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| author | Alexander Shishkin <[email protected]> | 2015-08-31 17:09:28 +0300 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> | 2015-09-13 11:27:22 +0200 |
| commit | d2878d642a4edd1d57c691dc3e4d7847cbf9d442 (patch) | |
| tree | 7eb6b29412ee022b6e64dec4cb81080513bfa713 /include/linux/timerqueue.h | |
| parent | a09d31f45224c219a4d5c728fa40150dc9d3e3e5 (diff) | |
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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: Vince Weaver <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441030168-6853-3-git-send-email-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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