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Subject[PATCH v3 4/4] perf: Use CAP_SYS_ADMIN instead of euid==0 with ftrace
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Kernel requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN instead of euid==0 to mount debugfs for ftrace.
Make perf do the same.

Signed-off-by: Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com>
---
tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index ae1466aa3b26..d09eac8a6d57 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <signal.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <poll.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>

#include "debug.h"
#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
#include "target.h"
#include "cpumap.h"
#include "thread_map.h"
+#include "util/cap.h"
#include "util/config.h"


@@ -281,7 +283,7 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
.events = POLLIN,
};

- if (geteuid() != 0) {
+ if (!perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
pr_err("ftrace only works for root!\n");
return -1;
}
--
2.7.4
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