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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/symbol.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c index 504f2d73b7ee..48b588c6951a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c @@ -1132,8 +1132,11 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, INIT_LIST_HEAD(&md.maps); fd = open(kcore_filename, O_RDONLY); - if (fd < 0) + if (fd < 0) { + pr_err("%s requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability to access.\n", + kcore_filename); return -EINVAL; + } /* Read new maps into temporary lists */ err = file__read_maps(fd, md.type == MAP__FUNCTION, kcore_mapfn, &md, |