[PATCH 3/6] perf c2c report: Add -f/--force option

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Mon Nov 21 2016 - 16:34:20 EST


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-p035bwv1lr24lf6n5apt2lwn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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