Adding -f/--force option to go through ownership validation: $ sudo perf c2c report File perf.data not owned by current user or root (use -f to override)
$ sudo perf c2c report -f Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-p035bwv1lr24lf6n5apt2...@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jo...@redhat.com> --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt | 4 ++++ tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt index 21810d711f5f..5eda9336267e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt @@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ REPORT OPTIONS --show-all:: Show all captured HITM lines, with no regard to HITM % 0.0005 limit. +-f:: +--force:: + Don't do ownership validation. + C2C RECORD ---------- The perf c2c record command setup options related to HITM cacheline analysis diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c index 15addb06d611..d873977b8fb6 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c @@ -2523,6 +2523,7 @@ static int perf_c2c__report(int argc, const char **argv) OPT_STRING('d', "display", &display, NULL, "lcl,rmt"), OPT_STRING('c', "coalesce", &coalesce, "coalesce fields", "coalesce fields: pid,tid,iaddr,dso"), + OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &symbol_conf.force, "don't complain, do it"), OPT_END() }; int err = 0; @@ -2538,7 +2539,8 @@ static int perf_c2c__report(int argc, const char **argv) if (!input_name || !strlen(input_name)) input_name = "perf.data"; - file.path = input_name; + file.path = input_name; + file.force = symbol_conf.force; err = setup_display(display); if (err) -- 2.7.4
