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: Igor Lubashev <iluba...@akamai.com> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jo...@kernel.org> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shish...@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budan...@linux.intel.com> Cc: James Morris <jmor...@namei.org> Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poir...@linaro.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> Cc: Suzuki Poulouse <suzuki.poul...@arm.com> Cc: linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ad56df5452eeafb99dda9fc3d30f0f487aace503.1565188228.git.iluba...@akamai.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <a...@redhat.com> --- tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c | 3 ++- tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c | 3 ++- tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c | 3 ++- tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c | 2 +- tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 +- 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c index 5cb07e8cb296..b87a1ca2968f 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ #include "../../perf.h" #include "../../util/auxtrace.h" #include "../../util/cpumap.h" +#include "../../util/event.h" #include "../../util/evlist.h" #include "../../util/evsel.h" #include "../../util/pmu.h" @@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ static int cs_etm_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr, struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu; struct evsel *evsel, *cs_etm_evsel = NULL; struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = evlist->core.cpus; - bool privileged = (geteuid() == 0 || perf_event_paranoid() < 0); + bool privileged = perf_event_paranoid_check(-1); int err = 0; ptr->evlist = evlist; diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c index 00915b8fd05b..29275a0544cd 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <time.h> #include "../../util/cpumap.h" +#include "../../util/event.h" #include "../../util/evsel.h" #include "../../util/evlist.h" #include "../../util/session.h" @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ static int arm_spe_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr, container_of(itr, struct arm_spe_recording, itr); struct perf_pmu *arm_spe_pmu = sper->arm_spe_pmu; struct evsel *evsel, *arm_spe_evsel = NULL; - bool privileged = geteuid() == 0 || perf_event_paranoid() < 0; + bool privileged = perf_event_paranoid_check(-1); struct evsel *tracking_evsel; int err; diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c index 7b23318ebd7b..56a76142e9fd 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" @@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ 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 a8e633aa278a..7abccc0b0dc0 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ 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; diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index 0a33f7322ecc..0b3b5af33954 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ struct evsel *perf_evsel__new_idx(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx) static bool perf_event_can_profile_kernel(void) { - return geteuid() == 0 || perf_event_paranoid() == -1; + return perf_event_paranoid_check(-1); } struct evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(bool precise) -- 2.7.4
