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![]() When doing sampling, for example: perf record -e cycles:u ... On workloads that do a lot of kernel entry/exits we see kernel samples, even though :u is specified. This is due to skid existing. This might be a security issue because it can leak kernel addresses even though kernel sampling support is disabled. The patch drops the kernel samples if exclude_kernel is specified. For example, test on Haswell desktop: perf record -e cycles:u <mgen> perf report --stdio Before patch applied: 99.77% mgen mgen [.] buf_read 0.20% mgen mgen [.] rand_buf_init 0.01% mgen [kernel.vmlinux] [k] apic_timer_interrupt 0.00% mgen mgen [.] last_free_elem 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] __random_r 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] _int_malloc 0.00% mgen mgen [.] rand_array_init 0.00% mgen [kernel.vmlinux] [k] page_fault 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] __random 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] __strcasestr 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] strcmp 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] _dl_start 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] sched_setaffinity@@GLIBC_2.3.4 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] _start We can see kernel symbols apic_timer_interrupt and page_fault. After patch applied: 99.79% mgen mgen [.] buf_read 0.19% mgen mgen [.] rand_buf_init 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] __random_r 0.00% mgen mgen [.] rand_array_init 0.00% mgen mgen [.] last_free_elem 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] vfprintf 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] rand 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] __random 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] _int_malloc 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] _IO_doallocbuf 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] do_lookup_x 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] open_verify.constprop.7 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] _dl_important_hwcaps 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] sched_setaffinity@@GLIBC_2.3.4 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] _start There are only userspace symbols. Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Cc: acme@kernel.org Cc: jolsa@kernel.org Cc: kan.liang@intel.com Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com Cc: will.deacon@arm.com Cc: yao.jin@intel.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495706947-3744-1-git-send-email-yao.jin@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> |
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