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perf tools: Use CAP_SYS_ADMIN with perf_event_paranoid checks

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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>
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Igor Lubashev
2019-08-26 21:39:13 -04:00
committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
parent e9a6882f26
commit dda1bf8ea7
5 changed files with 8 additions and 5 deletions
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tools/perf/util/evsel.c
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@@ -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)