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-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c22
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index e854f420e033..c894614de14d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -31,9 +31,25 @@ static int perf_trace_event_perm(struct ftrace_event_call *tp_event,
}
/* The ftrace function trace is allowed only for root. */
- if (ftrace_event_is_function(tp_event) &&
- perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
+ if (ftrace_event_is_function(tp_event)) {
+ if (perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ /*
+ * We don't allow user space callchains for function trace
+ * event, due to issues with page faults while tracing page
+ * fault handler and its overall trickiness nature.
+ */
+ if (!p_event->attr.exclude_callchain_user)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /*
+ * Same reason to disable user stack dump as for user space
+ * callchains above.
+ */
+ if (p_event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
/* No tracing, just counting, so no obvious leak */
if (!(p_event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW))