From a647f40d2b02cbc0456037de049d4d9e53083420 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Hutchings Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:35:15 +0000 Subject: BACKPORT: perf tools: Document the perf sysctls perf_event_paranoid was only documented in source code and a perf error message. Copy the documentation from the error message to Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160119213515.GG2637@decadent.org.uk [ Remove reference to external Documentation file, provide info inline, as before ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Bug: 29054680 Change-Id: I13e73cfb2ad761c94762d0c8196df7725abdf5c5 Git-repo: https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common.git Git-commit: b79154b8f7702f6e8a56ce9f1355f841cec16c37 [d-cagle@codeaurora.org: Resolve trivial merge conflicts] Signed-off-by: Dennis Cagle --- tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'tools') diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index 397fb4ed3c97..d4913a46ee1c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -2313,12 +2313,15 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target, case EPERM: case EACCES: return scnprintf(msg, size, - "You may not have permission to collect %sstats.\n" - "Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid:\n" - " -1 - Not paranoid at all\n" - " 0 - Disallow raw tracepoint access for unpriv\n" - " 1 - Disallow cpu events for unpriv\n" - " 2 - Disallow kernel profiling for unpriv", + "You may not have permission to collect %sstats.\n\n" + "Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid,\n" + "which controls use of the performance events system by\n" + "unprivileged users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN).\n\n" + "The default value is 1:\n\n" + " -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users\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" + ">= 2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN", target->system_wide ? "system-wide " : ""); case ENOENT: return scnprintf(msg, size, "The %s event is not supported.", -- cgit v1.2.3