Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Adrian Hunter <> | Subject | [PATCH 5/5] perf/core: Allow kernel address filter when not filtering the kernel | Date | Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:24:53 +0200 |
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The so-called 'kernel' address filter can also be useful for filtering fixed addresses in user space. Allow that.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> --- kernel/events/core.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index af043a1a06ca..7670b0918e46 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -10454,8 +10454,6 @@ perf_event_parse_addr_filter(struct perf_event *event, char *fstr, */ if (state == IF_STATE_END) { ret = -EINVAL; - if (kernel && event->attr.exclude_kernel) - goto fail; /* * ACTION "filter" must have a non-zero length region -- 2.25.1
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