1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 3f11a2bc6c79..abe2f3b6c424 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1604,6 +1604,43 @@ static void perf_counter_for_each(struct perf_counter *counter,
         mutex_unlock(&counter->child_mutex);
 }
 
+static int perf_counter_period(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 __user *arg)
+{
+        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+        unsigned long size;
+        int ret = 0;
+        u64 value;
+
+        if (!counter->hw_event.sample_period)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        size = copy_from_user(&value, arg, sizeof(value));
+        if (size != sizeof(value))
+                return -EFAULT;
+
+        if (!value)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+        if (counter->hw_event.freq) {
+                if (value > sysctl_perf_counter_limit) {
+                        ret = -EINVAL;
+                        goto unlock;
+                }
+
+                counter->hw_event.sample_freq = value;
+        } else {
+                counter->hw_event.sample_period = value;
+                counter->hw.sample_period = value;
+
+                perf_log_period(counter, value);
+        }
+unlock:
+        spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+
+        return ret;
+}
+
 static long perf_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
         struct perf_counter *counter = file->private_data;
@@ -1623,6 +1660,10 @@ static long perf_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
         case PERF_COUNTER_IOC_REFRESH:
                 return perf_counter_refresh(counter, arg);
+
+        case PERF_COUNTER_IOC_PERIOD:
+                return perf_counter_period(counter, (u64 __user *)arg);
+
         default:
                 return -ENOTTY;
         }