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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/util.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/util.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c index 4f561e5e4162..9d55a13787ce 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/util.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c @@ -325,9 +325,15 @@ int perf_event_paranoid(void) bool perf_event_paranoid_check(int max_level) { - return perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || - perf_cap__capable(CAP_PERFMON) || - perf_event_paranoid() <= max_level; + bool used_root; + + if (perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN, &used_root)) + return true; + + if (!used_root && perf_cap__capable(CAP_PERFMON, &used_root)) + return true; + + return perf_event_paranoid() <= max_level; } static int |