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authorWang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>2016-05-24 05:21:27 -0400
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2016-05-27 08:41:23 -0400
commit38272dc4f1b17437871b786d567e1242d0904f5a (patch)
treeb4f32688639a3ad8fec9ff54ced5c3ca584a0945
parent275ae411e56f8f900fa364da29c4706f9af4e1f3 (diff)
perf symbols: Check kptr_restrict for root
If kptr_restrict is set to 2, even root is not allowed to see pointers. This patch checks kptr_restrict even if euid == 0. For root, report error if kptr_restrict is 2. Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com> Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1464081688-167940-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/symbol.c16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 20f9cb32b703..54c4ff2b1cee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1933,17 +1933,17 @@ int setup_intlist(struct intlist **list, const char *list_str,
1933static bool symbol__read_kptr_restrict(void) 1933static bool symbol__read_kptr_restrict(void)
1934{ 1934{
1935 bool value = false; 1935 bool value = false;
1936 FILE *fp = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict", "r");
1936 1937
1937 if (geteuid() != 0) { 1938 if (fp != NULL) {
1938 FILE *fp = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict", "r"); 1939 char line[8];
1939 if (fp != NULL) {
1940 char line[8];
1941 1940
1942 if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL) 1941 if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL)
1943 value = atoi(line) != 0; 1942 value = (geteuid() != 0) ?
1943 (atoi(line) != 0) :
1944 (atoi(line) == 2);
1944 1945
1945 fclose(fp); 1946 fclose(fp);
1946 }
1947 } 1947 }
1948 1948
1949 return value; 1949 return value;