + return ret; /* * setup HW LBR filter, if any |