linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] hw_breakpoint: Factor out __modify_user_hw

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Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:16:31 -0800
From:   Milind Chabbi <chabbi.milind@...il.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Milind Chabbi <chabbi.milind@...il.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
        Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <onestero@...hat.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] hw_breakpoint: Factor out __modify_user_hw_breakpoint function

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 01:50:30PM -0800, Milind Chabbi wrote:
>> The possible checks is infinite
>
> struct perf_event_attr is very much a finite data type.
>
> Something as simple as:
>
>         struct perf_event_attr tmp1 = new_attr, tmp2 = event->attr;
>
>         tmp1.bp_type = tmp2.bp_type;
>         tmp1.bp_addr = tmp2.bp_addr;
>         tmp1.bp_len  = tmp2.bp_len;
>
>         if (memcmp(&tmp1, &tmp2, sizeof(tmp1)))
>                 return -EINVAL;
>
> would actually do the checks __modify_user_hw_breakpoint() needs to do.

Ok. That seems like a slick idea. I will post a patch that does this.