4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 18e7a45af91acdde99d3aa1372cc40e1f8142f7b ] As Peter suggested [1] rejecting non sampling PEBS events, because they dont make any sense and could cause bugs in the NMI handler [2]. [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170103094059.GC3093@worktop [2] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1482931866-6018-3-git-send-email-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vince Weaver <vince@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170103142454.GA26251@krava Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/events/core.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c @@ -505,6 +505,10 @@ int x86_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event if (event->attr.precise_ip > precise) return -EOPNOTSUPP; + + /* There's no sense in having PEBS for non sampling events: */ + if (!is_sampling_event(event)) + return -EINVAL; } /* * check that PEBS LBR correction does not conflict with