linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/17] perf: Return proper values for user stack errors

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Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:32:16 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, x86@...nel.org,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 06/17] perf: Return proper values for user stack errors

From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>

Return immediately when we find issue in the user stack checks. The
error value could get overwritten by following check for
PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Fixes: 60e2364e60e8 ("perf: Add ability to sample machine state on interrupt")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180415092352.12403-1-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 1bae80aaabfb..67612ce359ad 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -10209,9 +10209,9 @@ static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_event_attr __user *uattr,
 		 * __u16 sample size limit.
 		 */
 		if (attr->sample_stack_user >= USHRT_MAX)
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		else if (!IS_ALIGNED(attr->sample_stack_user, sizeof(u64)))
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (!attr->sample_max_stack)
-- 
2.14.3