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author | Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> | 2015-08-31 17:09:28 +0300 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2015-09-13 12:27:22 +0300 |
commit | d2878d642a4edd1d57c691dc3e4d7847cbf9d442 (patch) | |
tree | 7eb6b29412ee022b6e64dec4cb81080513bfa713 /tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | |
parent | a09d31f45224c219a4d5c728fa40150dc9d3e3e5 (diff) | |
download | linux-d2878d642a4edd1d57c691dc3e4d7847cbf9d442.tar.xz |
perf/x86/intel/bts: Disallow use by unprivileged users on paranoid systems
BTS leaks kernel addresses even in userspace-only mode due to imprecise IP
sampling, so sometimes syscall entry points or page fault handler addresses
end up in a userspace trace.
Now, intel_bts driver exports trace data zero-copy, it does not scan through
it to filter out the kernel addresses and it's would be a O(n) job.
To work around this situation, this patch forbids the use of intel_bts
driver by unprivileged users on systems with the paranoid setting above the
(kernel's) default "1", which still allows kernel profiling. In other words,
using intel_bts driver implies kernel tracing, regardless of the
"exclude_kernel" attribute setting.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: hpa@zytor.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441030168-6853-3-git-send-email-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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