1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index c16662268d75..06d372fc026d 100644
--- a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -267,7 +267,16 @@ int __register_perf_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp)
         if (ret)
                 return ret;
 
-        if (!bp->attr.disabled)
+        /*
+         * Ptrace breakpoints can be temporary perf events only
+         * meant to reserve a slot. In this case, it is created disabled and
+         * we don't want to check the params right now (as we put a null addr)
+         * But perf tools create events as disabled and we want to check
+         * the params for them.
+         * This is a quick hack that will be removed soon, once we remove
+         * the tmp breakpoints from ptrace
+         */
+        if (!bp->attr.disabled || bp->callback == perf_bp_event)
                 ret = arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings(bp, bp->ctx->task);
 
         return ret;