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| author | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2014-11-19 21:32:12 +1100 |
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| committer | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2014-11-19 21:32:12 +1100 |
| commit | b10778a00d40b3d9fdaaf5891e802794781ff71c (patch) | |
| tree | 6ba4cbac86eecedc3f30650e7f764ecf00c83898 /kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c | |
| parent | 594081ee7145cc30a3977cb4e218f81213b63dc5 (diff) | |
| parent | bfe01a5ba2490f299e1d2d5508cbbbadd897bbe9 (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v3.17' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c index 5d12bb407b4..4b9c114ee9d 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c @@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ static int perf_trace_event_perm(struct ftrace_event_call *tp_event, return ret; } + /* + * We checked and allowed to create parent, + * allow children without checking. + */ + if (p_event->parent) + return 0; + + /* + * It's ok to check current process (owner) permissions in here, + * because code below is called only via perf_event_open syscall. + */ + /* The ftrace function trace is allowed only for root. */ if (ftrace_event_is_function(tp_event)) { if (perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) |