Merge branch 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  perf_counter: Start documenting HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS requirements
  perf_counter: Add forward/backward attribute ABI compatibility
  perf record: Explicity program a default counter
  perf_counter: Remove PERF_TYPE_RAW special casing
  perf_counter: PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE is a hardware counter too
  powerpc, perf_counter: Fix performance counter event types
  perf_counter/x86: Add a quirk for Atom processors
  perf_counter tools: Remove one L1-data alias
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Linus Torvalds
2009-06-12 13:16:52 -07:00
10 changed files with 144 additions and 25 deletions

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@@ -3570,12 +3570,8 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
if (attr->inherit && (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_GROUP))
goto done;
if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_RAW) {
pmu = hw_perf_counter_init(counter);
goto done;
}
switch (attr->type) {
case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
case PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE:
pmu = hw_perf_counter_init(counter);
@@ -3588,6 +3584,9 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
pmu = tp_perf_counter_init(counter);
break;
default:
break;
}
done:
err = 0;
@@ -3614,6 +3613,85 @@ done:
return counter;
}
static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_counter_attr __user *uattr,
struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
{
int ret;
u32 size;
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uattr, PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0))
return -EFAULT;
/*
* zero the full structure, so that a short copy will be nice.
*/
memset(attr, 0, sizeof(*attr));
ret = get_user(size, &uattr->size);
if (ret)
return ret;
if (size > PAGE_SIZE) /* silly large */
goto err_size;
if (!size) /* abi compat */
size = PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0;
if (size < PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0)
goto err_size;
/*
* If we're handed a bigger struct than we know of,
* ensure all the unknown bits are 0.
*/
if (size > sizeof(*attr)) {
unsigned long val;
unsigned long __user *addr;
unsigned long __user *end;
addr = PTR_ALIGN((void __user *)uattr + sizeof(*attr),
sizeof(unsigned long));
end = PTR_ALIGN((void __user *)uattr + size,
sizeof(unsigned long));
for (; addr < end; addr += sizeof(unsigned long)) {
ret = get_user(val, addr);
if (ret)
return ret;
if (val)
goto err_size;
}
}
ret = copy_from_user(attr, uattr, size);
if (ret)
return -EFAULT;
/*
* If the type exists, the corresponding creation will verify
* the attr->config.
*/
if (attr->type >= PERF_TYPE_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
if (attr->__reserved_1 || attr->__reserved_2 || attr->__reserved_3)
return -EINVAL;
if (attr->sample_type & ~(PERF_SAMPLE_MAX-1))
return -EINVAL;
if (attr->read_format & ~(PERF_FORMAT_MAX-1))
return -EINVAL;
out:
return ret;
err_size:
put_user(sizeof(*attr), &uattr->size);
ret = -E2BIG;
goto out;
}
/**
* sys_perf_counter_open - open a performance counter, associate it to a task/cpu
*
@@ -3623,7 +3701,7 @@ done:
* @group_fd: group leader counter fd
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
const struct perf_counter_attr __user *, attr_uptr,
struct perf_counter_attr __user *, attr_uptr,
pid_t, pid, int, cpu, int, group_fd, unsigned long, flags)
{
struct perf_counter *counter, *group_leader;
@@ -3639,8 +3717,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
if (flags)
return -EINVAL;
if (copy_from_user(&attr, attr_uptr, sizeof(attr)) != 0)
return -EFAULT;
ret = perf_copy_attr(attr_uptr, &attr);
if (ret)
return ret;
if (!attr.exclude_kernel) {
if (perf_paranoid_kernel() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))