[PATCH] OProfile: allow normal user to trigger sample dumps

From: John Levon
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 11:33:37 EST



In 2.4, OProfile allowed normal users to trigger sample dumps (useful
under low sample load). The patch below, by Will Cohen, allows this
for 2.6 too. Against 2.6.7

Please apply

thanks
john


--- linux-2.6.0-0.test11.1.100/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_files.c.userdump 2003-12-09 10:46:54.947629369 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.0-0.test11.1.100/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_files.c 2003-12-09 11:27:44.903151844 -0500
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
void oprofile_create_files(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root)
{
oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, "enable", &enable_fops);
- oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, "dump", &dump_fops);
+ oprofilefs_create_file_perm(sb, root, "dump", &dump_fops, 0666);
oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, "buffer", &event_buffer_fops);
oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "buffer_size", &fs_buffer_size);
oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, root, "buffer_watershed", &fs_buffer_watershed);
--- linux-2.6.0-0.test11.1.100/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c.userdump 2003-12-09 10:58:57.858593945 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.0-0.test11.1.100/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c 2003-12-09 11:28:24.125874244 -0500
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@


static struct dentry * __oprofilefs_create_file(struct super_block * sb,
- struct dentry * root, char const * name, struct file_operations * fops)
+ struct dentry * root, char const * name, struct file_operations * fops,
+ int perm)
{
struct dentry * dentry;
struct inode * inode;
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@
dentry = d_alloc(root, &qname);
if (!dentry)
return 0;
- inode = oprofilefs_get_inode(sb, S_IFREG | 0644);
+ inode = oprofilefs_get_inode(sb, S_IFREG | perm);
if (!inode) {
dput(dentry);
return 0;
@@ -190,7 +191,8 @@
int oprofilefs_create_ulong(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
char const * name, unsigned long * val)
{
- struct dentry * d = __oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name, &ulong_fops);
+ struct dentry * d = __oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name,
+ &ulong_fops, 0644);
if (!d)
return -EFAULT;

@@ -202,7 +204,8 @@
int oprofilefs_create_ro_ulong(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
char const * name, unsigned long * val)
{
- struct dentry * d = __oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name, &ulong_ro_fops);
+ struct dentry * d = __oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name,
+ &ulong_ro_fops, 0444);
if (!d)
return -EFAULT;

@@ -227,7 +230,8 @@
int oprofilefs_create_ro_atomic(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
char const * name, atomic_t * val)
{
- struct dentry * d = __oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name, &atomic_ro_fops);
+ struct dentry * d = __oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name,
+ &atomic_ro_fops, 0444);
if (!d)
return -EFAULT;

@@ -239,7 +243,16 @@
int oprofilefs_create_file(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
char const * name, struct file_operations * fops)
{
- if (!__oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name, fops))
+ if (!__oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name, fops, 0644))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+int oprofilefs_create_file_perm(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
+ char const * name, struct file_operations * fops, int perm)
+{
+ if (!__oprofilefs_create_file(sb, root, name, fops, perm))
return -EFAULT;
return 0;
}
--- linux-2.6.0-0.test11.1.100/include/linux/oprofile.h.userdump 2003-12-09 11:12:44.250469922 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.0-0.test11.1.100/include/linux/oprofile.h 2003-12-09 11:23:00.006494400 -0500
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
*/
int oprofilefs_create_file(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
char const * name, struct file_operations * fops);
+
+int oprofilefs_create_file_perm(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
+ char const * name, struct file_operations * fops, int perm);

/** Create a file for read/write access to an unsigned long. */
int oprofilefs_create_ulong(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root,
-
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