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authorDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>2017-11-15 16:56:11 -0800
committerDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>2017-11-15 16:56:11 -0800
commit4247f24c23589bcc3bc3490515ef8c9497e9ae55 (patch)
tree89726a0e171c443a3e8def2992b56dbd8a21df21 /tools/perf/util/evsel.c
parent79ab67ede21f536851a99ea68ee6fc1f5435e055 (diff)
parent9f586fff6574f6ecbf323f92d44ffaf0d96225fe (diff)
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Merge branch 'for-4.15/dax' into libnvdimm-for-next
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/evsel.c')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/evsel.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 4bb89373eb52..0dccdb89572c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -271,12 +271,17 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_idx(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx)
return evsel;
}
+static bool perf_event_can_profile_kernel(void)
+{
+ return geteuid() == 0 || perf_event_paranoid() == -1;
+}
+
struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(bool precise)
{
struct perf_event_attr attr = {
.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
- .exclude_kernel = geteuid() != 0,
+ .exclude_kernel = !perf_event_can_profile_kernel(),
};
struct perf_evsel *evsel;