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| author | Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com> | 2011-06-30 08:09:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2011-07-21 20:41:55 +0200 |
| commit | 9985c20f9e4aee6857c08246b273a3695a52b929 (patch) | |
| tree | e2942d148c4cbd51ddcaa8c9b8e47229a31f6e34 /kernel | |
| parent | f53173e47dee5f7514d264796bec58d43ed0f67f (diff) | |
| download | linux-9985c20f9e4aee6857c08246b273a3695a52b929.tar.bz2 | |
perf: Remove perf_event_attr::type check
PMU type id can be allocated dynamically, so perf_event_attr::type check
when copying attribute from userspace to kernel is not valid.
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1309421396-17438-4-git-send-email-ming.m.lin@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 0567e32d71aa..b8785e26ee1c 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -5926,13 +5926,6 @@ static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_event_attr __user *uattr, 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) return -EINVAL; |