linux-kernel - Re: perf: fuzzer leads to trace_kprobe: Could not insert message flood

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Date:   Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:53:38 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Cc:     Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: perf: fuzzer leads to trace_kprobe: Could not insert message
 flood


* Song Liu <songliubraving@...com> wrote:

> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index d7af828..2d5fe26 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -8400,6 +8400,10 @@ static int perf_kprobe_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
> 
>         if (event->attr.type != perf_kprobe.type)
>                 return -ENOENT;
> +
> +       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> +               return -EACCES;
> +
>         /*
>          * no branch sampling for probe events
>          */
> @@ -8437,6 +8441,10 @@ static int perf_uprobe_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
> 
>         if (event->attr.type != perf_uprobe.type)
>                 return -ENOENT;
> +
> +       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> +               return -EACCES;

This is seriously whitespace damaged: all tabs are spaces ...

Thanks,

	Ingo