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generic, x86: add prctl commands PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC

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This patch adds prctl commands that make it possible
to deny the execution of timestamp counters in userspace.
If this is not implemented on a specific architecture,
prctl will return -EINVAL.

ned-off-by: Erik Bosman <ejbosman@cs.vu.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Erik Bosman 2008-04-11 18:54:17 +02:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 5deb45e39b
commit 8fb402bccf
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include/linux/prctl.h
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@ -67,4 +67,10 @@
#define PR_CAPBSET_READ 23
#define PR_CAPBSET_DROP 24
/* Get/set the process' ability to use the timestamp counter instruction */
#define PR_GET_TSC 25
#define PR_SET_TSC 26
# define PR_TSC_ENABLE 1 /* allow the use of the timestamp counter */
# define PR_TSC_SIGSEGV 2 /* throw a SIGSEGV instead of reading the TSC */
#endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */