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| author | Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com> | 2019-08-26 21:39:13 -0400 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2019-08-28 17:18:08 -0300 |
| commit | dda1bf8ea78add78739d128a20b555c4a1a19c27 (patch) | |
| tree | f44a3973bdee2b3a771f08e3dcb7f161b5ff1ded /tools/perf/util/evsel.c | |
| parent | e9a6882f267a8105461066e3ea6b4b6b9be1b807 (diff) | |
perf tools: Use CAP_SYS_ADMIN with perf_event_paranoid checks
The kernel is using CAP_SYS_ADMIN instead of euid==0 to override
perf_event_paranoid check. Make perf do the same.
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> # coresight part
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Suzuki Poulouse <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1566869956-7154-3-git-send-email-ilubashe@akamai.com
Signed-off-by: Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/evsel.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index fa676355559e..7c704b8f0e5c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ struct evsel *perf_evsel__new_idx(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx) static bool perf_event_can_profile_kernel(void) { - return geteuid() == 0 || perf_event_paranoid() == -1; + return perf_event_paranoid_check(-1); } struct evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(bool precise) |