Re: [v2] powerpc/perf: Fix kernel address leaks via Sampling registers

2018-03-28 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Wed, 2018-03-21 at 11:40:24 UTC, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote: > From: Michael Ellerman > > Current code in power_pmu_disable() does not clear the sampling > registers like Sampling Instruction Address Register (SAIR) and > Sampling Data Address Register (SDAR) after disabling the PMU. > Since th

[PATCH v2] powerpc/perf: Fix kernel address leaks via Sampling registers

2018-03-21 Thread Madhavan Srinivasan
From: Michael Ellerman Current code in power_pmu_disable() does not clear the sampling registers like Sampling Instruction Address Register (SAIR) and Sampling Data Address Register (SDAR) after disabling the PMU. Since these are userspace readable and could contain kernel address, add code to ex