perf/aux: Disallow aux_output for kernel events

Commit

  ab43762ef0109 ("perf: Allow normal events to output AUX data")

added 'aux_output' bit to the attribute structure, which relies on AUX
events and grouping, neither of which is supported for the kernel events.
This notwithstanding, attempts have been made to use it in the kernel
code, suggesting the necessity of an explicit hard -EINVAL.

Fix this by rejecting attributes with aux_output set for kernel events.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191030134731.5437-3-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index e18d8d34ca77e9fa1bfb61a6eec35daa826575b1..7655441065a96ed439759776fa356495a6bdc76a 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -11331,6 +11331,13 @@ perf_event_create_kernel_counter(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
        struct perf_event *event;
        int err;
 
+       /*
+        * Grouping is not supported for kernel events, neither is 'AUX',
+        * make sure the caller's intentions are adjusted.
+        */
+       if (attr->aux_output)
+               return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
        event = perf_event_alloc(attr, cpu, task, NULL, NULL,
                                 overflow_handler, context, -1);
        if (IS_ERR(event)) {