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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/internal.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 22 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/internal.h b/kernel/events/internal.h index d56a64c99a8b..eb675c4d59df 100644 --- a/kernel/events/internal.h +++ b/kernel/events/internal.h @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct ring_buffer { int page_order; /* allocation order */ #endif int nr_pages; /* nr of data pages */ - int writable; /* are we writable */ + int overwrite; /* can overwrite itself */ atomic_t poll; /* POLL_ for wakeups */ diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c index 23cb34ff3973..97fddb09762b 100644 --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c @@ -18,12 +18,24 @@ static bool perf_output_space(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long tail, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head) { - unsigned long mask; + unsigned long sz = perf_data_size(rb); + unsigned long mask = sz - 1; - if (!rb->writable) + /* + * check if user-writable + * overwrite : over-write its own tail + * !overwrite: buffer possibly drops events. + */ + if (rb->overwrite) return true; - mask = perf_data_size(rb) - 1; + /* + * verify that payload is not bigger than buffer + * otherwise masking logic may fail to detect + * the "not enough space" condition + */ + if ((head - offset) > sz) + return false; offset = (offset - tail) & mask; head = (head - tail) & mask; @@ -212,7 +224,9 @@ ring_buffer_init(struct ring_buffer *rb, long watermark, int flags) rb->watermark = max_size / 2; if (flags & RING_BUFFER_WRITABLE) - rb->writable = 1; + rb->overwrite = 0; + else + rb->overwrite = 1; atomic_set(&rb->refcount, 1); |