[PATCH] perf script: Also allow forcing reading of non-root owned files by root

From: Yannick Brosseau
Date: Fri Jan 13 2017 - 13:26:03 EST


In 2059fc7a5a9e6677, perf report was added the option of forcing reading
of non-root owned symbol file.

This add the same behavior for perf script.

Reported-by: Mark Drayton <mbd@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yannick Brosseau <scientist@xxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 2f3ff69fc4e7..c0783b4f7b6c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2180,7 +2180,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
"Show the mmap events"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "show-switch-events", &script.show_switch_events,
"Show context switch events (if recorded)"),
- OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &file.force, "don't complain, do it"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &symbol_conf.force, "don't complain, do it"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ns", &nanosecs,
"Use 9 decimal places when displaying time"),
OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "itrace", &itrace_synth_opts, NULL, "opts",
@@ -2212,6 +2212,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);

file.path = input_name;
+ file.force = symbol_conf.force;

if (argc > 1 && !strncmp(argv[0], "rec", strlen("rec"))) {
rec_script_path = get_script_path(argv[1], RECORD_SUFFIX);
--
2.11.0