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Message-ID: <tip-0fbdea19e9394a5cb5f2f5081b028c50b558910a@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2009 06:46:31 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
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	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
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	mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: Introduce new (non-)paranoia level to allow raw tracepoint access

Commit-ID:  0fbdea19e9394a5cb5f2f5081b028c50b558910a
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/0fbdea19e9394a5cb5f2f5081b028c50b558910a
Author:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
AuthorDate: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 21:46:00 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 21:53:02 +0200

perf_counter: Introduce new (non-)paranoia level to allow raw tracepoint access

I want to sample inherited tracepoint workloads as a normal
user and the CAP_SYS_ADMIN check prevents me from doing that
right now.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 kernel/perf_counter.c |   13 ++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index d988dfb..0aa609f 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -46,12 +46,18 @@ static atomic_t nr_task_counters __read_mostly;
 
 /*
  * perf counter paranoia level:
- *  0 - not paranoid
- *  1 - disallow cpu counters to unpriv
- *  2 - disallow kernel profiling to unpriv
+ *  -1 - not paranoid at all
+ *   0 - disallow raw tracepoint access for unpriv
+ *   1 - disallow cpu counters for unpriv
+ *   2 - disallow kernel profiling for unpriv
  */
 int sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid __read_mostly = 1;
 
+static inline bool perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw(void)
+{
+	return sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid > -1;
+}
+
 static inline bool perf_paranoid_cpu(void)
 {
 	return sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid > 0;
@@ -3971,6 +3977,7 @@ static const struct pmu *tp_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 	 * have these.
 	 */
 	if ((counter->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW) &&
+			perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() &&
 			!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
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