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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/6] perf/core: Use ioctl to communicate driver configuration to kernel
On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 04:33:29PM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote:

SNIP

> + ret = 0;
> +out:
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int perf_event_set_drv_config(struct perf_event *event, void __user *arg)
> +{
> + int ret = -EINVAL;
> + char *config_str;
> +
> + config_str = strndup_user(arg, PAGE_SIZE);
> + if (IS_ERR(config_str))
> + return PTR_ERR(config_str);
> +
> + if (has_drv_config(event))

would it be better to make this check before
the alloc/copy data from user takes place?

jirka

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