diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c index e854f420e03..d5e01c3f4e6 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c @@ -31,9 +31,18 @@ static int perf_trace_event_perm(struct ftrace_event_call *tp_event, } /* The ftrace function trace is allowed only for root. */ - if (ftrace_event_is_function(tp_event) && - perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; + if (ftrace_event_is_function(tp_event)) { + if (perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + return -EPERM; + + /* + * We don't allow user space callchains for function trace + * event, due to issues with page faults while tracing page + * fault handler and its overall trickiness nature. + */ + if (!p_event->attr.exclude_callchain_user) + return -EINVAL; + } /* No tracing, just counting, so no obvious leak */ if (!(p_event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW)) |