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[PATCH v2 3/5] powerpc/perf: Add privileged access check for thread_imc

From: Anju T Sudhakar <hidden>
Date: 2018-12-14 09:11:56
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Subsystem: linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers: Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman, Linus Torvalds

From: Madhavan Srinivasan <redacted>

Add code to restrict user access to thread_imc pmu since
some event report privilege level information.

Fixes: f74c89bd80fb3 ('powerpc/perf: Add thread IMC PMU support')
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Anju T Sudhakar <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
index 3bef46f8417d..5ca80545a849 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
@@ -877,6 +877,9 @@ static int thread_imc_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (event->attr.type != event->pmu->type)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EACCES;
+
 	/* Sampling not supported */
 	if (event->hw.sample_period)
 		return -EINVAL;
-- 
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