[ 136/262] perf/x86/ibs: Check syscall attribute flags

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Sep 28 2012 - 15:36:15 EST


From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

3.5-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>

commit bad9ac2d7f878a31cf1ae8c1ee3768077d222bcb upstream.

Current implementation simply ignores attribute flags. Thus, there is
no notification to userland of unsupported features. Check syscall's
attribute flags to let userland know if a feature is supported by the
kernel. This is also needed to distinguish between future kernels what
might support a feature.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120910093018.GO8285@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_ibs.c | 12 ++++++++++++
include/linux/perf_event.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_ibs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_ibs.c
@@ -207,6 +207,15 @@ static int perf_ibs_precise_event(struct
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}

+static const struct perf_event_attr ibs_notsupp = {
+ .exclude_user = 1,
+ .exclude_kernel = 1,
+ .exclude_hv = 1,
+ .exclude_idle = 1,
+ .exclude_host = 1,
+ .exclude_guest = 1,
+};
+
static int perf_ibs_init(struct perf_event *event)
{
struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
@@ -227,6 +236,9 @@ static int perf_ibs_init(struct perf_eve
if (event->pmu != &perf_ibs->pmu)
return -ENOENT;

+ if (perf_flags(&event->attr) & perf_flags(&ibs_notsupp))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (config & ~perf_ibs->config_mask)
return -EINVAL;

--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
__u64 branch_sample_type; /* enum branch_sample_type */
};

+#define perf_flags(attr) (*(&(attr)->read_format + 1))
+
/*
* Ioctls that can be done on a perf event fd:
*/


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