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authorWang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>2016-05-24 09:21:27 +0000
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2016-05-27 09:41:23 -0300
commit38272dc4f1b17437871b786d567e1242d0904f5a (patch)
treeb4f32688639a3ad8fec9ff54ced5c3ca584a0945 /tools
parent275ae411e56f8f900fa364da29c4706f9af4e1f3 (diff)
downloadlinux-38272dc4f1b17437871b786d567e1242d0904f5a.tar.bz2
perf symbols: Check kptr_restrict for root
If kptr_restrict is set to 2, even root is not allowed to see pointers. This patch checks kptr_restrict even if euid == 0. For root, report error if kptr_restrict is 2. Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com> Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1464081688-167940-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/symbol.c16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 20f9cb32b703..54c4ff2b1cee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1933,17 +1933,17 @@ int setup_intlist(struct intlist **list, const char *list_str,
static bool symbol__read_kptr_restrict(void)
{
bool value = false;
+ FILE *fp = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict", "r");
- if (geteuid() != 0) {
- FILE *fp = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict", "r");
- if (fp != NULL) {
- char line[8];
+ if (fp != NULL) {
+ char line[8];
- if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL)
- value = atoi(line) != 0;
+ if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL)
+ value = (geteuid() != 0) ?
+ (atoi(line) != 0) :
+ (atoi(line) == 2);
- fclose(fp);
- }
+ fclose(fp);
}
return value;