Merge tag 'v3.9' into v4l_for_linus

Linux 3.9

* tag 'v3.9': (1099 commits)
  Linux 3.9
  vm: add no-mmu vm_iomap_memory() stub
  efivars: only check for duplicates on the registered list
  TTY: fix atime/mtime regression
  aio: fix possible invalid memory access when DEBUG is enabled
  parisc: use spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore for PTE updates
  parisc: disable -mlong-calls compiler option for kernel modules
  parisc: uaccess: fix compiler warnings caused by __put_user casting
  parisc: Change kunmap macro to static inline function
  parisc: Provide __ucmpdi2 to resolve undefined references in 32 bit builds.
  sparc64: Fix missing put_cpu_var() in tlb_batch_add_one() when not batching.
  Revert "gpio: pxa: set initcall level to module init"
  efi: Check EFI revision in setup_efi_vars
  x86, efi: Fix a build warning
  Revert "MIPS: page.h: Provide more readable definition for PAGE_MASK."
  kernel/hz.bc: ignore.
  Linux 3.9-rc8
  events: Protect access via task_subsys_state_check()
  net: fix incorrect credentials passing
  x86, microcode: Verify the family before dispatching microcode patching
  ...

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index 23cb34ff397..97fddb09762 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -18,12 +18,24 @@
 static bool perf_output_space(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long tail,
 			      unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 {
-	unsigned long mask;
+	unsigned long sz = perf_data_size(rb);
+	unsigned long mask = sz - 1;
 
-	if (!rb->writable)
+	/*
+	 * check if user-writable
+	 * overwrite : over-write its own tail
+	 * !overwrite: buffer possibly drops events.
+	 */
+	if (rb->overwrite)
 		return true;
 
-	mask = perf_data_size(rb) - 1;
+	/*
+	 * verify that payload is not bigger than buffer
+	 * otherwise masking logic may fail to detect
+	 * the "not enough space" condition
+	 */
+	if ((head - offset) > sz)
+		return false;
 
 	offset = (offset - tail) & mask;
 	head   = (head   - tail) & mask;
@@ -212,7 +224,9 @@ ring_buffer_init(struct ring_buffer *rb, long watermark, int flags)
 		rb->watermark = max_size / 2;
 
 	if (flags & RING_BUFFER_WRITABLE)
-		rb->writable = 1;
+		rb->overwrite = 0;
+	else
+		rb->overwrite = 1;
 
 	atomic_set(&rb->refcount, 1);