From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 12:11:25 +0000 (+0200) Subject: perf/x86/intel/lbr: Demand proper privileges for PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7cc23cd;p=GitHub%2Fmoto-9609%2Fandroid_kernel_motorola_exynos9610.git 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 Cc: Cc: Andi Kleen 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 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-v0x9ky3ahzr6nm3c6ilwrili@git.kernel.org --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c index de341d4ec92a..d978353c939b 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