3.16.75-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 913a90bc5a3a06b1f04c337320e9aeee2328dd77 upstream.
perf_event_open() limits the sample_period to 63 bits. See:
0819b2e30ccb ("perf: Limit perf_event_attr::sample_period to 63 bits")
Make ioctl() consistent with it.
Also on PowerPC, negative sample_period could cause a recursive
PMIs leading to a hang (reported when running perf-fuzzer).
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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 <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: acme@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: maddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 0819b2e30ccb ("perf: Limit perf_event_attr::sample_period to 63 bits")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190604042953.914-1-ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3823,6 +3823,9 @@ static int perf_event_period(struct perf
if (perf_event_check_period(event, value))
return -EINVAL;
+ if (!event->attr.freq && (value & (1ULL << 63)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
task = ctx->task;
pe.value = value;
