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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Al Grant <al.grant@arm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>,
	Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/perf: arm_spe: Use perf_allow_kernel() for permissions
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 13:15:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240807111520.GC37996@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240807105441.2156738-1-james.clark@linaro.org>

On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 11:54:41AM +0100, James Clark wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index aa3450bdc227..4a69583e329a 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *perf_event_cache;
>   *   2 - disallow kernel profiling for unpriv
>   */
>  int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid __read_mostly = 2;
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysctl_perf_event_paranoid);

I'm never a fan of exporting variables. Perhaps create a helper function
that returns the value and use that where required?

That avoids modules getting the idea it would be okay to change this
valie themselves.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-08-07 11:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-07 10:54 James Clark
2024-08-07 11:15 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2024-08-07 11:20   ` James Clark
2024-08-07 12:00     ` Peter Zijlstra

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