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authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>2009-06-12 12:46:55 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-12 14:28:52 +0200
commit974802eaa1afdc87e00821df7020a2b3c6fee623 (patch)
treeb5c38bece7f4948fe9d5cf9be02a0042e0fa39f6 /kernel
parentbbd36e5e6aa6f1757c84cdb406b6eb81686d14af (diff)
downloadlinux-974802eaa1afdc87e00821df7020a2b3c6fee623.tar.bz2
perf_counter: Add forward/backward attribute ABI compatibility
Provide for means of extending the perf_counter_attr in a 'natural' way. We allow growing the structure by appending fields at the end by specifying the full structure size inside it. When a new kernel sees a smaller (old) structure, it will 0 pad the tail. When an old kernel sees a larger (new) structure, it will verify the tail consists of 0s, otherwise fail. If we fail due to a size-mismatch, we return -E2BIG and write the kernel's native attribe size back into the provided structure. Furthermore, add some attribute verification, so that we'll fail counter creation when unknown bits are present (PERF_SAMPLE, PERF_FORMAT, or in the __reserved fields). (This ABI detail is introduced while keeping the existing syscall ABI.) Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/perf_counter.c89
1 files changed, 86 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 663bbe015057..29b685f551aa 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -3584,6 +3584,9 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
pmu = tp_perf_counter_init(counter);
break;
+
+ default:
+ break;
}
done:
err = 0;
@@ -3610,6 +3613,85 @@ done:
return counter;
}
+static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_counter_attr __user *uattr,
+ struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+{
+ int ret;
+ u32 size;
+
+ if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uattr, PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ /*
+ * zero the full structure, so that a short copy will be nice.
+ */
+ memset(attr, 0, sizeof(*attr));
+
+ ret = get_user(size, &uattr->size);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (size > PAGE_SIZE) /* silly large */
+ goto err_size;
+
+ if (!size) /* abi compat */
+ size = PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0;
+
+ if (size < PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0)
+ goto err_size;
+
+ /*
+ * If we're handed a bigger struct than we know of,
+ * ensure all the unknown bits are 0.
+ */
+ if (size > sizeof(*attr)) {
+ unsigned long val;
+ unsigned long __user *addr;
+ unsigned long __user *end;
+
+ addr = PTR_ALIGN((void __user *)uattr + sizeof(*attr),
+ sizeof(unsigned long));
+ end = PTR_ALIGN((void __user *)uattr + size,
+ sizeof(unsigned long));
+
+ for (; addr < end; addr += sizeof(unsigned long)) {
+ ret = get_user(val, addr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ if (val)
+ goto err_size;
+ }
+ }
+
+ ret = copy_from_user(attr, uattr, size);
+ if (ret)
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ /*
+ * If the type exists, the corresponding creation will verify
+ * the attr->config.
+ */
+ if (attr->type >= PERF_TYPE_MAX)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (attr->__reserved_1 || attr->__reserved_2 || attr->__reserved_3)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (attr->sample_type & ~(PERF_SAMPLE_MAX-1))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (attr->read_format & ~(PERF_FORMAT_MAX-1))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+out:
+ return ret;
+
+err_size:
+ put_user(sizeof(*attr), &uattr->size);
+ ret = -E2BIG;
+ goto out;
+}
+
/**
* sys_perf_counter_open - open a performance counter, associate it to a task/cpu
*
@@ -3619,7 +3701,7 @@ done:
* @group_fd: group leader counter fd
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
- const struct perf_counter_attr __user *, attr_uptr,
+ struct perf_counter_attr __user *, attr_uptr,
pid_t, pid, int, cpu, int, group_fd, unsigned long, flags)
{
struct perf_counter *counter, *group_leader;
@@ -3635,8 +3717,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
if (flags)
return -EINVAL;
- if (copy_from_user(&attr, attr_uptr, sizeof(attr)) != 0)
- return -EFAULT;
+ ret = perf_copy_attr(attr_uptr, &attr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
if (!attr.exclude_kernel) {
if (perf_paranoid_kernel() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))