linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/5] perf: Allow per PMU access control

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <38a45f2b-b47a-fccd-2c87-3a46502202a4@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:57:37 +0100
From:   Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@...ulin.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>,
        x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/5] perf: Allow per PMU access control


On 27/09/2018 21:15, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> +	mutex_lock(&pmus_lock);
>> +	list_for_each_entry(pmu, &pmus, entry)
>> +		pmu->perf_event_paranoid = sysctl_perf_event_paranoid;
>> +	mutex_unlock(&pmus_lock);
> 
> What happens to pmus that got added later?

There is a hunk a bit lower in the patch where in perf_pmu_register the 
initial setting is assigned from the global sysctl.

> The rest looks good.
> 
> Can you post a non RFC version?

Sure!

Regards,

Tvrtko