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-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c21
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 4d2c32f98482..9747e422ab20 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7308,21 +7308,6 @@ int perf_event_account_interrupt(struct perf_event *event)
return __perf_event_account_interrupt(event, 1);
}
-static bool sample_is_allowed(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
- /*
- * Due to interrupt latency (AKA "skid"), we may enter the
- * kernel before taking an overflow, even if the PMU is only
- * counting user events.
- * To avoid leaking information to userspace, we must always
- * reject kernel samples when exclude_kernel is set.
- */
- if (event->attr.exclude_kernel && !user_mode(regs))
- return false;
-
- return true;
-}
-
/*
* Generic event overflow handling, sampling.
*/
@@ -7344,12 +7329,6 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
ret = __perf_event_account_interrupt(event, throttle);
/*
- * For security, drop the skid kernel samples if necessary.
- */
- if (!sample_is_allowed(event, regs))
- return ret;
-
- /*
* XXX event_limit might not quite work as expected on inherited
* events
*/