hw-breakpoints: Tag ptrace breakpoint as exclude_kernel
Tag ptrace breakpoints with the exclude_kernel attribute set. This
will make it easier to set generic policies on breakpoints, when it
comes to ensure nobody unpriviliged try to breakpoint on the kernel.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: K. Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
index c70d27a..a0aa5a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
attr->sample_period = 1;
}
+static inline void ptrace_breakpoint_init(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
+{
+ hw_breakpoint_init(attr);
+ attr->exclude_kernel = 1;
+}
+
static inline unsigned long hw_breakpoint_addr(struct perf_event *bp)
{
return bp->attr.bp_addr;