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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
index 23092a359ce0..975837d85a80 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
@@ -864,6 +864,9 @@ static int thread_imc_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
if (event->attr.type != event->pmu->type)
return -ENOENT;
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EACCES;
+
/* Sampling not supported */
if (event->hw.sample_period)
return -EINVAL;