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    perf evsel: Improve EPERM error handling in open_strerror() · 7d173913
    Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo authored
    We were showing a hardcoded default value for the kernel.perf_event_paranoid
    sysctl, now that it became more paranoid (1 -> 2 [1]), this would need to be
    updated, instead show the current value:
    
      [acme@jouet linux]$ perf record ls
      Error:
      You may not have permission to collect stats.
    
      Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid,
      which controls use of the performance events system by
      unprivileged users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN).
    
      The current value is 2:
    
        -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users
      >= 0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK
      >= 1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
      >= 2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
      [acme@jouet linux]$
    
    [1] 0161028b ("perf/core: Change the default paranoia level to 2")
    Reported-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
    Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
    Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
    Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
    Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-0gc4rdpg8d025r5not8s8028@git.kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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