From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757097Ab3AQUl5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:41:57 -0500 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:33901 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756961Ab3AQUhq (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:37:46 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,486,1355126400"; d="scan'208";a="273439805" From: Andi Kleen To: mingo@elte.hu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, akpm@linux-foundation.org, acme@redhat.com, eranian@google.com, jolsa@redhat.com, namhyung@kernel.org, Andi Kleen Subject: [PATCH 08/29] perf, x86: Disable LBR recording for unknown LBR_FMT Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:36:31 -0800 Message-Id: <1358455012-12287-9-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.7.6 In-Reply-To: <1358455012-12287-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> References: <1358455012-12287-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Andi Kleen When the LBR format is unknown disable LBR recording. This prevents crashes when the LBR address is misdecoded and mis-sign extended. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c index 2af6695b..ad5af13 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ enum { LBR_FORMAT_EIP = 0x02, LBR_FORMAT_EIP_FLAGS = 0x03, LBR_FORMAT_EIP_FLAGS2 = 0x04, + LBR_FORMAT_MAX_KNOWN = LBR_FORMAT_EIP_FLAGS2, }; /* @@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ int intel_pmu_setup_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event) /* * no LBR on this PMU */ - if (!x86_pmu.lbr_nr) + if (!x86_pmu.lbr_nr || x86_pmu.intel_cap.lbr_format > LBR_FORMAT_MAX_KNOWN) return -EOPNOTSUPP; /* -- 1.7.7.6