From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <a...@redhat.com>
To allow probing the max attr.precise_ip setting for non-root users
we unconditionally set attr.exclude_kernel, which makes the detection
work but should be done only for !root, fix it.
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hun...@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jo...@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangn...@huawei.com>
Fixes: 97365e81366f ("perf evsel: Set attr.exclude_kernel when probing max
attr.precise_ip")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-bl6bbxzxloonzvm4nvt7o...@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <a...@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 87b431886670..f2a1876d268e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(void)
struct perf_event_attr attr = {
.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
- .exclude_kernel = 1,
+ .exclude_kernel = geteuid() != 0,
};
struct perf_evsel *evsel;
--
2.9.4
