tree 2c2fd215e6b0c33d0b5994372cb08eeae468b744
parent 37a6d5b98da880373c213b3ab5925c2f56efbabf
author Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> 1464724868 -0400
committer The Android Automerger <android-build@google.com> 1466726536 -0700

expose control over unpriv perf access to shell

This allows the shell user to control whether unprivileged access to
perf events is allowed.

To enable unprivileged access to perf:

    adb shell setprop security.perf_harden 0

To disable it again:

    adb shell setprop security.perf_harden 1

This allows Android to disable this kernel attack surface by default,
while still allowing profiling tools to work automatically. It can also
be manually toggled, but most developers won't ever need to do that if
tools end up incorporating this.

(Cherry picked from commit 38ac77e4c2b3c3212446de2f5ccc42a4311e65fc)

Bug: 29054680

Change-Id: Idcf6a2f6cbb35b405587deced7da1f6749b16a5f