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authorIgor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com>2019-08-26 21:39:16 -0400
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2019-08-28 17:19:28 -0300
commitd06e5fad8c4692c6e5f1bd626056f23716bfe4a6 (patch)
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parentperf symbols: Use CAP_SYSLOG with kptr_restrict checks (diff)
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perf tools: Warn that perf_event_paranoid can restrict kernel symbols
Warn that /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid can also restrict kernel symbols. Signed-off-by: Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com> Tested-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.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/1566869956-7154-6-git-send-email-ilubashe@akamai.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/builtin-record.c')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 359bb8f33e57..afe558449677 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict && !perf_evlist__exclude_kernel(rec->evlist))
pr_warning(
"WARNING: Kernel address maps (/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) are restricted,\n"
-"check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict.\n\n"
+"check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict and /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid.\n\n"
"Samples in kernel functions may not be resolved if a suitable vmlinux\n"
"file is not found in the buildid cache or in the vmlinux path.\n\n"
"Samples in kernel modules won't be resolved at all.\n\n"