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ftrace, perf: Avoid infinite event generation loop

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Vince's perf-trinity fuzzer found yet another 'interesting' problem.

When we sample the irq_work_exit tracepoint with period==1 (or
PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD) and we add an fasync SIGNAL handler we create an
infinite event generation loop:

  ,-> <IPI>
  |     irq_work_exit() ->
  |       trace_irq_work_exit() ->
  |         ...
  |           __perf_event_overflow() -> (due to fasync)
  |             irq_work_queue() -> (irq_work_list must be empty)
  '---------      arch_irq_work_raise()

Similar things can happen due to regular poll() wakeups if we exceed
the ring-buffer wakeup watermark, or have an event_limit.

To avoid this, dis-allow sampling this particular tracepoint.

In order to achieve this, create a special perf_perm function pointer
for each event and call this (when set) on trying to create a
tracepoint perf event.

[ roasted: use expr... to allow for ',' in your expression ]

Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Tested-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131114152304.GC5364@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Peter Zijlstra
2013-11-14 16:23:04 +01:00
committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 801a76050b
commit d5b5f391d4
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@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ static int total_ref_count;
static int perf_trace_event_perm(struct ftrace_event_call *tp_event,
struct perf_event *p_event)
{
if (tp_event->perf_perm) {
int ret = tp_event->perf_perm(tp_event, p_event);
if (ret)
return ret;
}
/* The ftrace function trace is allowed only for root. */
if (ftrace_event_is_function(tp_event) &&
perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))