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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 15:48:35 -0700 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org, Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> Subject: [PATCH 3.10 04/40] perf: Limit perf_event_attr::sample_period to 63 bits 3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> commit 0819b2e30ccb93edf04876237b6205eef84ec8d2 upstream. Vince reported that using a large sample_period (one with bit 63 set) results in wreckage since while the sample_period is fundamentally unsigned (negative periods don't make sense) the way we implement things very much rely on signed logic. So limit sample_period to 63 bits to avoid tripping over this. Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-p25fhunibl4y3qi0zuqmyf4b@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> --- kernel/events/core.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -6590,6 +6590,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open, if (attr.freq) { if (attr.sample_freq > sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate) return -EINVAL; + } else { + if (attr.sample_period & (1ULL << 63)) + return -EINVAL; } /* -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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