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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c20
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index d5adc417a4ca..2bfc1b0db536 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct filter_entry {
char name[];
};
+static volatile int workload_exec_errno;
static bool done;
static void sig_handler(int sig __maybe_unused)
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ static void ftrace__workload_exec_failed_signal(int signo __maybe_unused,
siginfo_t *info __maybe_unused,
void *ucontext __maybe_unused)
{
- /* workload_exec_errno = info->si_value.sival_int; */
+ workload_exec_errno = info->si_value.sival_int;
done = true;
}
@@ -284,10 +285,11 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
.events = POLLIN,
};
- if (!perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+ if (!(perf_cap__capable(CAP_PERFMON) ||
+ perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))) {
pr_err("ftrace only works for %s!\n",
#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_SUPPORT
- "users with the SYS_ADMIN capability"
+ "users with the CAP_PERFMON or CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability"
#else
"root"
#endif
@@ -382,6 +384,14 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
write_tracing_file("tracing_on", "0");
+ if (workload_exec_errno) {
+ const char *emsg = str_error_r(workload_exec_errno, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ /* flush stdout first so below error msg appears at the end. */
+ fflush(stdout);
+ pr_err("workload failed: %s\n", emsg);
+ goto out_close_fd;
+ }
+
/* read remaining buffer contents */
while (true) {
int n = read(trace_fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
@@ -396,7 +406,7 @@ out_close_fd:
out_reset:
reset_tracing_files(ftrace);
out:
- return done ? 0 : -1;
+ return (done && !workload_exec_errno) ? 0 : -1;
}
static int perf_ftrace_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
@@ -493,7 +503,7 @@ int cmd_ftrace(int argc, const char **argv)
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, ftrace_options, ftrace_usage,
PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
if (!argc && target__none(&ftrace.target))
- usage_with_options(ftrace_usage, ftrace_options);
+ ftrace.target.system_wide = true;
ret = target__validate(&ftrace.target);
if (ret) {