perf/x86: Reject non sampling events with precise_ip

As Peter suggested [1] rejecting non sampling PEBS events,
because they dont make any sense and could cause bugs
in the NMI handler [2].

  [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170103094059.GC3093@worktop
  [2] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1482931866-6018-3-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vince@deater.net>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170103142454.GA26251@krava
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 019c5887b698af2a5fbf322c7cc5d6d3f8ab7e57..1635c0c8df23a697a93a8a7bd0dbbfd534c3caef 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -505,6 +505,10 @@ int x86_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event *event)
 
                if (event->attr.precise_ip > precise)
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+               /* There's no sense in having PEBS for non sampling events: */
+               if (!is_sampling_event(event))
+                       return -EINVAL;
        }
        /*
         * check that PEBS LBR correction does not conflict with