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authorIgor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com>2019-08-26 21:39:13 -0400
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2019-08-28 17:18:08 -0300
commitdda1bf8ea78add78739d128a20b555c4a1a19c27 (patch)
treef44a3973bdee2b3a771f08e3dcb7f161b5ff1ded /tools/perf/arch/x86
parentperf event: Check ref_reloc_sym before using it (diff)
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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/arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c3
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c
index 1f2cf612bc9c..16d26ea701ad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/zalloc.h>
#include "../../util/cpumap.h"
+#include "../../util/event.h"
#include "../../util/evsel.h"
#include "../../util/evlist.h"
#include "../../util/session.h"
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ static int intel_bts_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
struct perf_pmu *intel_bts_pmu = btsr->intel_bts_pmu;
struct evsel *evsel, *intel_bts_evsel = NULL;
const struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = evlist->core.cpus;
- bool privileged = geteuid() == 0 || perf_event_paranoid() < 0;
+ bool privileged = perf_event_paranoid_check(-1);
btsr->evlist = evlist;
btsr->snapshot_mode = opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode;
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index 44cfe72c1a4c..746981c82a16 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static int intel_pt_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
bool have_timing_info, need_immediate = false;
struct evsel *evsel, *intel_pt_evsel = NULL;
const struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = evlist->core.cpus;
- bool privileged = geteuid() == 0 || perf_event_paranoid() < 0;
+ bool privileged = perf_event_paranoid_check(-1);
u64 tsc_bit;
int err;