perf evsel: Inform how to make a sysctl setting permanent

When a tool can't open counters due to the kernel.perf_event_paranoit
sysctl setting, we inform how to tweak it to allow the operation to
succeed, in addition to that, suggest setting /etc/sysctl.conf to
make the setting permanent.
Suggested-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-4gwe99k4a6p12d4u8bbyttj2@git.kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
parent e8c6f437
...@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static int record__mmap(struct record *rec) ...@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static int record__mmap(struct record *rec)
static int record__open(struct record *rec) static int record__open(struct record *rec)
{ {
char msg[512]; char msg[BUFSIZ];
struct perf_evsel *pos; struct perf_evsel *pos;
struct perf_evlist *evlist = rec->evlist; struct perf_evlist *evlist = rec->evlist;
struct perf_session *session = rec->session; struct perf_session *session = rec->session;
......
...@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static int store_counter_ids(struct perf_evsel *counter) ...@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static int store_counter_ids(struct perf_evsel *counter)
static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv) static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
{ {
int interval = stat_config.interval; int interval = stat_config.interval;
char msg[512]; char msg[BUFSIZ];
unsigned long long t0, t1; unsigned long long t0, t1;
struct perf_evsel *counter; struct perf_evsel *counter;
struct timespec ts; struct timespec ts;
......
...@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ static void perf_top__mmap_read(struct perf_top *top) ...@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ static void perf_top__mmap_read(struct perf_top *top)
static int perf_top__start_counters(struct perf_top *top) static int perf_top__start_counters(struct perf_top *top)
{ {
char msg[512]; char msg[BUFSIZ];
struct perf_evsel *counter; struct perf_evsel *counter;
struct perf_evlist *evlist = top->evlist; struct perf_evlist *evlist = top->evlist;
struct record_opts *opts = &top->record_opts; struct record_opts *opts = &top->record_opts;
......
...@@ -2469,7 +2469,9 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target, ...@@ -2469,7 +2469,9 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
" -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users\n" " -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users\n"
">= 0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK\n" ">= 0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK\n"
">= 1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN\n" ">= 1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN\n"
">= 2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN", ">= 2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN\n\n"
"To make this setting permanent, edit /etc/sysctl.conf too, e.g.:\n\n"
" kernel.perf_event_paranoid = -1\n" ,
target->system_wide ? "system-wide " : "", target->system_wide ? "system-wide " : "",
perf_event_paranoid()); perf_event_paranoid());
case ENOENT: case ENOENT:
......
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