[tip:perf/urgent] perf evsel: Fix attr.exclude_kernel setting for default cycles:p

From: tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue Jul 11 2017 - 04:51:59 EST


Commit-ID: d37a369790774af66a4aee61a188384d21b17a43
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/d37a369790774af66a4aee61a188384d21b17a43
Author: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:08:07 -0300
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:14:48 -0300

perf evsel: Fix attr.exclude_kernel setting for default cycles:p

To allow probing the max attr.precise_ip setting for non-root users
we unconditionally set attr.exclude_kernel, which makes the detection
work but should be done only for !root, fix it.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 97365e81366f ("perf evsel: Set attr.exclude_kernel when probing max attr.precise_ip")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-bl6bbxzxloonzvm4nvt7oqgj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 87b4318..f2a1876 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(void)
struct perf_event_attr attr = {
.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
- .exclude_kernel = 1,
+ .exclude_kernel = geteuid() != 0,
};
struct perf_evsel *evsel;