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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c index 5ee3fed881d3..38de4a7f6752 100644 --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c @@ -549,9 +549,11 @@ static int bts_event_init(struct perf_event *event) * Note that the default paranoia setting permits unprivileged * users to profile the kernel. */ - if (event->attr.exclude_kernel && perf_paranoid_kernel() && - !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) - return -EACCES; + if (event->attr.exclude_kernel) { + ret = perf_allow_kernel(&event->attr); + if (ret) + return ret; + } if (x86_add_exclusive(x86_lbr_exclusive_bts)) return -EBUSY; |