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Date:	Tue, 4 Aug 2015 01:54:35 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org, hpa@...or.com,
	peterz@...radead.org, bp@...en8.de, brgerst@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, luto@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/hw_breakpoints:
  Improve range breakpoint validation

Commit-ID:  ab513927ab449af00cc70b0269e15ee80dd537f9
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ab513927ab449af00cc70b0269e15ee80dd537f9
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:32:41 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 10:16:54 +0200

perf/x86/hw_breakpoints: Improve range breakpoint validation

Range breakpoints will do the wrong thing if the address isn't
aligned.  While we're there, add comments about why it's safe for
instruction breakpoints.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ae25d14d61f2f43b78e0a247e469f3072df7e201.1438312874.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 78f3e90..6f345d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -291,8 +291,18 @@ static int arch_build_bp_info(struct perf_event *bp)
 		break;
 #endif
 	default:
+		/* AMD range breakpoint */
 		if (!is_power_of_2(bp->attr.bp_len))
 			return -EINVAL;
+		if (bp->attr.bp_addr & (bp->attr.bp_len - 1))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		/*
+		 * It's impossible to use a range breakpoint to fake out
+		 * user vs kernel detection because bp_len - 1 can't
+		 * have the high bit set.  If we ever allow range instruction
+		 * breakpoints, then we'll have to check for kprobe-blacklisted
+		 * addresses anywhere in the range.
+		 */
 		if (!cpu_has_bpext)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		info->mask = bp->attr.bp_len - 1;
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