Commit-ID: 9985c20f9e4aee6857c08246b273a3695a52b929 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/9985c20f9e4aee6857c08246b273a3695a52b929 Author: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:09:55 +0000 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> CommitDate: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:41:55 +0200 perf: Remove perf_event_attr::type check PMU type id can be allocated dynamically, so perf_event_attr::type check when copying attribute from userspace to kernel is not valid. Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1309421396-17438-4-git-send-email-ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> --- kernel/events/core.c | 7 ------- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 0567e32..b8785e2 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -5926,13 +5926,6 @@ static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_event_attr __user *uattr, 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) return -EINVAL; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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