perf: Refactor permissions check into perf_check_permission()
authorMarco Elver <elver@google.com>
Mon, 5 Jul 2021 08:44:53 +0000 (10:44 +0200)
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:46:38 +0000 (18:46 +0200)
commitb068fc04de10fff8974f6ef32b861ad134d94ba4
treecb1131829c9f6e3a06c46d98570abae7102ce528
parent9d7a6c95f62bc335b62aaf9d50590122bd03a796
perf: Refactor permissions check into perf_check_permission()

Refactor the permission check in perf_event_open() into a helper
perf_check_permission(). This makes the permission check logic more
readable (because we no longer have a negated disjunction). Add a
comment mentioning the ptrace check also checks the uid.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210705084453.2151729-2-elver@google.com
kernel/events/core.c