Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 4 Feb 2019 21:30:18 +0100 | From | Jiri Olsa <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] perf utils: silent "Couldn't synthesize bpf events" warning for EPERM |
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On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 07:33:06PM +0000, Song Liu wrote: > > > > On Feb 4, 2019, at 11:31 AM, Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com> wrote: > > > > Synthesizing BPF events is only supported for root. Silent warning msg > > when non-root user runs perf-record.
great, it was annoying ;-)
Tested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
thanks, jirka
> > > > Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> > > Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> > > Reported-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidca@fb.com> > > Tested-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidca@fb.com> > > Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com> > > --- > > tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c | 4 ++-- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c > > index 796ef793f4ce..62dda96b0096 100644 > > --- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c > > @@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_bpf_events(struct perf_tool *tool, > > pr_debug("%s: can't get next program: %s%s", > > __func__, strerror(errno), > > errno == EINVAL ? " -- kernel too old?" : ""); > > - /* don't report error on old kernel */ > > - err = (errno == EINVAL) ? 0 : -1; > > + /* don't report error on old kernel or EPERM */ > > + err = (errno == EINVAL || errno == EPERM) ? 0 : -1; > > break; > > } > > fd = bpf_prog_get_fd_by_id(id); > > -- > > 2.17.1 > > > > CC David.
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